ews Corp. announced that it is acquiring IGN Entertainment for $650 million. IGN is an online media company that is headquartered in Brisbane, California. It operates a network of free and subscription based online sites containing a wide variety of game related content.

These include GameSpy.com, TeamXbox.com, FilePlanet.com, 3DGamers.com, Direct2Drive.com and GamesStats.com. It also runs IGNFilmForce.com and RottenTomatoes.com, magazine-like web sites that cover the movie scene,it also runs AskMen.com, a lifestyle site. ... more