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There are limited spaces left for the IGN Live Happy Hour this Saturday evening! If you’d like to join us and a few industry friends you can RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/etF8u_Rb A huge thanks to our partners RedOctane Games for throwing this party with us - we hope to see you there!

IGN Live is this weekend and to celebrate we have complimentary tickets for our LinkedIn community! It’s going to be a jam-packed show featuring the cast of Jackass, an Xbox Watch Party, an exclusive screening of Adventure Time spin-off Side Quests, appearances from WWE Superstars, live recordings of IGN shows, and much more. You can check out the full line-up here: https://lnkd.in/emcHmw8s Doors open at 9am this Saturday and Sunday (June 6th/ 7th) at the Magic Box in Downtown LA. Use code LinkedIn at checkout to claim your complimentary ticket here: https://lnkd.in/eYPF9HFV We hope to see you there!

The best brand partnerships in gaming don't feel like partnerships at all. Women in Gaming LA continues this Friday, June 5th, and we're spotlighting our second panel: Power Play - How Brands, Creators & Games Win Together. Gaming partnerships have evolved fast. The simple sponsorship is out, and deeply integrated collaborations between brands, creators, and platforms are setting the new standard. But gaming audiences can smell inauthenticity instantly. This panel digs into what best-in-class actually looks like today, how to protect credibility while still driving results, and where the whole space is headed by 2027. Moderating: Cat C. Meta Joined by: Jennifer Erb, CAA Tripleclix - Tali Hayhoe, Best Buy - Stephanie Latham, Roblox - Nadia Tseng, Open World Doors open at 9am at Magic Box in DTLA. The day is open to anyone with a personal or professional interest in the games industry, plus networking, a headshot studio, and NYX Professional Makeup products throughout. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gGSgzFFG Thank you to our partners Open World, dentsu gaming , Meta, and NYX Professional Makeup. See you Friday. 

The most valuable sports audience isn't watching the game. They're playing it. Women in Gaming LA kicks off this Friday, June 5th, and we're revealing our first panel: The Secret Sporting Arena That Brands Are Missing. Sports and gaming audiences overlap more than most brands realize, yet the playbook for reaching them is still being written. This panel brings together leaders who live at that intersection every day to break down where the real opportunity sits and how brands can actually win there. Moderating: Samantha Lim, Publicis Groupe Joined by: 🎙️ Carrlyn Bathe, Los Angeles Kings 🎙️ Kayla G., ATHLOS 🎙️ Gabrielle Isasi , FanDuel 🎙️ Lagen Nash, Unwell Doors open at 9am at Magic Box in DTLA. The day is open to anyone with a personal or professional interest in the games industry, plus networking, a headshot studio, and NYX products throughout. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gGSgzFFG Thank you to our partners Open World, dentsu gaming, Meta , and NYX Professional Makeup. See you Friday.

Women in Gaming LA returns next week and we’re thrilled to reveal our panel topics as well as our incredible suite of panelists. The event begins at 9am on Friday June 5th in downtown LA, and is open to anyone with a personal or professional interest in the games industry. Our panels will look at the parallels between sports and gaming audiences and how to get the most out of them as well as the ways brand, creators and games can win together. Full details are in the link below. Additionally, there will be a variety of networking opportunities, as well as a headshot studio and NYX Cosmetics products! You can RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gGSgzFFG Last but nowhere near least, a huge thank you to our partners Open World, dentsu gaming, Meta, and NYX Professional Makeup. We hope to see you there!

We're very excited to introduce IGN Shorts: the newest way to experience everything we do at IGN, fast. IGN Shorts is a fully native vertical video feed built directly into IGN, meaning you can expect rapid-fire news, bite-sized reviews, gameplay tips, and more on both mobile and desktop. More details here: https://lnkd.in/gVwspc39 For commercial opportunities please reach out to salesinquiries@ign.com

We're very excited to introduce IGN Shorts: the newest way to experience everything we do at IGN, fast. IGN Shorts is a fully native vertical video feed built directly into IGN, meaning you can expect rapid-fire news, bite-sized reviews, gameplay tips, and more on both mobile and desktop. More details here: https://lnkd.in/gVwspc39 For commercial opportunities please reach out to salesinquiries@ign.com

We're so happy that WEBTOON will be joining us for IGN Live this year! If you haven't got your tickets yet, then head to https://www.ign.com/live!

This week we launched Icons, a brand new program as part of IGN30, IGN’s 30th anniversary celebration. The series celebrates the last 30 years of the video game and entertainment industry by speaking with the people responsible for pushing it forward. Episode one features Ken Levine, who is responsible for some of gaming’s most iconic worlds and beloved video games like Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2, Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, and his latest upcoming utopia gone awry - Judas. In the 50 minute interview, he discusses his career, the industry, and the evolution of game design, we hope you enjoy: https://lnkd.in/egDStApm If you would like to enquire about members of your team being a part of Icons, please contact Michael Peyton.

📢We are thrilled to announce Melissa Kiddie as our newest Director, Sales in NYC! Melissa joins us with a decade of experience in media sales and GTM strategy. She has a proven track record of helping non-endemic brands, from CPG to Auto, find their voice. As a self-described "builder," Melissa is ready to dive into the intersection of gaming, entertainment, and fandom to create durable, award-winning partnerships. Please join us in giving Melissa a warm welcome to the IGNE family! We can’t wait to see the impact you'll make here. 👋 #NewHire #IGNE #Gaming