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

New owner makes redundancies across the Gamer Network portfolio”

Woooow. There’s so few independent sites left, most major sites are now under the same roof.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ign-entertainment-acquires-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more

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 acq…

GamesIndustry.biz

@gamingonlinux yeah, it’s a really sad state of affairs. when you think back how good RPS was, for example. and all that degraded real fast under gamer network. it’s not going to get better under IGN and with firings everywhere.

even if single sites technically retain something like editorial independence under such a media conglomerate, they’re being drained of the means to consistently put out any meaningful work.