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| '''IGN''' is the largest and oldest general ] ] on the ]. | |||
| Founded in ] (the 1 million+ member ] were opened in ] ]), the part-free and part-subscriber only through their Insider service ($20/year membership) site has attracted 8 million unique visitors a month and has 5 million users registered through all departments of the site, which includes reviews, previews, walkthroughs, codes, and other media. | |||
| IGN Entertainment was the only gaming website in the stock market (Nasdaq: IGNX). IGN's stocks are no longer publicly traded as of 2003. | |||
| IGN is also known for its extremely active ]. According to Big-boards.com, the RPG Vault Network boards is ranked #2, general IGN boards #4, and theforce.net (] special interest boards) #7. All together, the three communities have almost 200 million active posts. | |||
| IGN used to stand for Imagine Games Network, until Imagine Media was acquired by Snowball Inc. Snowball is now known as just IGN Entertainment, thus the IGN acronym has no real meaning. | |||
| In 2004 IGN Entertainment and Gamespy Industries merged, and are now known as IGN/Gamespy. | |||
| Also in 2004, IGN bought ]. | |||
| The website is ranked in the top 400 most visited websites according to ]. | |||
| ==Criticisms of IGN== | |||
| Like many popular gaming sites, IGN has its detractors. Most of the issues detractors have is their advertisements. During one situation, IGN's look was significantly changed to figure ] logos everywhere. | |||
| Also, before they became more common, IGN began using ] on their site. Originally these ads were designed to show up after a set number of page links, this form of ] now comes up a great deal more often. | |||
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