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24 issues
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
ISSUE NO. 20
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
ISSUE NO. 18
We'll Never Have Silent Hills, But We Do Have Alan Wake 2
ISSUE NO. 17
Spider-Man Is Now the Only True Arkham Successor
ISSUE NO. 16
Spider-Man 2 Proves PlayStation is Still King of Story-Driven Games
ISSUE NO. 15
The Digital-Only Era Is Here, and I’m Ready For It
41 issues
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?
ISSUE NO. 39
The Disney and Warner Bros Streaming Partnership Spells Trouble For Curation on Disney Plus, Hulu and Max
ISSUE NO. 38
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
ISSUE NO. 36
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
ISSUE NO. 34
Dead Boy Detectives Ending Up At Netflix Is Proof That Sometimes Things Work Out
ISSUE NO. 33
The Marvels Monica Rambeau Actress Teyonah Parris Wants Future Generations To Do What She Couldn't
ISSUE NO. 32
The Girls on the Bus Is Basically Supergirl Makes Three New Journalist Friends, and That's Just Fine
19 issues
ISSUE NO. 19
SummerSlam is Going to Be Two Nights...Should We Be Worried?
ISSUE NO. 18
Here's Why Mercedes Moné Should Lose to Willow Nightingale
ISSUE NO. 17
Here's Who Should Win WWE King and Queen of the Ring | Wrestling Wrap Up
ISSUE NO. 16
Will Backlash's Also-Ran Card Slow WWE's Momentum? | Wrestling Wrap Up
ISSUE NO. 15
A Big Week for New AEW and WWE Champs Brings Both Highs and Lows
ISSUE NO. 14
Rhea Ripley Should Have Fallen to Liv Morgan... But Not Like This
ISSUE NO. 13
AEW Aired the CM Punk All In Footage... and No One Gave a S***
ISSUE NO. 12
The 10 Best Moments from WrestleMania 40
ISSUE NO. 11
WrestleMania 40 Winners/Losers Match Predictions
ISSUE NO. 10
What If... Roman Reigns Turns on The Rock?
32 issues
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
ISSUE NO. 28
Five Obscure Franchises Nintendo Needs to Bring Back
ISSUE NO. 27
Is There a Future for Amiibo on Switch 2?
ISSUE NO. 26
Why The Legend of Zelda Movie Shouldn't Be Live-Action
ISSUE NO. 25
2023 Marks the Turning Point for Nintendo as a Full-Blown Entertainment Brand
ISSUE NO. 24
NVC's All-Time Favorite Mario Games
ISSUE NO. 23
The Nintendo Switch Games You Need to Play
39 issues
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
ISSUE NO. 34
My Favorite Xbox Moments of 2023
ISSUE NO. 33
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
12 issues
ISSUE NO. 12
Microsoft Destroyed Arkane Austin but the Studio’s Soul Is Indestructible
ISSUE NO. 11
Dragon’s Dogma 2's World Has The Spirit of Skyrim
ISSUE NO. 10
25 Years On, Half-Life Still Feels Like It’s From the Future
ISSUE NO. 9
Modern Warfare Is Still the King of Call of Duty Campaigns
ISSUE NO. 8
Assassin’s Creed Mirage Looks Backwards When It Should Leap Forward
ISSUE NO. 7
The Soulslikes of gamescom 2023 Show the Genre Has Grown Up
ISSUE NO. 6
System Shock Remake Is an Essential History Lesson for BioShock’s Biggest Fans
ISSUE NO. 5
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Has Perfected Lightsaber Combat
ISSUE NO. 4
BioShock Infinite Remains One of the Boldest AAA Shooters Ever Made
ISSUE NO. 3
The Last of Us’ TV Success Is Testament to Naughty Dog’s 15 Years of Growth
6 issues
ISSUE NO. 6
The Weirdest Planet of the Apes Movie Is Also the Most Relevant in 2024
ISSUE NO. 5
Death Race 2000 Was Fun, Violent, and Prophetic
ISSUE NO. 4
In 2024, Rollerball Is More Frightening Than Ever
ISSUE NO. 3
Remember That Time Disney Bet on Star Wars and Lost?
ISSUE NO. 2
Don’t Worry, George Lucas’ First Movie Promises You’ll Still Have a Job After AI Takes Over
ISSUE NO. 1
When AI Becomes God: 50 Years Ago This Movie Predicted the Rise of Artificial Intelligence
12 issues
ISSUE NO. 12
Forgotten Gems: The Legendary Ogre Battle
ISSUE NO. 11
Top Gear's Resurrection
ISSUE NO. 10
George Lucas Made Me Poop My Pants in 1985
ISSUE NO. 9
The Resurrection of Zelda: Master Quest
ISSUE NO. 8
Remembering Beetle Adventure Racing
ISSUE NO. 7
Pitfall II's Secret Sequel
ISSUE NO. 6
Top 3 Forgotten PlayStation Launch Gems
ISSUE NO. 5
Sky Odyssey: The Indiana Jones Adventure You Never Played
ISSUE NO. 4
Body Harvest: The Game Nintendo Walked Away From
ISSUE NO. 3
Gone in a Split/Second
7 issues
ISSUE NO. 7
Delisting The Crew Makes Sense, Preventing It From Ever Being Played Again Does Not
ISSUE NO. 6
The Game Awards’ Best Sports / Racing Category Is an Insult to Both Genres
ISSUE NO. 5
Everything Wrong With the Gran Turismo Movie
ISSUE NO. 4
Gran Turismo 7’s Quirkiest Mode Continues to Be a Missed Opportunity
ISSUE NO. 3
Can F1 23 Hope to Match the Drama of the Real Thing?
ISSUE NO. 2
The Racing Legacy of Ken Block
ISSUE NO. 1
Pole Model: How Namco’s Pole Position Revolutionised Racing
6 issues
ISSUE NO. 6
The Spoilerphobe's Guide To Reading IGN Reviews
ISSUE NO. 5
Game Reviews and The Impossible Problem of Bugs
ISSUE NO. 4
Why AI Can't Replace Critics
ISSUE NO. 3
Why Doesn’t IGN Review Everything X Times and Average the Scores?
ISSUE NO. 2
‘Another 7, IGN?’ Why So Many Games Score 7 and Above
ISSUE NO. 1
Why Launch Day No Longer Means Launch Day
10 issues
ISSUE NO. 10
Pokémon TCG Pocket Is the Right Game at the Wrong Time
ISSUE NO. 9
Palworld vs. Pokémon Comparison: Just How Similar Are the Designs?
ISSUE NO. 8
Was the Best Part of My Epic Pokémon Adventure the Poké-Pals I Made Along the Way?
ISSUE NO. 7
I Had an Unforgettable Pokémon Battle Aboard the S.S. Anne
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Competing in the Pokémon World Championships
ISSUE NO. 5
No One Does a Tournament Like Pokémon
ISSUE NO. 4
This Is What Happens When You Let a Psyduck Fan Make Their Own Pokémon Shirt
ISSUE NO. 3
Pokémon Cards Are Designed With an Unexpected Philosophy
ISSUE NO. 2
Japan Has So Much Pokémon Stuff It’s Almost Unfair
ISSUE NO. 1
My First Trip to Japan Became a Pokémon Dream Vacation
11 issues
ISSUE NO. 11
How Accessible Hardware Bridges the Gap Between Individuals and Options
ISSUE NO. 10
My Joy of Returning to PlayStation After a Decade
ISSUE NO. 9
Mario's Accessibility is Simply Wonder-Ful
ISSUE NO. 8
Starfield is an Accessibility Embarrassment
ISSUE NO. 7
What Baldur's Gate 3 Gets Right About Accessibility
ISSUE NO. 6
What Tears of the Kingdom Gets Right and Wrong About Accessibility
ISSUE NO. 5
The Accessibility Successes of 2023 So Far
ISSUE NO. 4
How AI Can Improve Accessibility in Gaming
ISSUE NO. 3
Growing Up and Gaming with a Disability
ISSUE NO. 2
How Inclusive Design Can Further Our Accessibility Understandings
12 issues
ISSUE NO. 12
Celebrate the Best Games, Movies and More With IGN Awards
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
ISSUE NO. 7
Remember When the 90s Ruled? We Sure Do
ISSUE NO. 6
Summer of Gaming 2023 Predictions Revisited
ISSUE NO. 5
Best Summer of Gaming Ever Predictions 2023
ISSUE NO. 4
Welcome to AI Week @ IGN
ISSUE NO. 3
How Players Will Shape Video Games’ Next Big Thing
34 issues
In Stars and Time Looped Me In, and Didn’t Let Go
ISSUE NO. 33
El Paso, Elsewhere Wears Its Bloodstained Heartbreak on Its Sleeve
ISSUE NO. 32
Super Space Club Is Serenity in Zero-G
ISSUE NO. 31
Time Bandit Is a Real-Time Adventure Game That Made Me Question Every Passing Minute
ISSUE NO. 30
Venba’s Delectable Cooking Puzzles Are a Labor of Love
ISSUE NO. 29
Havendock’s Calm Oceanic City Building Belies Its Ambitious Community Development
ISSUE NO. 28
The Last Worker Melds Work and Play in Clever, Disconcerting Ways
ISSUE NO. 27
Re:Call Is a Snappy Puzzler With a Lot of Heart
ISSUE NO. 26
A Space for the Unbound Is the Romantic Fantasy I Needed
ISSUE NO. 25