Gamigo Acquires Gaming News Site MMOGames.com
European game publisher Gamigo AG, which recently merged with Aeria Games, has made another intriguing acquisition. This time it's for gaming news site MMOGames.com, announced today as part of Gamigo's "capital-friendly, platform-driven M&A strategy."
According to Gamigo's press release, Gamigo's first goal is "optimizing the portal for partners and improving monetarisation." The rest of the press release is just as corporate-y, but it seems like the overall long-term goal of the acquisition will be to provide additional marketing opportunities for Gamigo's games.
All of that leads to the obvious question of conflicts of interest. If, say, Blizzard were to acquire MMOBomb, how much faith would you put in a favorable article about Hearthstone or Heroes of the Storm? Or an unfavorable one about one of Blizzard's competitors? While it's good that Gamigo isn't hiding the news of the acquisition, there probably needs to be an announcement front-and-center on the MMOGames site, or at least something on its "About Us" page. Until it is -- and maybe even after -- it will always lead to questions of impartiality.
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Jason Winter is a veteran gaming journalist, he brings a wide range of experience to MMOBomb, including two years with Beckett Media where he served as the editor of the leading gaming magazine Massive Online Gamer. He has also written professionally for several gaming websites.
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