8:36 PM on 01.08.2007
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Ishaan
No, I'm not kidding. A few days back we reported Ziff Davis was selling 1UP and EGM. Well, it looks like the site's already been bought and is now within the unforgiving claws of Dell. Notice the new logo in the top left corner of the site.
Apparently, going to http://www.1up.com doesn't display the logo. However, going to http://dell.1up.com does. On the right hand side of the page is a "casual gaming" bar with "Dell gaming console 2.0" listed as the first item. The word "Dell" is all over the page.
[Editor's note: A lot of people seem to be skeptical about this, myself included. While everything so far indicates that 1UP has been bought over, it hasn't been confirmed. An e-mail has been sent by Destructoid to the concerned parties. We are currently awaiting a reply.]
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I didn't think they would buy 1UP
http://www.dell.1up.com/
its probably due to temp files stored on previously visits.
IE:
<img>http://www.spin720.com/images/1upie.jpg</img>
Firefox
<img>http://www.spin720.com/images/1upfirefox.jpg</img>
IE:
Firefox
try this link guys.
http://dell.1up.com
http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1updellgayxy1.png
interesting.
go digg it bitches.
"Dell Start Page
Ziff Davis - 1UP. Create a Section. Search by topic or feed URL: ... Entertainment, Business, and Dell Special Offers. Don't have an account? ...
www.google.com/ig/dell - 81k "
On the dell.1up.com, you can notice a few new cosmetic changes.
The downloads sections has replaced the News section.
I don't think it's that big of a deal. 1up is probably one of my favorite "regular" gaming news websites. I like alot of their feature articles, and they aren't scared to give a game a rating lower than 7. I've never viewed Dell as a hostile company. If they don't pull any lame tricks with 1up, I think everything will be well.
This must also mean that since Dell bought 1up, they might own Filefront as well.
Seriously, though, 1up sucks. They can have it.
press center just email them you may get an answer
Same look.
I think the blogger is being a bit hasty here. Just looks like 1up is doing some branding or something for a Dell portal perhaps. This isn't how companies reveal that they have been bought or sold.
This is as about as valid as saying Nintendo has bought destructiod because of wii.destructoid.com.
go to
http://www.alsococks.1up.com/
DESTRUCTOID MUST HAVE BOUGHT 1UP LAWL
It's probably just a portal for new Dell users or something. Instead of linking to www., a new Dell probably has dell.1up.com in its favorites or something.