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Breaking: 1UP acquired by UGO, EGM is officially no more
Destructoid — ... Yes folks, the rumblings were true: 1UP has been sold by Ziff Davis to UGO Entertainment and its parent Hearst Corporation, including 1UP's associated Web sites GameVideos, MyCheats, and GameTab. ...

It’s official - UGO Entertainment Acquires 1UP
GoNintendo — 1up has just added this post to their site… You may have heard the rumors in the past, but today the announcement we?ve all been waiting for has officially come: UGO Entertainment and parent Hearst Corporation have acquired 1UP and its associated sites GameVideos.com, MyCheats.com, and GameTab.com. 1UP and its sites now join UGO’s network of gaming properties that will reach over 40 million monthly unique visitors. UGO and 1UP representatives commented on the deal: Full post here While nothing official is said concerning EGM magazine, it sure looks like this is the end for that ...

UGO Entertainment Snatches Up Ziff Davis 1Up Network, 'EGM' To Close
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... were true. 1Up has recently posted confirmation of a story that was running wild (like Hulkamania) for the last few hours. The official company line is: ...

UGO Entertainment Acquires 1UP
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... UGO Entertainment has acquired 1UP. Straight from the source: Quote: You may have heard the rumors in the past, but today the announcement we've all been waiting for has officially come: UGO Entertainment ...

1Up.com network (mostly) bought by UGO; EGM magazine gone
Big Download Blog — ... Last month the rumor mill started circulating that Ziff Davis was going to sell off its 1Up.com network of gaming web sites to UGO (owned by the Hearst Corporation), Well, 1Up.com has now made that deal official; the web site has announced that UGO ...

1UP Sold to UGO, EGM Says Farewell
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed — 1UP has today confirmed that the site has been sold to the Hearst Corporation. Affiliate sites GameVideos.com, MyCheats.com, and GameTab.com are also affected by this deal. The Hearst media conglomerate also owns UGO Entertainment. "Since we started UGO 11 years ago, we have served the gamer community and built a world-class online publishing platform," said J Moses, CEO of UGO Entertainment. "The acquisition of 1UP, with its authentic voice, tenured editorial personalities and bustling user community, allows us to expand our base of quality content and represents a major ...

A bad day at work
Verbal Spew — This is not really how I expected the day to go. For those who have asked, though, I'm still with 1UP. Thanks for your concern, but I'd rather you wish the best for everyone who wasn't so fortunate instead. Go consume some hard liquor for us.

My heart goes out to all the EGM and 1up Staff
iWinButton — ... This has nothing to do with MMOs, but it’s one of the saddest days ever for video games. UGO has bought 1up.com, and in doing so trashed Electronic Gaming Monthly, along with the majority(?) of it’s PHENOMENAL journalists and employees. ...

1Up Network Sold - EGM, Podcasts Dead
4 color rebellion — ... Not necessarily gloom and doom, right? The initial statement from 1Up seemed downright optimistic (in a blatantly PR fashion). ...

UGO Buys 1UP. EGM magazine closed. Podcasts closed. 40+ Layoffs.
PS3 Blog and Community | PS3Blog.net — ... Wow. The details aren’t 100% confirmed, but UGO has defintely acquired 1UP and many staff are no longer with the company. The EGM print magazine is reportedly closed and the podcasts and video shows are reportedly being shutdown. Full details will be available by morning. ...

Enthusiast press is dead, long live enthusiast press.
www.GamesAreEvil.com — So, not too long after the GameSpot stable moved on to pastures more respectable, EGM magazine is being closed and its partner site, 1.up.com, has been sold to UGO. Whether this is is genuinely being seen as a good thing by the (remaining) 1up staff or not remains to be seen, but Wombat will either be very happy or very sad right now; he’s technically part of the 1up crew now! (sort of). That said, the following people have already been let go, signaling that the best podcasts out there, 1up Yours and The 1up Show, are no more: ...

UGO Entertainment acquires 1UP
That VideoGame Blog — ... Despite the PR quotes, not all is well when it comes to the results of this acquisition. Dozens of 1UP employees who essentially made the site what it was have been let go, and the popular 1UP Show and 1UP Yours programs have been canceled. It will be interesting to see what UGO has planned, and how they intend to pull it off. But for now, needless to say, the readers of 1UP are not afraid to express their unhappiness. ...

EGM No More
Crispy Gamer | Video Game News, Rumors and Updates — ... as demos, patches, mods and utilities, will remain a part of the Ziff Davis family under its PCMag Digital Network. the company is putting a lot of faith going forward in this sector.“We will continue to operate the Filefront business as a part of the PCMag Digital Network ,” continued Young in the email. “In the coming months we will determine the best ways to leverage the scale and functionality of this digital property to expand our business position.” Official statement from 1Up right here . ...

1UP director Sam Kennedy: UGO not 'the bad guy'
Joystiq — ... The closure of games mag EGM and accompanying staff reductions at 1UP had many gamers pointing the finger at UGO. It seems unfathomable that so many longtime industry veterans would find themselves out of a job. Even a day later, it's difficult to truly understand the repercussions of the UGO-1UP merger. Sam Kennedy, director of the 1UP Network, may have come off as a bit too cheery in yesterday's press release. However, a post on NeoGAF reiterates his belief that UGO's purchase of 1UP is ultimately the best (and perhaps only viable) option ...

1UP.com Sold to UGO, EGM No More — Geek Says Goodbye
Geekadelphia — ... announced via their website that, “UGO Entertainment and parent Hearst Corporation have acquired 1UP and its associated sites GameVideos.com, MyCheats.com, and GameTab.com.” While the piece posted on their site outlines the aquisition as if it were a blessing, they fail to mention the massive fallout surrounding it: nearly 20-year-old Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine is no more and over 30 employees were fired (including a gaggle of game writing veterans, like Shane Bettenhausen and James “Milkman” Mielke). ...

1UP for sale! (Get it?)
Sarcastic Gamer — ... Reception has hardly been kindly, as one of the best indie gaming sites out there has gone corporate, and has changed in what we can safely call a major fashion. While changes wont be instant, they will come over time and they will be noticeable. The true shame here is what has become of the 30-odd staff who have been laid off. It’s already hard finding a job at the moment but we can only wish the now redundant staff of 1UP.com and EGM the best of luck in their futures. ...

Mega64 bids farewell to Evan Grant Mondesanto
Joystiq — ... If you're not easily offended by simulated acts of canine brutality (this is already one of the strangest lead sentences we've ever written), then you may want to check out Mega64's touching tribute to the recently deceased Electronic Gaming Monthly, imbued in ...