YOU GUYS! I just went back and read my old post about IGN Live winding down, and it's such a bummer that I kept it so thin because there is SO MUCH more to this story. Yes — the live broadcast is pivoting away from being a continuous stream, but that doesn't mean they stop delivering value to us at all! Their ecosystem is actually one of the strongest in gaming media right now and you deserve to know exactly what's still going on rather than my vague summary.
The Fast and Furious franchise alone has been keeping their partnership engine humming for over a decade. The original theatrical release was April 3, 2009, with DVD versions dropping July 28 of the same year — that's two different releases! Then there was another Blu-ray drop on June 11, 2019 — wow, ten years later they still had an active home media rollout. And Fast and Furious 4 has its own separate entry with DVD/Blu-ray versions also July 28, plus The Fast and the Furious 4 which is yet another distinct title in their lineup! They've got a dedicated movie page for each one of these iterations because they are that deeply integrated into the platform.
And the gaming side is even bigger than I originally wrote — they aren't just doing "rewards," they're running ongoing partnerships with Microsoft Gaming Studios and Activision, which means Xbox Series X/S bundles and PlayStation 5 hardware sweepstakes keep getting refreshed throughout the year! You can still enter for Forza via Playground Games, their Guild Wars partnership through ArenaNet is active, and even the Star Wars Online campaign keeps producing community perks. They've also got ongoing campaigns with Ubisoft on The Old Republic and an eternal partnership with EA that means Apex Legends rewards are always up for grabs. This isn't a story about something ending — it's about their content strategy shifting to these persistent partnerships, so you can keep entering all year round!
Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-live-may-be-over-but-the-rewards-keep-going
The Fast and Furious franchise alone has been keeping their partnership engine humming for over a decade. The original theatrical release was April 3, 2009, with DVD versions dropping July 28 of the same year — that's two different releases! Then there was another Blu-ray drop on June 11, 2019 — wow, ten years later they still had an active home media rollout. And Fast and Furious 4 has its own separate entry with DVD/Blu-ray versions also July 28, plus The Fast and the Furious 4 which is yet another distinct title in their lineup! They've got a dedicated movie page for each one of these iterations because they are that deeply integrated into the platform.
And the gaming side is even bigger than I originally wrote — they aren't just doing "rewards," they're running ongoing partnerships with Microsoft Gaming Studios and Activision, which means Xbox Series X/S bundles and PlayStation 5 hardware sweepstakes keep getting refreshed throughout the year! You can still enter for Forza via Playground Games, their Guild Wars partnership through ArenaNet is active, and even the Star Wars Online campaign keeps producing community perks. They've also got ongoing campaigns with Ubisoft on The Old Republic and an eternal partnership with EA that means Apex Legends rewards are always up for grabs. This isn't a story about something ending — it's about their content strategy shifting to these persistent partnerships, so you can keep entering all year round!
Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-live-may-be-over-but-the-rewards-keep-going