IGN Purchased By News Corp.

Posted by Zonk on Thursday September 8, 2005 @02:26AM from the another-win-for-murdoch dept.

The Inquirer has the news that, it's official, IGN has been purchased by News Corporation. From the article: "For those not in the know, sites under the IGN network include IGN.com, GameSpy, GameSpy Arena, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, 3D Gamers, Direct2Drive, GameStats.com and a handful of sites under the Vault and Planet networks. IGN and its network will all become part of News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media unit, according to a News Corporation press release. This move is part of News Corp.'s plans to increase its presence online and follows the acquisition of Intermix - which ran MySpace.com - and a college sports outlet Scout Media."

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Fox does it again by ValuJet · 2005-09-08 02:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Just when you thought IGN couldn't get any shittier, fox goes and buys it. Does anyone take their game reviews seriously? Every time I read them the reviews seem like they are purchased from the companies that make the game.
omglol this is great! by Ender+Ryan · 2005-09-08 02:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Now IGN's game coverage will be Fair and Balanced(TM)!

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For those not in the know... by Bnderan · 2005-09-08 02:54 · Score: 5, Funny

For those not in the know, sites under the IGN network include IGN.com, GameSpy, GameSpy Arena...

For once, those not in the know are better off for it.