Dan Stapleton

Dan Stapleton was IGN's Executive Editor/Director of Reviews until October of 2025. He's covered games for more than two decades, beginning in 2004 at PC Gamer Magazine, then transitioning to Editor in Chief of GameSpy.com in 2011, and was finally folded into IGN in 2013. He was in charge of game reviews across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, PC, and mobile platforms, and from 2022-2025 oversaw all IGN reviews, including movies and TV. He's now semi-retired, a husband, and father to two kids (and three cats), and a guy who loves games and sometimes still writes about them. Expect dad jokes! He enjoys following current events, dabbling with home automation (among other gadgetry), mixing cocktails, and firing up the grill.