Originally a network of desktop websites, IGN Entertainment is distributed on mobile platforms, console programs on the Xbox and PlayStation, FireTV, Roku, and via YouTube, Twitch, Hulu, and Snapchat.
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17 Facts About IGN Entertainment
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IGN Entertainment was sold to publishing company Ziff Davis in February 2013 and now operates as a J2 Global subsidiary.
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IGN Entertainment has been ranked among the top 500 most-visited websites according to Alexa.
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In September 2005, IGN Entertainment was acquired by Rupert Murdoch's multi-media business empire, News Corporation, for $650 million.
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IGN Entertainment acquired the online male lifestyle magazine AskMen in 2005.
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In 2004, IGN Entertainment acquired film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and in 2010, sold the website to Flixster.
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In early 2014, IGN Entertainment introduced a new policy, in which a game's review score can be re-reviewed and improved, provided that continuous updates form a significant change in the game compared to how it was at launch.
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In January 2020, IGN Entertainment revealed that reviews would be reverted to a 10-point scale, from 1 to 10, finding that the finer distinction of the 100-point scale was difficult to maintain, whereas a 10-point scale would still be truthful to its reviews and would be easier to promote.
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IGN Entertainment Wrestling met its end in early 2002 when many of the staff departed.
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In 2002, IGN Entertainment launched a dedicated video game FAQs site specifically designed to host user-submitted guides.
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In 2004, IGN Entertainment launched GameStats, which was intended to be a more unbiased rating network, as it takes in scores from every corporate-owned game rating site and averages them all into one score to give a general idea of the quality of a game.
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In 2005, IGN Entertainment launched its comics site, which is devoted to not just the staple Marvel and DC titles, but manga, graphic novels, statues and toys.
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Since 2006, IGN Entertainment began launching regional versions of the website for various countries and pan-regions.
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In 2011, IGN Entertainment launched IGN Entertainment Pro League, a professional e-sports circuit that ran tournaments for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, ShootMania Storm and League of Legends.
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IGN Entertainment indicated that it was no longer in a position to commit to competing with the increased number of e-sports events that were now being held.
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Later that day, IGN Entertainment stated that it had found "substantial similarities" between the reviews, apologized, and announced that it had dismissed Miucin.
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Shortly after the article went up IGN Entertainment Israel made statements on social media condemning the article.
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