IGN buys Eurogamer, VG247, and Rock Paper Shotgun – layoffs have already started

Eurogamer is now owned by IGN (Gamer Network)The company that owns IGN now also owns British company Gamer Network and sites including GamesIndustry.biz and Dicebreaker.There is one simple reason why major acquisitions should never be celebrated: consolidation. There’re dozens of reasons why larger companies swallowing up smaller ones is bad for consumers but the reason they’re bad for employees is that they always lead to layoffs, due to job duplication and an immediate need to cut