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IGN
URL http://www.ign.com/
Commercial? Yes
Type of site Gaming & Entertainment
Registration Free, IGN Insider, Founder's Club
Owner News Corporation
Created by Imagine Media
Launched 1996
Current status Active
IGN is based at IGN Entertainment's headquarters in Brisbane, California
IGN is based at IGN Entertainment's headquarters in Brisbane, California

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IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites, each occupying a subdomain on IGN. These sites, commonly known as "channels", cover three generations of video gaming: PC Games, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wireless, Retro, N-Gage, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, and Macintosh. A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The is a dual-screen Handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a Handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Retro is a term used to describe denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends modes or fashions from the overall postmodern past but have since that time become functionally The N-Gage is a Mobile telephone and Handheld game system based on the Nokia Series 60 platform The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market The is Sega 's most recent Video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc Also provided are Cheats & Codes, FAQs and detailed game guides. A Cheat code (also called debug code or backdoor) is a code that can be entered into a computer program to alter the run-time behavior or configuration of that program FAQ is an Acronym for " Frequently Asked Question(s " Strategy guides (攻略本 in Japan, literally "capture book" are instruction books that contain hints or complete solutions to specific Video games The In addition, IGN has channels for Movies, DVD, Music, Comics, Gear, Sports, Anime, Cars, Stars (formerly known as "Babes"), and TV. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" This is the page for mechanical Gears For other uses see Gear (disambiguation For the gear-like device used to drive a roller chain see Sprocket Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively (anime in Japanese, Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Each channel consists of various subsections, such as Game/Movie Profiles, Product Lists, Previews, Reviews, Features, News, Mailbag, Editor's Choice, Release Dates, as well as links to the aforementioned Cheats, FAQs and Guides.

Contents

History

Founded in September of 1996 as Imagine Games Network, IGN began as six individual websites within Imagine Publishing: IGN64. com, PSXPower, Saturnworld, Happypeople. com, Next-Generation. com and Ultra Game Players Online. The growth of these websites enabled Imagine to expand the network in April 1997, hiring additional staff and birthing the now-defunct advertising-focused affiliate program. In 1998, the network consolidated the individual sites as system "channels" under the IGN brand. Next-Generation and Ultra Game Players Online were not part of this consolidation; UGPO 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. Daily Radar was a gaming Website like IGN, GameSpy and GameSpot, now renamed and relaunched in the UK as GamesRadar.

As of June 2005, IGN claimed 23 million unique visitors a month, with 5 million registered users through all departments of the site. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. IGN is ranked among the top 200 most-visited websites according to Alexa, and the IGN forums are among the most active Internet forums. Alexa Internet Inc is a California -based Subsidiary company of Amazon An, or message board, is a Bulletin board system in the form of a discussion site [1]

IGN celebrated their tenth year on the 12th of January, 2008. [2]

Site editors

Notes

Management Team and Editorial Managers

Senior Vice-President and Publisher (F) (Blog)
Vice-President, Games Content (F) (Blog)
Editorial Director, Entertainment (Blog)
Editorial Manager, Games (Blog)
Chief Video Producer (Blog)
IGN UK Director
IGN Boards Administrator

Senior Editorial Staff and Editors-in-Chief

IGN PC Team
IGN PlayStation Team (Blog)
IGN Xbox Team (Blog)
IGN Nintendo Team (F) (Blog)
IGN Insider (Blog)
IGN Guides, Cheats, FAQs (Blog)
Games Database Manager
IGN Australia
IGN UK
IGN TV
IGN DVD
IGN Gear (Blog)
IGN Cars
IGN Music
IGN Movies

Editorial Staff

IGN Nintendo

IGN PC

IGN Xbox

IGN Playstation

News and Features

IGN Cheats, Guides & FAQs

Video Production Team

IGN Database Team

IGN Wireless & IGN Retro

IGN Insider

IGN Movies

IGN TV

IGN DVD

IGN Sports

IGN Australia

IGN Japan

IGN UK

IGN Comics

Other

Scoring

A member of the IGN staff writes a review for a game and gives it a score between 0. 0 and 10, which is assigned by increments of 0. 1 and determines how much the game is recommended. The score is given according to individual aspects like presentation, graphics, sound, gameplay and lasting appeal. Some of the games that received a 10/10 score are Soul Calibur for Dreamcast[4], Pokémon Red and Blue for Game Boy Color[5][6], and four games from The Legend of Zelda series: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo 64[7], Link's Awakening DX for Game Boy Color[8], Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons for Game Boy Color[9][10] and Tornado Mania. is the second game in the ''Soul'' series of Fighting games developed and produced by Namco. The is Sega 's most recent Video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. and, released in Japan as Pocket Monster Red and, are the first two installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing Video games The is Nintendo 's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 is a High fantasy action-adventure Video game series created by Game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and developed and published is an action-adventure Video game developed by Nintendo 's Entertainment Analysis and Development division for the Nintendo 64 Video game The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening, known in Japan as, is an Action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy handheld The is Nintendo 's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons and The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages are two Action-adventure games developed by Flagship The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons and The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages are two Action-adventure games developed by Flagship In April 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/869/869381p7.html Grand Theft Auto IV Review</ref>. IGN UK also gave GTA IV a 10 (this was the first 10 given by IGN UK to a game [11]). To date, they have given a total of 24 games (including cross-gen ports) a rating of 10 out of 10 [12].

Other sections

Podcasts

IGN has offered audio podcasts since 2005 and video podcasts (IGN Weekly) since 2006. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download Examples of the audio podcasts include:

Nintendo Voice Chat (formerly Wii-k in Review) is a podcast dedicated to the Nintendo Wii and DS consoles. (Weekly - Monday)
Three Red Lights is a podcast dedicated to the Xbox 360 console. [17] (Weekly - Wednesday) The Podcast now has an official tagline of "What games do you game?", and its own fan created website at www.whatgamedoyougame.com. Features 'Jeff Bell' - a bell, called Jeff, that is rung when ever anyone uses marketing speak or male banter . eg. 'dawg'. Recently it has begun to be rung when one of the cast refers to the 'King's Crusade'; set up in the wake of Don King's appearance on the podcast.
Podcast Beyond is a podcast dedicated to all things PlayStation. This podcast's catch-line is yelling "BEYOND"! (Weekly - Thursday)
Game Scoop is a podcast reviewing the week in video games news. This podcast also has a catch-line, yelling "SCOOP" (Weekly - Friday) (Blog)

An Ign Gamescoop PC game is currently in production by Garage Developer Harris Foster and Graphics artist Javi Rodriguez (Blog)

Command Prompt a podcast dedicated to PC gaming. Used to be named Alt+Tab. (Bi-Weekly - Tuesday)
IGN is AFK is a podcast where IGN editors choose a random gaming related topic and discuss it, and also a month in review podcast, highlighting key titles released in the previous month (Cancelled)
To Catch an Editor video Podcast is the new IGN Insider video podcast (replacement for the 'Don't Tase Me, Bro!' podcast) (Weekly)
Tech Fetish is a podcast dedicated to tech and gear. (Weekly - Wednesday)
Keepin' it Reel is a podcast dedicated towards movie news and events. (Weekly - Thursday)
GameSages Podcast is the replacement and spiritual successor to IGN is AFK. The podcast gets people from the games industry to talk about the latest trends, influences and software in the industry. [18] (Ireggular)
Channel Surfing is a podcast about news and events in television. (Weekly - Friday)
RetroCity is a podcast hosted by Levi Buchanan which talks about retro games and developers. (Bi-weekly - Tuesday)



References

  1. ^ ign.com - Site Information from Alexa
  2. ^ IGN: Origins: The History of IGN
  3. ^ IGN: Game Scoop! Podcast, Episode 71
  4. ^ IGN: Soulcalibur Review
  5. ^ IGN: Pokemon Red Version Review
  6. ^ IGN: Pokemon Blue Version Review
  7. ^ IGN: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Review
  8. ^ IGN: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Review
  9. ^ IGN: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages Review
  10. ^ IGN: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons Review
  11. ^ IGN: Grand Theft Auto IV Review
  12. ^ Search Results for "" on IGN
  13. ^ Internet Wrestling Organization. Archived from the original on 2000-05-19. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and
  14. ^ "Get the FAQs", IGN, 2002-07-09. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.  
  15. ^ GameFAQs homepage (2001-01-09). Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Archived from the original on 2001-01-18. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor
  16. ^ IGN: Playing With the Past: IGN Retro
  17. ^ IGN: Three Red Lights Podcast: Episode 25
  18. ^ IGN: GameSages Podcast, Episode 2

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