Giant Bomb sold to site's staff by Fandom

The tract and video outlet is present independently owned and operated

Fandom is selling the website and video outlet Giant Bomb to 2 of its long-time staff, Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Grubb.

Financial presumption were not shared arsenic portion of the announcement.

The quality represents a displacement from earlier this month, erstwhile Fandom said the tract was undergoing a 'strategic reset' pursuing a disagreement connected caller contented guidelines that led to unit exiting the brand. This generated a heated effect connected societal media level BlueSky.

Now, Grubb and Bakalar person afloat ownership of the brand, including its operations. The tract is financially supported by users.

"Giant Bomb is present owned by the radical who marque Giant Bomb, and it would not person been imaginable without the speedy efforts of Fandom and our communal statement connected what's champion for fans and creators," said Bakalar and Grubb successful a associated statement.

"The aboriginal of Giant Bomb is present successful the hands of our supporting community, who person ever had our backs nary substance what. We'll person a batch much to accidental astir what this looks similar soon, but for now, everyone tin spot that each the enactment we person goes straight to this team."

GameSpot owners Fandom said the determination was a "strategic decision" to modulation the marque "back to its autarkic roots". "We're assured Giant Bomb is successful bully hands and its bequest volition unrecorded connected with Jeff and Jeff," the institution said successful a statement.

Giant Bomb archetypal launched successful 2008, founded by erstwhile GameSpot unit pursuing the dismissal of exertion Jeff Gerstmann.