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Xbox 360 Getting Fox News, Wall Street Journal

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:23:00 EST

Hope you Xbox 360 owners in the US like your News Corp and Fox, because later this year there'll be a range of apps bringing Murdoch-owned content like Fox News, IGN, The Wall Street Journal, Family Guy, House and The Simpsons to the console, all available on demand. More »

IGN Closes Parents' Guide What They Play

Owen Good — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:00:00 EDT

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Irony of ironies, here as we are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III terrorizing parents everywhere, IGN has shuttered What They Play which analyzed video games from the perspective of parents concerned about violent and sexual content. More »

It's Time to Flaunt Your Video Game Message Board Cred

Mike Fahey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:20:00 EDT

In today's historic edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Hongo details his extensive video game website message board history, and asks that you do the same. Where' have you been? More »

Locked-Out NBA Player Joins Pro Gaming League

Owen Good — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT

Many NBA players have signed contracts with overseas teams as the 69-day NBA lockout drags on, certain to wipe out at least some of the regular season. One player is joining a different kind of professional league. More »

Report Says GameFly Picking Up Digital Distribution Service

Owen Good — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Discs-to-your-door rental service Gamefly will buy Direct2Drive from IGN, according to a report by MCV, likely expanding digital rentals' availability over PC down the line. More »

The Awkward And Misogynist Lowlights From Indie Developer Reality Show 'The Next Game Boss'

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:30:40 EDT

Earlier this year, game web site IGN opened its doors to a batch of small, independent developers, giving them an opportunity of a lifetime: to appear on a reality show and potentially embarrass themselves on camera with quickly conceptualized and cringe-worthy game concepts. More »

IGN Kicks Off Fund Drive for Haiti Relief

Owen Good — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:30:00 EST

A life-size Lancer replica and an original painting from Bungie are among items IGN will auction next week in a 12-hour "webathon" to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti. More »

Boom Blox Downloadable Levels Feature Wii, IGN, White House

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:00:42 EDT

EA's Boom Blox Bash Party is out and people are already making levels for download featuring famous stuff to wreck. More »

Report: Dead Space Extraction Will Not Have MotionPlus Support

Owen Good — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST

IGN is saying that earlier news that Dead Space: Extraction would support Wii's MotionPlus technology "is merely misinterpretation," according to an unnamed Electronic Arts representative. More »

IGN Goes Hands-On With "Flock"

Owen Good — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Because, I dunno, herding animals around is fun or something, there's an game coming soon via Capcom, called "Flock," first noticed this week when the developer unveiled its E3 lineup. More or less, you're manning an alien spaceship that's making off with flocks, gaggles, coveys, clowders, murders, cackles, prides etc. of animals. Your means of encouragement? Why, a death ray of course. PETA should love the shit out of this game. IGN describes it in very Lemmings-friendly terms. If that's your cup of tea, it'll be out via Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and for PC download, soon. More »

IGN Signs Content Deal With Xbox Live

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:30:00 EDT

Can't say I've ever used the Inside Xbox section on the 360 myself, but hey, maybe you do. Then again, maybe you don't, and nobody does, which is why Microsoft have announced that they've signed a deal with IGN to bring the site's IGN Strategize segments to Xbox Live. Or, more specifically, that they're bringing the site's IGN Strategize segments to Xbox Live, and they'll be hosted by Jessica Chobot. Neat way to get the IGN brand on Xbox Live without worrying about editorial concerns, that (Strategize being a video hints and tips section). More »

IGN Editor Fires Back On Exclusive GTA IV Review Flak, Ethics Concerns

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:30:00 EDT

Variety's Ben Fritz opined in his column The Cut Scene last week that the concept of an "exclusive" review, specifically the case of IGN's Grand Theft Auto IV review, was something he found troublesome. His entry on the matter read that Fritz seemed less concerned with the 10 out of 10 score, but that IGN securing an exclusive review—as it often does with game announcements, media and interviews—was the thing ethically troubling. (We suggest you read Fritz's original post, lest we misinterpret it in some sort of telephone game.) More »

IGN "Crossed A Line" With GTA IV Hooker Shooting Clip

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:40:51 EDT

A clip recently posted to IGN titled "Ladies of Liberty City: Very Bad Things" featured a montage of some of Grand Theft Auto IV's more lewd and violent behavior. A portion of that clip—perhaps the most objectionable portion—can still be seen at Gawker with the re-hosted full rip over at Boinkology. It can't be seen at IGN anymore, as the Fox owned entertainment site tells MTV Multiplayer "In this case, we crossed a line in how we portrayed some aspects of the game and we've taken this video down." More »

You've Got IGN Watermarks On My Okami Strategy Guide

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:30:00 EDT

Misery loves company! It's OK, Capcom. You weren't the only ones to leave an IGN watermark on your own Okami art. Bradygames left one on the cover of their Okami Wii strategy guide, too! What's even kookier is that the watermark appears in a different spot on the book's cover than on the game's cover, meaning it's not just a case of re-using the same art from Capcom's cover. Whoops. Wonder if they'll offer replacement dust covers? More »

GTA IV: Best Game Since ... Well, When?

ogood — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT

If you hate 10-point rating systems, then pay no mind to the Nadia Comaneci 10 that IGN has handed Grand Theft Auto IV. The last game to get a perfect score from IGN was Soul Calibur for the Dreamcast, in 1999. More »

IGN Insiders Offered Chance At MGO Keys

Mike Fahey — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:30:00 EDT

Are you a North American member of the IGN Insider's program or Founders' Club who doesn't have a beta key for Metal Gear Online? Well you're in luck, as IGN is releasing three waves of beta codes to IGN Insiders starting tomorrow. The first two waves of keys will be for both Insiders and Founders' Club members, with the third wave strictly Insider online. Right now you can join the Founders' Club for just $9.95 monthly, so if all else fails and you desperately want to get into the beta you can always plunk down $10 and cross your fingers. More »

FilePlanet Presents The Age Of Conan Open Beta

Mike Fahey — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Funcom, Eidos, and IGN are proud to present the 'open' beta for Age Of Conan, coming to a PC near you on May 1st, if you're lucky. Members of FilePlanet are invited to sign up for the open beta period, with 50,000 slots on the line for a chance to put the game through its paces. In order to make sure people are focusing on actually testing it, the lucky thousands will be restricted to level 13, so don't think you're getting that much of a leg up on the pile.

"The IGN and FilePlanet audience has consistently told us that Age of Conan is one of their most anticipated games of the year, and we are very pleased to partner with Funcom and Eidos on the Open Beta," says Senior Vice President of Consumer Products at IGN, Jamie Berger.

Sign ups should be active soon, so keep an eye on the FilePlanet AoC mini-site. More »

A First Look at Gauntlet for the DS

ogood — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Good morning, campers. Thought we'd start the day off with some screenshot candy and a pointer to the first look at Gauntlet for the Nintendo DS. IGN's got the goods on the classic cooperative dungeon crawler, which introduced "Warrior ... is about to die!" into our inside-joke lexicon back in 1985. More »

Behind The Scenes Of The Fake Zelda Movie

Mark Wilson — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:40:00 EDT

IGN's Zelda movie prank by Rainfall Films probably broke a lot of fanboy hearts April 1st morning, but that doesn't mean a lot of love for the series wasn't put into the trailer. Requiring 3 months of work for a crew that peaked at 20 people, the first makeup tests actually started all the way back on July 20th of 2007. (Which means that when accounting for casting, costume design and general organization, its a date nowhere near the actual project's start.) Here's the making of video, which we promise doesn't end as badly as Adam's Kaketakumentary. Editorial: Zelda on the Big Screen [IGN] More »

Sega Details Iron Man Upgrades

Mike Fahey — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDT

Comic book character video games, even those based on comic book movies, love utilizing power upgrades as motivation to perform well, and nowhere is this nearly as appropriate as in Sega's upcoming Iron Man game. In a diary posted over at IGN today, Game Director Jeffrey Tseng explains how the upgrade system works in the game. Completing missions gives you cash, which I suppose is odd for a billionaire playboy, but we'll run with that. The better you perform, the better upgrades you can buy for your armor. Before each mission you can swap out various parts, much like your standard mech combat game...and I suppose that's what Iron Man is - a tiny mech. You can swap out repulsors, core systems, power cores, thrusters, and auxiliary weapons, allowing you to create a suit of armor well-suited to your armor needs. With multiple levels of upgrades available in each category, the Iron Man fanboy in me has actually caught on fire in anticipation of the game. I may even - given the opportunity - girlishly squeal. More »

Amazing Zelda The Movie Prank

Brian Crecente — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EDT

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Gamespot's Jason Ocampo Now IGN's Jason...

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:20:36 EST

Gamespot's Jason Ocampo Now IGN's Jason Ocampo. Hey, just a quick update on yesterday's development involving former Gamespot reviewer Jason Ocampo—the former PC-centric reviewer has jumped ship from CNet to IGN and will be their new PC Editor In Chief. Ocampo appears in the latest Game Scoop! podcast, revealing his new secret identity as an IGNer. Thanks for the tip, Richard! More »

IGN Turns 10, Goes Retro

Mike Fahey — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:20:11 EST

Back in 1998, I was writing for a tiny gaming site called Videogamers.com (long since defunct, but the Wayback never dies), having had the good fortune of being a guy in Atlanta who could attend E3 (then in Atlanta) and write halfway decently. Our main competition, if you could call it that (the internet was much friendlier back then) was a fledgling gaming site called IGN. Ten years later, Videogamers.com may be long forgotten, but IGN is still going strong, having spread out to encompass everything their target demographic could want and then some. This week marks their 10th anniversary, and to celebrate they are holding a week-long celebration of IGN, with articles covering the history of the site, writers past and present, and their role in covering the gaming industry. They're also launching IGN Retro, a new channel that focuses on gaming both pre-IGN, like the Colecovision and Atari, as well as systems that have come and gone since, like my beloved Dreamcast. Happy 10th Anniversary IGN! Damn, it's nice to still be around to say that. More »

IGN Nintendo: Scandal or Old News?

Brian Crecente — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:00:04 EST

VGMWatch tonight decided to spill the not-so-breaking news that Matt Casamassina, long-time editor-in-chief of the IGN Nintendo Team, is married to Edie Kissko. This is, in these times of games journalism head-scratching, a bit interesting. Kissko is the vice president of Golin Harris, which also happens to be Nintendo's PR firm. More »

Nintendo Not Limiting WiiWare Sizes

Mike Fahey — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:40:20 EST

Earlier today we directed you to the IGN Wii podcast, which claimed to have details on Nintendo's new WiiWare games download service. In it they detailed the limitations of the system, specifically that games were limited to 40MB, developers would be limited to a game a month, and that they would be determining the price for there games. Speaking to Eurogamer, Nintendo addresses those claims.

"I can confirm as we originally said at the announcement of the WiiWare service earlier in the year that WiiWare games will come in a range of sizes but we will encourage smaller, more compact games for the service," a Nintendo spokesperson told Eurogamer today.

So no 40MB cap, which makes sense considering games like Crystal Chronicles. The Nintendo spokesperson also explains that the one game a month limit is something they are considering instituting during the launch window to address volume issues, and that no pricing details have been released. In other words, IGN was mistaken. Man, give a guy a microphone and they just go crazy. More »

Chobot Gets (In)Action Figure

Brian Crecente — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:58:39 EDT

Jessica Chobot, whose PSP licking antics here on Kotaku lead to a writing gig on RedAssedBaboon and then a hosting gig on IGN, is getting her very own set of anime-styled action figures. More »

Hearst Buys UGO

Brian Crecente — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:00:16 EDT

Hearst today announced that they have finalized a two-year deal to buy UGO Networks outright. While the details of the deal were not released, Forbes estimates the deal to "be in the neighborhood of $100 million." More »

Rumble Sixaxis In Developer's Hands?

Mike Fahey — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:30:18 EDT

We've gotten in several tips involving this developer diary posted a few days ago on IGN, showing the folks at Free Radical polishing up the Haze demo that was shown at the Ubisoft gamers day back in late May. At the beginning of this lengthy, relatively entertaining video we see Haze being demoed to the press using a standard Sixaxis, while at around the ten minute mark we are shown two separate developers testing the game and the controller they are using is mysteriously blurred out. Could it be that Free Radical already has their hands on the rumble ready PS3 controller? More »

Tons of New Halo 3 Goodness

Mike Fahey — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:00:23 EDT

The Halo 3 beta has come and gone, leaving me mildly entertained but not particularly impressed. Sure it was Halo-riffic, but I couldn't find anything truly exciting about the game. Well it looks like IGN went and found the exciting for me. They recently visited the Bungie compound and came away with a metric assload of exciting new information. In their Beyond the Beta article they deliver the goods on new maps, the new and particularly awesome Brute Chopper, content sharing, and my personal favorite, customizable armor for multiplayer! More »

FPS, A Stage Production

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 08 May 2007 01:00:26 EDT

Over the weekend, First Person Shooter: The Play premiered in San Francisco. The play is set in a start-up video game company that has achieved big-time success due to a the "hottest, most violent game on the market." Things go bad when the company is blamed for a schoolyard shooting. The play was written by Aaron Loeb, former IGN writer and current game developer COO. Says Aaron: More »

Win A Spot In I Am 8-Bit 2007

fdemarco — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Think you've got the artistic chops to make it with the big boys? Well, now is your chance to prove it. I AM 8-BIT, IGN, Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight, Capcom, and Foundation 9 Entertainment are teaming up once again to scout for talent for the upcoming I Am 8-Bit art show. In case you've been living under a rock, I Am 8-Bit is an amazing art show that is based entirely on olde school gaming. Entries range from drawings and paintings to sculptures. More »

The Price Of Constant Folding@Home

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:20:48 EDT

As a current participant in the Folding@Home project via my PLAYSTATION 3, I, too, have wondered about the financial impact of keeping my console on 24/7 to contribute to the cause. IGN has gone ahead and determined roughly how much an always-on PS3 would hit its owners in the wallet by using the Nebraska state Electricity Rate Comparison chart against the wattage required to run Folding@Home number crunching. More »

Koei Unveils Wii Title

Brian Crecente — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:00:06 EDT

Koei's 2007 UK release list has some interesting games on the list including their first ever Wii title, IGN reports. More »

MotorStorm Gets Buddy Patch

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:40:50 EDT

According to the UK arm of IGN, Motorstorm owners will get their own fresh game patch this week, alongside the new Resistance Fall of Man and PLAYSTATION 3 firmware updates. So what's cooking for Evolution Studios' online racer? An in-game buddy list to help make multiplayer games a snap. Handy. More »

IGN's Top 25 PS2 Games

fdemarco — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:00:00 EDT

Another day another "top" list. This time around, the editors at IGN have put together their list of the Greatest PS2 games of all time. Putting these types of lists together are always a chore and I'm sure this one was especially so given the breadth of the PS2s library. Not to mention the fact that everyone has their own opinions and some people get their panties in a twist because their favorite game wasn't included. I have to say though, the guys did an admirable job. All the biggies are there although perhaps not in the order you would expect. One glaring omission though is Katamari Damacy. WHERE THE HELL IS KATAMARI?! Whoops, I think my panties just twisted. More »

TMNT For XBLA, It's Official

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:40:37 EST

Not a hoax! No longer a rumor! It's official. The quarter-sucking Konami arcade classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is coming to Xbox Live Arcade just in time to help promote the upcoming ninja turtle-filled film. More »

Clip: Warhawk Play

Brian Crecente — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:40:29 EST

As reported a bit ago, Warhawk is going to be a downloadable-only game after all. The kind folks over at IGN (Hi, Jessica) sent along a bit of embeddable code so you can check out the gameplay and interview about the downloadable stuff for yourself. Brian Crecente More »

Warhawk Goes Multiplayer, Download Only (Really, This Time)

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:20:38 EST

Today's episode of IGN Weekly has an exclusive look at the upcoming Incognito game Warhawk for the PLAYSTATION 3. In it, the outlet confirms a number of previously rumored details. More »

PS3 Gets Spidey 3 Exclusive

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:40:05 EST

The good news is that Sony has secured at least one more exclusive for the console seemingly allergic to exclusives, the PLAYSTATION 3. The bad news is that it's simply a collector's edition treatment for the upcoming Activision video game based on Sony Pictures' Spider-Man 3. More »

Chocobo Hanky? Do Want!

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:20:48 EST

I'll be honest. I never wanted to actually have to write about video games. I just wanted to play them for free and get nerdalicious swag like this Chocobo handkerchief. The number of fantasies I've had about coveted items like this promo giveaway for the upcoming Square-Enix DS title Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales are simply too numerous to count. More »