Way back in the day we reported on Rupert Murdoch's intentions to move into the gaming space. While at that time such thoughts and contemplations were just rumour, a lot of water has passed under the bridge. Murdoch now owns IGN and MySpace (see his - wink - MySpace site for details) and I noticed that both of these sites did pretty darn well for hits in 2005. Has anyone else?
So according to MCV, RM has finally decided to act on his long-promised take-over of game-dom:
Murdoch-owned broadcasting giant Sky has revealed details of a monumental move into PC gaming by openly looking for a new 'head of PC gaming'.
The media behemoth is currently advertising for a candidate who will be charged with the task of managing the firm's forthcoming 'broadband games destination', and is also looking for a marketing manager to join whoever spearheads the new operation.
The new revelation is widely believed to be part of the telecoms giant's move into both the broadband and games spaces as it attempts to take on established companies like BT and AOL.
'course, he's already making moves on AOL.
MCV also points out that this may cause the knees of people in online gaming to tremble; the big bucks which the behemoth throws at his little projects has always tilted the scales in his direction. Is this the guillotine for innovative content or will online gaming become a populist sport? I'm still waiting to see what happens with MySun...
