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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 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]]. ''IGN'' was sold to publishing company [[Ziff Davis]] in February 2013
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