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It's not only game publishers that have been consolidating their power buying up lots of developers and other publishers, it's also happening in gaming media with IGN buying up the Gamer Network.

This means IGN Entertainment now control GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247, and Dicebreaker. They also hold shares in Outside Xbox, Digital Foundry, and Hookshot (which operates Nintendo life, Push Square, Pure Xbox, and Time Extension). They were purchased for an "undisclosed sum".

IGN didn't say in their own news post on it but right away they fired a bunch of people, as confirmed by GamesIndustry.biz in their article as they noted "As a result of the acquisition, some redundancies have been made across the UK-based organisation.".


As for why they are doing this? Well, the internet sucks right now.

More websites are employing the use of AI, pushing out actual people. Spamming search engines, which pushes down everyone else and it's only going to get worse as AI is pushed more and more. This feels like IGN ensuring people come to them, as eventually the only sites that may be able to weather the AI storm are those that are just too big to fall.

It's just another reminder to directly support those you find useful and whose content you enjoy.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Bogomips May 22
I have seen the offers from Bluesky and Mastodon posts for GamingOnLinux I will raise with a banofee pie to the 5 canadian dollars and the pizza, final offer.


Last edited by Bogomips on 22 May 2024 at 9:51 am UTC
blindcoder May 22
More consolidation, less diversity, more of the same-same everywhere.
Really makes me want to support GoL directly. Oh wait... I JUST STARTED DOING THAT!
based May 22
GOL literally the only news website I actually follow, stay awesome guys!


Last edited by based on 22 May 2024 at 10:05 am UTC
Mungrul May 22
Somewhat ominously, RPS hasn't seen an update for 23 hours now, in the middle of a working week. Not boding well.
Brisse May 22
That's a couple of my regularly visited bookmarks deleted from my browser then. RIP.
dindon May 22
Yet another encouragement to pay for the internet that you want.
grigi May 22
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Do you have alternative donation platforms than Patreon or once-off paypal?
I honestly don't care about the rewards, I just want as much of my money to arrive at you Liam. (As in the minimum charges).

I'm asking because Patreon has been in the news for taking what many people think is an unfair percentage of fees.
Liam Dawe May 22
Quoting: grigiDo you have alternative donation platforms than Patreon or once-off paypal?
I honestly don't care about the rewards, I just want as much of my money to arrive at you Liam. (As in the minimum charges).

I'm asking because Patreon has been in the news for taking what many people think is an unfair percentage of fees.
Nope. Every additional platform is more admin/tax work for me. Paypal and Patreon keep it simple and I am personally happy with both.
Drakker May 22
Oh yeah, those sites ring a bell. I think I used to read them like 20 years ago. I'm surprised to learn they still exist after all this time putting out awful content.
ToddL May 22
I'm glad sites like GamingOnLinux exist because IGN is one of the worse when it comes to reporting gaming news but the crazy thing is that they also own Humble Bundle, which is hit or miss and many still miss the days prior to their acquisition.
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