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• Blizzard denies IPL buy-out rumours

  The IGN Pro League will not be coming under Blizzard’s banner, the publisher told GameSpot in response to recent rumours. Blizzard doesn’t normally bother with rumours, but said it has extended job offers to some prominent IPL community members and is looking at purchasing some of its technology and assets, so spoke out to clear […]

• 1up, GameSpy shut down by Ziff-Davis, IGN suffers layoffs

  Ziff-Davis recently purchased IGN and all its properties, which includes 1up, GameSpy and UGO, and today they’ve set about restructuring the whole place, leaving behind many casualties.

• IGN sold to Ziff Davis: IGN responds to acquisition

  IGN has been bought by j2 Global subsidiary Ziff Davis, confirming speculation that the group had acquired the company from previous owner News Corp for an undisclosed amount.

• IGN to be sold to Ziff Davis' parent company - report

  News Corp. is in the process of closing a deal with Ziff Davis over the sale of IGN, according to All Things Digital.

• News Corp. enlists help of investment bank to offload IGN - report

  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that News Corp. has enlisted the help of investment bank Allen & Co. in order to auction off IGN after several attempts to find a buyer.

• IGN Asia Pacific up and running

  Following the launch last month of its site servicing the Middle East, IGN has signed a licensing deal with Blah! Asia – a division of Spiral Media – to publish IGN Asia Pacific. The site is available in three languages: English, Chinese Mandarin and Malay and will cater to ten markets including Singapore, Malaysia, the […]

• FilePlanet shutting down after 13 years

  Gamers go-to file hosting source for over a decade will be shutting down.

• Layoffs confirmed at IGN and 1UP, IGN Responds

  It’s always sad to see our fellow members  of the press leave their respective outlets, and today is no exception.

• IGN Sweden launched

  IGN has announced a new partnership with games media group, Reset Media AB to publish IGN Sweden.

• Voodoo Extreme, Team Xbox culled, Future lays-off more

  Future US staff have been culled in a wave of lay-offs, while IGN has scrapped two entire sites.

• Future US, IGN hit with lay-offs

  It’s being reported that both Future’s US arm and IGN have been hit with lay-offs. At least five people have been let go from Future due to the company reorganising its games and technology groups, according to Folio. At IGN, least four staffers there have been let go, according to Gama, with UGO.com also affected. […]

• Report: IGN selling Direct2Drive to Gamefly

  IGN is in the process of selling Direct2Drive, its digital distribution service to Gamefly.

• Report: IGN acquiring 1UP parent company UGO

  The beautiful snowflakes of games media just got a tiny bit less diverse. IGN has apparently snapped up UGO Networks, the parent company of 1UP, amid talk the former is set to split from its own parent, News Corp.

• IGN suffering layoffs in all divisions, TXB founder also let go

  Sad news this morning: IGN’s laying off a fair bit of its staff, although specific numbers weren’t given in an internal memo by CEO Roy Bahat.

• Rumour: IGN gives GoW III 10/10 in leaked score

  If this screengrab is correct, IGN’s going to be giving God of War III a straight 10.

• IGN buys WhatTheyPlay.com

  IGN’s bought WhatTheyPlay.com, as you can see here. “As videogames become a mainstream form of entertainment, offering insight about game content that helps parents make informed decisions about what games are appropriate will be a useful service. We are excited to welcome What They Play into the IGN fold.” said IGN’s Peer Schneider. WhatTheyPlay was […]

• IGN: We have a PS3 Slim "for real"

  Whoops. Either IGN’s “having a laugh” on the subject of PS3 Slim, or someone just made a rather large booboo. Speaking in the latest Game Scoop! podcast, an IGN staffer appears to confirm the site has a PS3 Slim. The other speakers then say the console is “under wraps” and someone timestamps the recording to […]

• Cage walks through Heavy Rain - three-part movie

  IGN’s posted three movies of a live E3 demo of Heavy Rain, with the game being played by Quantic Dream’s David Cage. It’s a 15-minute play-through of the scrapyard sequence with Cage and two IGN editors talking over the top. If it’s bonkers real-time graphics you’re after, look no further. The game’s out later this […]

• IGN enters Germany with GIGA.de buy

  IGN’s finally made a move on the German market, buying community site GIGA.de. The site tracks at 700,000 UU per month, and was described by IGN today as “one of the most popular and highly trafficked gaming Internet sites in Germany”. “We are extremely excited about welcoming GIGA.DE as part of IGN Entertainment and continuing […]