IGN's acquisition of UGO to impact GameBanshee?

Charnel · Post by **Charnel** » Thu May 05, 2011 9:42 pm

[url="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34531/IGN_Confirms_UGO_Acquisition.php"]IGN Confirms UGO Acquisition[/url] -Gamasutra

Yeah, so, uh, I didn't see any other discussion topic about this and I felt compelled to ask. Will IGN's announced acquisition of UGO impact GameBanshee at all? This inquiring mind wants to know.

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Fri May 06, 2011 4:55 am

Good question, hopefully we'll soon get an answer. Just pray it doesn't inform us that GB's forums are to be merged into IGN's forum. It wouldn't surprise me if that happens given how little traffic we get here these days.

Post by **BuckGB** » Fri May 06, 2011 9:19 am

GameBanshee isn't owned by or affiliated with UGO - I just serve their ads and they pay me a paltry sum based on the number of impressions served. So unless IGN mandates that UGO stop providing advertisements to third parties, this shouldn't affect the site one bit.

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Fri May 06, 2011 12:17 pm

Thanks for the prompt response and reassurance Buck, good news indeed.

Charnel · Post by **Charnel** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:42 am

I agree, that is good to know. Thanks for the reply Buck. I knew GameBanshee wasn't owned by UGO but I wasn't sure how the relationship worked between GameBanshee and UGO.

I'm interested in seeing how this whole thing turns out. My guess is 1UP won't survive.