IGN (short for Imagine Games Network) is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, movies, TV shows, music, comic books, and more. As of May 2019, their YouTube channel has over fifteen million subscribers, making it the 15th most subscribed channel in YouTube gaming category. It also has gained over 9 billion views in total across all of their videos. The channel ranks as one of the few most abundant in amount of videos on YouTube as of December 2017 as well, with around 130,000 videos uploaded.
Controversy[]
Plagiarism[]
In August 2018, Boomstick Gaming accused IGN of plagiarising his review of the game Dead Cells. IGN announced that it had “parted ways” with the accused editor, and removed the plagiarised review. It was later discovered that other reviews were affected,[1] which led to the removal of “pretty much everything” by the editor. In a deleted response video, he stated that the plagiarism was “not intentional,”[2] but apologised to IGN.[3]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17660386/ign-dead-cells-metroidvania-ign-plagiarism-accusation
- ↑ https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/418453-ign-removes-pretty-much-everything-by-filip-miucin-following-plagiarism-controversy
- ↑ https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/417445-ign-dead-cells-reviewer-tells-his-side-disputes-plagiarism-allegations