IGN has 28 editions in 25 languages, as of 2021. The
US & Canada,
UK & Ireland, and
Australia & New Zealand editions are operated by Ziff Davis subsidiaries, with all others being franchised publishers. Since 2006, IGN Entertainment began launching regional versions of the website for various countries and pan-regions. Initially,
IGN began opening new offices outside the United States in order to support those regional websites, but later
IGN began
franchising its brand as a more cost-effective means of globalization, wherein it licensed various media publishers in many countries to use the
IGN brand and manage regional websites on their own. Licensed regional publishers work on their own servers, albeit can link to
IGNs HQ database, where they can import or translate articles, and use videos uploaded on
IGNs servers that use
IGNs own hosted video player. When visiting www.ign.com from an
IGN-supported region, the site automatically redirects visitors to their localized version using
geolocation software, based on their countries' IP addresses. Each version of the site has a modified logo with their country's/region's respective flags near the
IGN logo. However, it is still possible to access the original American website using a navigation bar above or below (depending on the regional website) the page's master template. • In 2006,
IGN opened its first offices in the UK and Australia, which both shared the same information as the American site but with added content authored from editors within each respective region. • On May 16, 2012, in collaboration with
Emirati-based company t-break Media,
IGN Middle East was announced for the
MENA gaming community. The site replaced t-break Media's own ME Gamers website, which was formerly one of the largest Middle Eastern-based gaming media outlets that was originally launched in 2006. ME Gamers' entire staff converted their duties to
IGN Middle East, importing or translating many of
IGNs English articles, whilst writing up their own articles, especially for Middle Eastern-specific events.
IGN Middle East is available in both English and Arabic languages. While the site was initially launched to cover only video games, t-break Media announced in September 2012 that it would begin posting movie-related articles under the
IGN brand as
IGN Movies Middle East, merging most of the duties from its own ME Movies website, which was originally established in 2009, under a similar manner to its video game content. Unlike video games, however, most movie-related content will be in English only.
IGN Middle East organized
IGN Convention from 2013 to 2016. • In September 2012 the Italian edition of
IGN launched, managed by a local team, providing both original and translated contents. • On October 9, 2012, in collaboration with the Spanish-based media company
Marca,
IGN Spain was announced. The site effectively replaces Marca's own Marca Player gaming news website. Marca Player's editors converted their duties to
IGN Spain, translating many of
IGNs English articles, whilst writing up their own Spanish articles as well, covering various topics including video games, movies, TV series and comics. • In March 2013,
IGN Russia was launched. The Russian version is managed by
Gameland publishing house, and its staff was initially completed by former editors and writers from
Strana Igr, ''Gameland's
printed video game magazine that was closed later that year. IGN Russia'' was closed without prior notice by American owners in 2022 after Russian-Ukrainian war began on February 24, effectively wiping out years of work of local editors. • On December 2, 2013,
IGN Africa was launched. • On December 17, 2013, in collaboration with
Times Internet,
IGN India was launched. The Indian edition takes AAA game reviews from its US counterpart and focuses more on coverage of gaming news and events in the country, apart from writing about comics, movies, technology. In November 2016, Fork Media Group partnered with Ziff Davis to operate
IGN India. The Indian edition has since then expanded its coverage to pop culture and mainstream entertainment news and events in the country, as well as doing its own reviews for AAA games, TV series, anime and movies from both India and abroad. • On September 1, 2014,
IGN Latinoamérica was launched in collaboration with
Publimetro and cover the whole Latin American region (except Brazil) with content in Spanish. • On November 11, 2014,
IGN Israel was launched. • On January 30, 2015,
IGN Hungary was launched. • On February 23, 2015,
IGN Brazil was launched. • In June 2015,
IGN Romania was launched. • On November 6, 2015,
IGN Poland was launched. • On January 4, 2016,
IGN Adria was launched.
IGN Adria covers countries of ex-Yugoslavia region: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia. • On April 11, 2016, in collaboration with Sankei Digital, the online publishing arm of Japanese newspaper publisher
Sankei Shimbun,
IGN Japan was publicly launched, and was expected to have a full-scale release by summer 2016. The launch of
IGN Japan is considered a critical development: In addition to translation of English articles,
IGN Japan is hoping to also contribute much original content for other
IGN editions from the Japanese end of the gaming industry, one of the world's largest video game markets with little mainstream journalism for Western media. • On April 12, 2016, in collaboration with Pakistani-based Express Publications,
IGN Pakistan was publicly launched. Pakistan originally shared some media coverage with
IGN Middle East, and later
IGN India, before spinning off to a completely independent
IGN edition with focus on local gaming and pop culture events in Pakistan.
IGN Pakistan is currently only available in English. • In August 2018,
IGN Korea was launched.
IGN Korea covers South Korea. • In September 2020,
IGN China was launched as an "editorially independent" outlet of
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