I'm sad to hear about usgamer, but I am pleased that you have managed to land a new role. Best of luck at pcmag!
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USGamer Staff Made Redundant, Leaving at the End of the Year
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I definitely made sure to click over there a few times a week... felt like one of the last small-scale sites. They gave it their all - some great content and work.
I've been involved in many media companies over the years - that have acquired or been gobbled up. It's a brutal business... good luck to all the staff!
I've been involved in many media companies over the years - that have acquired or been gobbled up. It's a brutal business... good luck to all the staff!
As far as I understand it... he has no connection to the site when he left a few years ago. Retronauts is his baby... USGamer was a gig.
This is awful. I hope everyone lands on their feet as they're a great bunch. Is the site just going to go away? Are they just going to syndicate Eurogamer content? Do we have any sense?
I was going to ask what was going to happen to the Axe of the Blood God: USG's Official RPG Podcast but than I saw the latest episode go up so I guess I'll listen to that when I go to work today to find out but I hope that everyone lands on their feet quickly and find a new job.
His full time gig is working for some industry consulting firm. So he should be fine beyond his podcast.
Jeremy has been gone for year. He works for Limited Run now.
The site is staying up.
No comment!
It means they lost their jobs. They are no longer employed there.
On the redundant aspect I'd assume whomever owns or is gonna buy them already has an editorial staff. So they might absorb some folks and other folks are out the door.
Oh wow. So sorry for them. They do legitimately great content. Hope they all land on their feet.
yeah I got that but...
ooo thanks, was out of the loop on the whole thing but this makes sense
Sorry to hear this. I'm sure everyone will find new positions as it's such a talented crew.
Gotta say that I never like the site redesign; I think you guys working there were done dirty on that front.
Gotta say that I never like the site redesign; I think you guys working there were done dirty on that front.
Jeff is still a video game consultant, currently in a business with Ryan Scott and Robert Coffey.
The podcast was a collab between him and USGamer.
Being made redundant is a British English expression to say laid off. I wouldn't assume they're going to be replaced with anybody.
Man this sucks. I love all of their writers, I hope all of them are able to land on their feet and find positions that fit/they enjoy.
Selfish of me, but I'm glad Kat and Nadia will continue the Blood God.
That's a good fit!
Selfish of me, but I'm glad Kat and Nadia will continue the Blood God.
That's a good fit!
Best wishes everyone there! USGamer was one of hte last game sites i still checked in on.
i know it was just in collaboration, but i hope this doesn't kill off jeff green's podcast. ive listened to a ton of games podcast over the years, but Branching Narratives was legit one of the best. hope it can continue in some way.
i know it was just in collaboration, but i hope this doesn't kill off jeff green's podcast. ive listened to a ton of games podcast over the years, but Branching Narratives was legit one of the best. hope it can continue in some way.
Thanks for the reply, Mike. Firing the staff and keeping the site around as a cost-cutting measure, which is what I assume this is, feels completely scummy. Of course I have none of the BTS details, so I'll withhold full and final judgement for now.
Yeah, if they're keeping it up to just repost content from their sister sites, like Eurogamer and GamesIndustry, and eek out a bit more ad revenue then that would be scummy... but not as scummy as, say, replacing their entire staff with vastly underpaid freelancers. We'll see.
Possibility for 'Branching Narratives' to continue
I've talked to another site about picking up Branching Narratives for a second season. Will see how things go in the new year.
USGamer always seemed like it was too good to be allowed to exist. Like the universe had missed it on a previous pass and for a brief moment in time we got something that we didn't deserve. Pour one out for the great people leaving there and all the great work they did.
Can Retronauts just become an official website and hire these folks on to create content?
That said, I felt USGamer was the last vestige for 1UP.com, which I so dearly loved back in the mid 00's. EGM/1UP.com had a huge impact on me growing up, so seeing USgamer go away hurts.
Such an absolute bummer -- USG was my go-to spot for gaming news outside of Restera.
That said, I felt USGamer was the last vestige for 1UP.com, which I so dearly loved back in the mid 00's. EGM/1UP.com had a huge impact on me growing up, so seeing USgamer go away hurts.
Such an absolute bummer -- USG was my go-to spot for gaming news outside of Restera.
This absolutely isn't a qualitative statement about US Gamer as I rather liked the site but it always felt doomed from the start to me so it's impressive that it lasted as long as it did.
Hope everyone lands on their feet quickly as they're a great bunch.
Hope everyone lands on their feet quickly as they're a great bunch.
That would be excellent!
I'm happy to hear the Blood God lives as well! You and Nadia do an awesome show together. Coming from a fan of the Roleplayers' Realm days.
This is terrible news. I hope Kat, Nadia and the team land swiftly on their feet. I will look forward to the continuation of Axe of the Blood God and anything else from them in the future. Good luck with everything guys!
Ooof, this hurts. Been a reader since the start.
What on earth is going on with GamerNetwork right now? Metabomb shuttered earlier this year, there was a number of cuts at RPS alongside the earlier USG cuts a couple months back. Are they or ReedPop (their parent company) just hemorrhaging money without events this year to keep everything afloat?
What on earth is going on with GamerNetwork right now? Metabomb shuttered earlier this year, there was a number of cuts at RPS alongside the earlier USG cuts a couple months back. Are they or ReedPop (their parent company) just hemorrhaging money without events this year to keep everything afloat?
Sorry to hear about this, they are an important group of voices and know how to cover games from multiple perspectives.
Are they redundant because of Eurogamer?
Oh, I see ReedPOP acquired Gamer Network back in 2018. Oof, guess this was always going to happen (plus probably more). Best of luck to everyone affected.
Oh, I see ReedPOP acquired Gamer Network back in 2018. Oof, guess this was always going to happen (plus probably more). Best of luck to everyone affected.
Best of luck to all of them, loved the content of Japanese and retro games the site had built up back when Parish was EiC and started listening to AotBG this year.
Damn... MHWilliams glad to hear you landed something new. Looking forward to following rest of crew too.
I appreciated that the staff was doing good work there, and it's sad to have less good games journalism. I hope that everyone can find another job, especially in this climate.
I do have to admit that I largely stopped visiting the site after Parish left and once it required me to disable my adblocker to view it. I get that this sort of behavior on my end directly contributes to these job cuts and feel conflicted about it, but ultimately with the amount of content out there, readers are likely to make that sort of decision... It's just a shame that the fallout is on the rest of the writing talent, who probably has no say in the matter.
I hope the RPG podcast switches to a patreon model or something. Ironically, despite not wanting intrusive browser ads, I have no problem directly supporting creators of good content in that manner.
I do have to admit that I largely stopped visiting the site after Parish left and once it required me to disable my adblocker to view it. I get that this sort of behavior on my end directly contributes to these job cuts and feel conflicted about it, but ultimately with the amount of content out there, readers are likely to make that sort of decision... It's just a shame that the fallout is on the rest of the writing talent, who probably has no say in the matter.
I hope the RPG podcast switches to a patreon model or something. Ironically, despite not wanting intrusive browser ads, I have no problem directly supporting creators of good content in that manner.
Their output had genuine craft and care behind it, so it's definitely sad to see it all come to an end so abruptly.
Kat's RPG podcasts always seem to live on in some form, and long may it continue!
Kat's RPG podcasts always seem to live on in some form, and long may it continue!
There goes my last regularly read site.
So time for a news alligator, then?