In a rather bizarre turn of events, popular gaming blog Joystiq has today reported on rumours of its own impending shutdown by parent company, AOL.
Excerpt from the article:
"It's been two months since the untimely demise of Joystiq. It's difficult to believe. Not a day goes by that we don't still feel the loss. For a while the misery was somewhat mitigated by the fact that the site remained accessible.
The staff had gone but a few of us faithful community members were keeping hope alive, still carrying on conversations in the comments section weeks after the final goodbye went up. We didn't want to let go. We didn't want to face the cold reality that the site no longer served any real purpose; and unfortunately, a site without a purpose is not long for the world wide web. The site itself was taken down on March 17th. It was a dark day indeed."
The last of the lost Joystiq sites officially launches their specific return plan with a Kickstarter that's raised over fifty thousand dollars in two days.
In memory of the dearly departed Joystiq...
Good.
I stopped visiting Joystiq a while ago, but its still a shame to see them shutdown. I do like that they dropped review scores, a much needed change for the present gaming industry
Yahoo is going to buy AOL so they must be slimming down.
so was that switch to no review scores a statement by the staff on the shutdown
Although I hate this site and many of the biased people that post here N4G really has made sites like IGN and Joystiq obsolete. I get so much news from this site literally hours if not days before most of these sites. Not to mention the latest rumors and speculation.