Topic: UGO Buys 1UP, EGM Dead [Updated] (Read 8666 times)

Zaratustra · « **on:** March 05, 2008, 04:04:03 PM »

Ziff Davis confirmed for Chapter 11!

Arc · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2008, 12:04:27 AM »

Quote from: Zaratustra on March 05, 2008, 04:04:03 PM

Ziff Davis confirmed for Chapter 11!

Print is dead.

Thad · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2008, 12:48:01 PM »

Quote from: Arc on March 06, 2008, 12:04:27 AM

Quote from: Zaratustra on March 05, 2008, 04:04:03 PM
Ziff Davis confirmed for Chapter 11!

Print is dead.

They're literally giving EGM subscriptions away at this point. I actually got one. Saw it advertised on Joystiq, figured it was one of those damn "give us a credit card and we'll renew it without asking you" scams (which reminds me, I need to get Barnes and Noble to refund me that membership card renewal -- $30 a year to get a discount that puts their prices only SLIGHTLY above Amazon's, what a crock), but when I found out they didn't even ask for a credit card I took it. Don't know how they expected to support it -- maybe they thought the ad revenue was enough, or maybe they counted on people renewing next year.

The drawbacks of a monthly magazine are obvious -- no video, no up-to-the-minute news. They still hold some of their best features for the print edition, but I can't really understand why.

Thad · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2008, 01:50:01 PM »

Quote from: Arc on March 06, 2008, 12:04:27 AM

Quote from: Zaratustra on March 05, 2008, 04:04:03 PM
Ziff Davis confirmed for Chapter 11!
Print is dead.

I got this month's EGM in the mail today. On the cover? Splatterhouse.

I mean, all right, you take the cover feature you can get, and Splatterhouse was the one they had the material to spin into a 7-page feature. They already did their GTA4 cover, and their two-page Mario Kart review which has been up on 1up for 2 weeks already doesn't justify a cover story either. But seriously, when your big May cover story is Splatterhouse, that doesn't bode well.

Kayma · « **Reply #4 on:** December 09, 2008, 10:02:11 PM »

UGO in high-level talks to buy 1UP; EGM not part of deal.

UGO? Really? REALLY? Death knell for EGM, I'd imagine... but hopefully 1up will exist unscathed.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #5 on:** December 09, 2008, 10:56:48 PM »

Well, fuck.

I hope this doesn't negatively impact the star ensemble cast of the podcasts. I need the special brand of hyperbole that only Shane Bettenhausen can provide to get me through the weekend.

Kayma · « **Reply #6 on:** December 09, 2008, 11:13:39 PM »

It's the secret best set of podcasts ever.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2009, 05:13:38 PM »

1UP/EGM purchased, dismantled, shat upon by UGO. Ostensibly, 30 or so people were laid off, including Shane Bettenhausen, Andrew Pfister, most/all Gamevideos staff; also, ostensibly, all podcasts are dead and gone.

Detonator · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2009, 06:02:28 PM »

Quote from: BATTLE-READY BATTLE DRACULA on January 06, 2009, 05:13:38 PM

1UP/EGM purchased, dismantled, shat upon by UGO. Ostensibly, 30 or so people were laid off, including Shane Bettenhausen, Andrew Pfister, most/all Gamevideos staff; also, ostensibly, all podcasts are dead and gone.

Thanks for providing a link so we can easily read the details ourselves.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #9 on:** January 06, 2009, 06:28:45 PM »

Joystiq claims to have a full list of layoffs.

Mongrel · « **Reply #10 on:** January 06, 2009, 06:36:12 PM »

Well, I didn't see our toothsome friend on there, so that's SOME good news at least. Wonder if the old boy has any comments that we'll see.

A² · « **Reply #11 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:38:26 PM »

Bal · « **Reply #12 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:39:18 PM »

Everyone that makes 1up what is was gets fired in the wake of UGO buyout

McDohl · « **Reply #13 on:** January 06, 2009, 08:00:31 PM »

So...does Sharkey still have a job? I don't see his name on the list.

Arc · « **Reply #14 on:** January 06, 2009, 08:02:40 PM »

Quote from: parish

http://www.gamespite.net/verbalspew/archives/archive_2009-m01.php#e1091

This is not really how I expected the day to go.

For those who have asked, though, I'm still with 1UP. Thanks for your concern, but I'd rather you wish the best for everyone who wasn't so fortunate instead. Go consume some hard liquor for us.

Done and done. And I mean done.

Kayma · « **Reply #15 on:** January 06, 2009, 08:35:11 PM »

I was really hoping that 1up being sold wouldn't mean massive layoffs.... damn it

And the podcasts? God damn, isn't nixing those against the Geneva Convention?

McDohl · « **Reply #16 on:** January 06, 2009, 09:44:43 PM »

RETRONAUTS. NO MORE RETRONAUTS.

...anyone want to pick up the slack with me?

stump sock · « **Reply #17 on:** January 06, 2009, 10:02:19 PM »

At this point Sharkey might be better off jumping ship.

Sharkey · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2009, 01:32:17 AM »

Quote from: Bal on January 06, 2009, 07:39:18 PM

Everyone that makes 1up what is was gets fired in the wake of UGO buyout

Gosh, thanks.

In light of the fact that I've somehow failed to be fired, you can take that as sarcasm.

Bal · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2009, 03:35:23 AM »

I'm glad you've kept your job, but you've got to admit that, at least from the perspective of the 1up consumer, Shane, Milky, and Garnett (and Jeff Green) really set the tone.

Also sad for me to see those guys finally leave because I was a long time EGM subscriber as a kid. I still have the issues where Shane, Milky, and many other familiar faces that have left over the last year, first joined the Ziff Davis team.

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