Tyler J. Graham

SECOND QUARTER 2025 RESULTS Q2 2025 quarterly revenues increased 9.8% to $352.2 million compared to $320.8 million for Q2 2024. Income from operations increased 17.2% to $33.5 million compared to $28.6 million for Q2 2024. Net income (1) decreased to $26.3 million compared to $36.9 million for Q2 2024. Net income per diluted share (1) decreased to $0.62 in Q2 2025 compared to $0.77 for Q2 2024. Adjusted EBITDA (2) for the quarter increased 11.8% to $107.7 million compared to $96.3 million for Q2 2024. Adjusted net income (2) decreased to $51.6 million compared to $53.7 million for Q2 2024. Adjusted net income per diluted share (1)(2) (or “Adjusted diluted EPS”) for the quarter increased 5.1% to $1.24 compared to $1.18 for Q2 2024. Net cash provided by operating activities was $57.1 million in Q2 2025 compared to $50.6 million in Q2 2024. Free cash flow (2) was $26.9 million in Q2 2025 compared to $25.1 million in Q2 2024. Ziff Davis deployed approximately $11.4 million for current and prior year acquisitions during the quarter and $33.9 million related to share repurchases in Q2 2025.

Ziff Davis just reported their "strongest quarterly revenue growth since 2021," up 9.8% to $352.2M, with gaming and entertainment up 7.5% YOY.

So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb

Please forgive me, for I am about to spew blasphemy:

I have not liked Mario Kart since the DS. 😭🙏

I let my GF blast through MKW and I helped her beat some Grand Prix cups on the hardest CC, but I probably won’t play much otherwise. I love the roster though! Piranha Plant and Bowser Jr are my favs.

The Switch 2 is actually kind of absurdly good for indie gaming… being able to take DK Bananza on the go and then swap right over to something like Cloudpunk or Moonglow Bay at any time feels amazing.

The Industry’s Rush to $80 Video Games Has Stalled — For Now Publishers trying to sell video games at a newly elevated price point have not found success just yet. Will they ever?

The video game industry's rush to $80 games has stalled — for now. But what does the future look like?

Seems to me like the solution to a more sustainable video game industry is cutting costs, not raising prices. This week's column:
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I teared up watching your cancellation announcement and I’ll probably tear up watching this video! Your broken heartedness is as infectious as your passion and I’m one of many rooting for you from afar. I hope you take solace in the fact that you have support no matter what comes next!

As a complete outsider who doesn’t know you, I DO feel like I have to say:

I respect so, so much how you throw your entire self into your work. Hypnospace (and Slayers X) are so special to me, and you’re easily one of my favorite creatives in this medium so I hope you’re taking care right now (1/2)

I believe DE removed the Duviri alternate start and moved it back after the Zariman content (maybe? At least after Second Dream) because it (understandably) proved a confusing starting point narratively for new players.

Oh god also just knowing what types of games you help make, I suspect you’ll also love Warframe’s twists and turns. Just avoid spoilers if possible and stick with it through the early game!!! You will KNOW the moment it clicks, and it is FANTASTIC.

The good news is that when it gets optimized for Switch 2, you’ll be able to access your account from both platforms! You can even download it on your phone or tablet or whatever — though I personally wouldn’t play that way, it’s a solid way to grab login rewards.

Peak is on PC only

He’s just a George Santos-tier compulsive liar, wow.

Obviously I feel bad for the victims of Somerton’s lies first and foremost but honestly I also hope the guy gets help. He must be very ill to conduct himself this way.

Yep, seemingly! Google is prioritizing short term goals with AI overview over long term goals, like, y’know, having a functioning search engine + our websites.

And we just get stuck in the crossfire because no viable Google competitor drums up even a fraction of that traffic. Really sucks!!! :/

And when Google kills all the websites we write for, what will they use to generate the shitty AI summaries?

Laughably unsustainable practice, but y’know what, my fault for going to J-school, gang.

The monkey’s paw on James Gunn’s “woke Superman” is now curling and so we are now subject to “no DEI” in an official press release for a series he used to be involved with.

A modern tragedy, for sure.

I wonder why this is region locked? I’d love to play another iteration of Loverwatch… little stuff like that helps keep me connected to the world of OW.

I GOT A SWITCH 2, YIPPEE
(or more accurately, I bought a Switch 2 and I will have my hands on it (and Donkey Kong) in a week)

I LOVE this dev! Hypnagogia hits on the exact dreamy vibe I enjoy in my games!

Although I could just be sitting in front of the corkboard drawing lines that don’t exist like a conspiracy theorist, James Gunn is online enough that I actually believe this could at least be kinda true.

On the other hand, it could just be all the post-viewing wine, I’m just yappin’ dude.

I feel like maybe I’m grasping at straws but I totally connected Lex Luthor’s lackeys to GamerGate in the new Superman movie.

They tap away at controllers to fight the hero, gamer rage when they lose, and they gleefully form the backbone for the pathetic loser alt-right stand-in’s schemes.

An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.

Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.

For the record, my vote for favorite emoji was the 💜 because that’s what my partner reacts to my Instagram reels with :)

I think people are getting used to the fact that this is the status quo for the industry in 2025 :(

I think anyone who follows your projects just wants to make sure you’re a-OK and will end up on your feet. Don’t know you too well but I love your creative vision and you seem like a stellar dude. ❤️

Frame it this way: Gita posts about what is important to them, personally, probably to chat with their pals.

You drop in with a post that is essentially, “that isn’t #1 for me and many others, actually.”

We don’t need to engage with every post online — especially if we don’t personally know OP.

Ok I’m sorry it actually peeves me so bad when people use the wrong there/their/they’re.

Just saw a TikTok slideshow where the OP used all three interchangeably, throwing darts at a board. I’m losing it.

How am I supposed to read your 17 slides of Resident Evil opinions under these conditions???

Mycopunk Review: It's Deep Rock Galactic With a Fungal Infection This new co-op shooter combines fluid movement, hero skills and crunchy-feeling gunplay to great effect.

I reviewed @pigeonsatplay.bsky.social’s Mycopunk, and what I found was a surprisingly competent rival to Deep Rock Galactic that pulls inspiration from a myriad of FPS subgenres.

This game is a love letter to shooters, that’s for sure.

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Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America? If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.

An astonishing figure in this piece:

Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.

This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.

That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.

I wish I had treated my games/accessories with slightly more reverence when I was a kid — the Pokewalker was one of the coolest peripherals ever and I think mine might be lost to time. 😭

The fact that something like this can happen to the Romeros and their team is not just tragic, it’s why the games industry is suffering from unprecedented brain drain.

Meanwhile Phil Spencer gets to go home and boot up his Xbox without a care in the world.

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As it turns out, today is *also* one of those days.

It should be criminal to be as profitable as Microsoft has been recently and still put 1/20 of your global employees out on the street.

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You ever hear about a canceled project and it makes you so sad that the feeling physically coils up in your stomach and sits there?

Yep, it’s one of those days. 😔