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IGN and TalkSport have forged a new commercial alliance that allows for cross-platform advertising. Publishers can now do a single commercial deal that will cover both TalkSport and IGN, while the two media outlets will also share content. Under the new deal, sales teams from both businesses will work together, …

Capcom’s most popular fighting franchises will be part of the IGN Pro League tournament in 2013. Next year’s eSports competition will include Capcom’s Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition and Street Fighter X Tekken, putting fans of fighting games centre stage at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Along with the …

The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has announced a new partnership with IGN. The news was announced by Game Retail boss Martyn Gibbs at the retailer’s quarterly supplier conference today. The deal will see the pair work together on in-store promotional events and extensive GAME advertising across IGN’s network, that …

IGN is being put up for auction – with an asking price of $100m – after its parent News Corp have failed to find a buyer. The firm has – according to The Wall Street Journal – hired investment bank Allen & Co to auction off the business. IGN is …

Games media giant IGN is launching a new European site in Spain. It is also expanding across the entire Nordic region. The Spanish site is in partnership with Unidad Editorial, which owns newspapers Marca, El Mundo and Expansion, and also runs a range of TV and radio stations, magazines and …

THQ wants hundreds of gamers to run their own WWE launch parties, offering the chance . The publisher has teamed up with IGN, Kerrang! Radio and party organisers Come Round to offer 500 gamers the chance to get WWE ‘13 a week ahead of release. Winners will receive their title …

MCV’s Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, aims to cover all aspects of gaming careers – from entry level roles to the upper echelons. Commercial directors are often mentioned among the latter, so we speak to IGN’s Adam Hopkinson to find out what this position actually involves: How …

What defines a games journalist these days? If it is a person that reports on the industry, that reviews games, that gets press passes to consumer shows and carries business cards, the term can encompass thousands of teens and students that have their own website, podcast or YouTube channel. Joe …

Roy Bahat, the president if IGN, has today resigned from his post. In an upbeat memo sent to all staff, he confirmed that he will remain on the board, but that CFO David Martin will become acting president. He said: "David has my and our Board’s full confidence. Before joining …

International growth for IGN has led to promotions for two long-serving employees. Rich Keen has been promoted from marketing director to international publishing director.Meanwhile, Dan Kilby is now project manager of publishing. Their promotions follow IGN’s recent launches in foreign markets, including the creation of IGN Asia Pacific and IGN …