Columns
Where Are All the PS5 Games?
ISSUE NO. 23
It Might Not Be Metal Gear Solid 6 But Physint Will Continue Kojima’s Legacy
ISSUE NO. 22
God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla Is Everything The Last of Us Part 2: No Return Isn’t
ISSUE NO. 21
Why Baldur's Gate 3 Is the Best PlayStation Game This Year
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The PlayStation Portal Might Not Be For Everyone, but It’s 100% For Me
ISSUE NO. 19
Why Are There So Many Games Industry Layoffs in 2023? Look at the Last Two Years
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We'll Never Have Silent Hills, But We Do Have Alan Wake 2
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Spider-Man Is Now the Only True Arkham Successor
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Spider-Man 2 Proves PlayStation is Still King of Story-Driven Games
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The Digital-Only Era Is Here, and I’m Ready For It
ISSUE NO. 41
Madame Web Is Right Where It Belongs: The Netflix Top 10
ISSUE NO. 40
Who Really Wins with Comcast’s New StreamSaver Bundle?
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The Disney and Warner Bros Streaming Partnership Spells Trouble For Curation on Disney Plus, Hulu and Max
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It's Time for You To Watch Interview with the Vampire
ISSUE NO. 37
How Dead Boy Detectives Carved Out Its Own World in the Sandman Universe
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It Is Impossible To Fight Through All of These Men, But Shōgun's Mariko Managed It Anyway
ISSUE NO. 35
How Lucy MacLean and Her "Okey Dokeys" Became Fallout's Secret Weapon
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Dead Boy Detectives Ending Up At Netflix Is Proof That Sometimes Things Work Out
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The Marvels Monica Rambeau Actress Teyonah Parris Wants Future Generations To Do What She Couldn't
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The Girls on the Bus Is Basically Supergirl Makes Three New Journalist Friends, and That's Just Fine
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SummerSlam is Going to Be Two Nights...Should We Be Worried?
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Here's Why Mercedes Moné Should Lose to Willow Nightingale
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Here's Who Should Win WWE King and Queen of the Ring | Wrestling Wrap Up
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Will Backlash's Also-Ran Card Slow WWE's Momentum? | Wrestling Wrap Up
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A Big Week for New AEW and WWE Champs Brings Both Highs and Lows
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Rhea Ripley Should Have Fallen to Liv Morgan... But Not Like This
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AEW Aired the CM Punk All In Footage... and No One Gave a S***
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The 10 Best Moments from WrestleMania 40
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WrestleMania 40 Winners/Losers Match Predictions
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What If... Roman Reigns Turns on The Rock?
ISSUE NO. 32
25 Years Later, Super Smash Bros. Is Bigger Than Ever. Where Does It Go After Ultimate?
ISSUE NO. 31
The Best Games Stranded on 3DS and Wii U, and How Nintendo Can Bring Them Back for Switch
ISSUE NO. 30
It May Be Mario Day But it's Finally Princess Peach's Year
ISSUE NO. 29
Pokémon Skipping 2024 Is Good for the Franchise and Fans
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Five Obscure Franchises Nintendo Needs to Bring Back
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Is There a Future for Amiibo on Switch 2?
ISSUE NO. 26
Why The Legend of Zelda Movie Shouldn't Be Live-Action
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2023 Marks the Turning Point for Nintendo as a Full-Blown Entertainment Brand
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NVC's All-Time Favorite Mario Games
ISSUE NO. 23
The Nintendo Switch Games You Need to Play
ISSUE NO. 39
Phil Spencer and the Battle for Xbox’s Soul
ISSUE NO. 38
Phil Spencer Has Now Been Head of Xbox for 10 Years; We Look Back at His First Decade
ISSUE NO. 37
Will A Stronger Xbox Rise From the Ashes?
ISSUE NO. 36
Xbox’s Developer Direct 2024 Totally Delivered
ISSUE NO. 35
Celebrating Halo 2’s Online Greatness Ahead of its 20th Anniversary
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My Favorite Xbox Moments of 2023
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See What Beat Baldur's Gate 3 to Best Xbox Game
ISSUE NO. 32
My 5 Favorite Xbox Games of the Year…So Far
ISSUE NO. 31
Forza Fans Can’t Decide if they Love or Hate Motorsport
ISSUE NO. 30
New Live-Service Games Face an Uphill Battle
ISSUE NO. 12
Microsoft Destroyed Arkane Austin but the Studio’s Soul Is Indestructible
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Dragon’s Dogma 2's World Has The Spirit of Skyrim
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25 Years On, Half-Life Still Feels Like It’s From the Future
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Modern Warfare Is Still the King of Call of Duty Campaigns
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage Looks Backwards When It Should Leap Forward
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The Soulslikes of gamescom 2023 Show the Genre Has Grown Up
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System Shock Remake Is an Essential History Lesson for BioShock’s Biggest Fans
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Has Perfected Lightsaber Combat
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BioShock Infinite Remains One of the Boldest AAA Shooters Ever Made
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The Last of Us’ TV Success Is Testament to Naughty Dog’s 15 Years of Growth
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The Weirdest Planet of the Apes Movie Is Also the Most Relevant in 2024
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Death Race 2000 Was Fun, Violent, and Prophetic
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In 2024, Rollerball Is More Frightening Than Ever
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Remember That Time Disney Bet on Star Wars and Lost?
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Don’t Worry, George Lucas’ First Movie Promises You’ll Still Have a Job After AI Takes Over
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When AI Becomes God: 50 Years Ago This Movie Predicted the Rise of Artificial Intelligence
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Forgotten Gems: The Legendary Ogre Battle
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Top Gear's Resurrection
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George Lucas Made Me Poop My Pants in 1985
ISSUE NO. 9
The Resurrection of Zelda: Master Quest
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Remembering Beetle Adventure Racing
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Forgotten Gems: Pitfall II's Secret Sequel
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Top 3 Forgotten PlayStation Launch Gems
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Sky Odyssey: The Indiana Jones Adventure You Never Played
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Body Harvest: The Game Nintendo Walked Away From
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Gone in a Split/Second
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Delisting The Crew Makes Sense, Preventing It From Ever Being Played Again Does Not
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The Game Awards’ Best Sports / Racing Category Is an Insult to Both Genres
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Everything Wrong With the Gran Turismo Movie
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Gran Turismo 7’s Quirkiest Mode Continues to Be a Missed Opportunity
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Can F1 23 Hope to Match the Drama of the Real Thing?
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The Racing Legacy of Ken Block
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Pole Model: How Namco’s Pole Position Revolutionised Racing
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How IGN Thinks About Spoilers in Reviews
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Game Reviews and The Impossible Problem of Bugs
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Why AI Can't Replace Critics
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Why Doesn’t IGN Review Everything X Times and Average the Scores?
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‘Another 7, IGN?’ Why So Many Games Score 7 and Above
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Why Launch Day No Longer Means Launch Day
ISSUE NO. 10
Pokémon TCG Pocket Is the Right Game at the Wrong Time
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Palworld vs. Pokémon Comparison: Just How Similar Are the Designs?
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Was the Best Part of My Epic Pokémon Adventure the Poké-Pals I Made Along the Way?
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I Had an Insane Pokémon Battle Aboard the S.S. Anne
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Competing in the Pokémon World Championships
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No One Does a Tournament Like Pokémon
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This Is What Happens When You Let a Psyduck Fan Make Their Own Pokémon Shirt
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Pokémon Cards Are Designed With an Unexpected Philosophy
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I Never Wanted to Leave Japan’s Pokémon Mall
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My First Trip to Japan Became a Pokémon Dream Vacation
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How Accessible Hardware Bridges the Gap Between Individuals and Options
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My Joy of Returning to PlayStation After a Decade
ISSUE NO. 9
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is a Triumph for Accessibility
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Starfield is an Accessibility Embarrassment
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Baldur's Gate 3 Gets Accessibility Mostly Right, But There's Still Room to Improve
ISSUE NO. 6
What Tears of the Kingdom Gets Right and Wrong About Accessibility
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The Four Accessibility Successes of 2023 So Far
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How AI Can Improve Accessibility in Gaming
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Growing Up and Gaming with a Disability
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How Inclusive Design Can Further Our Accessibility Understandings
ISSUE NO. 12
IGN Awards Celebrates the Best Games, Movies and More
ISSUE NO. 11
How to Rate Games on IGN
ISSUE NO. 10
Welcome to IGN’s Festival of Fear
ISSUE NO. 9
From the Editor: Welcome to State of Streaming 2023
ISSUE NO. 8
Celebrating the Best of Sci-Fi, from Star Wars to Starfield
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Welcome to 90s Week @ IGN
ISSUE NO. 6
Summer of Gaming 2023 Predictions Revisited
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Best Summer of Gaming Ever Predictions 2023
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Welcome to AI Week
ISSUE NO. 3
How Players Will Shape Video Games’ Next Big Thing
In Stars and Time Looped Me In, and Didn’t Let Go
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El Paso, Elsewhere Wears Its Bloodstained Heartbreak on Its Sleeve
ISSUE NO. 32
Super Space Club Is Serenity in Zero-G
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Time Bandit Is a Real-Time Adventure Game That Made Me Question Every Passing Minute
ISSUE NO. 30
In Story-Focused Cooking Game Venba, Food Is Love
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Havendock’s Calm Oceanic City Building Belies Its Ambitious Community Development
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The Last Worker’s Gamified Labor Makes Me Want to Work Harder and Also Quit
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Re:Call Is a Snappy Puzzler With a Lot of Heart
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A Space for the Unbound Is the Romantic Fantasy I Needed
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