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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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    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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          @jabathekek

          *clicks Like angrily*

          This! All of the UIs are _SO DAMN BAD_ it’s insulting.

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