IGN Guides
IGN Guides is a free game-help service available on the web, Android, and iOS.
What IGN Guides is
IGN Guides is a free game-help service available on the web, Android, and iOS. Its content brings together commissioned wiki pages, articles, interactive maps, checklist tools, videos, and guided contribution tools such as tier lists. Guides can be viewed on mobile web; an IGN representative said they were not supported in the native app at the time of a 2022 post. Most guides are created by in-house writers or paid freelance writers. Verified users can add contributions through IGN’s wiki CMS, but cannot create wikis or set up their navigation. IGN says it reduced requests for user edits because spam and errors were concerns, shifting toward paid writers and integrated tools while narrowing its focus. IGN Entertainment describes itself as part of Ziff Davis and says its brands date back to 1996. The company says its content is localized in 20 languages across 110 countries.
Good
- Free plan is available.
- Available on Android, iOS, and web.
- Offers maps, checklists, videos, and articles.
- Verified users can contribute through the wiki CMS.
Watch out
- Users cannot create wikis or set up navigation.
- Guides were not supported in the native app at the time of a 2022 post.
- User edits are limited because of spam and errors.
Who it suits
IGN Guides suits players looking for game help in formats ranging from written guides to interactive maps and videos. It may also suit verified users who want to contribute within IGN’s wiki system.
Verdict
IGN Guides combines editorial game help with interactive formats and managed user contributions. Mobile-web access is available, though the cited 2022 statement said native-app guides were not supported at that time.
The facts
Each one read from IGN Guides's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company
- IGN Entertainment describes itself as part of Ziff Davis and says its brands date back to 1996.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Company reach
- IGN Entertainment says its content is localized in 20 languages across 110 countries.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- IGN Entertainment lists Los Angeles as its headquarters.checked 8 Oct 2026
What it does
- 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.checked 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.checked 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.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Guides on mobile web
- An IGN representative said guides are available on mobile web.checked 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.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Who creates guides
- An IGN representative said IGN Guides are mostly created by in-house writers or paid freelance writers.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- 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.checked 8 Oct 2026
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