[11] The magazine was relaunched in April 2010 by Harris's new company EGM Media, LLC, widening its coverage to the PC and mobile gaming markets.

[12][13] Notable contributors to Electronic Gaming Monthly have included Martin Alessi, Ken Williams (as Sushi-X), Jim Allee, "Trickman" Terry Minnich, Andrew "Cyber-Boy" Baran, Danyon Carpenter, Marc Camron (later Director of Operations), Mark "Candyman" LeFebvre, Todd Rogers, Mike Weigand A.K.A.

Major Mike (now Managing Editor at GamePro Magazine), Al Manuel, Howard Grossman, Arcade Editor Mark "Mo" Hain, Mike "Virus" Vallas, Jason Streetz, Tim Davis, Ken Badziak, Scott Augustyn, Chris Johnston, Che Chou, Dave Ruchala, Crispin Boyer, Greg Sewart, Jeanne Trais, Jennifer Tsao, artist Jeremy Norm Scott, Game Scholar Leonard Herman, Shawn "Shawnimal" Smith, West Coast Editor Kelly Rickards, Kraig Kujawa, Dean Hager, Jeremy Parish and Mark Macdonald (who later went on to become director of Gamevideos.com before leaving Ziff-Davis).

Writers who also served stints as editor-in chief include Ed Semrad, Joe Funk, John Davison, James Mielke,[14] artist Jeremy "Norm" Scott, Dan "Shoe" Hsu and Seanbaby.

[15] Its April 1992 issue was the source of the Sheng Long hoax in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.

[16][17] In March 2019, EGM announced that it was going to relaunch "later this year" into an outfit that will have "a new look and a focus on long-form features, original reporting, and intelligent critique."

[18] In a letter in April 2020, editor Josh Harmon announced that the site would no longer publish long-form articles, prompting speculation that the publication had shut down.

[19] Harmon edited the announcement shortly afterwards to confirm that the site would continue "some form of daily news coverage".

[20] In October 2024, EGM launched a Kickstarter campaign for a retrospective book about the history of the magazine, titled The Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium.

That policy changed when the reviewers gave Metal Gear Solid four 10 ratings in 1998,[48] with an editorial published half a year before announcing the shift.

In 2002, EGM began giving games that earned unanimously bad scores a "Shame of the Month" award.

Adrián Carbajal “Carqui”, with a long experience in Mexican gaming magazines (prior to EGM en Español, he worked in now competitor publications Club Nintendo and Atomix), was the editor-in-chief through the entire run.

EGM en Español has been cancelled as of December 2008 due to Ziff Davis Media's economical problems.

Much like other podcasts on the 1UP network, the program could include discussion of various message board topics, an analysis of new games being reviewed, a mailbag section, a deeper look into the most recent issue of the magazine, or interviews with special guests such as Marcus Henderson and Ted Lange from Harmonix and Cliff Bleszinski from Epic Games.

In a 2014 retrospective, Polygon said: "For two decades, EGM maintained a focal position in the games media landscape.