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IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Welp, this didn't take long.

It's especially interesting that they laid off a lot of people who were the only ones in their particular job, leaving entire jobs uncovered. I suspect this comes right before shutting them entirely or doing it all "with AI" 🤮.

Sad in particular about Alice Bell. She was fantastic, and it always felt like she kept the site going through all the shit of recent years. Plus being the driving force behind their podcast (the Electronic Wireless Show) of course also spells doom for that one though I hope that like Indiescovery they go rogue and run it independent of the site.

Bleak times. Fuck IGN.

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[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

Has there been any good bundles in the last 10 years? According to my email history the last time I bought something from them was at the end of 2014, and even before then I'd been complaining about it's quality.

[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago

I've had choice since it was monthly, I'll probably end it this year (I pay yearly) cause eh so much filler. I'd say I get my moneys worth but 🤷‍♂️ I'm getting old anyway haha

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

That pretty much exactly matches my timeline of my last purchase. I had no idea they were purchased and they did turn to shit and now I can see why.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago

Only one I've gotten lately have been battletech ones. But that's more to actually get digital versions of their fiction.

Probably should have just said screw it once I realized you had to give 30ish % to ign

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