IGN.com

Have you ever wanted to find a website that delivers the best in gaming news and also talks about other forms of media such as films or comic books? Shockingly enough IGN.com is a website that delivers all of those things, and more. The website itself has millions of viewers each day, and is part of a massive network of entertainment websites.

Being a massive video game network seems to be pretty easy for IGN, seeing as the formula works very well. At first glance IGN is the perfect website for entertainment news, so is it the place that everyone should have saved in their favorites or bookmarks menu? Who knows, so lets take a look at the website and its features.

Design

At first glance it seems that the design and such of IGN Is very impressive. The website is full of flash animations and advertisements from other high profile companies, and that's the only downside to the website in regards to design. Take note that the layout changes every now and then for special events or game releases similar to the way that MySpace changes.

Features

There are many features to IGN that visitors should really consider checking out. First of all the front page is littered with the latest news from the gaming, film, and even comic book industries. If visitors look beyond that they're bound to see that featured articles are all over the front page with crisp images of many things.

It seems like the main feature of the website is to cater to gamers, however there is a large amount of gaming news on the website also. All these news articles can range from being rumors to real official announcements from major gaming companies.

Every now and then IGN makes list of what they think the top video games are, or even the top cartoons. While it's easy to totally disagree with their choices, everyone should respect them for the work that they do.

It isn't easy to find connections inside the gaming industry to give out the newest video game rumors. There are sections of the website devoted to popular games, such as Pokemon, but for others visitors will need to search the website or look through the preview or review sections.

That being said, IGN also features previews and reviews for games, films, and even television shows. For video games they have release date lists, contests, screen shots and video clips that feature parts of the game.

Improvements

So does IGN seem like a place that you may want to go to for the newest entertainment news? It doesn't need many improvements, because it is in fact one of the best places on the Internet to get gaming news and reviews. IGN gets a ten out of ten for being perfect in the eyes of a gamer.