1UP Aquired by UGO, EGM Discontinued

UGO has aquired 1UP.com, along with its associated sites MyCheats.com, Gametab.com, and Gamevideos.com With this change in ownership comes a change in staff, with many employees being let go. Perhaps the biggest change is the fact that game magazine industry mainstay EGM will cease publication as of it's January 2009 Issue.

The list of employees let go is as follows:
Adrian Frieg
Amy Mishra
Amy Moran
Andrea Garcia
Andrew Fitch
Andrew "Skip" Pfister
Anthony Gallegos
Cesar Quintero
Christina Rosa
CoyLou Steel
Derek Chinn
Doug Parsons
Eric Ellis
Giancarlo Varanini
Greg Ford
James "Milkman" Mielke
Jason Bertrand
Jason Wilson
Jervilyn Jaramillo
Justin Frechette
Leslie Gelfand
Marci Yamaguchi
Matt Chandronait
May Tong
Meredith Stowe
Michael Donahoe
Monique Convertito
Ndubuisi Madu
Nick Suttner
Norris Boothe
Philip Kollar
Rey Serrano
Robert Bowen
Rosemary Pinkham
Ryan O'Donnell
Ryan Scott
Shane Bettenhausen
Simon Cox
Tammy Ross
Tipler Ubbelohde

Via Game Politics
List of staff layoffs from Joystiq