Gamasutra reports that troubled publisher Ziff Davis has sold the 1UP Network and shut down EGM magazine:

" Following repeated rumors to the effect, Gamasutra has learned that Ziff Davis has sold its 1UP division to Hearst's UGO Entertainment, and is shutting long-running print magazine EGM in the process.

According to a statement received by Gamasutra, Ziff Davis Media has now officially announced the sale of the 1UP Digital Network to Hearst's UGO Entertainment division.

The sale includes 1UP.com, Mycheats.com, Gametab.com, and GameVideos.com, and specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

In association with this, Ziff Davis Media's EGM Magazine, a consumer game print mainstay since 1989, will be discontinued. The January 2009 issue will be the final printed issue.

Thirty staffers have so been let go, so far."

SOURCE


R.I.P EGM

1989 - 2009

This post has been edited by aiyish: Jan 19 2009, 12:41 AM

r.i.p.....

aw man, one of my favourite maganize
rip

That's to bad..I thought that after since Shoe left EGM, I could see EGM still got some love for videogames..oh well..

sob... sob My monthly reading material during the Saturn days.

read them since the n64 days, i remember the cover with Link..awesome stuff..

Wow. Bro aiyish, you must be as old as me, or much older than me. How old are you, bro?

nah, not that old. Im 23. Got a chance to read their old issues cos my cousin is a hardcore gamer himself.

Oh, I just thought that you were much older coz I think I remembered that gundamalpha mentioned that you still have an NES.

haha, that NES i bought from someone.

Btw,

I love this cover:

Is that yours? Still in mint condition!! Most of mine are all 'koyak-koyak' on the edges already.

sold to UGO? the one that complain KZ2 sux?

This post has been edited by earthdome: Jan 19 2009, 12:55 AM

I guess I could sell my EGM FFX cover by Amano-san at Ebay later..

haha, wait first. Im keeping thier final issue in a shrink wrap... takot2 boleh jual ke...haha

Still got EGM Resident Evil: Remake and Zero cover..among the fave mag cover design

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Added on January 19, 2009, 1:03 amYeah me too..want to wrap all the mags that are potential to be money later

This post has been edited by ajis: Jan 19 2009, 01:12 AM

but the final issue didnt mention bout it is the last issue rite? or i missed it?

i havemany of their issues...in fact in the last 5 years i have biufght most if not all their issues...

before that i was only a small kid and had no respect for magazines...EGM brought that love and respect...

The last issue if anyone wants to know...is with that crappy cover of in game wolverine...it would have been ironic if their last issue was the watchmen cover...you will see why

R.I.P


am im the only one think EGM should be RIP along time ago?

No offense, but I never did like EGM.

But either ways, good job that they have come so far.

EGM always bashing PS2 games, Shadow hearts2 got oh not so good review..I said, WTH? and Shoe was thought that Xbox is God

But I still subscribe till now, at least for some good laugh

This post has been edited by ajis: Jan 19 2009, 12:26 PM