Updates Are Painful
Every new update makes the app more unbearable to use. The latest forces users to constantly be signed into an account with IGN. It’s free I get it, but the fact that it pops up every time you open the app is obnoxious. Additionally, the app randomly shifts itself back up as you scroll through the news. All on top of bugs from the past which carry through each update.
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I’m about to delete this app
I’ve been reading IGN for probably the last 15 years. I love most of the podcasts and legacy personalities, but the site has become increasingly annoying. Casually spoiling details in games in the headlines…personalities on the podcasts treating spoilers like everyone has played the game, even though it just came out. Spoiler alert: your readers and listeners don’t have early access or free time to finish every game within a week of release. The app itself constantly crashes or sends you to an advertisement.
Now there is an article about how to cancel your gamepass subscription with no ability to comment. I hope we’ll be receiving similar articles for PlayStation and Nintendo shortly.
I don’t believe that IGN as a whole is biased, but there certainly are articles that slip through
Now there is an article about how to cancel your gamepass subscription with no ability to comment. I hope we’ll be receiving similar articles for PlayStation and Nintendo shortly.
I don’t believe that IGN as a whole is biased, but there certainly are articles that slip through
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Current version more buggy than usual
I have supported, and will continue support IGN until…well forever. In saying that, I will also criticize when it needs to be done. The current mobile app is atrocious. It is beyond slow, delays loading in imagining or articles/reviews/etc., and randomly will refresh itself and start you back to the most recent article. If you missed out on a day or two of news, at least on mobile, it is almost impossible to reread through everything as it’s so slow to load to get there, and before you ever do it’s already thrown you back up to the top of the most recent article. Of note, I have the most updated version and this is occurring both on and off WiFi and no difference for WiFi if 5 mbps (such as my work) or gigabit (such as at home).
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New update wiped my bookmarks!
I had bookmarked articles and videos for almost a yr and the new update wiped all of them! Also, the bookmarks used to have the articles and videos under separate tabs for easier and quicker reference, now they’re all dumped back together. So disappointing.
Broken after update
I’ve used this app for years and now it locks up with a black screen every time I open it. Congratulations you lost another customer because you broke an app that was working fine
This app could use improvement for voiceover users
I have recently updated my iPhone and I’m now running iOS 16.5.1. I noticed that when signing into my account to deo this, I had to guess on where the Apple icon was. This is because the label in this app is not labeled so that voiceover users can tell where the Apple icon is. I had to have someone with vision, help me with this. I’m hoping that this will be fixed in a later update. Also, I’m not getting notifications about video games or other deals that I have selected. When I say deals, I actually mean news items. Not actual deals such as things that are on sale. Sorry for the confusion. I’m hoping that this all gets fixed and another update. I’m also wondering if the IGN app for AppleTV has been fixed since my last review.
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It’s impossible to even pull up a game guide
Being a app for gamers you would think you’d be able to access game guides from the app but it’s more of a pain then it’s worth.
Less ads yay
Pretty much the only reason I got this is to see less ads. The browser version is nearly impossible to use with ads everywhere.
Great app. I have a suggestion, could we add a shortcut to get to the top of the page when we press the news button in the menubar. Scrolling all the way to the top is cumbersome.
Great app. I have a suggestion, could we add a shortcut to get to the top of the page when we press the news button in the menubar. Scrolling all the way to the top is cumbersome.
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Video Ads every 30secs
When I’m reading an article, an advertisement video pops up every 30 seconds, and is extremely annoying. I’m not sure if it’s a bug, but it really needs to be changed. Any article I read on the app, pops up a video advertisement.
Missing basic functionality
Tapping on any of the tabs dose nothing, if you scroll down a bit then tap on a tab nothing happens. No refresh, no going back to the top no going to the section you want..
