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Rebekah Valentine

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Covers:  Video games, entertainment, tech

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Rebekah Valentine’s Biography

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Senior reporter for IGN, primarily focused on long-form stories and investigative reporting on topics related to the video game industry, especially regarding work culture and business. I have nearly ten years of experience writing about games for a number of sites including App Trigger, iMore, Android Central, USGamer, PC Gamer, GamesIndustry.biz, and IGN. Though my focus is on reporting, I also have experience in games criticism and feature writing, as well as podcast and video appearances.

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The Battle for Bungie's Soul: Inside the Studio's Struggle for a Better Work Culture - IGN

The Battle for Bungie's Soul: Inside the Studio's Struggle for a Better Work Culture - IGN

IGN has spoken to 26 current and former Bungie employees whose accounts of the studio's work culture span ove…

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Scavengers Studio creative director accused of belittling, screaming at, groping employees

Scavengers Studio creative director accused of belittling, screaming at, groping employees

At The Game Awards 2020, Darwin Project developer Scavengers Studio revealed a beautiful, compelling, and ver…

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Meet the Last Developers Releasing Games for the 3DS and the Wii U - IGN

Meet the Last Developers Releasing Games for the 3DS and the Wii U - IGN

Who's submitting new games on the 3DS or Wii U in March of 2022? Three developers: Luke Vincent, William Kage…

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Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between Is the Weird, Beautiful Night Drive My Brain Wants to Take - IGN

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between Is the Weird, Beautiful Night Drive My Brain Wants to Take - IGN

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between evokes that exact kind of road trip I took in my early 20s while simultaneou…

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Baldur's Gate 3 Was So Huge, Larian Chose to Triple in Size Rather Than Shrink the Game - IGN

Baldur's Gate 3 Was So Huge, Larian Chose to Triple in Size Rather Than Shrink the Game - IGN

Larian Studios creative director Swen Vincke loves collaborative storytelling, especially when there's room f…

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Why Former PlayStation Boss Jack Tretton Is Trying To Buy a Billion Dollar Game Company - IGN

Why Former PlayStation Boss Jack Tretton Is Trying To Buy a Billion Dollar Game Company - IGN

Everyone wants to acquire a gaming company these days it seems, including former Sony head Jack Tretton. Best…

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Fans Think Ubisoft Just Accidentally Revealed The Date Of The Next Nintendo Direct

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By Rebekah Valentine Verified
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Those eager for more information on the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake might not have to wait much longer, at least not if fans are right in thinking that Ubisoft just leaked the date of the next Nintendo Direct. This all started with a different leak: a leak of Just Dance: Decades of Hits.
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Darby Allin, You Get Down From There This Instant

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By Rebekah Valentine Verified
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Darby Tony Hawk’s Underground Allin, you get down from there this instant! You’re going to break your neck, young man! Last night, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held its annual All In pay-per-view event in London.
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Arrow Puzzle Games

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By John Walker Verified, Rebekah Valentine Verified, Moises Taveras
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Arrow Puzzle Games is a single-player puzzle game where players clear arrow-filled boards by removing each arrow in the direction it points. Classic and Expert levels focus on path-clearing logic, while selected Art puzzles reveal a hidden picture when completed.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! Both electric and manual.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter -- fast news and info, and well-filtered if you have a good program like Tweetdeck

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

I didn't! I was too busy with NaNoWriMo and reading everything that was put in front of me.

Awards

New York Video Game Critics Circle Knickerbocker Award

2021 - Journalism

The Games Journalism Award is given to one journalist or critic for distinguished contributions to the field during the voting year. The selected journalist will have best demonstrated traditional journalistic values, including–but not limited to–work that illuminates, contextualizes, entertains, exhibits lucid writing, sound reasoning, wit, integrity, et alia.

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GameHERs Award for Gaming Journalist of the Year

2020 - Journalism

GameHERs recognizes women, marginalized genders, and non-binary individuals in all aspects of gaming for their dedication to creating content, building communities, and empowering each other.

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