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[Dec 04, 2003, 4:10 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

IGN and GameSpy Announce Merger Agreement; Combination Will Create Web's Largest Network of Gaming Destination Sites confirms at least part of the recent rumor that GameSpy Industries was somehow in play (story), announcing that GameSpy is merging with IGN. Word is: "Because of their distinct audiences and strong loyalties, both the IGN.com and GameSpy.com brands will be retained. The companies expect to complete the merger in the first half of 2004."

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37. No subject Dec 4, 2003, 17:28 Nexus
 
If either company were taking over another company that I cared about, or felt produced good material, I'd feel affected by it. As it is, it's two companies heavy into advertising and not always regarded as the top of the journalistic quality fusing into a melange of dislikeable crap (from my point of view at least).

The net result? they can consolidate resources to create more articles that I don't read, while possibly eliminating a proportion of the overlap in stuff I don't read.

What might make me a little nervous is the weight that they can put behind GS/IGN exclusives. Those exclusives aren't something I want to see more of.

  
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  13. Dec 4, 15:29     That's nothing... [AIX]Hood
  6. Dec 4, 15:19 Merger? More like SUCKTure! AHAHAH! Da Stylin' Rastan
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  33. Dec 4, 17:07 Well, one reason maybe... Brick
  36. Dec 4, 17:21  Re: Well, one reason maybe... Krovven
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  42. Dec 4, 17:35    Re: Well, one reason maybe... Krovven
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  41. Dec 4, 17:33   What has IGN done for us lately? amygdala
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  49. Dec 4, 18:01   Re: Well, one reason maybe... Brick
  51. Dec 4, 18:11    Re: Well, one reason maybe... MonsieurEvil
  52. Dec 4, 18:34     Re: Well, one reason maybe... Beady
  82. Dec 5, 16:04      There might be an alternative... dude
  53. Dec 4, 18:52     Re: Well, one reason maybe... Brick
  54. Dec 4, 19:23      Re: Well, one reason maybe... Krovven
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  60. Dec 4, 21:03          Re: Well, one reason maybe... Brick
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  80. Dec 5, 14:41             Re: Well, one reason maybe... MonsieurEvil
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