1996
01
September
IGN was founded.
1998
01
January
The network launched a new homepage that consolidated the individual sites as system channels under the IGN brand.
1999
01
February
IGN was named one of the hundred-best websites by PC Magazine.
2002
10
May
IGN Entertainment was adopted after the shedding of the name "Snowball."
2005
01
June
IGN had 24,000,000 unique visitors per month, and 4.8 million registered users.
2005
01
September
IGN was acquired by News Corporation, for $650 million.
2011
25
May
IGN sold its Direct2Drive division to Gamefly.
2011
12
December
IGN Entertainment acquired its rival UGO Entertainment.
2013
04
February
After failing to spin off IGN as a separate company, IGN Entertainment was sold to the publishing company Ziff Davis.
IGN acquired Humble Bundle.