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Ziff Davis Closes 1Up, Gamespy, and UGO

Posted on Thursday, February 21 @ 19:03:19 Eastern by

In a memo to employees, obtained by Kotaku today, Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah lays out the reasoning behind the shutter of three major gaming publications: 1Up, Gamespy, and UGO. Of course this comes on the heals of ZD's purchase of IGN and subsidiaries from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

Today we took some difficult but important actions that will ensure the continued growth and health of IGN and AskMen…. The changes we made today are designed to allow us to Simplify and Focus…. As a result of our decision to focus on our core brands, we are:

• Winding down 1UP.com, UGO.com, and GameSpy.com;
• No longer ad reaping 3rd party sites such as GameStop.com and FamilyGuy.com;
• Actively engaged with parties interested in acquiring IPL (IGN Pro League). IGN's role going forward will be to broadcast and cover a variety of eSports events;
• Dividing our ad sales team into two: one focused on IGN and the other focused on AskMen.

It seems apparent that 1UP, Gamespy, and UGO all heavily overlapped each other and IGN, so this was easily foreseen as a possible end. A lot of good folks are now looking for work as a result of this restructuring and we hope they find new opportunities quickly.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Feb 21st, 2013 at 7:15 pm
    Why couldn't they just close IGN? >_>
    0 4
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Feb 21st, 2013 at 7:29 pm
    Because IGN babes...
    0 4
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Feb 21st, 2013 at 7:29 pm
    I never like any of those companies but i can say this is a sad day. Gamespy did everythign they could to promote online gaming in the late 90's, 1up gave rise to rising reviewers now famous to day and UGO had a decent community.

    R.I.P.
    0 3
  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Feb 21st, 2013 at 8:51 pm
    I feel bad for everybody who lost a job. I think the biggest loss gaming media has seen is still the demise of the original EGM.
    0 4
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Feb 21st, 2013 at 11:14 pm
    Yeah that one is up there. That was round 1 for 1up.com too so i'm sure this probably feels like old-hat to them.
    0 1
  • used44
    used44
    Joined: Mar 2002
    Posted: Feb 21st, 2013 at 9:13 pm
    This is sad. I read Gamespy a lot as a kid. Not anymore, but still. Hoping those people move forward successfully.
    0 4
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Feb 21st, 2013 at 11:11 pm
    I also remember reading Gamespy at the library during my 30 minutes of internet access.
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 22nd, 2013 at 3:54 am
    What does IGN stand for, anway?
    0 1
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Feb 22nd, 2013 at 9:33 am
    Ignorant Gamers Network
    1 2
  • MasterRabbi
    MasterRabbi
    Joined: May 2007
    Posted: Feb 22nd, 2013 at 5:42 am
    I remember when Gamespy provided connection tools for games, which was amazing. Multiplayer PC gaming in the 90's was very difficult with direct IP connections and port forwarding, and Gamespy could handle all of it and provide a chat/game community. Thank you gamespy, for being a trailblazer to bring games where they are today.
    0 1
  • Pandoronium
    Pandoronium
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Feb 22nd, 2013 at 6:37 am
    It's a sad eventuality for nearly all old-school gaming news/reviews sites...a sign of the times that I don't much care for. Seeing GamePro go under was a painful process, as it used to be one of my largest resources for games back in the day. Slowly but surely, all we'll have from the early days of the internet will be memories.
    0 1
  • Diabolus
    Diabolus
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Feb 22nd, 2013 at 10:37 am
    I was very sad at the demise of Gamefan. Now there was a mag that had some personality, kinda like if there was a print version of GR.
    0 0
  • Lethean
    Lethean
    Joined: Jan 2001
    Posted: Feb 22nd, 2013 at 2:32 pm
    I wonder if Johnny Liu is still at 1up.com....He was one of the best reviewers GR ever had.
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