Viggen 95 Report post Posted December 5, 2003 Two of the Internet's leading video game companies, IGN Entertainment and GameSpy Industries, on Thursday said they will merge to create a company offering gaming news, information, downloads, data services and community features. San Francisco-based IGN and Irvine, Calif.-based GameSpy, both of which are privately held, said the deal is expected to close in the first half of 2004. IGN Chief Executive Mark Jung will be CEO of the combined company, and GameSpy Chairman Mark Surfas will be chief strategy officer. IGN was publicly traded until August, when it went private in a buyout led by Great Hill Partners and the IGN management team. It is best known for both free and subscription content on games and gaming hardware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reb_control 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2003 Kindof funny for me, the day i decide to check out gamespy, is the day the artical went headline... I don't use gamespy's program, but like to read planet fargo articals (very funny). They said that they will keep there names, but it will be the same company. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 95 Report post Posted September 11, 2005 Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is buying Brisbane, California-based video gaming company IGN Entertainment Inc. for about $650 million in an all-cash deal. The company said this is line with its strategy to expand and consolidate its activities in the online entertainment domain. via ABC Money Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobias 1 Report post Posted September 11, 2005 hmm, as a strong supporter of Australian Rugby League, i'm not a big fan of Rupert Murdoch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longbow 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2005 gamespy sucks IMHO,All Seeing Eye is my favourite,get it Here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silentium 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2005 Interesting, I can't imagine what the result will be! IGN is definitely the best videogaming source and merging with Gamespy can only make it better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites