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Ziff Davis Kills EGM, Sells 1Up

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 11:15 PM | Tuesday, January 6, 2009 | (url: http://www.gamasu...)

Following repeated rumors to the effect, Gamasutra has learned that Ziff Davis has sold its 1UP division to Hearst's UGO Entertainment, and is shutting long-running print magazine EGM in the process.

According to a statement received by Gamasutra, Ziff Davis Media has now officially announced the sale of the 1UP Digital Network to Hearst's UGO Entertainment division.

The sale includes 1UP.com, Mycheats.com, Gametab.com, and GameVideos.com, and specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

In association with this, Ziff Davis Media's EGM Magazine, a consumer game print mainstay since 1989, will be discontinued. The January 2009 issue will be the final printed issue.


01-06-09 - 11:45 PM
fucking sad day for video games and journalism


The entire EGM crew was fucking great. 1up Show, 1up Yours, Broken Pixels......some of the best shit on the internet.

Fuck UGO and fuck ZD for selling them out.
01-07-09 - 04:56 AM
lol. EGM sucked. Pretty much the poster child for fanboyism and fapping on graphics over gameplay. 1up too.
01-07-09 - 05:43 AM
im sad, it is definitely an end of an era.

bring back PXCL FFS
01-07-09 - 12:27 PM
Originally posted by CarpeIppon  
lol. EGM sucked. Pretty much the poster child for fanboyism and fapping on graphics over gameplay. 1up too.

you obviously know nothing about what you're talking about

go troll somewhere else
01-30-09 - 01:03 PM
If you cared about EGM, listen to this: http://alifewellwasted.com/
01-30-09 - 08:07 PM
there are a number of podcast that have spawn from the death of 1up. Most of which have talked about what happened, etc

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02-07-09 - 03:09 AM
had EGN the whole time I was in high school... gift from my parent.

Sushi-X forever
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