Joseph Tartakoff
Dec 9, 2010 8:20 PM
Video game retailer GameStop is partnering with News Corp.‘s IGN in its latest attempt to expand its website beyond e-commerce. Under a two-year agreement the two companies reached earlier this week, IGN will license content from its network of sites to GameStop. GameStop had already been running some ads on…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 28, 2010 2:25 PM
IGN, the News Corp.-owned video game site, is launching a gamer-focused social network called My IGN. On the social network, which launched in beta today, users can “follow” games in order to see the latest news about them in a Facebook-like news feed. They can also communicate with other My…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 8, 2010 9:40 AM
If I were a gamer, I’d probably be a lot more excited by being one of the very first to play the highly anticipated BioShock 2, set for sale next month, and I was most honored to be shown my way around the game by developer Jesse Attard. (Not so…
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Tameka Kee
Sep 23, 2009 7:35 PM
Fox’s IGN Entertainment has acquired What They Play, a gaming info site geared toward bridging the gap between parents and their game-playing kids. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2007 by former Ziff Davis execs Ira Becker and John Davison, the site offers in-depth reviews of games that expand…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 25, 2009 5:29 PM
The slasher film series continues at Fox Interactive Media, which laid off another 50-75 people today at its non-MySpace properties as the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). fiscal year draws to a close. Photobucket, which FIM bought for about $250 million in early 2007, was the hardest hit, losing roughly one-third…
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