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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people expressed dissatisfaction with the product quality, citing issues like dull colors and blurry details on items. Customers also found the website poorly designed, with inconsistent layouts and interactive maps that didn't always load correctly. They frequently reported a negative user experience, including being blocked from the website and experiencing issues with their accounts. Reviewers also felt that the social media content and game reviews were biased, often promoting certain games while unfairly criticizing others, leading to a perception of being out of touch with what gamers truly want.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Anything online, reviews, news, and podcast. Stay away. IGN is one of gamings most recommended and recognized names but if you've been around gaming for any type of time if you know you know. In my 4... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

There was a time when IGN felt like it was written by gamers, for gamers. That time has passed. Over recent years, IGN’s reviews have increasingly reflected cultural and political priorities that... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wouldn't trust IGN to run a bath. they are so disconnected from the things gamers actually want that it seems deliberate at this point. they continuously shill for garbage games that end up not... See more


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  1. Gaming service Provider
  2. Hobby Store
  3. Video Game Store

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IGN is the ultimate gaming and entertainment resource featuring award winning coverage of video games, cheats, movies, music, cars, sports, babes, comics and gear.


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TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not trustworthy.

Not trustworthy because of their agenda.
These people have very little gaming experience compared to other sites.

August 26, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stop it

Stop it. If you don't want to play the games it's fine. But you need to shut the hell up and let people enjoy the games they want. Stop stuffing "woke" in everything. People just want to enjoy and have fun playing games.

June 20, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Go woke go broke

One of the many companies that are a prime example of: "go woke, go broke". IGN has lost its touch as THE go-to place for videogames, where the reviews were before written by true gamers, all that matters now is howmuch diversity and wokeism is in a game, a good example of a sweet baby inc and blackrock puppet.

April 2, 2024
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Its greed ruined what was....

Long have I known about IGN and its horrible practices. The first hatred sparked when they sold bought Gamespy and sold the most important part to GLU affecting 1000s of games.

Then IGN started dabbling with unethical games journalism which was a part of the real GamerGate, not the reason the established media wants you to believe.

And to the last they are now dabbling allot in politics and joining up with organisation who dabbles with cyberbulling, racism and sexism.

IGN as a gaming journalist organisation is long gone and its words carries no weight in the balance of truth.

February 21, 2024
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

IGN on mobile is a tragedy

I have chosen to wait writing this review in case it was fixed at some point (wishful thinking), but this has been an issue since I have started using IGN on my mobile up to over a year ago.

While IGN has served well on some fronts hence two stars in lieu of one, using the website on a mobile is beyond infuriating. The ads on pages fill up the screen and laid in so slowly that when you tap somewhere on the page, you click the ads instead. When watching videos, the ad that plays before (if you are lucky) will sometimes load only its audio for up to 15 seconds and be unskippable after the regular five seconds. The video player sometimes snaps incorrectly so that you cannot exit or change what part of a video you want to watch due to it filling up too much of the screen to tap either out of it or pause it; this has never been an issue on other sites with my device. Furthermore, if you are plagued by an add that has an X to close, it will sometimes be untappable on the video itself.

While I get some enjoyment from the videos, it'd be far more enjoyable with a player that works and if it is ever fixed, I will happily change this review.

Until then, it is:
Awful and unenjoyable.

January 22, 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I Love that you can write and look at…

I Love that you can write and look at reviews on games. As a person who loves video games and since there is always new realses on games. I find it hard to know what games is good and what games are bad. I dont wanna buy something that's terrible. Overall site for gamers.

November 15, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We are witnessing the death of IGN.com

This website use to be the go to place for anything to do with video games. Been using IGN since it started. I won’t be using it ever again. They sold out to Ads. It’s just ridiculous, fair you need to make money, but the amount of pop ups are just beyond acceptable. It’s a functioning website to help gamers, it is not a sales platform. You’ve completely sold out. Your website is a complete joke. There is no meed to hit a user with all the Ads in one go. It makes no sense, the only clicks your advertisers are getting are accidental clicks, not real leads. Lose the Ads or lose all your users.

December 10, 2023
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Meh Reviews but Useful Guides

Some of their reviews are wildly dishonest but plenty of their guides, especially on retro games, are well written. My brother used their spoiler free Chrono Trigger guide and I can confirm it was splendidly written.

November 20, 2022
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