Affinity Media Buys Game News Site WoWHead For $1 Million
By David Kaplan - Mon 25 Jun 2007 03:13 PM PST
WoWHead.com, a small news and information site devoted to Vivendi’s World of Warcraft, has been acquired by Affinity Media for an estimated $1 million, Gaming Today reported. World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that operates within Vivendi Game’s Blizzard Entertainment unit. As for Affinity Media, a unit within the ZAM Network, which includes other game-related sites like Allakhazam, Thottbot, and MMOInterface.
Gamasutra: Affinity Media was once known as the owner of IGE, though the company has since divested itself of the controversial gold farming business.
Update: News of WoWHead ‘s funding was first reported by TechSoapbox.
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