It appears no business is secure from consolidation, and the newest goal is gaming media. From a report: IGN Leisure has acquired the web site portfolio of UK writer Gamer Community, which operates various beloved games-focused publications. That checklist contains Gamesindustry.biz, Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247, and the tabletop website Dicebreaker. The community additionally holds shares in websites like Nintendo Life and Digital Foundry.
Phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed. Gamesindustry.biz reviews that “some redundancies” have been made throughout the websites, although it isn’t clear what number of staff have been impacted. In line with a number of posts on X, editors at each Rock Paper Shotgun and Gamesindustry.biz have been laid off. IGN Leisure is owned by Ziff Davis, which, along with IGN’s website, additionally operates different subsidiaries like Humble Bundle.