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IGN Purchased By News Corp.

Posted by Zonk on 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."

6 of 58 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Oh great. by tdvaughan · · Score: 2, Informative

    Palm split into PalmOne and PalmSource.

  2. Brought to you by... by charlesbakerharris · · Score: 3, Informative
    ...the folks who reviewed Master of Orion III - a game that was so poorly done that you could literally start a new game, then do nothing but hit "End Turn" about 500 times, and win the game...

    They gave it 9.2 out of 10, including a subscore of 9.4 for "lasting appeal". Nice work, morons.

  3. Re:Well... by EvilDonut · · Score: 2, Informative

    More Sources: GamesIndustry.biz/a> and News Corp themselves.

  4. Re:Well... by jasoncart · · Score: 2, Informative

    How about...
    Bloomberg, ZDnet, Financial Times, BBC, Reuters, USAToday, or Washington Post?

  5. Re:Well... by Elwaryn · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or Even... Google News

  6. Re:Fox does it again by xtracto · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try Metacritic I find it very useful for game revies and scores. And it has also Films, DVDs, Music and Books.

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