Talk:IGN

Page move
I think this page should be moved to ign.com, and the ign page should point to either the Institut Geographique National or the disambig page; the latter is far more internationally recognised and important the website referenced here. CheesyBiscuit (talk) 16:34, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I disagree, IGN might be known as Institut Geographique Nationale in other languages, but in English it's most widely used to refer to the games network. Since this is English Wikipedia, that's the standard we follow (per WP:COMMONNAME). I searched Google and Google News using several different terms, and every time the game network was more prominent in the English search results.
 * Therefore, I'm going to undo this move pending further discussion. r ʨ anaɢ (talk) 15:52, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

AU Podcast
I don't know if it is an official podcast or not yet, but maybe the podcast section should be updated with info on the IGN AU Pubcast. There is only one episode so far.
 * http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/111/1116058p1.html

There's a link to the first podcast...--210.14.96.246 (talk) 12:49, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

IGN plagiarizing Gearspedia for their "wiki"

 * http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/830800-IGN-is-plagiarizing-Gearspedia

Worthy for the article? --76.110.37.244 (talk) 01:38, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Not really. Where there is the Internet people, as in the readers of IGN, will plagiarize. I don't think it an important note. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradlysneezer3 (talk • contribs) 01:05, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 December 2014
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U, 2014)

Jlapb2001 (talk) 19:46, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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Founding date
How exactly do we know that IGN was launched September 29, 1996 exactly? I have some sources that could prove that wrong.

The only IGN site to launch on day one was n64.com (later IGN64.com). IGN was launched the day the N64 was released in the US, Sept 29, 1996. Bpm140 (talk) 22:06, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Source(s): First September mention - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IGN&diff=35766254&oldid=35724670 First 29 mention - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IGN&diff=682624052&oldid=682531438 First 1996 mention - http://web.archive.org/web/20050111092654/http://www.ign.com/ Domain name regestried on March 22, 1996 - http://whois.domaintools.com/gamesnetwork.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.255.203.83 (talk) 02:04, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * https://web.archive.org/web/19970605150253/http://www.next-generation.com:80/specials/053097.chtml

Staff walkout source dump
If anyone is up for expanding the article in the future, I came across a lot of coverage surrounding the 2017 staff walkout over sexual harassment allegations (while adding to Alanah Pearce's article). Just for convenience, I'll put an excess of sources found in a quick search:


 * https://kotaku.com/ign-employees-walk-out-after-former-employees-sexual-ha-1820409833
 * https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/media-pr/ign-staff-walkout-and-show-solidarity-in-support-of-former-colleagues-sexual-harassment-claims/
 * https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/media-pr/ign-issues-sexual-assault-statement-after-staff-walkout/
 * https://www.usgamer.net/articles/ign-responds-after-employees-walk-out-over-sexual-harassment-allegations
 * https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/309534/Staffers_stage_walkout_at_IGN_over_mismanagement_of_sexual_harassment_claims.php
 * https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywbkv7/sexual-harassment-allegations-at-ign-prompt-some-employees-to-stop-working


 * https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/3/16846432/ign-editor-in-chief-steve-butts-alleged-misconduct
 * https://kotaku.com/ign-fires-editor-in-chief-for-alleged-misconduct-1821747243
 * https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/ign-fires-editor-in-chief-alleged-misconduct-1202653011/
 * https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/66525/ign-fires-editor-in-chief-following-investigation-into-alleged-misconduct/
 * https://www.thewrap.com/ign-fires-editor-chief-alleged-misconduct/
 * https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne43nk/ign-editor-in-chief-fired-over-alleged-misconduct

Aranya (talk) 17:22, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

"Insider Community Board" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Insider Community Board and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 30 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 05:20, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Ok I think that there is another controversy to be addressed here, and it rhymes with "chronic"
Remember when IGN swapped out Sonic Team's gameplay footage of Frontiers for their own, which made the game look like a *ring loss sound* TECH DEMO?! They also made a grating, error filled, and at times creepy and twisted review of the franchise on Game Scoop in 2016 claiming that "Sonic was never good". Then there was that dumpster fire that was the 2008 Unleashed review, in which a lot of the criticism came from blatant skill issues. I believe that these things deserve a subsection in the "Controversy" area. If not here, then possibly in respective Sonic articles. FerDeLancer (talk) 23:48, 30 June 2023 (UTC)


 * These will require coverage in reliable secondary sources (ie not IGN) describing them as controversies. Popcornfud (talk) 00:24, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * This would need reliable sources calling it a controversy. And even with sources...it feels a bit trivial in the scheme of the website's history. Not exactly on par with the things already listed. And even the stuff already listed isn't really complying with WP:CSECTION. Sergecross73   msg me  13:39, 1 July 2023 (UTC)