Started Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on PS4 but wanted to “restart” on Xbox Series X now that I have my shiny new console and it just picked up right where I left off because I forgot we’re living in the friggin’ future now, people. 😭❤️
Cross-gen, cross-platform is the way ✌️
Hope you enjoyed the first-ever Xbox Partner Preview!!
My team and I built this new format with the audience in mind, based on what we heard you all wanted. I'll continue to keep an eye out on feedback to (hopefully!) make stuff you all like to watch😊
4 years of a travel ban and 1 confiscated visa on attempted entry for my brother’s wedding later, my European family can finally (technically) visit us in the US again. A good reminder that, for some, 45’s presidency was a destructive devastation from effectively day one.
I’m hiring! But I should probably share my own new job first. I’m leading premier broadcasts and event strategy at… Xbox! My first month here absolutely flew by, and I’m excited to already be hiring: for an executive producer.
🧵It feels wild to say this “out loud” but… this is my last week at IGN 🥺 In an unexpected life twist, I’ve been given the opportunity to explore a career outside of media/journalism, and I’m unbelievably excited for the future.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is an impressive feat on every level with an unparalleled attention to detail that, hours later, I’m still discovering the extent of. It’s a game we’ll be talking about for a long time.
Playing RE2 and KH3 back to back has been an incredible contrast of an experience.
KH3 is all like: would you like more tutorials and help? We’re always here with tutorials and help.
Meanwhile RE2 is like: NOTHING DIES EXCEPT YOU AND WE WILL ENJOY IT also here’s an herb.
I’ve been at IGN one whole year as of today 🎉
It’s been an indescribable blur of an experience that’s given me many new opportunities, including working with a multi-talented, passionate, hardworking team that I’m proud to be a part of. 10/10 would editor again.
New profile photo in commemoration of today and a successful last few weeks 🥰
Xbox has already been quite the adventure and I’m really happy about the work my team pulled off together, the wonderful people I’ve met, and all the new ways I’ve been challenged to grow 💚
New show alert‼️
Excited to put a new Xbox show format out into the world soon. No hosts, no talking heads, just back-to-back trailers and updates. Hope you enjoy this Wednesday!
You might want to get a look at this 👀
Tune in to the Xbox Partner Preview, streaming October 25 @ 10am PT for updates on partner games like Alan Wake 2, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, ARK: Survival Ascended, Dungeons of Hinterberg and more: |
I‘ve been quietly working on both our Showcase and [REDACTED] over the last few months and I’m excited for everyone to see the double feature we’ve put together… soon! 👀
We’re going to be talking about games of course
Tune in to the Xbox Games Showcase followed by [REDACTED] Direct on Sunday, June 9 @ 10am PT: |
#XboxShowcase
For those of you wondering why I specifically encouraged women and people of color to apply, it’s not to exclude anyone. It’s to make women and people of color, who for whatever reason may not have historically felt welcome at IGN, know that they are, too. (1/3)
I’m unbelievably excited to announce that I’ll be joining IGN to lead the games editorial team. Looking forward to working with all my talented friends and future coworkers.
The second-ever Xbox Partner Preview show goes live this Wednesday! We were so thrilled by the first show’s reception that we kept the core of the format, but introduced some small tweaks based on what we heard from the audience… 👀🎉 Excited to see what everyone thinks!
May we have your attention 📣
Tune in to Xbox Partner Preview, streaming March 6 at 10am PT to get updated on partner games like Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, The First Berserker: Khazan, and more! |
#XboxPartnerPreview
If you donate during our charity run you have a chance of winning our custom designed Summer of Gaming Xbox One X! It’s so beautiful I want it for myself 🥺😍
We’re delighted to announce that the Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed on June 11. Immediately after the Showcase, we’ll be airing Starfield Direct, a deep-dive into Bethesda Game Studios’ highly anticipated sci-fi RPG:
It’s showtime day! After 3 months of being heads down in planning, my brain is finally allowing myself to be truly and fully excited for our Summer of Gaming event. Day 1 is stacked!
This is (amazingly) just a fraction of the IGN E3 team that worked tirelessly to cover the show to the best of our abilities this year. We all hope you enjoyed our videos, our articles, our tweets, our jokes, our opinions. We certainly did. ❤️
Quick Resume may just be the ultimate upgrade to my gaming experience, especially for someone who frequently swaps between entertainment media and wherever the hell I left off in that long Yakuza: Like A Dragon cutscene, you know the one.
(It’s all of them, all the scenes. 🐉)
You’re about to get an exciting look at some of the incredible games ahead with Xbox, as we present a new edition of Developer_Direct on Thursday, January 18.
My gorgeous, super-talented sis-in-law gave me a little bit of the E3 experience in doing my makeup for my live ☀️Summer of Gaming☀️ appearance today 💁♀️👯♀️
Today is my 4-year anniversary at IGN! I’ve had the chance to work on projects and at scales that I’ve never had the opportunity to explore before, and those new challenges have pushed me to grow and learn so much in the last 4 years.
GG to all who guessed right
Don’t miss the Xbox Games Showcase followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct on Sunday, June 9 at 10am PT: |
#XboxShowcase
#BlackOps6
ICYMI: We're still hiring for four roles! First up: if you’re an exemplary storyteller or a professional TV/movie binger, we’d love to bring your talents to the IGN team. I especially encourage any fellow women or POC to apply, as well as others from diverse backgrounds 🙏 (1/4)
I thought Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (the game) was incredible. When people say they just want adaptations to feel like a playable movie? This was that.
So many charmingly silly moments, a little bit of realness, and really breezy & fun squad-command-based combat. 👏👏👏
BIG shoutout & thanks to my Extended stage co-stars:
@Carrie_Patel
,
@johnjohanas
,
@BondSarah_Bond
,
@XboxP3
, Will Dubé & Stephan Logier from
@ThunderLotus
, and Keanu. And to all the devs/studios we worked/filmed with across the globe who made Extended what it is. Feeling proud😊
Super appreciate my colleagues at other media outlets who are referencing IGN’s Summer of Gaming in their write-ups of our news announcements. My team worked very hard on pulling this event together, and the acknowledgment means a lot to us.
Still buzzing from Showcase, and from sharing it in person with so many people and hugs. There’s so much to celebrate, including my year anniversary at Xbox, but we’ve got one more show to share…
Please enjoy Showcase Extended 10am PT 😊 |
#XboxShowcase
Through the E3 madness as everything gets finalized in the 11th hour, I can’t help but pause in between the chaotic moments, look around at my team, smile, and be really fucking proud of each and every single one of them.
Excited to kill it at E3 next week. 🙏😍😎🌴👾
Expert Mode is one of our most impressive (and my favorite) productions that we do. For our latest, I talked about TLOU with my good friend
@bruce_straley
and how Stalkers were his favorite enemy type so he only put them in the game twice. 🤷♀️
GameStop remains open, qualifies themselves as an “essential business” due to their stock of keyboards, mics, webcams, and other devices that help people WFH
Super excited to now officially announce that I’ve stolen
@Luceobrien
from Australia to join us in SF as our Executive Editor of Features 😍❤️ She is a gem and I cannot wait to work even more closely with her
The last piece of my next-gen puzzle is here! Unfortunately it doesn’t fit standing in the new media table I measured and bought for it 😂
And yes, I’m the type of monster that tears into my new goodies.
🚨Job(s) alert!🚨
I’m super excited that the IGN team is growing. I'm hiring for two roles: a news reporter/editor and a streaming editor. Come work with me,
@2plus2isjoe
,
@LauInLA
, and many other talented folks!
News:
Streaming:
I talked about the behind the scenes of putting the
#XboxPartnerPreview
show together on the latest Official Xbox Podcast episode! While in Barbie costume! 😅
(This was filmed a day before the show aired, and I had no idea y’all would love it so much 🥹)
Things about NY that I took for granted when I lived here and since forgotten about:
- the diversity (holy shit, I blend in!)
- everyone is so stylish 😍
- the city is full of green 🌳
Damn, I miss it.
Joining us on the roundtable roster is
@TinaAmini
of
@IGN
! Sit in on her upcoming
#DICE19
topic, "How to engage with an increasingly invested community":