IGN
American entertainment website
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| May 2024 | IGN Entertainment acquired Gamer Network and its properties, including Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, and VG247, resulting in some layoffs due to redundancies. |
| February 24 2022 | IGN Russia was closed without prior notice by American owners following the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war. |
| August 24 2021 | IGN reinstated the original article with a new headline and released a statement about newly formalized editorial policies. |
| May 17 2021 | Over 60 IGN staff members signed an open letter condemning the article's removal, arguing it violated editorial freedom and communication policies. |
| May 16 2021 | IGN deleted the Palestinian aid article and issued a statement on Twitter claiming it was wrong to highlight only one side of the conflict. |
| May 14 2021 | IGN posted an article urging readers to donate to charities helping Palestinian civilians during the Israel-Palestine crisis, and added a Palestinian flag beside their logo. |
| September 2020 | IGN China was launched as an 'editorially independent' outlet of Tencent. |
| January 2020 | IGN reverted their review scoring system to a 10-point scale from a 100-point scale, believing the simpler system would be more effective and easier to communicate. |
| 2019 | IGN launched 'IGN Now' and started the 'Devs React to Speedruns' series. |
| August 7 2019 | IGN Southeast Asia was launched through a partnership between Media Prima and Ziff Davis, covering Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. |
| April 19 2019 | Filip Miucin publicly admitted to plagiarism and issued an apology on his YouTube channel. |
| August 2018 | IGN Korea was launched, covering South Korean gaming and media content. |
| August 14 2018 | IGN announced the removal of all of Filip Miucin's work pending a full review after Kotaku discovered plagiarism in multiple reviews across different platforms. |
| August 10 2018 | IGN published a new review of Dead Cells by Brandin Tyrrel, including an editor's note apologizing for the previous plagiarized review. |
| August 7 2018 | IGN dismissed reviewer Filip Miucin after finding 'substantial similarities' between his Dead Cells video review and a review by Boomstick Gaming, publicly apologizing for the plagiarism. |
| 2017 | IGN covered 'The 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards' TV Special. |
| October 2017 | Humble Bundle announced it was being acquired by IGN. |
| 2016 | IGN produced the 'Star Wars on Netflix' video and started 'IGN Access NYCC Cosplay' series. |
| April 12 2016 | IGN Pakistan was publicly launched in collaboration with Express Publications, focusing on local gaming and pop culture events. |
| April 11 2016 | IGN Japan was publicly launched in collaboration with Sankei Digital, aiming to contribute original content from the Japanese gaming industry. |
| 2015 | IGN created the 'Fast to the Future' video. |
| 2014 | IGN produced videos such as 'Optimus Prime in Titanfall' and 'Making Assassin's Creed Unity: A New Beginning'. |
| 2013 | IGN launched 'Project: SERA' and produced several video series including 'Not Another Zombie Apocalypse', 'Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish: Badgers Don't Vote', 'Assassin's Creed 4: Making Black Flag', and '9 Reasons We're Excited for Destiny'. |
| December 17 2013 | IGN India was launched in collaboration with Times Internet, focusing on gaming news, events, comics, movies, and technology. |
| December 2 2013 | IGN Africa was launched. |
| March 2013 | IGN Russia was launched, managed by Gameland publishing house and staffed by former editors from Strana Igr magazine. |
| 2012 | IGN started multiple series including 'Up at Noon', 'IGN Presents', 'IGN Live', and produced 'Castlevania: Hymn of Blood' and 'Cheap Cool Crazy'. |
| October 9 2012 | IGN Spain was announced in collaboration with Marca, replacing Marca Player gaming news website. |
| September 2012 | The Italian edition of IGN was launched, managed by a local team providing original and translated content. |
| September 2012 | IGN Middle East expanded to include movie-related content under IGN Movies Middle East, merging with its existing ME Movies website. |
| May 16 2012 | IGN Middle East was announced in collaboration with t-break Media, serving the MENA gaming community and replacing ME Gamers website. |
| 2010 | IGN sold Rotten Tomatoes to Flixster. |
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