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IGN Guides
IGN Entertainment lists Los Angeles as its headquarters.
What it is
IGN Guides is a free game-help service available through the web, Android, and iOS. Its content combines commissioned wiki pages, articles, interactive maps, checklist tools, videos, and guided contribution features such as tier lists. An IGN representative said most guides are produced by in-house writers or paid freelance writers. Verified users can contribute through IGN’s wiki CMS, but they cannot create their own wikis or configure navigation. IGN said it reduced requests for user edits because spam and errors were concerns and shifted toward paid writers and integrated tools. Guides are available on mobile web; an IGN representative said they were not supported in the native app at the time of a 2022 post. IGN Entertainment describes itself as part of Ziff Davis, says its brands date to 1996, and reports localization in 20 languages across 110 countries.
For and against
For
- Free access
- Interactive maps and checklist tools
- Videos and tier-list tools
- Guides from staff and paid freelancers
- Mobile-web availability
Against
- Native-app guide support was unavailable at the time cited
- Users cannot create their own wikis
- Users cannot set up navigation
- Editing requests were reduced over spam and errors
The verdict
IGN Guides combines staff-produced game help with maps, checklists, videos, and controlled contributions. Its free access is broad, but native-app support and user editing have limits described by IGN.
Who it suits
It suits players seeking free game help in editorial and interactive formats. Mobile-web users can access guides, while contribution is limited to verified users within IGN’s system.
On the record
- Company
- IGN Entertainment describes itself as part of Ziff Davis and says its brands date back to 1996.linkedin.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Company reach
- IGN Entertainment says its content is localized in 20 languages across 110 countries.linkedin.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Content formats
- An IGN representative described modern Game Help content as a mix of commissioned wiki CMS pages, articles, interactive maps, checklist tools, videos, and guided contribution tools such as tier lists.reddit.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Contribution access
- An IGN representative said verified users can contribute through its wiki CMS, but it is not an open platform where users can create wikis or set up navigation.reddit.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Editorial direction
- An IGN representative said the company shifted toward paid writers and integrated tools after reducing its solicitation of user edits.reddit.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Guides on mobile web
- An IGN representative said guides are available on mobile web.reddit.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Native app limitation
- An IGN representative said guides were available on mobile web but were not supported in the native app at the time of that 2022 post.reddit.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Reason for limiting edits
- An IGN representative said IGN dialed back soliciting user edits because of spam and errors, and to narrow its focus.reddit.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Who creates guides
- An IGN representative said IGN Guides are mostly created by in-house writers or paid freelance writers.reddit.com · read 8 Oct 2026
