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IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Welp, this didn't take long.

It's especially interesting that they laid off a lot of people who were the only ones in their particular job, leaving entire jobs uncovered. I suspect this comes right before shutting them entirely or doing it all "with AI" 🤮.

Sad in particular about Alice Bell. She was fantastic, and it always felt like she kept the site going through all the shit of recent years. Plus being the driving force behind their podcast (the Electronic Wireless Show) of course also spells doom for that one though I hope that like Indiescovery they go rogue and run it independent of the site.

Bleak times. Fuck IGN.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 5 months ago (5 children)

As soon as ign bought humble bundle it turned to shit

[–] [email protected] 78 points 5 months ago

Oooh that's why it's been ass for a while now 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While I still "subscribe" to Humble, I don't recall the last time I actually unpaused a month. Maybe this is the push I needed. Their offerings have been mostly subpar after they bought Humble. Not knocking the indie devs, I think my gaming tastes have changes over the years. Also, I don't need coupons for DLC, please and thank you.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

I had been a Humble Monthly subscriber since they first started it. 6 months ago my husband and I both canceled our subscriptions. Used to be some really good bundles, but now it's just shovelware and DLC coupons.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Has there been any good bundles in the last 10 years? According to my email history the last time I bought something from them was at the end of 2014, and even before then I'd been complaining about it's quality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Only one I've gotten lately have been battletech ones. But that's more to actually get digital versions of their fiction.

Probably should have just said screw it once I realized you had to give 30ish % to ign

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've had choice since it was monthly, I'll probably end it this year (I pay yearly) cause eh so much filler. I'd say I get my moneys worth but 🤷‍♂️ I'm getting old anyway haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That pretty much exactly matches my timeline of my last purchase. I had no idea they were purchased and they did turn to shit and now I can see why.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

That I did not know!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My thoughts exactly. I'm not going to boycott them, but good will is lost.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you're not going to boycott them, your lack of good will is literally meaningless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Dully noted