Tužna vesti da je wowhead.com prodat za $1 milion dolara Affinity Media novi vlasnik kompanija gold selling house IGE, kao i stajtova allakhazam, Thottbot, wowinterface, i ostalih.

So - with Thottbot/Allakhazam owned by IGE, they pretty much owned the WoW fansite market (and thus a huge audience to push their wares to). At least, if it wasn’t for Wowhead. A late-comer, the site was an instant hit, with its clean UI and fast loading speed.

And so ‘Affinity Media’ has struck again. Verified by three different sources, the price was confirmed at over $1,000,000. The lower limit was 1 million, while the upper was $1.5 million.

WoWhead.com je potvrdio prodaju za 1 milion dolara vlasniku IGE kompanije. Ovo je još jedan tužan dan WoW community, jer je još jedan sajt kupljen od strane gold selling virtualne ekonomije. Takodje pročitajte i temu sa TechSoapbox, posebno komentare!

UPDATE3: The FUD doesn’t end. Remember - I sold OGaming to IGE, while they claimed it was ‘RPG Holdings’ that purchased it. I’ve experienced it firsthand. I talked to another contact - it is a bit byzantine (how the site was ’sold’), but as it stands, IGE US LLC’s parent company is Affinity Media. Certain properties may have been sold, but not the company itself.

I leaked the sale before it was officially announced, so that shows I did have someone on the inside (my past with Thottbot etc just confirms it). All the same contacts are saying the same thing - Affinity is still very much involved with IGE.