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'''''IGN'''''{{efn|Formerly an [[initialism]] for '''''Imagine Games Network'''''}} is an American [[video game]] and [[Mass media|entertainment media]] [[website]] operated by '''IGN Entertainment'''<!-- comma needed? --> '''Inc.''', a subsidiary of [[Ziff Davis|Ziff Davis, Inc]]. The company's headquarters is located in [[San Francisco]]'s [[South of Market, San Francisco|SoMa]] district and is headed by its former editor-in-chief, Peer Schneider. The ''IGN'' website was the brainchild of media entrepreneur [[Chris Anderson (entrepreneur)|Chris Anderson]] and launched on September 29, 1996. It focuses on [[game]]s, [[film]]s, [[anime]], [[television]], [[comics]], [[technology]], and other media. Originally a network of desktop websites, ''IGN'' is also distributed on mobile platforms, console programs on the [[Xbox]] and [[PlayStation]], [[FireTV]], [[Roku]], and via [[YouTube]], [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], [[Hulu]], and [[Snapchat]].
Originally, ''IGN'' was the flagship website of IGN Entertainment, a website which owned and operated several other websites oriented towards players' interests, games, and entertainment, such as [[Rotten Tomatoes]], [[GameSpy]], ''GameStats'', ''VE3D'', [[TeamXbox]], Vault Network, FilePlanet, and [[AskMen]]
==History==
[[File:Ignentertainmenthq.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Nondescript eight-story beige building with black windows striped across|IGN Entertainment's former headquarters in [[Brisbane, California]]]]
Created in September 1996 as the ''Imagine Games Network'', the ''IGN'' content network was founded by publishing executive Jonathan Simpson-Bint and began as five individual websites within [[Future US|Imagine Media]]: ''N64.com'' (later renamed ''ign64.com''), ''PSXPower'', ''Saturnworld'', ''Next-Generation.com'' and ''Ultra Game Players Online''. Imagine expanded on its owned-and-operated websites by creating an affiliate network that included a number of independent fansites such as ''PSX Nation.com'', ''Sega-Saturn.com'', ''Game Sages'', and [[GameFAQs]]. In 1998, the network launched a new homepage that consolidated the individual sites as system channels under the ''IGN'' brand. The homepage exposed content from more than 30 different channels. Websites [[Next Generation (magazine)|Next-Generation]] and [[Game Players|Ultra Game Players Online]] were not part of this consolidation; U.G.P.O. dissolved with the cancellation of the magazine, and Next-Generation was put "on hold" when Imagine decided to concentrate on launching the short-lived [[Daily Radar]] brand.
In February 1999, ''[[PC Magazine]]'' named ''IGN'' one of the hundred-best websites, alongside competitors [[GameSpot]] and [[CNET Gamecenter]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Willmott |first=Don |date=February 9, 1999 |title=The 100 Top Web Sites |magazine=[[PC Magazine]] |volume=18 |page=114 |issn=0888-8507 |number=3}}</ref> That same month, Imagine Media incorporated a spin-off that included ''IGN'' and its affiliate channels as Affiliation Networks, while Simpson-Bint remained at the former company. In September, the newly spun-out standalone internet media company, changed its name to Snowball.com. At the same time, small entertainment website The Den merged into ''IGN'' and added non-gaming content to the growing network. Snowball held an IPO in 2000, but shed most of its other properties during the [[dot-com bubble]]. ''IGN'' prevailed with growing audience numbers and a newly established subscription service called ''IGN'' Insider (later ''IGN'' Prime), which led to the shedding of the name "Snowball" and adoption of IGN Entertainment on May 10, 2002.
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===Subsidiaries and spin-offs===
The role-playing video game interest website Vault Network was acquired by ''IGN'' in 1999.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robert Lemos |date=September 28, 1999 |title=IGN.com will buy the Vault Network |work=
IGN Entertainment acquired [[Gamer Network]] and its properties in May 2024 for an undisclosed sum. These included ''[[Eurogamer]]'', ''[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]'', ''[[VG247]]'' and others. As a result, some layoffs were made due to redundancies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dring |first=Christopher |date=2024-05-21 |title=IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ign-entertainment-acquires-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |language=en}}</ref>
===Scoring systems===
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* On August 7, 2019, [[Malaysia]]n media giant [[Media Prima]] partnered with [[Ziff Davis]] to launch the [[Southeast Asian]] version of ''IGN'' for the [[Malaysia]]n, [[Indonesia]]n, [[Singapore]]an, [[Thailand|Thai]], [[Vietnam]]ese and the [[Philippines|Filipino]] markets<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=John |title=Malaysia's Media Prima Digital announces partnership with Ziff Davis for IGN Southeast Asia |work=[[Mashable]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |location=[[Kuala Lumpur]] |url=https://sea.mashable.com/tech/5460/malaysias-media-prima-digital-announces-partnership-with-ziff-davis-for-ign-southeast-asia |access-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615231656/https://sea.mashable.com/tech/5460/malaysias-media-prima-digital-announces-partnership-with-ziff-davis-for-ign-southeast-asia |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In September 2020, ''IGN China'' was launched as an "editorially independent" outlet of [[Tencent]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barton |first=Seth |date=September 1, 2020 |title=Tencent and Ziff Davis partner on IGN China {{!}} Media & PR |url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/tencent-and-ziff-davis-partner-on-ign-china/ |access-date=June 29, 2021 |website=[[MCV (magazine)|MCV]] |archive-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721025259/https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/tencent-and-ziff-davis-partner-on-ign-china/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==IGN Con==
{{main|IGN Convention}}
==''IGN'' Pro League==
In 2011, ''IGN'' launched IGN Pro League, a professional [[esports]] circuit that ran tournaments for ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]'', ''[[ShootMania Storm]]'' and ''[[League of Legends]]''.<ref name="Shootmania">{{Cite web |last=Mendez |first=Alex |date=December 7, 2012 |title=Announcing the IPL weekly Shootmania Cup |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/07/announcing-the-ipl-shootmania-weekly-cup |access-date=June 29, 2021 |website=IGN |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308151752/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/07/announcing-the-ipl-shootmania-weekly-cup |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 6, 2013, only weeks prior to the event, ''IGN'' abruptly canceled the finals of IPL 6{{emdash}}which were to be held in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] from March 28 through 31, and discontinued the league. ''IGN'' indicated that it was no longer in a position to commit to compete with the increasing number of esports events that were being held.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IGN cancels IPL6 eSports tournament |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ign-cancels-ipl6-esports-tournament/1100-6404672/ |last=Breslau |first=Rod |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302110337/http://www.gamespot.com/news/ign-cancels-ipl6-esports-tournament-6404672 |archive-date=March 2, 2013 |access-date=March 2, 2013 |work=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref><ref name="pcg-iplcancelled">{{Cite magazine |title=IPL6 eSports tournament officially cancelled – refunds available for ticket holders |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/ipl6-esports-tournament-officially-cancelled-refunds-available-for-ticket-holders/ |last=Savage |first=Phil |date=March 5, 2013 |magazine=PC Gamer}}</ref> On April 8, 2013, [[Blizzard Entertainment]] announced that it had acquired the staff and assets of the IPL from ''IGN''; its former staff were reassigned to work on in-house esports productions.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=IGN Pro League "technology and assets" purchased by Blizzard |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/ign-pro-league-technology-and-assets-purchased-by-blizzard/ |last=Hafer |first=Leana |date=April 8, 2013 |magazine=PC Gamer}}</ref>
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▲===Sexual harassments accusations===
In November 2017, some ''IGN'' employees refused to work to show solidarity with Kallie Plagge, a former editor who alleged that in 2016, another editor, Vince Ingenito, sexually harassed her and another female employee and made inappropriate comments. [[Human resources]] allegedly told her that she "needed to have better judgment about who [she] was 'friends' with" and that she was an "equal participant" in "inappropriate flirtation". This incident was widely circulated across social media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klepek |first=Patrick |date=14 November 2017 |title=Sexual Harassment Allegations at IGN Prompt Some Employees to Stop Working |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywbkv7/sexual-harassment-allegations-at-ign-prompt-some-employees-to-stop-working |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en |archive-date=July 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717163751/https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywbkv7/sexual-harassment-allegations-at-ign-prompt-some-employees-to-stop-working |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schreier |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Schreier |date=2017-11-13 |title=IGN Staff Walk Out After Former Employee's Sexual Harassment Claims [UPDATE] |url=https://kotaku.com/ign-employees-walk-out-after-former-employees-sexual-ha-1820409833 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=[[Kotaku]] |language=en |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114003155/https://kotaku.com/ign-employees-walk-out-after-former-employees-sexual-ha-1820409833 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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