compl3x Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 AOL is shutting down Joystiq and popular MMO sister site Massively. A report earlier in the day fromTechcrunch indicated that parent company AOL planned on rolling the Joystiq brand back into tech site Engadget. The news was confirmed today by Massively editor-in-chief Brianna Royce (in this blog post) and in a tweet from Joystiq News Content Director Alexander Sliwinski. In his tweet, Sliwinski shared a LinkedIn staff list: Javascript is not enabled or refresh the page to view. Click here to view the Tweet The Joystiq layoffs affect 13 staffers including Susan Arendt, Anthony John Agnello, Thomas Schulenberg, Xav de Matos Sam Prell, Earnest Cavalli, Mike Suszek, Danny Cowan, Sinan Kubba, Ludwig Kietzmann, Jess Conditt, Alexander Sliwinski, and Richard Mitchell. Massively employees affected by today's news include Bree Royce, Jef Reahard, Justin Olivetti, Mike Foster, Larry Everett, MJ Guthrie and Eliot Lefebvre. Royce wrote in a Massively post today that her last day of work at the site will be February 3. Popular World of Warcaft site Wow Insider will also be shutting down. According to WoW Insider'sAlex Ziebart, ten people will be affected by the shutdown: Alex Ziebart, Adam Koebel, Adam Holisky, Alex Ziebart, Anne Stickney, Dan O'Halloran, Elizabeth Harper, Elizabeth Wachowski, Matthew Rossi, and Scott Andrews. We offer our sincerest condolences to all those Joystiq. WoW Insider, and Massively employees affected by these layoffs and sincerely hope all of these talented people (many of whom we know personally) find full time employment as soon as possible. Ultimately today is a very dark day for the gaming community because we have lost two incredibly strong voices in Joystiq and Massively. http://gamepolitics.com/2015/01/30/aol-shutting-down-joystiq-and-massively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 ugh -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMike Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hmm I used to surf Joystiq simply because I didn't know any other gaming news sites. Besides it was easy to browse without too many nonsensical navigational aspects. Shame about the jobs. Hope everyone lands on their feet. Anyone got any other sites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Anyone got any other sites? some I use: Destructoid.com gameinformer.com giantbomb rock paper shotgun (this one is PC focused) opposable thumbs on ars technica dead.cell and FunkyMike 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 more bad news former joystiq reporter Javascript is not enabled or refresh the page to view. ">Click here to view the Tweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOC Veteran Posted January 31, 2015 Veteran Share Posted January 31, 2015 Ugh, damn you AOL. I mean I know web sites can't live forever (though they kinda do with the web archive) but still, Joystiq and Massively were awesome sites. Now I'm down to Giantbomb, Gamespot and to some extent the new wave of Youtubers like Kinda Funny (Games) and Jim Sterling etc. Freaking Inside Gaming's crew (Adam Kovic and company) just announced they are leaving Machinima as well. Bad week for us gamers I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Really sad, I visit Joystiq and Massively especially quite daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Oh no. WoW Insider... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 31, 2015 Veteran Share Posted January 31, 2015 Sad to see TUAW go the most, it's one of my old favourites. JoyStiq was always a good backup site, but never a source of in depth material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 31, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted January 31, 2015 AOL, an aging relic... WoW insider was a great website, and I always had no reservations visiting joystiq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hmm I used to surf Joystiq simply because I didn't know any other gaming news sites. Besides it was easy to browse without too many nonsensical navigational aspects. Shame about the jobs. Hope everyone lands on their feet. Anyone got any other sites? If you want one that doesn't spit on it's audience, insult them, and slander them I'd recommend taking a look at techraptor.net psmoked 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Eternal Tempest MVC Posted January 31, 2015 MVC Share Posted January 31, 2015 AOL, an aging relic... WoW insider was a great website, and I always had no reservations visiting joystiq. AOL is more of an un-focused collection of internet stuff, with out a strong central brand. Kinda like Yahoo, until recently where the ex-google executive, now CEO, is trying to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 How did AOL get their disgusting, wrinkly old claws on these sites anyway and why did they even aquire them if they didn't want them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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