• May 13, 2002

IGN Entertainment, which lays claim to the online gaming information market, will launch IGN Monthly Review, a free, downloadable monthly magazine, which highlights the games published during the previous month and includes IGN's ranking and summary review of each game.

IGN will distribute the free publication across the web in a PDF format. The company is positioning the e-zine as a way to give game enthusiasts information more quickly and cheaper than what they can from print gaming magazines. The 35-page publication will include a month-in-review page, rankings of all games released during the past month, and over 50 summary game reviews for titles on each gaming platform -- PC, PlayStation 2, X-Box, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance.

The company also announced the launch of a b-to-b venture with IGN Newswire, a news site providing access to all the latest gaming-related press releases. In addition to new game and publishing announcements, IGN Newswire also provides financial news, job listings and company listings, which give users access to information on all the publishers and developers in IGN's database.