Thu, Mar 15, 2012 | 17:58 GMT
Confirmed: Giant Bomb bought by CBS Interactive
GameSpot parent CBS Interactive has bought popular US site Giant Bomb, its been announced.
An AllThingsD piece first broke the news, but a Giant Bomb livestream has confirmed it.
The site will move into the GameSpot offices.
The sale comes as part of a wider deal that sees GB’s parent company Whiskey Media bought by BermanBraun. Most of Whiskey’s sites will remain with Berman, while GiantBomb and Comic Vine will be sold to CBS.
Giant Bomb was co-founded by ex-GameSpot alumni Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis after the former was infamously and controversially fired from the site after his review of Kane and Lynch: Dead Men.
Gerstmann has said in the stream he will explain lwhy he was fired from the site in 2007 alongside current GameSpot boss John Davison in a livestream at 4pm PST (11pm GMT) today that’ll be hosted on both Giant Bomb and GameSpot.
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Posted in: Journalism
Tags: gamespot, giant bomb, Jeff Gerstmann
12 comments
#1
Aimless
15/03/12, 5:02 pm
Well, this would certainly be ironic.
#2
unacomn
15/03/12, 5:13 pm
And comedy ensued.
#3
YoungZer0
15/03/12, 5:22 pm
Probably going to fire him again.
#4
ManuOtaku
15/03/12, 5:43 pm
Somebody on Gamestop is really piss off with Jeff Gerstmann, he/she did spend a lot of money just to get even with him just one more time.
#5
mathare92
15/03/12, 5:48 pm
Did not see this coming. I hope it doesn’t lead to a dumbed down, more “mainstream” Giant Bomb from now on. I regularly pay them a visit for their video content.
#6
The_Red
15/03/12, 5:56 pm
Holy fuck, seriously, this is the perfect setup for a sitcom. Seriously, please don’t ruing the GB. It’s one of the few great remaining sites.
#7
Dave Oshry
15/03/12, 5:59 pm
@1 Don’t ya think?!
#8
aseddon130
15/03/12, 6:20 pm
they are adamant that nothing will change, and i personally don’t think it will either. Hope things go well for em anyway it is a genuinely great website.
#9
G1GAHURTZ
15/03/12, 6:23 pm
First Harrison to Microsoft, now this.
So…
Pat, when are you going back to CVG?
#10
Patrick Garratt
15/03/12, 7:28 pm
@9 – When Future gives me a million pounds.
#11
Freek
15/03/12, 7:51 pm
They announced this, on a webcam, in a kitchen, whilest eating pancakes.
Everything will be fine, if anything it’s going to be even MORE stupid. Wich is great!
#12
Cormac
15/03/12, 8:54 pm
I hope this works out well for them since I love everything that GB does.
Also you didn’t mention the overhall tested.com is going to get, including JAMIE AND ADAM FROM THE MYTHBUSTERS going to be on the website!
http://www.tested.com/