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Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e",5,"sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":299,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":300,"author":301,"original_score":141,"normalized_score":142,"review_url":309,"review_date":10,"summary":310,"created_at":311,"updated_at":311,"author_id":302,"last_edited_at":311,"outlet":312},95689,132,{"id":302,"bio":26,"name":303,"avg_score":304,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":305,"profile_id":306,"updated_at":307,"claim_token":26,"article_count":308,"claimed_by_user_id":306},8159,"Steve Wright",78.07228915662651,"2025-03-17T12:24:59.224443-04:00","db21d7a4-2f50-4d41-b8ce-eb2be741e0be","2026-05-11T10:07:55.564578-04:00",83,"https:\u002F\u002Fstevivor.com\u002Freviews\u002Flittle-hope-review-the-dark-pictures-applies-lessons-learned\u002F","The Dark Pictures Little Hope is the second in Supermassive Games’ horror anthology, following in the footsteps of Man of Medan and aiming to hit the heights of the PS4 sleeper hit Until Dawn. The studio didn’t quite catch lightning in a bottle with the first installment of this multiplatform offering, but it’s clear that lessons were learned and changes applied from the misstep. Little Hope is lean, atmospheric and compelling, making it an excellent choice for players who are fond...","2025-03-18T07:46:49.467122-04:00",{"id":300,"logo":313,"name":314,"slug":315,"tags":26,"bluesky":316,"twitter":314,"youtube":317,"facebook":315,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":318,"claimed_at":26,"description":319,"website_url":320,"score_format":48,"average_score":321,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":322,"news_editor_email":323,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":237,"reviews_editor_email":323,"editor_in_chief_email":323,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FStevivor-Logo.jpg","Stevivor","stevivor","stevivor.com","@Stevivor","https:\u002F\u002Fmuckrack.com\u002Fmedia-outlet\u002Fstevivor","Australia's most-read independent video games site.","https:\u002F\u002Fstevivor.com\u002F",79,"Melbourne","contact@stevivor.com",{"id":325,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":326,"author":327,"original_score":334,"normalized_score":308,"review_url":335,"review_date":10,"summary":336,"created_at":337,"updated_at":337,"author_id":328,"last_edited_at":337,"outlet":338},37058,7,{"id":328,"bio":26,"name":329,"avg_score":330,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":331,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":332,"claim_token":26,"article_count":333,"claimed_by_user_id":26},3497,"Jaz Sagoo",76.68098159509202,"2025-01-15T12:06:29.536936-05:00","2026-07-01T09:01:04.128279-04:00",163,"83","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Fdark-pictures-anthology-review\u002F","Get your clean underpants ready as Supermassive Games have unleashed their latest game in time for Halloween: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope. With solid foundations and a lineage in the genre, will the latest entry in the franchise be a cheap, hollow trick or a dark, sinister treat?","2025-01-15T13:22:54.823-05:00",{"id":326,"logo":339,"name":340,"slug":341,"tags":180,"bluesky":195,"twitter":342,"youtube":343,"facebook":342,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":344,"website_url":345,"score_format":346,"average_score":156,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":347,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":348,"reviews_editor_email":347,"editor_in_chief_email":347,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcog-connected-logo.png","COGConnected","cogconnected","COGconnected","GameCanadian","COGconnected is your source for PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, Nintendo Switch video games with News, Reviews, Videos, Cosplays and Top Lists.","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com","100","trevor@cogconnected.com","Canada",{"id":350,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":351,"author":352,"original_score":221,"normalized_score":222,"review_url":359,"review_date":10,"summary":360,"created_at":361,"updated_at":361,"author_id":353,"last_edited_at":361,"outlet":362},102976,140,{"id":353,"bio":26,"name":354,"avg_score":355,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":356,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":357,"claim_token":26,"article_count":358,"claimed_by_user_id":26},8991,"Charlie Kelly",75.91428571428571,"2025-03-25T20:36:19.200323-04:00","2025-09-07T21:08:18.111395-04:00",186,"https:\u002F\u002Fcheckpointgaming.net\u002Freviews\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fthe-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-review-little-hope-indeed\u002F","With 2019’s The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, Supermassive kicked off their horror anthology series. The general consensus, which I also share, is that it’s fine with a capital F – nothing great, but not particularly bad either. Stepping into the next title in the series, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope has some ground to prove. Unfortunately, I’m sad to say it shares a similar fate to that of its predecessor.","2025-03-25T20:51:22.327303-04:00",{"id":351,"logo":363,"name":364,"slug":365,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":366,"youtube":26,"facebook":367,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":368,"website_url":369,"score_format":48,"average_score":262,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":322,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":237,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcheckpoint-gaming.jpg","Checkpoint Gaming","checkpoint-gaming","checkpointAU","checkpoint.joy949","Join us every Saturday 2PM on JOY94.9 for all the latest news, reviews & more in the gaming world!","https:\u002F\u002Fcheckpointgaming.net\u002F",{"id":371,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":372,"author":373,"original_score":170,"normalized_score":171,"review_url":380,"review_date":381,"summary":382,"created_at":383,"updated_at":383,"author_id":374,"last_edited_at":384,"outlet":385},97747,136,{"id":374,"bio":26,"name":375,"avg_score":376,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":377,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":378,"claim_token":26,"article_count":379,"claimed_by_user_id":26},1001,"Jason Rodriguez",72.18253968253968,"2024-11-27T13:59:35.475827-05:00","2025-04-15T11:06:58.450785-04:00",129,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcinvasion.com\u002Flittle-hope-review-dark-pictures-anthology\u002F","2020-10-29","The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope provides wonderful scares, a tense and foreboding atmosphere, and some thought-provoking moments thanks to a memorable cast of characters. It's a worthy addition to Supermassive Games' series. However, the inability to skip scenes remains the most tedious aspect as was the case in past titles.","2025-03-25T07:46:38.141719-04:00","2025-03-25T07:59:08.149368-04:00",{"id":372,"logo":386,"name":387,"slug":388,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":388,"youtube":389,"facebook":390,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":391,"website_url":392,"score_format":48,"average_score":89,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":393,"news_editor_email":394,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":348,"reviews_editor_email":394,"editor_in_chief_email":394,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCInvasion.jpg","PC Invasion","pcinvasion","@PCInvasion","PCInvasionCom","Review Archives for PCInvasion.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcinvasion.com\u002F","Toronto","No Longer Active",{"id":396,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":397,"author":398,"original_score":405,"normalized_score":17,"review_url":406,"review_date":381,"summary":407,"created_at":408,"updated_at":408,"author_id":399,"last_edited_at":408,"outlet":409},2239807,159,{"id":399,"bio":26,"name":400,"avg_score":401,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":402,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":403,"claim_token":26,"article_count":404,"claimed_by_user_id":26},17880,"Dean Clark",78.88888888888889,"2026-03-21T13:41:52.123685-04:00","2026-03-21T13:47:58.432417-04:00",323,"0","https:\u002F\u002Fgametyrant.com\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-review-dark-times-repeating","Little Hope had an incredible story, but a questionable set of moments in the end.","2026-03-21T13:45:03.467709-04:00",{"id":397,"logo":410,"name":411,"slug":412,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":26,"youtube":26,"facebook":26,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":26,"website_url":413,"score_format":48,"average_score":103,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":414,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgametyrant.webp","Game Tyrant ","game-tyrant","https:\u002F\u002Fgametyrant.com\u002F","2026-03-21T12:54:43.11436",{"id":416,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":89,"author":417,"original_score":424,"normalized_score":33,"review_url":425,"review_date":381,"summary":426,"created_at":427,"updated_at":427,"author_id":418,"last_edited_at":427,"outlet":428},87841,{"id":418,"bio":26,"name":419,"avg_score":420,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":421,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":422,"claim_token":26,"article_count":423,"claimed_by_user_id":26},6588,"Chris Wray",77.10232558139535,"2025-02-22T13:18:22.438926-05:00","2026-06-27T06:53:15.774391-04:00",216,"8.5\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002Freview\u002Fthe-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-review\u002F","Sometimes the name of a game will leave you with such low-hanging fruit, it's impossible not to draw attention to it. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is one such game, with one such name. For example, when replying to somebody saying \"I hope this is going to be better than Man of Medan\", it's impossible to not reply by smugly saying \"LITTLE HOPE... of that\" to the raucous laughter of all around. Were I of the opinion that this is a bad game, I would also be saying something like \"there's little hope of you enjoying Little Hope.\"","2025-03-04T09:27:36.140263-05:00",{"id":89,"logo":429,"name":430,"slug":431,"tags":43,"bluesky":26,"twitter":431,"youtube":432,"facebook":431,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":433,"website_url":434,"score_format":48,"average_score":321,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":435,"news_editor_email":436,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":348,"reviews_editor_email":437,"editor_in_chief_email":438,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fwccftech-logo.jpg","WCCFtech","wccftech","wccftechtv","We bring you the latest from hardware, mobile tech, gaming and internet industries","https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002F","Vancouver","nate@wccftech.com","kai@wccftech.com","saad@wccftech.com",{"id":440,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":441,"author":442,"original_score":449,"normalized_score":171,"review_url":450,"review_date":381,"summary":451,"created_at":452,"updated_at":452,"author_id":443,"last_edited_at":452,"outlet":453},77023,56,{"id":443,"bio":26,"name":444,"avg_score":445,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":446,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":447,"claim_token":26,"article_count":448,"claimed_by_user_id":26},5838,"Tuffcub",74.58333333333333,"2025-02-10T12:04:13.600748-05:00","2026-05-11T10:09:17.775864-04:00",87,"9.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F29\u002Fthe-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-review-man-of-medan\u002F","If there was ever a time to sit down with some friends and play a scary game, it's Halloween 2020. Little Hope fits the bill perfectly. The annoyances found in Man of Medan have been almost completely removed leaving a spooky tale with jump scares to giggle about, heart racing action, and tonnes of atmosphere. For £25 Little Hope is an absolute steal and highly recommended.","2025-02-10T12:17:27.874443-05:00",{"id":441,"logo":454,"name":455,"slug":456,"tags":43,"bluesky":457,"twitter":455,"youtube":456,"facebook":455,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":458,"website_url":459,"score_format":48,"average_score":460,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":461,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":462,"editor_in_chief_email":463,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheSixthAxis-Logo.jpg","TheSixthAxis","thesixthaxis","thesixthaxis.bsky.social","All the latest videos gaming news, reviews, guides, and opinion.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F",73,"aran@thesixthaxis.com","dom@thesixthaxis.com","teflon@thesixthaxis.com",{"id":465,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":466,"author":467,"original_score":475,"normalized_score":142,"review_url":476,"review_date":381,"summary":477,"created_at":478,"updated_at":478,"author_id":468,"last_edited_at":478,"outlet":479},63115,27,{"id":468,"bio":26,"name":469,"avg_score":470,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":471,"profile_id":472,"updated_at":473,"claim_token":26,"article_count":474,"claimed_by_user_id":472},3923,"Kim Snaith",74.38661710037175,"2025-01-17T06:40:44.005933-05:00","9831ce29-32fc-40dc-b7d6-342d11d31842","2026-06-30T12:11:25.792131-04:00",807,"7\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fthe-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-review\u002F","On the whole, then, the second entry into The Dark Pictures Anthology is an improvement over the first. As much as we enjoyed Man of Medan, Little Hope ups the ante in just about every way. Its story is more engaging, it packs in some truly spine-tingling moments, its cinematography is greatly improved, and it looks and performs beautifully. It’s just a shame a duff ending – no matter what the outcome of your playthrough – leaves you feeling unfulfilled as the credits roll.","2025-01-26T19:21:53.461021-05:00",{"id":466,"logo":480,"name":481,"slug":482,"tags":483,"bluesky":484,"twitter":482,"youtube":485,"facebook":486,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":487,"website_url":488,"score_format":48,"average_score":89,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":489,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":490,"reviews_editor_email":489,"editor_in_chief_email":489,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpew-Logo.jpg","GameSpew","gamespew","[  \n  'independent',\n  'women_led',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","gamespew.com","UChqYxsfGxsXwrZ76wm7_bWQ","officialgamespew","Your independent site for gaming news, reviews, features, guides and more. For gamers, by gamers.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com","hello@gamespew.com","United Kingdom",{"id":492,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":493,"author":494,"original_score":475,"normalized_score":142,"review_url":500,"review_date":381,"summary":501,"created_at":502,"updated_at":502,"author_id":495,"last_edited_at":278,"outlet":503},22818,26,{"id":495,"bio":26,"name":496,"avg_score":497,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":498,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":499,"claim_token":26,"article_count":460,"claimed_by_user_id":26},1998,"George Yang",75.07142857142857,"2024-12-02T07:56:42.21597-05:00","2026-06-18T16:08:12.173512-04:00","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com\u002Freviews\u002Fthe-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-review-restoring-hope\u002F","Little Hope renewed my faith in the Dark Pictures Anthology but is held back a bit simply from the lack of quality of life features.","2024-12-04T07:11:19.869185-05:00",{"id":493,"logo":504,"name":505,"slug":506,"tags":507,"bluesky":26,"twitter":508,"youtube":509,"facebook":508,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":510,"website_url":511,"score_format":48,"average_score":89,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":512,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":512,"editor_in_chief_email":512,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSkinny-logo.png","Game Skinny","game-skinny","[  \n  'independent',\n  'inactive',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","GameSkinny","@gameskinny4737","Video game guides, reviews, news, and culture.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com","N\u002FA",{"id":514,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":515,"author":516,"original_score":523,"normalized_score":117,"review_url":524,"review_date":381,"summary":525,"created_at":526,"updated_at":526,"author_id":517,"last_edited_at":527,"outlet":528},93031,133,{"id":517,"bio":26,"name":518,"avg_score":519,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":520,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":521,"claim_token":26,"article_count":522,"claimed_by_user_id":26},7984,"Luiz Coelho",79.375,"2025-03-17T11:02:12.411983-04:00","2025-03-17T11:02:35.242977-04:00",8,"8.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamewatcher.com\u002Freviews\u002Fthe-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-review\u002F13231","The Dark Pictures Anthology still lives in the shadow of Until Dawn, which remains the superior title, but Little Hope is certainly a step forward for Supermassive Games and a guaranteed good time for folks in need of atmospheric Halloween thrills. It may be a familiar cocktail, but the game remixes things well enough that it ends up with a distinctive taste, though your appreciation of the experience will largely depend on what you think of the finale.","2025-03-17T11:02:20.417049-04:00","2025-03-24T11:26:06.420601-04:00",{"id":515,"logo":529,"name":530,"slug":531,"tags":26,"bluesky":532,"twitter":533,"youtube":534,"facebook":530,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":535,"website_url":536,"score_format":48,"average_score":321,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":537,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":490,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":538,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameWatcher-Logo.jpeg","GameWatcher","gamewatcher","gamewatcher.com","GameWatcherCom","@GameWatcher-Strategy","GameWatcher is a games media site focusing on Strategy and Horror Games.","https:\u002F\u002Fgamewatcher.com","bogdanrobertmates@gmail.com","Jamie@gamewatcher.com",{"id":540,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":541,"author":542,"original_score":207,"normalized_score":549,"review_url":550,"review_date":551,"summary":552,"created_at":553,"updated_at":553,"author_id":543,"last_edited_at":554,"outlet":555},72587,69,{"id":543,"bio":26,"name":544,"avg_score":545,"outlet_id":541,"created_at":546,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":547,"claim_token":26,"article_count":548,"claimed_by_user_id":26},5600,"Lucy O'Brien",75.13888888888889,"2025-02-06T08:53:01.945015-05:00","2025-02-07T01:25:11.873787-05:00",36,50,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002Fthe-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-review","2000-01-01","Little Hope tells a mostly one-note story with underdeveloped characters, and even a fun co-op mode can’t inject enough life to fix that. There weren’t enough meaningful consequences to the choices I made to inspire further digging into its box of tricks, which made additional playthroughs tough going, and the more generous amount of time you have to react to quick-time events deprived me of any gory deaths. A gorgeous setting and some genuinely frantic monster sequences save it from being a complete disaster, but this still feels like a step backward from the heights of interactive horror stories. Hopefully, the next entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology will have interesting characters with much more to say and do, as Little Hope’s predecessors have proven Supermassive can deliver.","2025-02-06T09:05:04.557883-05:00","2025-02-06T11:06:36.2819-05:00",{"id":541,"logo":556,"name":557,"slug":558,"tags":559,"bluesky":560,"twitter":557,"youtube":561,"facebook":557,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":562,"website_url":563,"score_format":48,"average_score":77,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":564,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":158,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","ign","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","ign.com","@IGN","We're all about video games, movies, TV, and comics!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","Los Angeles"]