Is This the End for EGM?
Joystiq reports [http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/exclusive-ugo-in-high-level-talks-to-buy-1up-egm-not-part-of-d/] that UGO Entertainment may be interested in buying the 1UP Network, consisting of GameVideos, MyCheats and the flagship website, but only if iconic gaming mag Electronic Gaming Monthly gets left behind.
The December cover of Electronic Gaming Monthly seemed bizarre at the time, considering the Electronic Gaming Monthly [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=213347&title=clusterf#@k-to-the-poor-house].
Ziff Davis Media, which filed for offload [http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/03/ziff-davis-succ.html] its assets, more specifically the Game Group, since as far back as January 2007. While there have been offers made behind closed doors, the most common cause of fallout has been the complete lack of interest from potential investors in Electronic Gaming Monthly. Orland's sources report that Ziff has run into problems selling ad space for upcoming issues of EGM, with the February issue of the long-running magazine being its last.
None of this should be particularly shocking to anyone as the EGM doors have become a revolving door for veteran writers looking to bail out of the company any way they can for the past two years. While the death of the magazine would mean the end of EGM, the writers and content would most likely move over to the website, 1up.com, much the same way it did when Ziff Davis Media ceased [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167296] production of Games for Windows Magazine earlier this year.
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The December cover of Electronic Gaming Monthly seemed bizarre at the time, considering the Electronic Gaming Monthly [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=213347&title=clusterf#@k-to-the-poor-house].
Ziff Davis Media, which filed for offload [http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/03/ziff-davis-succ.html] its assets, more specifically the Game Group, since as far back as January 2007. While there have been offers made behind closed doors, the most common cause of fallout has been the complete lack of interest from potential investors in Electronic Gaming Monthly. Orland's sources report that Ziff has run into problems selling ad space for upcoming issues of EGM, with the February issue of the long-running magazine being its last.
None of this should be particularly shocking to anyone as the EGM doors have become a revolving door for veteran writers looking to bail out of the company any way they can for the past two years. While the death of the magazine would mean the end of EGM, the writers and content would most likely move over to the website, 1up.com, much the same way it did when Ziff Davis Media ceased [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167296] production of Games for Windows Magazine earlier this year.
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