IGN is owned by Ziff Davis (the United States, NASDAQ: ZD), which acquired the brand on 4 February 2013.[1][2] IGN was founded in 1996 in the United States and was independent until 2013.
Evidence: Ziff Davis, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
IGN is among the largest video game review sites in the world, and its scores carry enough weight to be quoted in publishers' marketing. Ziff Davis has owned it since 2013 through its Humble Bundle and gaming group. It began as a network of separate console-specific sites before consolidating under one name, and it now also runs events and a video production business.
Sentences about IGN from Ziff Davis's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
IGN Entertainment is one of the world's largest gaming and entertainment media platforms and the go-to destination for fans to explore and celebrate games, movies, TV, comics, and much more.
The complaint alleges that IGN disclosed to third parties the titles and URLs of the videos that plaintiff viewed on the IGN website in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act.
On July 10, 2025, the court denied IGN's motion to dismiss the first amended complaint.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Ziff Davis controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in media & entertainment.
The 70 brands in newspapers & magazines on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Reach, with 9; Ziff Davis has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BelfastLive | Reach | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Beobachter | Ringier | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Aftenposten | Schibsted Media | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Condé Nast | Advance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Country Life | Future | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Car and Driver | Hearst | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Brisbane Times | Nine | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| ARQ | Grupo Clarín | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Ziff Davis is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 1927. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: ZD.
Ziff Davis published computer magazines from the 1980s, went through bankruptcy and several owners, and rebuilt itself as a digital media and internet services group. It now owns several of the technology sites that replaced the magazines it used to print.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; IGN is not one of them.
Ziff Davis, then owned by j2 Global, acquired IGN from News Corp. IGN had been assembled from a network of console-specific sites in the 1990s, and its review scores carry enough weight to be quoted in publishers marketing. The price was not disclosed.
The parent company of IGN is Ziff Davis, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. IGN originated in the United States in 1996 and its owner, Ziff Davis, is also headquartered in the United States.
Ziff Davis completed its acquisition of IGN on 4 February 2013, after announcing the deal on 4 February 2013. The price was not disclosed.
IGN was an independent company from its founding in 1996 until Ziff Davis acquired it in 2013.
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, IGN is still owned by Ziff Davis. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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