Board 8 > So what is Giant Bomb's big announcement today going to be

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Your subscription will end, GameSpot will not have your credit card info, and you'll be given a coupon to spend on... something. GiantBomb has been bought by CBS Interactive, while the rest of the WM crew were bought by someone else.

Reviews, QLs, and the Bombcast will continue. Dumb s*** will still be posted, but the best won't be hidden behind a paywall.


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CBS also bought Comic Vine too, but the rest were bought by some other person and will remain Whiskey Media

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Oh yeah, Comic Vine. Damn Dave's attachment to that site!


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So happy for Will and Norm, but man, it sucks that the old crew is split up.

oh wow

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I need that dumb ****. The Jar must live on.

Ugh, I just bought that Christmas sale year subscription.

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Augh what, no tested crew. Gahh, those guys should come with GB, this blows.

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Woah, what is Tested?

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There's a fine line between hyphenated words.

Giant Bomb & ComicVine got sold to CBS Interactive, owners of GameSpot!

Giant Bomb will remain a separate site with complete editorial control. They'll be moving back into the GameSpot offices, and likely produce content with them.

Giant Bomb premium memberships will likely be converted into GameSpot premium accounts. Dave said this could be done through coupon codes or something similar. The details of what this would entail for GB users isn't clear, beyond the usual "no ads."

Giant Bomb is now:
- Jeff, Ryan, Vinny, Brad, Drew, Patrick, Alex Navarro, Dave, Alexis, Sam (an engineer), Jeff 2 aka bitprophet on SA

ComicVine is now:
- Tony, Sara

Today at 4pm PST/7pm EST, the full story of Jeff Gerstmann's firing from GameSpot will be revealed, presumedly to ease troubled minds.


Tested, Screened, and Anime Vice were sold to some dudes named BermanBraun

http://allthingsd.com/20120315/excl...-whiskey-media/

Tested will be massively expanding their site to cover more than just gadgets. They will also be doing new content with the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie.

While Alex is going to Giant Bomb, he has said that "the Year of the Cage will continue."

Whiskey Media is now:
- Shelby, Ethan, Coonce, Daniel, that other engineer that I can't remember

Tested :
- Will, Norm, Joey, Gary and the Mythbusters

Screened:
- Rorie

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What happens to screened?

Alex is going with giantbomb, right?

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no more happy hours ever

rorie all by himself

whoo mythbusters i guess, but if whitta clocks out then i just don't know.

bleh

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i bet Rorie gets a dog to take over for Alex

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My mom is BFF's with Drew Scanlon's mom.

I saw her like a week ago and she gave me all the SCOOPS.

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way to not tell us!

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WazzupGenius00 posted...
way to not tell us!

Didn't seem like my place to bud in.

He's pumped tho. Working for CBS means he suddenly has insurance and a 401k and stuff.

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From: GANON1025 | Posted: 3/15/2012 2:06:51 PM | #058
Today at 4pm PST/7pm EST, the full story of Jeff Gerstmann's firing from GameSpot will be revealed, presumedly to ease troubled minds.

heh

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Tested + Mythbusters kinda sounds amazing

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so Screened is just like... dead now? On one hand, I'm glad to have Alex with Giantbomb, but uh... I really enjoyed him on Screened.

also this is insane and troubling and I am concerned

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Screened is still going to be a site from what I've read.

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...but will Alex still appear on BTSD? Screened is a great site, but I can't say I actually use it much... I just listen to the podcast to catch up on what's been going on in the world of movies. It's going to suck if the podcast doesn't continue... or if it continues with just Matt.

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Alex is 100% gone from Screened, he posted his farewell letter there.

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Alex is 100% gone from Screened, he posted his farewell letter there.

Well, I guess that proves how little I actually go to Screened.com

Also, ****.

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My monthly premium membership is set to renew on the 24th, I haven't actually seen the video but I wonder on what date will all the GB premium content become...un-premium. The FAQ for Premium Members says that the official switchover of premium memberships from Whiskey Media to GameSpot will happen on April 15th, and I have no desire for a GameSpot premium membership, so I guess I should just cancel before the 24th.

If I lose access to GB premium content for 3 weeks or so, oh well I guess,

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I'm just curious what's going to happen to the year and a half left on my subscription.

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wow, hope it works out. also, i may be paying more attention to tested now.

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Let's just hope Gamespot or CNET doesn't regulate Giant Bomb's website format or anything like that.

Cause their sites are an effin mess. Gamespot's especially.

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So uh where is this jeff thing happening

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Happening at CBS, you can view it on Giant Bomb though. Brad just tweeted that a live stream will be up soon on the site.

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twitch.tv/gamespot

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I am kind of curious about how this is going to affect the forums here.

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No more Tested :(

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From: TheOceIot | #081
No more Tested :(

What makes you think that? Tested is going through huge expansions, including teaming up with Myth busters.

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i don't care about this particular deal, but cbs owning so much is kind of worrisome

so what was the true story of Jeff's firing

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From: WazzupGenius00 | #084
so what was the true story of Jeff's firing

http://kotaku.com/5893785/yes-a-games-writer-was-fired-over-review-scores

He was fired because of Kane and Lynch.

Also, apparently gamespot wasn't/isn't PAID to give good reviews, they're threatened.

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Threatened with things like "we'll pull our advertising dollars" and "we're not sending you any free games for review anymore," right?

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From: WazzupGenius00 | #086
Threatened with things like "we'll pull our advertising dollars" and "we're not sending you any free games for review anymore," right?

Pretty much yeah.

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the new tested site looks like garbage, especially the forums.

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