IGN Buying The Gamer Network Is Bad For The Games Media Industry

I am going to preface this article by saying I quite like IGN. Sure they have had some ups and downs but the current editorial team in my opinion is amazing. I love watching Nintendo Voice Chat which I think Seth Macey does a great job of hosting and showing his fun personality. I think the fellow panellists are also great, for example, the award-winning Rebekah Valentine who has done some amazing work in getting some big stories out there, Kat Bailey who I think is great whenever I manage to catch her independent podcast Axe of the Blood God and the recent addition of Logan Plant who is incredibly knowledgeable of all things gaming, especially Nintendo.

I think IGN often gets a disproportionate amount of hate because they are the biggest outlet. They have a wide range of opinions, so we will all inevitably disagree with someone.

Despite this however, I am not happy about the recent acquisition of the Gamer Network which includes notable outlets such as GamesIndustry.biz known for their focus on the business side of the industry as well as Eurogamer which is one of the biggest games media organisations in the UK and Rock Paper Shotgun to name a few.

IGN Entertainment has previously purchased Humble Bundle and How Long To Beat already. The former is already a bit alarming to me because…