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.

  • @_sideffect
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    10624 days ago

    As soon as ign bought humble bundle it turned to shit

    • @iliketurtles
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      7824 days ago

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

    • @linkinkampf19
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      3424 days ago

      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]
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        1524 days 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]
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      1024 days ago

      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]
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        224 days 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]
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        224 days ago

        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]
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          124 days 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.