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IGN.com Launches IGN Retro and Week-long Editorial Retrospective

IGN.com announces the unveiling of its latest channel, IGN Retro, covering games and systems from the distant and not so distant past as IGN.com kick-offs a year-long celebration for its 10th anniversary. In addition, IGN will present a week-long retrospective of the past 10 years in gaming that will explore IGN.com's history, from the games and franchises over the past decade to the editors who reviewed them.

The launch of IGN Retro represents IGN's first site dedicated to classic videogames. IGN Retro will cover gaming systems from the distant past - including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, and NES - as well as more recent platforms that aren't seeing active release schedules any longer such as the Dreamcast, GameCube and original Xbox systems.

In addition to the IGN Retro, starting today through Friday, January 18 on IGN.com, the site will feature variety of different editorial topics highlighting the evolution of videogames and IGN.com's role in covering the industry for the past 10 years. Editorial features include:
- Monday, January 14: "Press X: Ten Years in Gaming";
- Examining the impact of the last 10 years in videogames;
- Tuesday, January 15: "The Many Faces of IGN: Where Are They Now?" - An update on many of IGN.com's past editors;
- Wednesday, January 16: "Classic IGN Video Moments" - A collection of cool and funny videos from throughout the years;
- Thursday, January 17: "IGN.com Turns 10 Podcast" - Editors, past and present, come together to talk about the anniversary;
- Friday, January 18: "IGN Video Documentary: The First 10 Years" - A three-part look at the decade of IGN.com with past and present editors.



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