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Following our look at how social media can be used to build communities, IGN’s Rich Keen discusses the new challenges this poses for media firms as pubishers and developers reach out to fans directly When it comes to digital channels there’s no doubt that the lines between games publisher, retailer …
Read More »Asia next as IGN widens global reach
IGN is preparing to launch in the Asia Pacific region, which will see the online firm have a presence in almost 40 markets. It follows the arrival of IGN Middle East last week, which was launched in partnership with T-Break Media. The Middle East is a massive opportunity for IGN …
Read More »IGN launches Middle East site
A new edition of IGN has launched today, catering specifically to gamers in the Middle East. The project is the result of IGN’s collaboration with Middle Eastern media firm T-Break. It will be headed up by Abbas Jaffar Ali, former editor of local gaming site Megamers.com IGN Middle East will …
Read More »Blockbuster partners with IGN to promote VIP Gamer scheme
High Street retailer Blockbuster has struck a deal with media giant IGN to promote its new customer reward scheme VIP Gamer. An IGN Recommends microsite will showcase the retailer’s latest game competitions and deals to an audience of more than three million. Blockbuster VIP Gamer was unveiled earlier this week. …
Read More »IGN launches Swedish site
IGN Entertainment has partnered up with Reset Media AB to publishIGN Sweden, which launched last week. The new site will mix Swedish language editorial material with localized material from IGN’s English language teams in the US, UK and Australia. Its editor-in-chief is games media veteran Tobias Bjarneby and the editorial …
Read More »PALGN’s editorial team walk citing a disagreement with management
An email was sent around yesterday confirming that PALGN’s editorial team will no longer produce site content. The passionate farewell email came from site executive editor Jeremy Jastrzab, who has been a PALGN contributor for 7 years. It informed recipients that the editorial team behind the site would no longer …
Read More »IGN teams up with TV firm for new Start
Tomorrow will see the launch of Start, a new YouTube games channel by IGN Entertainment and TV producers Shine Group. Start will be produced and curated by IGN, and will kick off with five new weekly shows that have been put together with the help of Shine’s Reveille Productions, the …
Read More »Interview: Colin Campbell, IGN
MCV catches up with Games Media Legend and IGN’s US head of news and features, Colin Campbell. What did winning the Games Media Legend award at the Games Media Awards mean to you? I live in California. When I got back from London my 7-year-old said, "You went all that …
Read More »IGN lands YouTube game channel deal
YouTube is to launch a new video games channel powered by the IGN Network. Called START, the project is being run in conjunction with Shine Group. It will include both pre-recorded and live broadcasts as well as content not found on the IGN website. The service is due to launch …
Read More »Stuart Galbraith quits Future for IGN
IGN Entertainment UK has confirmed the appointment of Stuart Galbraith as head of games, MCV can reveal. Galbraith joins from Future where he was most recently working as associate publisher for games and entertainment. He was working on titles including Official Xbox Magazine, Xbox World and SFX. Previous to that …
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