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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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

www.gamesindustry.biz

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

www.gamesindustry.biz

alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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IGN Entertainment has acquired the Gamer Network family of digital brands for an undisclosed sum.As a result of the acq…

this is already leading to layoffs, including “GamesIndustry.biz managing editor Brendan Sinclair” and “Alice Bell, deputy editor at Rock Paper Shotgun”

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  • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgM
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    I’m not a massive IGN hater but yikes. This is consolidation I don’t want to see… I like Eurogamer a lot, I hope they don’t change much

    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Scott Pilgrim narrator: “They will.”

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    And the enshittification of everything marches onward.

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    Well, if those publications weren’t already shit they’ll be very, very soon.

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    Holy hell.

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
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    At least it’s not Kotaku but all this consolidation is far from good news. Heaven forbid reporters should get to stay independent, let alone being puppeted by a company that’s little more than a meme.

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    ugh that’s a shame i loved ian, aoife, and zoe back in the day (i know aoife left recently but still).

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    What company previously owned Rock Paper Shotgun?

    I was an on and off reader of theirs and really liked it in the beginning… but had the distinct impression they changed ownership a little while back when they added some pay walls and game guides.

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      They were Reed Pop as well, but reed significantly downsized them a couple years ago.

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    I hate consolidation. Except I want only a single streaming service. But other than that, I hate it.

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      monkey paw twitches

      Now it’s $79.99 per month for the ad tier and $110 for ad-free.

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        Nah, that’s only for Canadian mobile plans.

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          Ouch, smash a bottle of maple syrup over my head why don’t you.

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      I want multiple streaming services that can stream almost everything so there’s competition, but still a valid reason not to just drop and switch constantly.

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        Multiple streaming services that all stream from the same database so the competition isn’t what licenses they hold, but how good their UI and back-end are. This only happened in the better timeline with Harambe though…

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