Details

Last Funding Type

Series Unknown

Last Funding Money Raised

$35M

Industries

Communities,Gaming,Internet,Lifestyle,Media and Entertainment,Video Games

Founded date

Sep 1, 1996

Number Of Employee

501 - 1000

Operating Status

Active

IGN Entertainment is an online media company that offers services to video game, lifestyle, and entertainment enthusiast markets worldwide. It offers fan-focused information destinations such as IGN.com, 1UP.com, GameSpy, and others which are localized into more than 16 languages. It also offers technology solutions for online game play in video games attracting the concentration of 18-34 year old men worldwide.

IGN Entertainment also owns and operates [AskMen.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/askmen-com), a men’s lifestyle website; Vault Network, a game network dedicated to role-playing video games; UGO.com, a men’s entertainment site; and more.

IGN Entertainment was formerly known as Snowball.com. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in San Francisco, California with additional offices across North America, Europe, and Australia. Currently, IGN Entertainment operates as a subsidiary of [Ziff Davis Media Inc.](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ziff-davis).