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Fall of EGM and 1UP…

January 6, 2009 at 10:00 PM

in Management,Meanderings

A Little Bit: As reported in a BusinessWire article earlier this evening, Ziff Davis Media has sold the 1UP Digital Network to UGO Entertainment (part of the Hearst Corporation). Additionally, ZD’s EGM magazine is being terminated, with its final issue being January 2009. On the 1UP roster are the following properties: 1UP.com FileFront.com GameTab.com GameVideos.com [...]

Bill Roper Speaks Out on the Great Collapse

August 19, 2008 at 2:55 AM

in Gaming

A Little Bit: 1UP has an interview with Bill Roper, co-founder of Flagship Studios, the dissolved game development shop behind Hellgate: London. Some discussion is spent on the events that led to the fall, and the terms surrounding the outcome, as well as some of the players in the corporate drama, including Namco Bandai.