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[MrRenegade]

Oh no, the squid is gaining size. Although if the premise you are what you eat is true, well, then the sure demise of the idiotic gametard network's press empire has come ever closer.

 

[sono]

IG who

 

[Retrofluxed]

Anything that fucks RPS is fine by me. I loved that site before it became Kotaku lite.

 

[Magic Carpet]

The only news on this subject seems to be only on other gaming sites. Seems the rest of the world is silent.

 

[nush]

The only news on this subject seems to be only on other gaming sites. Seems the rest of the world is silent.

That's because gaming news sites became irrelevant years ago.

 

[Katatonic]

Just in time for next console launches hmm.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I really hate acquisitions like this. It almost never turns out well for anyone. Oh well.

does it really matter?

 

[Hypereides]

Oh wow, seems like IGN is transforming into its final form: a freakish amalgamation of questionable gaming media outlets.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I'd give this consolidation a 7/10.

 

[nush]

freakish amalgamation of questionable gaming media outlets.

Attract, capture, kill.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Let the layoffs of those "journalists" begin I say.

 

[IAmRei]

i only occassionally visit Gematsu, and also GAF. These two are enough for me.

 

[nush]

Cross reference who reviewed Hogwarts Legacy (IGN did) with who didn't and who's been brought by IGN.

Hogwarts Legacy critic reviews

Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed.

www.metacritic.com

It's not looking good for some of those outlets "Stick to games".

 

[SHA]

Horrible. A single master controlling information is never a good sign.
Gaming journalism is already a joke.

PC master race contents from Digital Foundry will probably get censored.

 

[SHA]

Dead internet theory in action.


@EviLore, seriously, thanks for keeping this place open even if I disagree with some of the stuff people say it's still great to see open dialog that isn't fed and moderated through an algorithm.

Other sites are serious about censoring opinions, even if they acted they wouldn't mind respecting opinions, most of the times they don't actually, and it usually ends up with 5 users who keeps running their mouths like they believe what they are doing is fair and everyone will listen to them no matter what, cause everyone else didn't get the same level of freedom of expression, what I've just said is the main reason they're on a sinking ship.

 

[LostDonkey]

I always enjoyed Eurogamers non filtered way of reporting.

R.I.P guys. IGN is the worst

 

[Games of Today]

I hope this collapses the videogame news industry. We need a hard reset.

 

[Bernoulli]

is that the xbox podcast team?

 

[Unrivaledx88]

The last 10 yrs of me not going to IGN or clicking anything that leads to IGN for their demise hasn’t worked I see. Great more ign they suck I’ll avoid all those now

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

No, alternative media as everywhere is a code word for “I’m too crazy to be employed by a regular company, let me try to grift of my imaginary persecution complex”.

Gaming media has a big problem - I don’t think the business model is sustainable or companies are interested into having impartial opinion. There is a reason you cannot name anyone the size of Roger Ebert reviewing videogames, and he was not alone. So you end up with grift aka paid marketing.

That's not 100% the case. Some of the alternatives are 100% grifters but there are some who are legit and provide way better analysis and review than anything from IGN over the past 15 years.

As for why no reviewer in gaming is as well-known as Roger Ebert? Well, that's a lot to do with gaming as a medium still not seen as "art" in the same way film is, despite generating more money than the film & TV industries have for over a decade by now. There are some really sharp people who cover old & new games with insane levels of analysis and thought. However many of the games they cover give way to that analysis focusing heavily on system mechanics; rarely are there games where story, theme and narrative warrant the same level of detail towards them, though such games do exist (Silent Hill 2, Dark Souls, Xenogears etc.).

And to a large number of people (even in gaming), understanding mechanical systems and their intricacies is much harder to grasp than following along with narrative themes & concepts that leave some room of interpretation open. So personally, I think it's the combination of those two things.

 

[CGNoire]

Eurogamer was already as much trash as IGN anyways.

 

[CLW]

Let the layoffs begin over under 3 months before MASS layoffs

 

[Mercador]

Are they really irreplaceable?

The graveyards are full of indispensable men - Charles de Gaulle.

 

[mitch1971]

The game guides are being written as we speak.

 

[Tams]

And everyone will get fired…

 

[MH3M3D]

IGN WILL BE THE ONE!

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

All the companies gathered in one place to suck Sony's balls. AMAZING.

well... Sony can't spend 100B in publishers.

 

[Duchess]

I always enjoyed Eurogamers non filtered way of reporting.

Eurogamers? Non-filtered? They refused to review Hogwarts Legacy, and instead did a fundraiser for a UK child trans charity called Mermaids, which was at the time under investigation by the government over various sexual abuse allegations.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

THE FIRST
GALACTIC
EMPIREEEEE

 

[freefornow]

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I've been watching Podcast Unlocked, NVC, Gamescoop, and (far less of) Beyond and hooo boooi is it about to get a whole lot more fucking awkward during the daily discussions of layoffs.

We'll see what happens, but I'm not sure if a lot of the current IGN team is going to be laid off. I would imagine some of the redundancies from the companies they acquired, and perhaps some of the weaker staff. If anything, IGN seems to be expanding the amount of content they produce, and also the breadth of their reach. They own HLTB and have been really pumping up their guides/wikis as it seems those are major drivers of ad traffic. Watching recent episodes of NVC and Beyond in particular, it seems like they are understaffed compared to the amount of work they need to do outside the podcast. I don't really care for Gamescoop or any of their other mainstream content.

I stopped reading RPS and Eurogamer years ago, and don't know what IGN saw in them (although going by the layoffs, not much).

I know people may think this is a bad take but I think IGN in general is pretty good overall, their game reviews are decent and they report on the news. I just avoid most of their non-game stuff because it's mostly pretty embarrassing. It's like they gone full circle. Anyway considering how long they've survived and thrived I fully expect IGN to survive a nuclear war along with the cockroaches.

I agree, IGN has been solid the past several years. Content has always been pretty good, their wikis/guides are awesome. The biggest problems most people had with them were the review scale was a joke, and the editing was not done too well. They made a lot of progress, most noticeably since the pandemic, by cleaning up the review scale (10 point instead of the 100 point) and tightening up standards for news reporting. It's not perfect by any means, and I know the gaming industry sets a low bar for this kind of content, but IGN is high tier for gaming journalism now. And for better or worse, they've only strengthened their position with this takeover.

 

[tomato shrub]

I honestly didn’t realize IGN owned HowLongToBeat before this

it all started as a GAF thread...

 

[SHA]

I always enjoyed Eurogamers non filtered way of reporting.

R.I.P guys. IGN is the worst

Idk, it feels like no one will attempt to make this move unless he's doubling down, regardless of the reasons this is a double-edged sword move and unhealthy nonetheless.

 

[Draugoth]

Peopel got fired

Long-time Staffers At RPS, GamesIndustry.biz, VG247 Surprised By Layoffs As IGN Buys Network - Aftermath

“At least one person from almost any department at a company like this you can imagine got some bad news today”

aftermath.site

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Now dissolve them all so we can finally put a nail in the "game journalism" coffin for good.

 

[@gkTH]

Is this for better competition?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Does this mean Digital Foundry will be owned by IGN now? Gross

 

[Kumomeme]

of all people it was IGN

more shitty take, more woke agenda incoming

rip gaming journalism

 

[CJ_75]

Does this mean Jessica Chobot will return to lick handhelds? I mean, there is a Steam Deck…

 

[Nok Su Kow]

 

[Bernardougf]

Did you think console consolidation was bad ? Time for access media consolidation bitches!!!

 

[Jesb]

Why is this legal but ABK purchase was seen as not cool?

 

[demigod]

Dead internet theory in action.


@EviLore, seriously, thanks for keeping this place open even if I disagree with some of the stuff people say it's still great to see open dialog that isn't fed and moderated through an algorithm.

Congrats on your achievement, sucking up to the boss.

 

[wipeout364]

Anything that fucks RPS is fine by me. I loved that site before it became Kotaku lite.

I was going to post the same thing. Amazing how a website can just loose track of who their audience is. They should have veered in the other direction and started posting sexy pin ups to go with their PC reviews. Probably would have generated more traffic and be more appropriate for a website called rock paper shotgun.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

So basically they are assembling the avengers against Xbox

They're assembling the garbage all in one heap. I'm all for it, tbh.

 

[demigod]

If I’m not mistaken, Eurogamer is DF’s parent company. So yes, they own them.

 

[Auto_aim1]

I remember when games journalism was a big thing back during the PS3/360 era. Very few people give a shit now.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

MS version of journalism.

 

[Dr.D00p]

If I’m not mistaken, Eurogamer is DF’s parent company. So yes, they own them.

No. DF is affiliated with, but not owned, by Eurogamer.

DF was formed purely by Richard Leadbetter. Its his company, his brand to take anywhere he wants.

 

[magnumpy]

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…

www.gamesindustry.biz

won't someone please think of the children or atleast the man-children