IGN Entertainment secures several online magazines.
Several well-known gaming websites are changing hands: As of now, several portals belong to IGN Entertainment, the purchase is officially confirmed – but there is no information about what IGN paid.
We explain who changes ownership and what that means for the employees.
IGN buys Eurogamer and Co.
The media provider ReedPop had been looking for a buyer for several of its brands since November 2023. Now it has been announced that IGN Entertainment has secured the offer and thus significantly increased its own profile.
These are the websites that are now part of IGN Entertainment:
- Eurogamer (including the offshoots in different languages)
- GamesIndustry.biz
- Rock Paper Shotgun
- VG247
- Dicebreaker (specialized in Pen&Paper)
In addition, IGN Entertainment also secures shares in several other brands such as Outside Xbox (YouTube channel), Digital Foundry (also YouTube channel), Nintendolife, PushSquare, PureXbox and Time Extension.
IGN Entertainment previously owned IGN, Humble Bundle, the website HowLongToBeat and MapGenie. IGN Entertainment, in turn, is owned by the US media company Ziff Davis.
Layoffs announced: As part of the purchase, IGN will also eliminate some positions. These are loud GamesEconomy Experienced people who have worked for many years are also affected, such as the Managing Editor of GamesIndustry.biz Brendan Sinclair, who has worked there for 12 years.
Alice Bell from Rock Paper Shotgun is also leaving the website, the magazine has a tongue-in-cheek farewell published. Another layoff hits Stephanie Nunneley-Jacksonwho worked for VGC247 for 15 years.
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The brands and websites now bought by IGN Entertainment belonged to the Gamer Network, which was only acquired by ReedPop in 2018. ReedPop is also the organizer of the PAX video game trade fair, New York Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration and other major trade fairs and events in the pop culture world.
