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I am a long time member of the scene and this is widely considered the primary news source for Counter-Strike Esports and provides much of the content that other sites use, including on scene photography, reporting, and interviews. They are accepted as the official source of MVP awards and top player of the year awards as referenced by many other Esports websites. https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/faze-reach-no-1-spot-in-hltvs-csgo-world-rankings-for-first-time-since-2018 https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/28828655/iem-katowice-shows-counter-strike-staying-power https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/esports/2022/02/25/s1mple-speech-iem-katowice/, the last discussions on HLTV seem to have agreed that it was reliable in it's niche but was never actually revisited and added back as an inconclusive source or reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Livitshiro ( talk • contribs) 13:48, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
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Active since 2001, has staff and policies. This request is part of a GAN review, so some quick comments would be greatly appreciated. IceWelder [ ✉] 12:19, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Mary_Sue. Could do with some input from people familiar with the source. Hemiauchenia ( talk) 20:34, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
This is something I wanted to bring for discussion before making any action. In the age of the internet, a good number of game developers have started YouTube channels where they talk about the games they worked on. I think the three big examples that come to mind are:
I'd assume these are acceptable as primary sources? The production insights they share definitely would be useful for relevant games' development sections. It might be a case-by-case basis thing, but I just wanted to start here to gauge further discussion. JOE BRO 64 18:16, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Games World of Puzzles" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Hi, I was thinking about adding the magazine Games World of Puzzles ( ISSN 1074-4355, published by Kappa Publishing Group) to Template:Video game reviews but figure I'd check here first. Each issue has an "Electronic Game Reviews" section by Thomas L. McDonald (usually written by him, although sometimes others write reviews of individual games and then the section says it was edited by McDonald) consisting of half page reviews.
There are also occasional full articles about individual video games, for instance the April 2022 issue contains an article (pp. 34–37) discussing the playing mechanics of Baba is You.
I haven't really seen this used as a source before on Wikipedia but I think this might be useful in discussing the reception of some video games.
I see the April 2016 issue is on Archive.org (see p. 46 for the reviews); other issues might be available to editors online via Overdrive.
Umimmak ( talk) 02:07, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Massively Overpowered" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Massively Overpowered was launched from the staff of the now defunct Massively.com. They have been live since 2015, employ a staff with a policy and ethics statement. [1] All opinion columns appear to be labeled as such and their news articles link out to external sources when available. They would be a good source for MMO development and news, assuming they pass the sniff test from those here. Skipple ☎ 23:15, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "RPG Codex" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
The only discussion for this website was inconclusive. Two of its interviews are currently being used for the article for Fallout (video game). I've been asked at its FAC to bring up the source at this talk page. I've noticed that RPG Codex runs a user-generated forum and that its users have pseudonyms. I've also noticed that, similar to Destructoid, some of its users are staff members that write news postings and interviews, and some of the interviews have pictures of the interviewees. Is RPG Codex reliable, and if it isn't, could it be used as a primary source for its interviews at the very least? Lazman321 ( talk) 15:32, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Find video game sources: "Gamesmarkt" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo (Uses domain https://beta.gamesmarkt.de for news)
fr:Agence française pour le jeu vidéo is a French trade agency, which publishes news (owned by Chips Interactive, SARL). Gamesmarkt is a German trade magazine, which also publishes news (owned by de:Busch & Glatz). Both should be decently reliable, while such should probably not be used as sole sources for articles. IgelRM ( talk) 17:03, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
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It doesn't look like we've discussed HotHardware before. They review PC/Mac, phone, and enterprise hardware, publish tech industry news, and do the occasional game review. Our article on HotHardware mentions that they've been cited by Engadget and that their hardware reviews have been noticed by Intel, AMD, and Dell (for what that's worth). I checked Google News and they do get cited somewhat, but it's mostly by other low-tier tech sites.
I'm also concerned with how much reviewing they're doing, exactly. The first article in their "PC Components" category is this review, which consists mostly of images from AMD—though they do get to some benchmarks on page 2 or 3. A review that's mostly copied from spec pages at AMD seems less than useful to me. We're also using two news reports ( 1 and 2) at Emulators of Nintendo Switch that appear to be rewritten press releases, complete with quotes from that developers that are mostly unattributed. If this is what they publish as reviews or news, I'm not sure how useful it is to us—and it seems like other tech sites agree, as they don't widely cite HotHardware, either. Thoughts? Woodroar ( talk) 14:41, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi @ Pbrks:, The discussion reached a conclusion against depricating dexerto, while consensus was not established that it was an unreliable source. This is very much counter to what you wrote in your edit summary. Could you explain the revert? Thanks, Pabsoluterince ( talk) 14:30, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Sandbox (blockchain platform), which is primarily sourced to Dean Takahashi, motivated me to actually finally make this discussion. It seems like Dean has almost completely transitioned from journalist to crypto influencer, without any semblance of journalistic integrity anymore. A quick scroll down his recent contributions at VentureBeat shows a laundry list of crypto/metaverse shilling. I think this piece is most telling. When confronted with the fact that 75% of game journalists won't cover crypto, he chides them for not getting with the times and giving preferential coverage to the new big thing that'll get the clicks.
The other big red flag was this article defending Quantic Dream, which reads like a corporate mouthpiece. Here's a collection of responses from game journalists on the crunch/hostile workplace beat who objected to the way the article uncritically delivers corporate-approved talking points. Based on these examples, I have a hard time trusting any of Dean's work going forward. It reeks of paid influence. I don't think it extends to the rest of VentureBeat, as far as I know (e.g. Jeff Grubb worked there until recently, and he seems to have high integrity, as well as Mike Minotti). Axem Titanium ( talk) 19:14, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Currently listed under Unreliable. But only "2" discussions on it. 2nd of which was a query on it I posed back in 2017, but nobody answered. Would like to see if we can get a conclusion on it this time around? Soulbust ( talk) 08:39, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
Editor at Critical Hit. Inventor of the macho Swiss gym chocolate known as Testoblerone. That's...that's about it really.. Disclaimer page includes
criticalhit.net does not represent or warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information. -- ferret ( talk) 13:28, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
There's been no discussion on this site, but it's used in several articles (examples: IW (game engine), Jun Kazama, Wizet, Coin Master, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, Morrigan Aensland, Evo 2016, and also at least 1 good article: Ibuki (Street Fighter)). About Us section on the site looks a little short, but would like some clarification/thoughts on if others consider it reliable or not? Soulbust ( talk) 04:13, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
Here you will find articles written by gamers for gamers. We want you to make Gamenguide a place to freely share your thoughts and ideas on your favorite games and developers.. -- ferret ( talk) 13:23, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Strana Igr" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
I inquired about adding this as a reliable source last year, but never got a response. Would like to try again.
On the page for reliable sources, there seems to be only three Russian reliable sources out of hundreds. Figured that I'd pitch in the magazine Strana Igr as a reliable source, which has had its own page since December 2013. Its name in Russian is Страна игр while the translation to English is Gameland. There's a decent amount of the magazine scanned on The Internet Archive and numerous websites have cited it upon a quick Google search. It was in circulation from January 1996 to November 2013; thus, 17 years worth of content. They rated games by adding points in 0.5 increments, up to 10 total. Each review also had an author listed. Xanarki ( talk) 23:55, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
Hoping to get some input on a couple of sources that I intend to use for a rewrite of the Psychonauts 2 article. These haven't received clearance as RS, but that's not entirely my goal. These come straight from the developers' mouths, which should be totally OK, but I'd like something that I can point to in case this is broached during the assessment processes.
Published on the official Unreal Engine website, includes commentary from the developers. [2]
Published on audiokinetic.com blog site, written entirely by Psychonauts developers. [3]
All input is appreciated. — CR4ZE ( T • C) 10:21, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "GamerBraves" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Well, I believe this site is dubious. Their about page is very short and explicitly state they're a passion site. I've found no public review policies and yet the site is cited on 42 pages. It's owned by Digital Braves if that adds something. ~~ lol1 VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 19:51, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
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Previous discussion here, where
Namcokid47 and
Abryn supported adding this to our list of reliable sources. I can verify that the site is owned and edited by Jeremy Parish, who is a reliable journalist from his time as executive editor at IGN.
There are quite a few contributors who write at other reliable sources. Jared Petty is another IGN alumnus. Nadia Oxford is a veteran of IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, and USGamer. Stuart Gipp writes at Nintendo Life. I'm not sure if we need to add any conditions to how we use this as a source, but safe to say that many parts of it are quite good. Shooterwalker ( talk) 01:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Trusted Reviews" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
I'd like to request that Trusted Reviews be added to Template:Video game reviews. Helper201 ( talk) 17:06, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Why is PCMag listed as an unreliable source? — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 14:41, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Views on the reliability of reviews on this Italian website? It appears to have an editorial team so is potentially a WP:NEWSORG pass.
This is important in the context of this AFD. FOARP ( talk) 12:07, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
See Substack. It hasn't come up much in the video game content area (yet?) but I see it come up a lot in the internet in general, so I thought I'd check.
If I'm understanding correctly, it's largely a platform for self-publishing, so we should probably handle it like WP:YOUTUBE (as in, generally don't use it.) But I figured I'd check here in case I didn't fully understand the platform. Sergecross73 msg me 21:06, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
In the vein of Sergecross's previous thread about this site, I just wanted to bring up that they've been caught plagiarizing from Gematsu again. Source. No action items, since it's already marked as unreliable. Just wanted this to be preserved for the record here. Axem Titanium ( talk) 03:17, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "LeveL" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
The magazine LeveL, started in 1995, seems like a standard reliable source. I'm surprised it isn't listed yet. Apparently it's the Czech Republic's most popular video gaming magazine, and still seems to be active. Off-shoots were created in Turkey and Romania, and both of them had similar content, but are no longer in circulation. Xanarki ( talk) 02:19, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
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I've been curious about the reliability of this site. It was covered in an inconclusive previous discussion and I've seen a few freelance posts so not sure if reliable. Thoughts anyone? ‡ The Night Watch ω (talk) 22:33, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Time Extension" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Recently found out that the Eurogamer people now have a retro gaming website. Think its fair to think its reliable. GamerPro64 18:30, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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Serebii has been the definitive Pokémon news site for years, and while previous discussions ruled it unreliable, there was a big factor that was left untouched. Even just in the past WEEK, many reliable sources at WP:VG/RS have used it to source central claims in articles. Due to this, I believe Serebii passes WP:USEBYOTHERS with flying colors, making it reliable by most metrics. DecafPotato ( talk) 02:15, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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What's the reliability of this Japanese video game website? I saw an article from the source in a draft about a Scott the Woz video, and the article seems to be a decent secondary source explaining the criticism one of Scott the Woz's retrospectives received. While I don't think this one source alone would be enough to prove notability for the video (although it's a good start), does Automaton Media in general have potential to be a reliable source? I did identify an editorial team in their " About" section if that helps. In terms of use by other sources, I also found IGN, GamesRadar and Nintendo Life articles that cited info from Automaton as well. So... maybe list as "other reliable"? PantheonRadiance ( talk) 06:20, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
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Uhh, this isn't really an "is this site reliable", because it obviously is, more of an "is this site existent". A
Wayback Machine snapshot from two days ago brings you to the site, and so did just navigating to it a few hours ago if memory serves, but
going to the site now returns a "USgamer is sadly no longer online
The best of the USgamer team’s content has been archived on VG247." Is this just me? If not, this may need some recategorization, and this is probably the best place in the WikiProject to discuss this?
DecafPotato (
talk)
06:11, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
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I've seen this source be used quite a bit on a handful of new articles. They have an About Us page that contains their mission and staff. I don't know how long they've been around, but their article quality seems overall fine. They are also a subsidiary of Group ONE Holdings, which also runs ONE FC. I don't know how I feel overall, maybe leaning slightly towards reliable. Hoping to get some opinions on this one. – Pbrks ( t • c) 16:24, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Games.cz" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · TWL · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Part of Tiscali Media; sister site to Tiscali.cz and a dozen others in the same network. Has paid staff and its editor-in-chief has journalistic experience. I also spot-checked some writers; they all show credentials on their LinkedIn profiles, even those listed as "external collaborators". IceWelder [ ✉] 10:14, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
The sales numbers For the Nintendo switch are incorrect. In the article it's said to be this amount of total sales for the Nintendo switch 114.33 million. But in reality it is already over 120 million units sold. Meeting that the switch has surpassed the lifetime sales of both the PlayStation 4 and the gameboy line. The next hurdle in the path of Nintendo switch on becoming The best selling console of all time this is the DS the sold over 154 million units in its lifetime. Playstendocolimited ( talk) 15:42, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
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Is GamesHub reliable? They seem to be a fairly normal news source with staff that write and edit (albeit not much). They've interviewed people and get review codes to review things. So I'd say so, but want thoughts. DecafPotato ( talk) 17:50, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
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Part of Wargamer in 2017 [4]. Part of Network N in 2019 [5]. Redirected to PCGamesN website in 2020 [6]. Has a review policy. Archived homepage: [7] Mika1h ( talk) 18:43, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
I could've sworn GMR was a reliable source, but I don't see them listed. is GMR a reliable source?published by Ziff-Davis as part of the 1Up.com Network. And the entire magazine catalog is in archive.org. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 00:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
[ Parade], formerly a magazine and now a website. During its eighty-year lifespan as a magazine, it was distributed in over seven hundred newspapers across the USA, according to its Wikipedia page. Want to check if it can be used as a reliable source for pages, as so far it's only citations on here are for images. Anonymouseditor2k19 ( talk) 11:52, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
So the German wing of Euronics has a trend blog with articles that cover various forms of electronics and software. Right now, I'm going to propose only the [ games section] of the blog to see if it meets the standards for reliability. Euronics itself is already a well-established retailer to the point of having a page on Wikipedia, so all that's left is to see if they can be used as a reliable source for articles. Anonymouseditor2k19 ( talk) 22:54, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Here I present seven game sources in foreign languages, plus one English-language source, to consider adding to the list:
Consoles + was a French magazine published from 1991 to 2012. Consider this magazine's ownership history, which includes EMAP and Future, and the fact that it was founded by Éditions Mondiales, the same publisher as Tilt.
Excalibur was a Czech magazine founded by Martin Ludvík. Some of its editors would later go on to write for GameStar. It survives as a website since 2016, but not without the catch that "All news is written by players who are happy to share new information, videos, tips, reviews and much more." I would hesitate to accept anything coming out of that source since its 2016 revival.
LeveL is another magazine by Martin Ludvík, having featured some staff from Excalibur. From soon after its launch until 2013, it was published by Vogel Publishing (later Vogel Burma Communications), the same publisher behind the Czech version of Chip. Some of its current editors have appeared on reputable sources such as Games.cz .
Score is yet another magazine by Martin Ludvík that has had former staff from Excalibur. Like that magazine, some Score editors left for GameStar. One of its current editors has prior experience on Eurogamer.
Micromanía is a longstanding Spanish magazine, founded by Hobby Press. It has changed ownerships, being passed to Axel Springer Spain and Blue Ocean Publishing, the latter its current owner. Some of these editors have also written for HobbyConsolas, one has contributed to IGN Spain, and another left to become the chief reporter of the tech section of El Mundo.
Strana Igr was a Russian magazine. Some of its writers also wrote for Igromania. Near the end of the magazine's life cycle, its company founded and controlled the content on IGN Russia, with former staff.
Super GamePower was a Brazilian magazine spanning from 1994 to 2009. Early in its history, it was bought by IDG. Note that it is used to list games in the article List of video games considered the best.
Lastly, New Age Gaming (now NAG) is the magazine that filled the void in the South African gaming market. Its ethics page is somewhat informal, but acceptible, though I hesisate to decide whether to accept its score system when other scoring methods like IGN's exist. Its page for writing for NAG is not too amiss either. Some of its writers have written for IGN. Indeed, in 2013, Ziff Davis and the magazine's publishing house partnered to establish IGN Africa. Free Media Kid$ 09:00, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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Can we get this site listed as reliable source soon? There's people removing this source from articles because it's not listed here. It's part of Hookshot Media, same network that hosts other current RS sites: Nintendo Life, Push Square, Pure Xbox. Editor-in-chef is Damien McFerran who has also written for Eurogamer, Retro Gamer, and Games TM. The other writer is Jack Yarwood who has written for Eurogamer, Gamasutra/Game Developer, Polygon, PCGamesN. Mika1h ( talk) 21:25, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
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Is this source reliable? They claim to be the biggest gaming site in South Africa, but I can't find much about them.
Trying to gauge what others think on the reliability of this source. This is their about page and here's an example of their coverage. Pinging @ Why? I Ask: since your listing of that example in a discussion introduced me to VGR. Soulbust ( talk) 08:20, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
Looking to see what others think about this source? Here's an example of their coverage. Soulbust ( talk) 11:27, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Section title says it all. We could at least start with the obvious ones like Hard Drive or somewhat popular ones like Dexerto. 137a ( talk • edits) 17:25, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
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A while back I proposed Euronics' gaming blog to be assessed for reliability. I got no responses and the original proposal has now been archived, so I'm going to try again here.
I believe the site, or more specifically its blog, is reliable due to its focus on consumer electronics and the fact that it's a substantial organization in general, mainly due to it representing a number of independent electronic retailers within various countries around the world, operating in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, and more. It's clearly an established organization notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia, with its social media accounts having thousands of followers across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and its focus on electronics means that it likely hires writers with an in-depth knowledge of various subtopics for its blogs.
-- Anonymouseditor2k19 ( talk) 04:11, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
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I think that Adrenaline Vault should be considered reliable, but there should be a notation. Only on two occasions ( here and here) has Adrenaline Vault been discussed, and it wasn't extensive. Basically, the site was formed in 1995 and it was one of the most popular gaming websites throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. Its usage for this WikiProject would probably be for its vast archive of reviews, and maybe a few older news tidbits. For any questions about its notability and legacy, you can see it on its own Wiki article.
However, in 2010, Adrenaline Vault converted into a blog-like website. It initially stated "Once a commercial site and now run by an enthusiastic team of volunteers, Avault remains a refuge from..." It was then changed to "Once a commercial web site and now a respected game blog, Avault remains a refuge from..." It then closed up in 2013, and nowadays it redirects to something unrelated.
Thus, I propose added this as reliable, but with the note of only for the years which spanned 1995 to 2009. Nearly 15 years worth of content is worthwhile I believe. At the moment, the website's name brings up about 131 instances here on Wiki. Xanarki ( talk) 01:14, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
I just noticed that there appears to be 2 different Gamezillas? English one: [9], and Polish one: [10]. And the Polish one is only RS? Maybe a note should be added. Mika1h ( talk) 15:50, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
Haven't seen this addressed here. They were acquired by GAMURS in 2021 as per their about page. Soulbust ( talk) 21:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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We need to have a real discussion on whether Bloody Disgusting is reliable and either add it as a reliable or unreliable source. They are commonly cited as reviewers for horror video games and I've seen them crop up numerous times. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 19:24, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
is kotaku a reliable source? Blitzfan51 ( talk) 20:23, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
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Complex is now a subsidiary of Buzzfeed as of 2021, a site that laid off their news staff to make AI articles their mainstay going forward. It should be treated the same as Buzzfeed itself, see WP:BUZZFEED. I think a demotion to situational source is in order, if not unreliable. Stuff like this does not give me much confidence, it just seems copy pasted from a press release. That said, I'm not sure it should have been reliable to begin with, much of what comes up when "video game" is searched are pure listicles written with a goofy, nerdy tone. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 09:21, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
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I am a long time member of the scene and this is widely considered the primary news source for Counter-Strike Esports and provides much of the content that other sites use, including on scene photography, reporting, and interviews. They are accepted as the official source of MVP awards and top player of the year awards as referenced by many other Esports websites. https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/faze-reach-no-1-spot-in-hltvs-csgo-world-rankings-for-first-time-since-2018 https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/28828655/iem-katowice-shows-counter-strike-staying-power https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/esports/2022/02/25/s1mple-speech-iem-katowice/, the last discussions on HLTV seem to have agreed that it was reliable in it's niche but was never actually revisited and added back as an inconclusive source or reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Livitshiro ( talk • contribs) 13:48, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
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Active since 2001, has staff and policies. This request is part of a GAN review, so some quick comments would be greatly appreciated. IceWelder [ ✉] 12:19, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Mary_Sue. Could do with some input from people familiar with the source. Hemiauchenia ( talk) 20:34, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
This is something I wanted to bring for discussion before making any action. In the age of the internet, a good number of game developers have started YouTube channels where they talk about the games they worked on. I think the three big examples that come to mind are:
I'd assume these are acceptable as primary sources? The production insights they share definitely would be useful for relevant games' development sections. It might be a case-by-case basis thing, but I just wanted to start here to gauge further discussion. JOE BRO 64 18:16, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Games World of Puzzles" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Hi, I was thinking about adding the magazine Games World of Puzzles ( ISSN 1074-4355, published by Kappa Publishing Group) to Template:Video game reviews but figure I'd check here first. Each issue has an "Electronic Game Reviews" section by Thomas L. McDonald (usually written by him, although sometimes others write reviews of individual games and then the section says it was edited by McDonald) consisting of half page reviews.
There are also occasional full articles about individual video games, for instance the April 2022 issue contains an article (pp. 34–37) discussing the playing mechanics of Baba is You.
I haven't really seen this used as a source before on Wikipedia but I think this might be useful in discussing the reception of some video games.
I see the April 2016 issue is on Archive.org (see p. 46 for the reviews); other issues might be available to editors online via Overdrive.
Umimmak ( talk) 02:07, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Massively Overpowered" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Massively Overpowered was launched from the staff of the now defunct Massively.com. They have been live since 2015, employ a staff with a policy and ethics statement. [1] All opinion columns appear to be labeled as such and their news articles link out to external sources when available. They would be a good source for MMO development and news, assuming they pass the sniff test from those here. Skipple ☎ 23:15, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "RPG Codex" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
The only discussion for this website was inconclusive. Two of its interviews are currently being used for the article for Fallout (video game). I've been asked at its FAC to bring up the source at this talk page. I've noticed that RPG Codex runs a user-generated forum and that its users have pseudonyms. I've also noticed that, similar to Destructoid, some of its users are staff members that write news postings and interviews, and some of the interviews have pictures of the interviewees. Is RPG Codex reliable, and if it isn't, could it be used as a primary source for its interviews at the very least? Lazman321 ( talk) 15:32, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Find video game sources: "Gamesmarkt" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo (Uses domain https://beta.gamesmarkt.de for news)
fr:Agence française pour le jeu vidéo is a French trade agency, which publishes news (owned by Chips Interactive, SARL). Gamesmarkt is a German trade magazine, which also publishes news (owned by de:Busch & Glatz). Both should be decently reliable, while such should probably not be used as sole sources for articles. IgelRM ( talk) 17:03, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
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It doesn't look like we've discussed HotHardware before. They review PC/Mac, phone, and enterprise hardware, publish tech industry news, and do the occasional game review. Our article on HotHardware mentions that they've been cited by Engadget and that their hardware reviews have been noticed by Intel, AMD, and Dell (for what that's worth). I checked Google News and they do get cited somewhat, but it's mostly by other low-tier tech sites.
I'm also concerned with how much reviewing they're doing, exactly. The first article in their "PC Components" category is this review, which consists mostly of images from AMD—though they do get to some benchmarks on page 2 or 3. A review that's mostly copied from spec pages at AMD seems less than useful to me. We're also using two news reports ( 1 and 2) at Emulators of Nintendo Switch that appear to be rewritten press releases, complete with quotes from that developers that are mostly unattributed. If this is what they publish as reviews or news, I'm not sure how useful it is to us—and it seems like other tech sites agree, as they don't widely cite HotHardware, either. Thoughts? Woodroar ( talk) 14:41, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi @ Pbrks:, The discussion reached a conclusion against depricating dexerto, while consensus was not established that it was an unreliable source. This is very much counter to what you wrote in your edit summary. Could you explain the revert? Thanks, Pabsoluterince ( talk) 14:30, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Sandbox (blockchain platform), which is primarily sourced to Dean Takahashi, motivated me to actually finally make this discussion. It seems like Dean has almost completely transitioned from journalist to crypto influencer, without any semblance of journalistic integrity anymore. A quick scroll down his recent contributions at VentureBeat shows a laundry list of crypto/metaverse shilling. I think this piece is most telling. When confronted with the fact that 75% of game journalists won't cover crypto, he chides them for not getting with the times and giving preferential coverage to the new big thing that'll get the clicks.
The other big red flag was this article defending Quantic Dream, which reads like a corporate mouthpiece. Here's a collection of responses from game journalists on the crunch/hostile workplace beat who objected to the way the article uncritically delivers corporate-approved talking points. Based on these examples, I have a hard time trusting any of Dean's work going forward. It reeks of paid influence. I don't think it extends to the rest of VentureBeat, as far as I know (e.g. Jeff Grubb worked there until recently, and he seems to have high integrity, as well as Mike Minotti). Axem Titanium ( talk) 19:14, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Currently listed under Unreliable. But only "2" discussions on it. 2nd of which was a query on it I posed back in 2017, but nobody answered. Would like to see if we can get a conclusion on it this time around? Soulbust ( talk) 08:39, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
Editor at Critical Hit. Inventor of the macho Swiss gym chocolate known as Testoblerone. That's...that's about it really.. Disclaimer page includes
criticalhit.net does not represent or warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information. -- ferret ( talk) 13:28, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
There's been no discussion on this site, but it's used in several articles (examples: IW (game engine), Jun Kazama, Wizet, Coin Master, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, Morrigan Aensland, Evo 2016, and also at least 1 good article: Ibuki (Street Fighter)). About Us section on the site looks a little short, but would like some clarification/thoughts on if others consider it reliable or not? Soulbust ( talk) 04:13, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
Here you will find articles written by gamers for gamers. We want you to make Gamenguide a place to freely share your thoughts and ideas on your favorite games and developers.. -- ferret ( talk) 13:23, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Strana Igr" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
I inquired about adding this as a reliable source last year, but never got a response. Would like to try again.
On the page for reliable sources, there seems to be only three Russian reliable sources out of hundreds. Figured that I'd pitch in the magazine Strana Igr as a reliable source, which has had its own page since December 2013. Its name in Russian is Страна игр while the translation to English is Gameland. There's a decent amount of the magazine scanned on The Internet Archive and numerous websites have cited it upon a quick Google search. It was in circulation from January 1996 to November 2013; thus, 17 years worth of content. They rated games by adding points in 0.5 increments, up to 10 total. Each review also had an author listed. Xanarki ( talk) 23:55, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
Hoping to get some input on a couple of sources that I intend to use for a rewrite of the Psychonauts 2 article. These haven't received clearance as RS, but that's not entirely my goal. These come straight from the developers' mouths, which should be totally OK, but I'd like something that I can point to in case this is broached during the assessment processes.
Published on the official Unreal Engine website, includes commentary from the developers. [2]
Published on audiokinetic.com blog site, written entirely by Psychonauts developers. [3]
All input is appreciated. — CR4ZE ( T • C) 10:21, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "GamerBraves" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Well, I believe this site is dubious. Their about page is very short and explicitly state they're a passion site. I've found no public review policies and yet the site is cited on 42 pages. It's owned by Digital Braves if that adds something. ~~ lol1 VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 19:51, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
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Previous discussion here, where
Namcokid47 and
Abryn supported adding this to our list of reliable sources. I can verify that the site is owned and edited by Jeremy Parish, who is a reliable journalist from his time as executive editor at IGN.
There are quite a few contributors who write at other reliable sources. Jared Petty is another IGN alumnus. Nadia Oxford is a veteran of IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, and USGamer. Stuart Gipp writes at Nintendo Life. I'm not sure if we need to add any conditions to how we use this as a source, but safe to say that many parts of it are quite good. Shooterwalker ( talk) 01:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Trusted Reviews" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
I'd like to request that Trusted Reviews be added to Template:Video game reviews. Helper201 ( talk) 17:06, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Why is PCMag listed as an unreliable source? — VORTEX 3427 ( Talk!) 14:41, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Views on the reliability of reviews on this Italian website? It appears to have an editorial team so is potentially a WP:NEWSORG pass.
This is important in the context of this AFD. FOARP ( talk) 12:07, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
See Substack. It hasn't come up much in the video game content area (yet?) but I see it come up a lot in the internet in general, so I thought I'd check.
If I'm understanding correctly, it's largely a platform for self-publishing, so we should probably handle it like WP:YOUTUBE (as in, generally don't use it.) But I figured I'd check here in case I didn't fully understand the platform. Sergecross73 msg me 21:06, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
In the vein of Sergecross's previous thread about this site, I just wanted to bring up that they've been caught plagiarizing from Gematsu again. Source. No action items, since it's already marked as unreliable. Just wanted this to be preserved for the record here. Axem Titanium ( talk) 03:17, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "LeveL" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
The magazine LeveL, started in 1995, seems like a standard reliable source. I'm surprised it isn't listed yet. Apparently it's the Czech Republic's most popular video gaming magazine, and still seems to be active. Off-shoots were created in Turkey and Romania, and both of them had similar content, but are no longer in circulation. Xanarki ( talk) 02:19, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
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I've been curious about the reliability of this site. It was covered in an inconclusive previous discussion and I've seen a few freelance posts so not sure if reliable. Thoughts anyone? ‡ The Night Watch ω (talk) 22:33, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Time Extension" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · WP Library · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk · LinkSearch · LinkTo
Recently found out that the Eurogamer people now have a retro gaming website. Think its fair to think its reliable. GamerPro64 18:30, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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Serebii has been the definitive Pokémon news site for years, and while previous discussions ruled it unreliable, there was a big factor that was left untouched. Even just in the past WEEK, many reliable sources at WP:VG/RS have used it to source central claims in articles. Due to this, I believe Serebii passes WP:USEBYOTHERS with flying colors, making it reliable by most metrics. DecafPotato ( talk) 02:15, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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What's the reliability of this Japanese video game website? I saw an article from the source in a draft about a Scott the Woz video, and the article seems to be a decent secondary source explaining the criticism one of Scott the Woz's retrospectives received. While I don't think this one source alone would be enough to prove notability for the video (although it's a good start), does Automaton Media in general have potential to be a reliable source? I did identify an editorial team in their " About" section if that helps. In terms of use by other sources, I also found IGN, GamesRadar and Nintendo Life articles that cited info from Automaton as well. So... maybe list as "other reliable"? PantheonRadiance ( talk) 06:20, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
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Uhh, this isn't really an "is this site reliable", because it obviously is, more of an "is this site existent". A
Wayback Machine snapshot from two days ago brings you to the site, and so did just navigating to it a few hours ago if memory serves, but
going to the site now returns a "USgamer is sadly no longer online
The best of the USgamer team’s content has been archived on VG247." Is this just me? If not, this may need some recategorization, and this is probably the best place in the WikiProject to discuss this?
DecafPotato (
talk)
06:11, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
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I've seen this source be used quite a bit on a handful of new articles. They have an About Us page that contains their mission and staff. I don't know how long they've been around, but their article quality seems overall fine. They are also a subsidiary of Group ONE Holdings, which also runs ONE FC. I don't know how I feel overall, maybe leaning slightly towards reliable. Hoping to get some opinions on this one. – Pbrks ( t • c) 16:24, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
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Part of Tiscali Media; sister site to Tiscali.cz and a dozen others in the same network. Has paid staff and its editor-in-chief has journalistic experience. I also spot-checked some writers; they all show credentials on their LinkedIn profiles, even those listed as "external collaborators". IceWelder [ ✉] 10:14, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
The sales numbers For the Nintendo switch are incorrect. In the article it's said to be this amount of total sales for the Nintendo switch 114.33 million. But in reality it is already over 120 million units sold. Meeting that the switch has surpassed the lifetime sales of both the PlayStation 4 and the gameboy line. The next hurdle in the path of Nintendo switch on becoming The best selling console of all time this is the DS the sold over 154 million units in its lifetime. Playstendocolimited ( talk) 15:42, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
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Is GamesHub reliable? They seem to be a fairly normal news source with staff that write and edit (albeit not much). They've interviewed people and get review codes to review things. So I'd say so, but want thoughts. DecafPotato ( talk) 17:50, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
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Part of Wargamer in 2017 [4]. Part of Network N in 2019 [5]. Redirected to PCGamesN website in 2020 [6]. Has a review policy. Archived homepage: [7] Mika1h ( talk) 18:43, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
I could've sworn GMR was a reliable source, but I don't see them listed. is GMR a reliable source?published by Ziff-Davis as part of the 1Up.com Network. And the entire magazine catalog is in archive.org. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 00:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
[ Parade], formerly a magazine and now a website. During its eighty-year lifespan as a magazine, it was distributed in over seven hundred newspapers across the USA, according to its Wikipedia page. Want to check if it can be used as a reliable source for pages, as so far it's only citations on here are for images. Anonymouseditor2k19 ( talk) 11:52, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
So the German wing of Euronics has a trend blog with articles that cover various forms of electronics and software. Right now, I'm going to propose only the [ games section] of the blog to see if it meets the standards for reliability. Euronics itself is already a well-established retailer to the point of having a page on Wikipedia, so all that's left is to see if they can be used as a reliable source for articles. Anonymouseditor2k19 ( talk) 22:54, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Here I present seven game sources in foreign languages, plus one English-language source, to consider adding to the list:
Consoles + was a French magazine published from 1991 to 2012. Consider this magazine's ownership history, which includes EMAP and Future, and the fact that it was founded by Éditions Mondiales, the same publisher as Tilt.
Excalibur was a Czech magazine founded by Martin Ludvík. Some of its editors would later go on to write for GameStar. It survives as a website since 2016, but not without the catch that "All news is written by players who are happy to share new information, videos, tips, reviews and much more." I would hesitate to accept anything coming out of that source since its 2016 revival.
LeveL is another magazine by Martin Ludvík, having featured some staff from Excalibur. From soon after its launch until 2013, it was published by Vogel Publishing (later Vogel Burma Communications), the same publisher behind the Czech version of Chip. Some of its current editors have appeared on reputable sources such as Games.cz .
Score is yet another magazine by Martin Ludvík that has had former staff from Excalibur. Like that magazine, some Score editors left for GameStar. One of its current editors has prior experience on Eurogamer.
Micromanía is a longstanding Spanish magazine, founded by Hobby Press. It has changed ownerships, being passed to Axel Springer Spain and Blue Ocean Publishing, the latter its current owner. Some of these editors have also written for HobbyConsolas, one has contributed to IGN Spain, and another left to become the chief reporter of the tech section of El Mundo.
Strana Igr was a Russian magazine. Some of its writers also wrote for Igromania. Near the end of the magazine's life cycle, its company founded and controlled the content on IGN Russia, with former staff.
Super GamePower was a Brazilian magazine spanning from 1994 to 2009. Early in its history, it was bought by IDG. Note that it is used to list games in the article List of video games considered the best.
Lastly, New Age Gaming (now NAG) is the magazine that filled the void in the South African gaming market. Its ethics page is somewhat informal, but acceptible, though I hesisate to decide whether to accept its score system when other scoring methods like IGN's exist. Its page for writing for NAG is not too amiss either. Some of its writers have written for IGN. Indeed, in 2013, Ziff Davis and the magazine's publishing house partnered to establish IGN Africa. Free Media Kid$ 09:00, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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Can we get this site listed as reliable source soon? There's people removing this source from articles because it's not listed here. It's part of Hookshot Media, same network that hosts other current RS sites: Nintendo Life, Push Square, Pure Xbox. Editor-in-chef is Damien McFerran who has also written for Eurogamer, Retro Gamer, and Games TM. The other writer is Jack Yarwood who has written for Eurogamer, Gamasutra/Game Developer, Polygon, PCGamesN. Mika1h ( talk) 21:25, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
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Is this source reliable? They claim to be the biggest gaming site in South Africa, but I can't find much about them.
Trying to gauge what others think on the reliability of this source. This is their about page and here's an example of their coverage. Pinging @ Why? I Ask: since your listing of that example in a discussion introduced me to VGR. Soulbust ( talk) 08:20, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
Looking to see what others think about this source? Here's an example of their coverage. Soulbust ( talk) 11:27, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Section title says it all. We could at least start with the obvious ones like Hard Drive or somewhat popular ones like Dexerto. 137a ( talk • edits) 17:25, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
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A while back I proposed Euronics' gaming blog to be assessed for reliability. I got no responses and the original proposal has now been archived, so I'm going to try again here.
I believe the site, or more specifically its blog, is reliable due to its focus on consumer electronics and the fact that it's a substantial organization in general, mainly due to it representing a number of independent electronic retailers within various countries around the world, operating in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, and more. It's clearly an established organization notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia, with its social media accounts having thousands of followers across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and its focus on electronics means that it likely hires writers with an in-depth knowledge of various subtopics for its blogs.
-- Anonymouseditor2k19 ( talk) 04:11, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
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I think that Adrenaline Vault should be considered reliable, but there should be a notation. Only on two occasions ( here and here) has Adrenaline Vault been discussed, and it wasn't extensive. Basically, the site was formed in 1995 and it was one of the most popular gaming websites throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. Its usage for this WikiProject would probably be for its vast archive of reviews, and maybe a few older news tidbits. For any questions about its notability and legacy, you can see it on its own Wiki article.
However, in 2010, Adrenaline Vault converted into a blog-like website. It initially stated "Once a commercial site and now run by an enthusiastic team of volunteers, Avault remains a refuge from..." It was then changed to "Once a commercial web site and now a respected game blog, Avault remains a refuge from..." It then closed up in 2013, and nowadays it redirects to something unrelated.
Thus, I propose added this as reliable, but with the note of only for the years which spanned 1995 to 2009. Nearly 15 years worth of content is worthwhile I believe. At the moment, the website's name brings up about 131 instances here on Wiki. Xanarki ( talk) 01:14, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
I just noticed that there appears to be 2 different Gamezillas? English one: [9], and Polish one: [10]. And the Polish one is only RS? Maybe a note should be added. Mika1h ( talk) 15:50, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
Haven't seen this addressed here. They were acquired by GAMURS in 2021 as per their about page. Soulbust ( talk) 21:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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We need to have a real discussion on whether Bloody Disgusting is reliable and either add it as a reliable or unreliable source. They are commonly cited as reviewers for horror video games and I've seen them crop up numerous times. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 19:24, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
is kotaku a reliable source? Blitzfan51 ( talk) 20:23, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
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Complex is now a subsidiary of Buzzfeed as of 2021, a site that laid off their news staff to make AI articles their mainstay going forward. It should be treated the same as Buzzfeed itself, see WP:BUZZFEED. I think a demotion to situational source is in order, if not unreliable. Stuff like this does not give me much confidence, it just seems copy pasted from a press release. That said, I'm not sure it should have been reliable to begin with, much of what comes up when "video game" is searched are pure listicles written with a goofy, nerdy tone. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 09:21, 15 May 2023 (UTC)