Player One Podcast ep 116: About 1UP UGO buyout

No game talk this week. Instead, we dedicate the whole episode to talking about EGM’s closure and the 1UP layoffs in the wake of Hearst/UGO’s purchase of 1UP.com. In addition to regular hosts Chris “CJ” Johnston (ex-EGM News Editor) and Phil Theobald (ex-EGM editor and former GameNow Reviews Editor), we welcome a couple more ex-Ziff guests to the program: Kevin Gifford (ex-1UP editor and gaming magazine expert/Magweasel), Greg Sewart (ex-EGM Previews and Reviews Editor), Greg Ford (EGM Managing Editor), and Andrew “Skip” Pfister (ex-EGMer, GMRer and 1UP.com Reviews Editor/Podcast Producer).
A great behind the scenes look on 1UP and EGM. It’s also turning-out to be a good video game podcast.

UGO Entertainment Acquires 1UP: Cans all the best staff?!

UGO sucks!

With all the best staff gone, all the wonderful podcasts (the best video game podcasts anywhere) will cease to exist… RIP 1UP FM, 1UP Yours, LAN Party, and the 1UP Show… I really do believe that the 1UP podcasts were the best things 1UP had going for them, I didn’t even visit their site until I started listening to the podcasts.