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Joystiq
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Computer game website
languages English
operator AOL
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On-line June 16, 2004 (currently offline)
http://www.joystiq.com/

Joystiq was a video game - blog . The blog is named after the joystick input device. Joystiq also published a regular podcast .

history

Joystiq was founded in June 2004 as part of the Weblogs family of Weblogs, Inc. and has been with AOL since 2005 . The blog was presented at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2004 by Peter Rojas, the chief editor of Engadget's gaming division . Joystick was supposed to relieve Engadget Gaming and go into the gaming industry more deeply than Engadget would have allowed.

The Videos Games Weblog was previously founded on February 27, 2004 and discontinued on May 18, 2005. Joystiq was AOL's premier video game blog. After the decline in readership, Joystiq and the partner sites were closed on February 3, 2015. AOL wants to focus more on online marketing instead. Some gaming topics have been outsourced to Engadget again.

Joystiq network

Joystiq had several partner blogs on individual platforms and genres . These are among others:

  • Xbox 360 Fanboy (November 21, 2005)
  • PSP Fanboy (November 28, 2005)
  • PS3 Fanboy (March 29, 2006)
  • DS Fanboy (December 12, 2005)
  • Nintendo Wii Fanboy, formerly Revolution Fanboy (February 15, 2006)
  • WoW Insider (December 6, 2005)
  • Massively for MMOs (November 2, 2007)

Since January 27, 2009 the blogs have been integrated on the main page. On June 11, 2010 the platform-specific pages were switched off and integrated into the main page. The Massively site, which was shut down with the closure of Joystiq on February 10, 2015, continued under the name Massively Overpowered .

Awards

While Joystiq has been nominated for several awards in the technology-related weblog category, it has been consistently overshadowed in that regard by blogs that represent a far broader range of technologies, including Slashdot , Gizmodo and Engadget . Joystiq but was included in a series of collections of outstanding weblogs, including the Best of the Web and Feedster 500 from Forbes .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Introducing Joystiq. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ https://www.polygon.com/2015/1/30/7945625/joystiq-is-closing-and-ill-miss-them-like-hell
  3. ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/19/aol-is-restructuring-layoffs-and-site-closures-likely/. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Alex Wawro: Joystiq and Massively shut down amid AOL downsizing. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ https://calacanis.com/2005/12/21/the-joystiq-network/. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
  6. ^ Joystiq presents: Massively - Weblogs, Inc. May 25, 2011, archived from the original on May 25, 2011 ; accessed on August 15, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Welcome to the latest Joystiq (we call it 'Futurestiq') | Joystiq. March 16, 2015, archived from the original on March 16, 2015 ; accessed on August 15, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Forbes.com Best of the Web. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .