After several days of rumors, it appears confirmed that AOL will be shutting down Joystiq as we all currently know it to be.

According to TechCrunch, Joystiq isn’t being completely shut down. AOL plans on folding content from the publication into its tech-related blog, Engadget. As a result, Joystiq will stay on as a separate channel at Engadget, although it’s unknown at this time whether or not AOL will keep the Joystiq brand name.

A number of Joystiq employees have announced they, as well as their colleagues, will be out of work starting as early as Tuesday. “Official: @joystiq is no more,” writes news content director at Joystiq, Alexander Sliwinski, on his Twitter account. “Got some talented people looking for work.” This leads me to believe the majority of Joystiq’s talented staff won’t be joining Engadget in order to cover news. Instead, Engadget will probably cover gaming content with its current staff.

We here at Shacknews wish the best to everyone affected by today’s news, although we’re confident the games industry will get them all back on their feet in no time.