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MultiVersus – Season 2 | Samurai Jack and Beetlejuice Coming Soon

IGN<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGN#cite_note-3">[b]</a> is an American <a title="Video game" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game">video game</a> and <a title="Mass media" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media">entertainment media</a> <a title="Website" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website">website</a> operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of <a title="Ziff Davis" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziff_Davis">Ziff Davis, Inc</a>. The company&#8217;s headquarters is located in <a title="San Francisco" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco">San Francisco</a>&#8216;s <a title="South of Market, San Francisco" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_of_Market,_San_Francisco">SoMa</a> district and is headed by its former editor-in-chief, Peer Schneider. The IGN website was the brainchild of media entrepreneur <a title="Chris Anderson (entrepreneur)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Anderson_(entrepreneur)">Chris Anderson</a> and launched on September 29, 1996. It focuses on <a title="Game" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game">games</a>, <a title="Film" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film">films</a>, <a title="Anime" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime">anime</a>, <a title="Television" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television">television</a>, <a title="Comics" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics">comics</a>, <a title="Technology" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology">technology</a>, and other media. Originally a network of desktop websites, IGN is also distributed on mobile platforms, console programs on the <a title="Xbox" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox">Xbox</a> and <a title="PlayStation" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation">PlayStation</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" title="FireTV" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireTV">FireTV</a>, <a title="Roku" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roku">Roku</a>, and via <a title="YouTube" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube">YouTube</a>, <a title="Twitch (service)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch_(service)">Twitch</a>, <a title="Hulu" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu">Hulu</a>, and <a title="Snapchat" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat">Snapchat</a>.
Originally, IGN was the flagship website of IGN Entertainment, a website which owned and operated several other websites oriented towards players&#8217; interests, games, and entertainment, such as <a title="Rotten Tomatoes" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, <a title="GameSpy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSpy">GameSpy</a>, GameStats, VE3D, <a title="TeamXbox" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeamXbox">TeamXbox</a>, Vault Network, FilePlanet, and <a title="AskMen" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AskMen">AskMen</a>. IGN was sold to publishing company <a title="Ziff Davis" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziff_Davis">Ziff Davis</a> in February 2013.