misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agoIGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and morewww.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10cross-posted to: playstation@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.worldgaming@beehaw.org
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minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-26 months agoThis should be illegal. IGN buys up practically everyone except Kotaku so they technically don’t own a monopoly over the gaming media sector? EDIT: Hang on, wait a minute. Humble is a games publisher. IGN is a games reviewer. Isn’t that conflict of interest?
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoIt is, and it’s old news. They’ve owned Humble for a while now.
minus-squaregoferking0@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoAren’t they the ones that made it so you have to give at least 30% to humble no matter how you do the distribution
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months agoThat came after the purchase, yes. They’re also far less likely to have DRM-free versions of games these days. It destroyed a lot of my reason for shopping there.
This should be illegal. IGN buys up practically everyone except Kotaku so they technically don’t own a monopoly over the gaming media sector?
EDIT: Hang on, wait a minute. Humble is a games publisher. IGN is a games reviewer. Isn’t that conflict of interest?
It is, and it’s old news. They’ve owned Humble for a while now.
Aren’t they the ones that made it so you have to give at least 30% to humble no matter how you do the distribution
That came after the purchase, yes. They’re also far less likely to have DRM-free versions of games these days. It destroyed a lot of my reason for shopping there.