IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more

[Gamernyc78]

IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more

IGN Entertainment has acquired the Gamer Network family of digital brands for an undisclosed sum. As a result of the ac…

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As a result of the acquisition, some redundancies have been made across the UK-based organisation.

Gamer Network’s publications are GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer (including six local language editions), Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and Dicebreaker. The business also holds shares in Outside Xbox, Digital Foundry and Hookshot (which operates Nintendolife, PushSquare, PureXbox and Time Extension).

IGN Entertainment is the division of Ziff Davis that includes IGN, MapGenie, HowLongToBeat, and Humble Bundle. It has acquired the websites from PAX and New York Comic-Con organiser ReedPop, which initially bought the Gamer Network business in 2018.

Not included in the sale are UK-based events EGX or MCM, or the digital brand Popverse, which remain with ReedPop.

 

[Would_you_kindly]

Sell em icon era for a cool million

 

[Entropi]

More consolidation, yay

 

[Evilnemesis8]

Consolidation remains absolutely ass but especially when it comes to news outlets.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Of course it had to be the Xbox shills Destin, McCaffrey and Eurogamer all under the same banner. Video game media is dead

 

[Sircaw]

Sell em icon era for a cool million

This fish is not for sale.

 

[Jivesh1995]

What a wonderful move for the industry.

Looking forward to seeing how much more toxic the games media can become.

 

[John Elden Ring]

Safe to say some of them will be gone

 

[JAHGamer]

This fish is not for sale.

you finally quit working as a gay escort?

 

[Polyh3dron]

Oh fuck off IGN.

They’re gonna close these all down or turn them into AI mills.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

At this point, might as well just buy Metacritic and let the corporate shilling run its way with no boundaries.

 

[John Elden Ring]

IGN last week: "Our hearts go out to the thousand of people who have lost their jobs because of the studio that have had layoffs across the industry"

Also IGN:

 

[voke]

They will rage bait readers into being angry at corporate layoffs, only to do the same themselves.

 

[Would_you_kindly]

Oh fuck off IGN.

They’re gonna close these all down or turn them into AI mills.

Not like those sites were any good anyway TBF

 

[Sircaw]

you finally quit working as a gay escort?

I have been nothing but good to you these last few weeks and months.

 

[JAHGamer]

I have been nothing but good to you these last few weeks and months.

less than an hour ago

You sure you have not been hitting that crackpipe with @JAHGamer again.

 

[Sircaw]

less than an hour ago

I was saying you were a kind-hearted social person because you were willing to Share.

What a way to take my comment out of context.

 

[Jim Ryan]

It's not good for one entity to own so much of the commentary and legacy media in gaming.

I hope the identities these sites are maintained.

 

[Savagefrogdemon]

I can't say much but from a games industry discord channel I heard about a month ago that eurogamer was almost broke and planning massive layoffs.

 

[Gamernyc78]

I can't say much but from a games industry discord channel I heard about a month ago that eurogamer was almost broke and planning massive layoffs.

Thts why thy were trying so much to get tht Microsoft money.