Sad news today as IGN has announced that the 1UP, Gamespy and UGO sections of the company are being shut down and a large group of employees are being laid off. A spokesman for IGN had a statement: “We are focusing on our two flagship brands, IGN and AskMen. Unfortunately, as a result, we […]
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Merry Christmas From Machinima. You’re Fired.
Today was not a good day to be an employee at website Machinima who laid off almost 10% of their staff just two weeks before Christmas. The layoffs affected the editorial staff. Machinima employees were given no forward notice of their terminations. To rub salt in the wound, Machinima released an official statement about the […]