Jeff Gerstmann

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeff Gerstmann
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Aug 1, 1975(1975-08-01)
Age	49
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Leo

Jeff Gerstmann Biography

Jeff Gerstmann is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on August 1, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Video game journalist known for being the cofounder of the website Giant Bomb. He’d previously served as the editorial director of GameSpot, a position he was fired from in 2007.

He appeared on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer in 1999 during the launch of the Sega Dreamcast.

Gerstmann began work in video game journalism in the early 1990s, having been involved with the game industry since age 17 doing freelance work as well as working for a print magazine for under a year. He was hired as an intern for GameSpot in 1996, eventually becoming editorial director.

Gerstmann appeared in a segment on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer and Sega product analyst Dennis Lee in September 1999 to talk about the release of the Sega Dreamcast, playing NFL 2K and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, notable for the Dreamcast crashing while live on national television in one of its first TV demonstrations. Gerstmann personally notes in an episode of the Giant Bombcast that he believes his appearance on the show wearing a FUBU Jersey contributed to the clothing company’s fall from popularity. The segment was also notable for the Sega product analyst’s many falsehoods, stating “You can actually see the snow slowly blanketing the ground, as the game goes on, the snow will blanket the field” features which were not present in the product.

He got married in 2016.

Jeff Gerstmann Net Worth

Jeff Gerstmann is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeff Gerstmann 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started working as a video game journalist in his late teens before landing an internship at GameSpot in 1996.

He eventually revealed that he was fired from GameSpot for giving the game Kane & Lynch: Dead Men a negative review.

Jeffrey Michael Gerstmann (born August 1, 1975) is an American video game journalist. Former editorial director of the gaming website GameSpot and the co-founder/editor of the gaming website Giant Bomb, Gerstmann began working at GameSpot in the fall of 1996, around the launch of VideoGameSpot when GameSpot split PC and console games into separate areas. He shared his thoughts on a variety of other subjects every Monday on his GameSpot blog before his controversial dismissal from GameSpot in 2007 following a review of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. Complex magazine named Gerstmann in their top 25 biggest celebrities in the video game industry.

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Who is Jeff Gerstmann Dating?

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In 2012, with Gerstmann’s Giant Bomb site acquired by CBS Interactive which owned CNET, part of the acquisition nullified the non-disparagement agreement between Gerstmann and CNET. During a 2012 GameSpot “On the Spot” interview with Gerstmann, Gerstmann was able to talk of the terms of his dismissal in

2008. Gerstmann revealed that his firing was in fact related to the low review score he had given to Kane & Lynch, though his explanation cited other similar events that led up to the termination, including a 7.5 (good) rating given to Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction by Aaron Thomas, then an employee under Gerstmann. Events such as these led to him being “called into a room” several times to discuss reviews posted on the site. Gerstmann went on to lay the blame on a new management team that was unable to properly handle tension between the marketing and editorial staff, laying additional blame on the marketing department, which he claimed was unprepared in how to handle publisher complaints and threats to withdraw advertising money over low review scores. Gerstmann also stated he ran into a few members of [Kane & Lynch] developer IO Interactive at a convention a few months after his firing. He claims one of the people he ran into said, “Yeah, Kane & Lynch wasn’t a very good game.” Gerstmann responded, “You should totally call up my old bosses and tell them that.”

Facts & Trivia

Jeff Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jeff Gerstmann celebrates birthday on August 1 of every year.

How old is Jeff Gerstmann?

47 years (August 1, 1975)

Who started Giant Bomb?

Giant Bomb is an American video game website and wiki that includes personality-driven gaming videos, commentary, news, and reviews, created by former GameSpot editors Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis. The website was voted by Time magazine as one of the Top 50 websites of 2011.

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Who is leaving giant bomb?

Giant Bomb founding member Jeff Gerstmann has announced his departure from the company. Gerstmann has been part of the outlet since its launch in 2008, and has consistently contributed to the Giant Bomb website, live streams and its long-running podcast, the Bombcast.