Founded in 1996, we've been covering consoles almost as long as Sony has been making them. Today, as a division of News Corporation, we maintain a global presence in the United States, the U.K, Australia and Germany.
IGN Entertainment is a global leader in three business verticals: media, digital distribution, and game technology.
Our media properties—which include IGN and other game sites, AskMen and Rotten Tomatoes—attract more than 49.4 Million unique monthly visitors worldwide. We are the minds behind the leading digital distribution services Direct2Drive and FilePlanet. Our GameSpy Technology service revolutionized multiplayer gaming and provides the online backbone for over 700 game titles.
Direct2Drive (D2D) is IGN Entertainment's digital download store. D2D allows consumers to conveniently purchase and download the latest premium PC games, comics and anime titles directly from the Web to their desktops. D2D's AAA roster of leading game publishers includes Atari, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, NCsoft, Rockstar Games, SEGA, Sony Online Entertainment, THQ, 2K Games, Ubisoft and Vivendi Universal Games. A supporter of the indie games movement, D2D also offers fans creative promotions, deals and total access to the hottest indie games and developers. Since the site’s launch, more than one million games have been downloaded on Direct2Drive.
GameSpy Technology is the leader in connected gaming technology and services. Specializing in high value services designed to enhance and extend users' gameplay experiences, GameSpy’s technology is accessible on every gaming platform and has been utilized by more than 700 titles to date.
