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In a post on their website Monday, Fandom announced they have "acquired a portfolio of entertainment and gaming brands."  The Wall Street Journal reported the purchase from Red Ventures for $55 million. The deal features a myriad of gaming, TV, and comic sites including, GameSpot, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, and Metacritic.

The acquisition also includes popular web properties, TV Guide, Comic Vine, and Cord Cutters News. Red Ventures acquired the gaming portfolio from ViacomCBS.

The web media company previously acquired and added Screen Junkies, Gamepedia, D&D Beyond, and Focus Multimedia to their platform.

Fandom, previously known as Wikicitie, and later Wikia is a for-profit wiki hosting service that covers news, entertainment, and technology information gathered from diverse media sources.

Fandom, Inc a Delaware company, was founded in 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. And has been operating under the current domain since 2019.

Fandom expands deeper into gaming 

Fandom’s most recent acquisition is designed to provide "immersive content for our partners, advertisers, and fans" as well as expand their "global fan platform to super-serve entertainment and gaming fans."

Metacritic is a game score aggregation site that compiles an average score for games. And the site is a resource for development studios to gauge various games' success.

The GameFAQs site is informational. And users can find answers to puzzle questions and discover ASCII walkthroughs.

GameSpot may be perhaps the most popular site in Fandoms acquisition. It provides end-to-end coverage of video games featuring the latest news, reviews, trailers, and how-to guides.

 It also launched the careers of a bevy of game developers and multimedia journalists.

The proud new owners are hoping that all the sites will drive traffic to the Fandom platform.

“The new combined platform will drive engagement across every step of the consumer journey - reference, community, trends, ratings, reviews, news, and commerce,” the website claims.

“With the addition of these gaming, movie, and TV platforms, Fandom will extend its 360 programs for its advertising partners - including game publishers, studios, and streaming services - and enhance the data and insights within FanDNA, Fandom’s proprietary data platform.”

“Additionally, the deal will fuel Fandom’s affiliate and commerce efforts including accelerating revenue on Fanatical, its gaming commerce business.”