EGM Shuts Down, More Than 30 Ziff Davis Employees Laid Off
Ziff Davis Media today announced the sale of the 1UP Digital Network, including 1UP.com, MyCheats.com, GameVideos.com and GameTab.com, to UGO Entertainment. EGM’s last printed issue is January 2009....
View ArticleFate Of EGM’s Unpublished 20th Anniversary Issue Unknown
The last printed issue of the just-canceled Electronic Gaming Monthly, will be the January 2009 issue. But production on February issue, which would have been its 20th anniversary, had already begun...
View ArticleUGO Chief Tells Us His Side Of 1UP Purchase Saga
If UGO hadn't bought 1UP, things could have been a lot worse. That's what the company's CEO told me in an interview that began with me asking: "How do you like being a bad guy"? *** How do you like...
View ArticleGoodbye, "Uncle" Ziff - A Personal Reflection
I wouldn't be where I am if it weren't for Electronic Gaming Monthly and Ziff Davis. I first appeared in EGM at 16. Everything about my professional writing career has been tied to EGM and Ziff Davis....
View ArticleKennedy: Gaming Industry Let EGM Die
1UP's editorial director tells us that Electronic Gaming Monthly was probably going to shut down in its 20th year even if UGO hadn't gotten involved -- but that game companies could have stopped it....
View ArticleFormer '1UP Show' Creators Debut New Show, 'Co-Op'
The layoffs at Ziff Davis put many of work and shuttered a number of gamers' favorite video and audio podcasts, but some are coming back in one form or another, including "The 1UP Show", as the former...
View ArticleHear Me Ramble On The 'Listen UP' Podcast Today
Confirm your weekend by listening to this week's Listen Up podcast at 1UP, where I join host Garnett Lee, alongside David Ellis and What They Play's John Davison, as we argue "Halo Wars" expectations,...
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