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."

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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

R.I.P

Their last issue was blurry becoz UGO does not want it and the guys from EGM does not have the funds to print it properly, thats why its blurry..

this mags one of my fav , but well gamepro also kickin ass

ah...someone with the same opinion as me


the EGM i love already dead in year 2000. They were still good during PS1/SS/N64 era


but look at the bright side, finally i can give my official farewell to EGM

This post has been edited by K-End: Jan 19 2009, 06:20 PM

RIP

R.I.P

R.I.P..

been buying this mag since 1997..got every issue since then

rest in pieces EGM.

Eventhough EGM has some bad patches, i still bought their mags coz i love their quirky stuff there. They have their own identity writing reviews, previews and also seanbaby,haha! And they dun give a damn about gaming companies who just want rave reviews from them..(Ubisoft)

I miss Seanbaby 'rest of the crap' column and Hsu and Chan comic..

u n me buddy.

EGM should have been dead when Shoe took over. he fukced it good lol

the redesigned ect, yucks. they shuold bring back the 4 reviewers point marking scheme.

yeah..i miss those stuff. some other dead mag also got the same 3-4 reviewer marking scheme

never buy EGM.. muahah... donno why...

R.I.P EGM. I remember I always bought the mag when I was in Primary school when im still playing megadrive n SNES. It only cost RM5 for a new issue back then.

This post has been edited by pel: Jan 20 2009, 10:43 AM

I just bought the last issue on Sunday.. Damn.. This is my favourite mag.. Rip..
I hope it will return tho..

a comeback would be great.

i started buying egm since the release of road rash on megadrive... haha.. i m old already

those time every issue is as thick as a dictionary... well ... will missed it..

i used to buy it wen it was rm19.90..haha during the n64 days.. dat time no internet, so had to rely on books.. but as d years went by, it became thinner n thinner.. after d price hike, i stopped buyin it redi.. rather use the net to read it. i stil loved d funny comments and review system.. stil rmbr Zelda ocarina of time received a perfect 10 from all 3 reviewers.. *happy* but yea, RIP EGM.. hope Dan SHu (i tink dats his name) gets a new job..haha..

same here bro. Never ever bought an issue of EGM, but seen it, heard about it thousands of time, but still never buy before.
Don't ask why, i also dunno why.

Maybe i should start now. It'll be MY FIRST & LAST ISSUE OF EGM.


Rest In Peace.

This post has been edited by manglersji: Jan 20 2009, 10:22 PM

so the last EGM was the one with Wolverine Origins as its cover eh? I bought it, not a very good issue I have to say.

Yeah, becoz they thought their final issue was going to be with the Street Fighter 4 cover, this one actulally has been rejected by UGO.

Why didnt i see this coming? I bought the last issue not knowing it was gonna be the last..

last night do some house cleaning... hehe... found these..

all 3 were some years ago.. 2 of em were from the "thick" generation

some very informative on the last generation console war! the way the writing of the article are very well done for its time!


for my opinion, the best review team for egm ever... my salute to them (in memory)


used to love this section very much.. every issue will introduced some very talented and crazy idea game guy who created their own
'console'.. good story


some very good (humor) article on the gamecube's star wars REBEL STRIKE game:

that was some memories, jimlhj76


gotta dig up my room to find my EGM mag

haha.. glad to help u bring back some nice memories.. my opinion is... those who comment that egm is lousy or bad written game mag.. i can understand.. the quality of the mag had change a lot these 2 - 3 years... (not mention the thickness of the mag)

but in my memories.. egm really is one of the best (not just better) game mag for the past 20 years!

glad you can understand that.. most of people cannot accept that fact


yeah, i one of the reader that read EGM during their golden age, where the mag is thick and the review are good.

maybe we can have a small gathering and bring long our treasure 'golden age' egm mags and chat about it to share more memories.. i think that will be awsome!
(provided those old mags still survive in our home )

myself will try to sort out more from house.. i think they are more of em hiding somewhere...

Nice tribute bro. I still keep my egm mags in my hometown. Yeah, it was thick back then. Worth buying/reading.



Btw jimlhj, out of the topic, really want your DF GT. If only my salary is in early this month.

sum of my mags.. most of it thrown away




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The RPG issue was a great issue, tons of wonderful RPG's that were gonna be released that time, esp N64's Ocarina of Time. To get the thickness of the old EGM's, you need to stack up 3 new EGM's together, haha.

SIGH

so many memories...

my closet full of gmaing mags..would have got more if my mom never ripped most of them... i mean thre most of them away

haha... we both still got the x-box versus gamecube issue

i would like to see abg ajis REmake and REZero EGM covers....

I think the best issue was the one with Solid Snake in the cover, the uncovering of MGS2. It was hand drawn by Yoji Shinkawa..

Personally I think they were good, before the unveiling of Xbox. then they went haywire, I understand it and them being American and all.

I hope somebody will bring it back to life, but this time, none of that modern art crap, and make it thicker (not by ads please, )just like the old skool version.

Come to think of it, I miss Expert Gamer too..

the last issue i got was the aut/sept issue SCIV cover with a special coverage on japan game industry and interviews with kamiya (bayonetta), itagaki (post-tecmo) and sakaguchi....

such a great issue and then tiba-tiba this happens, just when i'm starting to get into the magazine.

well, here's my still "surviving" collection of EGM. This is from 2000-2006. I've stopped buying EGM once they became thinner:



Been reading since 1995 when i'm at US..

I had that Xbox vs Gamecube issue, boy it was thick back then

I think because they were own Ziff Davis, and we all know Ziff DAvis does not have a lot of money to cover everything in its 1up network, so i think that's why EGM is getting thinner every issue, cut cost.

Well...It's was a really really great run...All those SNES and Genesis eras..then PS1 then PS2..then now...

p/s: Still waiting them to refund my yearly subscription which have 5 more months I think...

But...

I still have Rebel FM, Geekbox, Area5.tv and sorethumb to keep me company even when EGM and 1up is gone (yup 1up is still around but it's not going to be the same)...They are the best...

Guess i'll be reading GamePro or EDGE now... Dan Hsu and Crispin Boyer's blog are still entertaining though...

Found some inside my old room.





Kof 94' moves


Collector's issue - 400 pages


Fatality moves for MK2 - John Tobias(Noob Saibot)/Ed Boon masterpiece


This post has been edited by pel: Jan 23 2009, 04:54 PM

Bring back Egm!

Why the hell would they terminate the Game Mag company? EGM is one of the best reviewers to date!

gamepro is expensive IMO

Gamepro is retailed around rm40 + right? Do they have demo and content dvds?

yeah, i know. But others are not cheap as well... well, gameaxis is cheap....but..meh...

Gamepro RM32.00 , no they dont have any demo @ free dvds on each issue...but sometimes they do give demo disc.

Awhh i dont want to fork out more money on a second best magazine

Others may not agree but Egm is the best for me. How can they terminate it..

Exactly dude, it has been the only magazine that ive bought all my life, but oh well, i buy gameaxis too sometimes, but thats because the price is good.

GameAxis booorrriiinnggg...

How about Gamemaster? Still alive? It's a Uk mag I think. Bought some of it during those times.

Pening kepala read gameaxis..

Yeah i think i saw one issue of gamemaster in Times Book store yesterday. ]
@Gamersfamilia, i have to agree, GameAxis is friggin boring yo. Too much of BS going around in the mag.

yea lar , if u already get used to EGM / GAMEPRO...gameaxis just like majalah URTV and MANGGA..heheh

haha, true.. there is more anime than games oredi for Gameaxis... and some of the covers...

They also include more animes, fashion designs, movies and so on in GameAxis. More crap than games really.

I LOVE YOU EGM, BYE BYE