May 22 that IGN Entertainment announced on the 21st local time that it had acquired Gamer Network from pop culture event producer ReedPop for an undisclosed amount, ushering in a major consolidation in the game journalism industry.
According to previous reports from IT House, ReedPop once hosted the E3 game show and is still the operator of large-scale animation and game exhibitions such as PAX and New York Comic Con. It purchased Gamer Network in 2018.
Gamer Network operates a number of well-known game media, including Eurogamer, Gamesindustry.biz , Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and board game media Dicebreaker.
Through this acquisition, IGN also acquired part of the equity of Digital Foundry and other media.
Gamesindustry.biz stated in the report that IGN initiated a round of layoffs after completing the acquisition .
source: IThouse
According to previous reports from IT House, ReedPop once hosted the E3 game show and is still the operator of large-scale animation and game exhibitions such as PAX and New York Comic Con. It purchased Gamer Network in 2018.
Gamer Network operates a number of well-known game media, including Eurogamer, Gamesindustry.biz , Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and board game media Dicebreaker.
Through this acquisition, IGN also acquired part of the equity of Digital Foundry and other media.
Gamesindustry.biz stated in the report that IGN initiated a round of layoffs after completing the acquisition .
source: IThouse