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A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.15 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. -- Pres N 14:07, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
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As a note, Yuuki (Sword Art Online) and all the other SAO character articles are included in the video games project seemingly because the manga/anime takes place in an MMO, rather than because they're characters in an actual video game. Which is fine, but: I just added them to the Characters taskforce, as they're... characters tagged for the video games project, and now I'm second-guessing myself for if the task force would include them. -- Pres N 14:14, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
we need to fix all the mentions to designate it as a comprehensive update like Grand Theft Auto Online, rather than a "sequel"I think the annoying CRYSTAL-ish thing here is that the game just simply isn't out yet, so we can't actually make this determination with complete confidence--particularly w/r/t how Valve presents it and how the media and reviews are going to cover it. I think my preferred outcome here is just that CS2 remains a redirect until the update is actually out later this year, and then we can make a clean decision based on sources and the release description. Anything we decide before that is, again, somewhat CRYSTAL imo. Alyo ( chat· edits) 15:35, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
Anyone here know anything about this MMORPG? Rock Paper Shotgun reviewed it in 2019 while it was still in early access, and it was apparently popular on release in 2023. Gamepressure says it was made by a Polish developer, so it's probably got some coverage in Polish sources. The problem is that Google Translate doesn't do a great job of translating them. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 22:42, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.15 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. -- Pres N 14:55, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
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I feel like it violates WP:NOTMIRROR as for the most part it just calculates the highest Metascores as it might if you used the Metacritic search function. Therefore, my first thought is to reject as "contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia" but I would like others' input into whether it is warranted. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 16:40, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
"Notability of lists (whether titled as "List of Xs" or "Xs") is based on the group. One accepted reason why a list topic is considered notable is if it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources, per the above guidelines; notable list topics are appropriate for a stand-alone list. The entirety of the list does not need to be documented in sources for notability, only that the grouping or set in general has been."This is very helpful, because we can take it and see that there are no sources whatsoever that discuss this grouping of elements as a group by the criteria of "Metacritic must-plays". So, unfortunately, the list does not meet the standards for a stand-alone list. -- Pres N 23:09, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
Note: this notice is cross-posted at WT:A&M, WT:JP, and here, as well as the WikiProjects on Pokémon and media franchises.
Help is urgently needed at Talk:Pokémon. Any positive assistance is appreciated. Thanks! - Manifestation ( talk) 15:20, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:F.A.N.G. (Street Fighter)#Requested move 7 August 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. UtherSRG (talk) 13:34, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Charizard has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 11:41, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi everyone! On behalf of Scott Miller, I've proposed some updates to the 3D Realms article here. There are some inaccuracies in our coverage of its history that Miller noticed and I've agreed to present them on talk so we can resolve them. (It's nothing outrageous and shouldn't take too much effort to fix—I would do it myself if it wasn't for the fact I've been in direct contact with Miller over it and he's offered to pay.) JOE BRO 64 15:37, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Template talk:R from fictional character that may concern this WikiProject. QuicoleJR ( talk) 22:08, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
I have nominated Chrono Cross for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. George Ho ( talk) 09:56, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi all. I've found this site which lists the links to game interviews.(HomeLan News) [13]
Thought i'd share because it might be of some use to anyone who wants to improve said articles from the games mentioned there. Timur9008 ( talk) 15:59, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:F.A.N.G. (Street Fighter)#Requested move 7 August 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — DaxServer ( t · m · e · c) 10:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Read subject! It's based off the game
Cute Fames Adventure Fame0001 ( talk) 21:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
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Can I get a temperature check on List of review-bombing incidents? It seems like The Gamers(tm) are Mad(tm) about something at least once a month and this list could quickly get unmanageable. And our normal checks and balances against this probably won't work because more and more RS websites are putting out ragebaity articles on reviewbombs as they happen, whether they're real or imagined. I don't mind keeping the most significant examples at the main review bomb page but I think a "hall of fame" list may not be appropriate. Axem Titanium ( talk) 19:56, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
If anyone is looking for a big project, global warming game could probably use some editing and pruning. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 02:59, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
@ Soetermans and I are of differing opinions when it comes to using "Smash 4" as an alternate title for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and we thought we'd solicit some opinions here in add on to the talk page on that article. It's an interesting case because it involves two games which are technically separate but widely considered one and the same with some platform-specific differences. This and the fact that nowhere else in the article references the community's adoption of "Smash 4" as a name for the two games leads me, at least, to believe that the term should be included as an alternate name in parentheses. But regardless we were wondering where you all might stand on this. ErrorDestroyer ( talk) 03:57, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Hello. You may be interested in an open RfC regarding the use of dexerto.com as a reliable source at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Dexerto. Your input would be appreciated. Thank you, - Skipple ☎ 14:19, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mother (video game)#Requested move 11 August 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – Material Works 16:33, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
I stumbled across the Return of the Obra Dinn article again today and was reminded that an edit I made a few months back had been reverted. In it, I added parameters for Lucas Pope as the designer, programmer, and composer for the game. Dissident93 undid this edit with the following rationale: "this was intentional, we don't need to list the same guy 5 times". I thought I reached out to Dissident93 directly but I can't find that conversation for the life of me, so I've tagged them here.
While I understand where Dissident93 is coming from, I strongly disagree with that rationale for any form of media. Games have so many aspects to their creation, and the fact that Pope is only listed as the "designer" and "artist" for Obra Dinn right now negates the work he did programming and scoring the game as well.
To be clear, I completely agree that we should not list the same person multiple times when they have a more generic credit, such as Mike Bithell's "Creator" credit for Thomas Was Alone. However, I believe the infobox should reflect how people are credited in the actual media, and in the case of Obra Dinn, Pope credits himself for "Programming, Design, Art, Sound & Music". This also extends to Pope's Papers Please, where he is credited for "Design, Code, Art, Music, Sound", but is currently only listed as the designer in the infobox.
Let me know your thoughts!
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This edit. Should it be included on the List of Mario role-playing games? I'd like to get some second opinions. Panini! • 🥪 18:52, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Hoping to come to a consensus on this discussion which was mentioned in #New Articles (August 7 to August 13) above. Axem Titanium ( talk) 20:54, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
While trying to improve the notability of Goro Majima. I found this book that discusses the franchise but it's all in Portuguese and I can't copy the text to google translate for some reason. Is there any user who understands Portuguese might help me. It might help to establish far more notability as I found two scholars discussing his characterization Yakuza 0 as well as a best character award but the rest of the sources are instead reviews. Tintor2 ( talk) 23:49, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
I have nominated The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Negative MP1 16:22, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
I am currently going through this video game article, currently rated as Start-class, but has recently greatly been expanded but also have recently began making some edits, specifically removal of links and recurrent edits, which are quickly replaced by further unreliable sources. Also they are universally negative, leading me to question to bias, especially considering the reception section appears to be mostly balanced for a mixed reception game but has recently had efforts to make not just that section but the overall page itself much more negative (it is no secret online wrestling fandoms can be extremely argumentative). I was wondering if someone more experienced than me could check the sourcing and also review the page in its current state. Many thanks. FrankWithStein ( talk) 07:44, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
it is no secret online wrestling fandoms can be extremely argumentativeYou can say that again too. For some reason there's a great deal of tribalism where it concerns rival companies/promotions, which could well have seeped into this article. — Czello ( music) 07:50, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
Could someone please take a look when possible, or point me int he direction to request this as it is still ongoing with one user routinely adding as much negative press from unreliable sources, despite multiple attemots to remove and clean up, adding reasons why and opening discussion on the talk page about it. FrankWithStein ( talk) 11:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Coin945, previously known for multiple blocks due to COPYVIO issues and extremely close paraphrasing, has been indefinitely blocked. After their last final warnings related to COPYVIO in August 2022, they disappeared for a few months to return in July 2023. Since then, they've created over a dozen articles that have made it into mainspace... and all of them were created with ChatGPT, which they have admitted.
These articles need a critical eye to remove any potential COPYVIO, or simply merge/re-draftify them, as often the sourcing is lacking.
If you've reviewed one of these and feel it's fine to leave as is, please strikethrough it on my list. I do not believe you can trust any text to actually be verifiable. Coin claims they checked everything ChatGPT output against sources, but somehow did not read closely enough to notice the flowery promotional output it constantly produced. -- ferret ( talk) 20:29, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
The current Atari has announced a new console, the Atari 2600+, which is based on a SoC internals and has other differentiating features from the original Atari 2600, though interestingly has a cartridge slot compatible with 2600 and 7200 games. (Whether there will be internal storage to load additional games, its not yet known or clear) Some IPs have taken to imply that this is an extension of the original Atari 2600 product line, thus making the lifetime of the Atari 2600 from 1977 to present. I don't read that product announcement in that way, but would appreciate input on the 2600 article. (It does make sense to cover the 2600+ there, just not treat it as a continuation of the original 2600 manufacturing run). Masem ( t) 23:24, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
hey can you guys please check this profile Knee he is South Korean International Tekken player he has vast historny in tekken international tournaments and he won 2 to 3 tekken Evo Championship i have some sources about him here are some sources links : https://www.redbull.com/int-en/drx-knee-evo-2022-tekken-7-winner https://kotaku.com/a-tekken-legends-visit-to-pakistan-is-met-with-both-che-1840183690 https://osgamers.com/frequently-asked-questions/who-is-knee-tekken-real-name https://appuals.com/knee-wins-evo-2022/ https://www.oneesports.gg/tekken/knee-trained-pakistan-beat-tekken-god/ https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-the-issue-heat-system-many-games-drx-knee-talks-red-bull-golden-letters-tournament-tekken-8-exclusive he is finalist in tekken evo championships and Tekken world tours in many countries his profile is same like Arsalan Ash he is Pakistani Tekken Champion he faced many times in many tournaments so can you guys can check knee profile is he eligible for a wikipedia page i ask this same question in Wikipedia help desk but can't get final answer so the person on wikipedia help desk recommend to ask questions here about gaming and players so can anyone help me about this and i also write full page on knee in my sandbox : /info/en/?search=User:Ab.Haris999/sandbox mostly details i used from liquidpedia and wikitia if anyone can review this sources and my sandbox i can move this page into mainspace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ab.Haris999 ( talk • contribs) 17:50, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
I don't know if this is old news but I just noticed a bunch of previously dead archived pages that relied on Adobe Flash just sprang to life due to Ruffle emulation. Neat. Mika1h ( talk) 18:39, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
A month ago, I nomationed Tinykin to the peer review but the only request from other editor I got so far is from @ Z1720. While other quickly got requests, mine seemed abandoned. Is there anything I can do with the article for a possible chance for GA nomation. NatwonTSG2 ( talk) 16:09, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
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Congrats to Kung Fu Man for " Megalovania", which went from creation to GA in a week! On a different note, see the section above for new articles that need to be reviewed/merged; looks like Coin didn't tag any of them for WPVG. -- Pres N 21:06, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
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In many cases, delisting of games happens quietly with no announcement either by the developer or news coverage discussing it. In this case, do we not mention it in the article at all or just say "as of 2023, it is no longer available" with no source cited or something? Is crawling through archive.org wayback machine archives of the store listing and determining from that an approximate year of disappearance acceptable? I was unable to find existing guidance for this. Waxworker ( talk) 16:38, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
There is a subpage for this project known as essential articles, which appears to have had a use years ago to be an assortment of articles that would be used to create Wikipedia Books. It was also meant to document the "most essential articles" in the discussion of video games. However, until I updated it a couple months ago, this article was basically abandoned for years (no new listed topics such as the ninth generation of consoles and no updated quality assessments) and appears to have been basically replaced with the importance scale. Wikipedia Books have also been a deprecated concept since 2021, apparently. So my question is, does this subpage serve any relevant use, and is it worth continuing to update? Negative MP1 22:32, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
Recently in a few weeks, I've been improving alot to the Wii U GamePad article, and i am posting this here to get any more suggestions to be made to this article. I wanna eventually get this article into GA status alongside the main Wii U article. Summerslam2022 ( talk) 18:14, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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Smaller week than usual! I think I'm going to re-redirect Collection of Mana, unless there's objections- 2 sentences about a compilation release does not an article make. -- Pres N 02:02, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
I posted a link to a potentially reliable and significant coverage source that I discovered. Would like to get some opinions about it & if it helps on Toriel's notability. Skyshifter talk 20:48, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
I started a list draft for the machines of the Horizon series earlier this year and then haven't worked on it much since as I've gone back and forth on if it's worth continuing or just moving on.
Just looking for some feedback. Is it something that people think would pass in the mainspace (obviously not in its current state)? Or should I just not bother with the draft anymore? -- ZooBlazer talk 05:27, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
The Doom (1993 video game) FAC is in danger of stalling out; it's gotten one support and a half-review, but could use some more reviewer attention. Willing to trade reviews for anyone willing to give it a look. -- Pres N 01:51, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
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The article Caesar III contains the text: The GOG.com version was subsequently released onto Steam in 2016, but the client-based DRM of Steam has caused that version to suffer from stability and compatibility problems not seen on the original digital version provided by GOG.com. The editor originally provided a link to user discussions on the Steam page for the source for this statement. I haven't been able to find any guidance on when an article should (1) address a game's technical or performance issues; and (2) where those issues are not covered by secondary sources, refer to user generated sources. Any help on this would be appreciated. VRXCES ( talk) 08:35, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
I would greatly appreciate proofreading and suggestions. Thanks! /info/en/?search=Draft_talk:List_of_video_game_modes#Suggestions/_Preparation_to_be_Accepted UnexpectedSmoreInquisition ( talk) 21:57, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Since yesterday, Metacritic has a new design. As part of this, the site has changed its overview format from one page per platform per game to just one per game. For example, Grand Theft Auto V currently links to the following platform-specific URLs:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/grand-theft-auto-v https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/grand-theft-auto-v https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/grand-theft-auto-v ...
If you access any of them now, they will lead you here:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/grand-theft-auto-v/
Regardless of which link you used, the platform shown will be the PlayStation 4 (97/100 at 66 reviews). The score shown by default seems to that generated from the most reviews, regardless of whether it has the best score (see an example where the lesser score has more reviews). This effectively breaks our links for the vast majority of multi-platform games. The platform-specific scores can still be found on the overview pages with all reviews, but again under a new link scheme. Previously, you would have accessed them like so:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/grand-theft-auto-v/critic-reviews
Now, this was changed to:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/grand-theft-auto-v/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3
This begs the question: Do we need to update these links for all game articles? Do we need to mark them as dead? Should either of these be a bot task? IceWelder [ ✉] 10:17, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
As the article belongs to the WikiProject Video games, I thought I share my thoughts in here. I recently reworked the article about the German Computer Game Awards ( Deutscher Computerspielpreis). I already opened a topic about a possible name change at the talk page a couple of months ago and got no response (the options are now outdated though).
There is currently one non-german source that refers to the award as the German Computer Game Awards while the German Games Industry Association game also uses that translation on their official page. Examples that translate the original language into English are the Czech Game of the Year Awards or Slovak Game of the Year Awards.
Can anyone share their thoughts on this? Or maybe tell me what steps I should take on other than using a talk page? I have no previous experience on renaming / moving articles. Thanks! Vestigium Leonis ( talk) 23:29, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Please see Draft_talk:Defold#WP:N_Breakdown, looking for a relatively quick support/oppose discussion on whether sourcing has reached levels appropriate for WP:NPRODUCT. The question is whether enough sustained sigcov has been found. Unfortunately there is a LOT of non-independent sourcing here, but I think we've gotten a good set of sources lined up. The article needs carefully handling due to very heavy COI editing. -- ferret ( talk) 18:22, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
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List of video games with PS1-style tank controls seems like a very notable list. -- Pres N 20:12, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
←) Any opinions on F-Zero 99? Keep as is or redirect? Sudden announcement and release so lack of significant coverage. I believe there will be a slow and steady release of reviews, but still seems like it will stay a small article that can neatly fit on F-Zero (video game). « Ryūkotsusei » 18:43, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Is it possible to put everything In Alphabetical order at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Requests instead of month/year added? I think that would make it easier to navigate.(my opinion) Timur9008 ( talk) 10:57, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
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September 14, 2023 | Super Mario 64 | 1996 | [16] [17] | Put notes here |
September 14, 2023 | Shigeru Miyamoto | N/A | [18] [19] | Put notes here |
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There is currently a discussion on the talk page as to whether or not this DLC deserves an article now that some of it has released. I myself am abstaining from the vote since I don't want to be spoiled from the plot of the DLC. ― Blaze Wolf Talkblaze__wolf 19:06, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I noticed that occasionally open source games use the {{ Infobox software}}, as in Freeciv for instance. Shouldn't these use {{ Infobox video game}}? It lists more technical information, which might be more suitable for an open source (or open software) game, but I do not see the benefits of listing coding languages, stable releases, etc. Thoughts? soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 12:44, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
As in the article link, Recurring elements in the Final Fantasy series has been nominated for deletion. Bringing up here and at the Square Enix WikiProject so general and specific input can be brought. I'm not sure how to go with this, and the tone of the nom kinda threw me off speaking honestly. If it ends up being deleted, all well and good, but comments required. ProtoDrake ( talk) 12:52, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
The current reviewer, Cukie Gherkin, is unable to finish the review due to IRL conflicts. Is someone willing to pick up and complete the review? Panini! • 🥪 00:08, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
I've been trying to expand Mega Man Maverick Hunter X but I'm kinda not sure about something. Once the player beats the game, they have access to a 30 minute episode based on the villain's past. Should I elaborate about the episode's plot somewhere like the plot section? Cheers. Tintor2 ( talk) 22:01, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Counter-Strike: Global Offensive#CS:GO has been completely replaced by CS2 in steam. It's unclear how we need to handle this, as CS2 has replaced CS:GO (similar to OW1->OW2). For Dota and Dota Reborn, they were ultimately treated as the same game. For OW1 and OW2, OW2 was clearly intended to be a separate game that instead became an update. CS2 has always been worded by Valve as a "Update" to CS:GO, so... please weigh in. -- ferret ( talk) 20:50, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I'm wanting to edit the Purr Pals page to include an image of the back box art, but not sure how to navigate it regarding copyright and licensing. I've posted on that talk page, but just to paste it here for ease:
I want to add this box art image to show the back cover for the game. I am aware that the game cover itself is likely copyrighted material, and I also am not sure how the licensing works being derived from GameFAQs as well. I saw that there's this page on the cover licensing rights, but am not sure how simple or nuanced it would be to add an image from another source.
Thanks :] <>< AnteaterStim ( talk) 11:26, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Some pages uses both Category:Virtual Console games and one of its subcategory (such as Category:Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS). On the other hand, there are some pages that use just the subcategory, such as Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal. Should the main category be used or not? Redjedi23 ( talk) 13:43, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
It's been drawn to my attention that Dino Dini has made a brand-new post on LinkedIn, specifically refuting content from several Wikipedia pages - namely his and Kick Off (series) - which originated from an interview with Steve Screech ( ref). With the validity of Screech's claims called into question, do we have grounds for removing the content that states that he is the originator of Kick Off? BOTTO ( T• C) 22:38, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I'm a little rusty, how do we establish/check notability for a website? MinnMax is on my watchlist and it just popped up. It reads like an ad and I'd be happy to copy-edit it, but I don't know if it's worth keeping it at all. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 11:15, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
I'd like to float a discussion here to the project, regarding the maintenance and continued existence of Portal:Video games. With over 110,000 incoming links, it is one of the most linked subject specific portals and garners relatively high views compared to many others. Unfortunately, "relatively" means those 110,000 links result in only 200 views a day. A few years ago, much of the portal infrastructure was revamped and automated, so that the front pages would not require constant maintenance. However, it still requires various subpages to be populated and updated. The FA and GA sections stay up-to-date because they feed off our own maintained project subpages. However, the "Selected Pictures" are fed by a subpage that doesn't seem to have been maintained since ~2008-2009. The DKY list seems to have not been updated since it was created in 2016. The "This month in video gaming" subpages appear to have gone unmaintained since ~2008-2009 as well. The "Selected Topics" haven't been updated since ~2012-2014 (This one is difficult to check as it requires looking at dozens of subpages). The "General Images" carousel is fed by just 5 pages and essentially static (Early history of video games, History of video games, History of arcade video games, History of video game consoles, Video game).
This project is, nominally, responsible for maintaining this portal. So the question is... do we want to? Are we going to? If the project has a consensus that this portal will not or is not maintained, I plan to submit an MfD for it's deletion. To be clear, this discussion itself cannot result in the portal being deleted. It's to gauge where the project sits before going to the wider community for MfD. -- ferret ( talk) 15:28, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
MFD'd: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Video games -- ferret ( talk) 20:19, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
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There are some weird redirects after the creation of recent Sims 2 expansion articles: The Sims 2: Pets (old), The Sims 2: Nightlife (old), The Sims 2: Open for Business (old), The Sims 2: University (old). Should their histories be merged? -- Mika1h ( talk) 00:08, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
Would anyone mind if we move the category to Category:Draft articles about video games? The current wording feels very off Trade ( talk) 22:27, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
A sandbox video game - conveniently titled Sandbox (video game) (s&box) - has been in development for a number of years at Facepunch, the makers of Garry's Mod. Back in 2021, a VFD consensus was to turn the page into a redirect to Facepunch. The page was recreated in July, and I just cleaned out a bunch of information about Garry's Mod that I think was extraneous, given that the two projects aren't directly connected. What was left was a page about the same size as the one that was deleted in 2021, containing some general statements. The game still hasn't come out and still doesn't have a release date.
What's the appropriate course of action here? I think the user-created content section should be deleted, given that it's fan work for a game that hasn't even come out yet. What's left after that is a block of text where half the references are to the same, primary source, the s&box website. I don't want to take this directly to the VFD chopping block just yet, both because I respect other people's work and because the game, as a major offering from a notable studio, will likely be notable when/if it comes out, but I can't say I think this would stand up to any kind of outside scrutiny. To me, too much of what's here is obviously fancruft and the rest fails the notability test at present. What do other people think? Moonreach ( talk) 18:34, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
I've come across quite a few articles over time for games that were released for Xbox which mention in their leads that they have been made available on subsequent Xbox consoles, predominantly Series X/S, via backwards-compatibility. We list the platforms the game was released on upon or after launch, but considering we don't treat backwards-compatibility as a new release of a game and eligible for the infobox, I don't see why we need to mention what next-generation consoles it was made available on, often years after its release. Furthermore, according to the full list, more than a third of all Xbox 360 games are available on the One and Series X/S, so unless individual examples were an exception, any recognition is therefore insignificant. Wikibenboy94 ( talk) 20:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
I've trialled this question a few times over the years but never to a grand response. The way we currently handle "id Software" is, technically, a violation of MOS:TMRULES, which requires that we "Capitalize trademarks, like proper names." Despite this, our usage of the lower-case name is seemingly consistent throughout the project. Is there a precedent for us not capitalizing "id"? IceWelder [ ✉] 14:36, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mirror's Edge (2010 video game)#Requested move 26 September 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ModernDayTrilobite ( talk • contribs) 14:23, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I'm not very familiar with the page, but if the following request is more suited to WikiProject Cleanup, please let me know.
Earlier this year, a new account whose contributions have been solely for this article, created a draft for Martha Is Dead, apparently without realising an article for the game already existed. As the existing article was pretty thin and the draft was a lot more extensive, the decision was made to merge the draft into it. A review was then proposed to ascertain whether the merging has been done appropriately, and a template for cleanup added around the same time.
I don't know if the template was in response to this, but the article is now in a pretty poor state due to much of what was written for the draft being unnecessary, poorly-sourced (or using questionable sources), and often violating WP:NPOV, typically through puffery; I have outlined the main problems in more detail on the article's talk. Wikibenboy94 ( talk) 19:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
Some of the Dream SMP members have pages on them, and Ranboo should have one. 98.97.32.22 ( talk) 18:23, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, I want to report here this discussion: Talk:New Super Mario Bros.#Tree Redjedi23 ( talk) 18:31, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
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Was out of town, so later than usual. -- Pres N 15:09, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Requests has gone under a complete restructuring.
Please take a look. TarkusAB talk/ contrib 19:25, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
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Articles like 2022 in video games tend to get very long. I propose that these articles be split into two articles. 2022 in video games can be about the general overview, awards, major events, the industry, video game tech, film adaptations, etc. Then the actual super long list of games can be split to List of video games in 2022 or List of 2022 video game releases. This would make both the general summary and the list easier to access and read without the other getting in the way. I suggest splitting all of the articles from 2001 in video games through 2024 in video games like this. Thebiguglyalien ( talk) 22:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
References should be in <ref>[url & title]</ref> format, as full citations make the page too slow to load, and too big to edit.Making everyone manually type out the citation information instead of using the template wouldn't solve the length issue, but it would decrease the page load while still allowing for references that are being used for the inclusion criteria. ~Cheers, Ten Ton Parasol 18:06, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Discussion is here. Many of the original voters were already on the fence of using the Dark Moon subtitle. Panini! • 🥪 19:07, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
A old game, but please, can you create this article. It have on Turkish wiki: tr:Age of History II СтасС ( talk) 00:22, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
I was adding descriptions of genras to games listed at game canon. That one doesn't exist, unless the game listed ( Sensible World of Soccer) there is meant to represent the genra of Sports video game. In either case, it seems like a possible fun topic to create a new article on, if anyone is so inclined. (We have a List of association football video games and category, but no main article). Hmmm, that probably would need to be a disambig between Association and American footballs? :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:02, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
GamesRadar+, the Golden Joystick Awards, and Future Publishing are once again giving away free long-form ebooks for voting in the awards. Here are the direct links to the books:
Reminder for 2022:
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Regards, IceWelder [ ✉] 20:32, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that Doom (1993 video game) is in the following categories:
I'm aware that the open source release of Doom enabled unofficial ports that could be played on high-end Amigas with additional expansion hardware, and I can see the logic that goes "if it runs (to any degree) on an Amiga (of any kind), then it's an Amiga game". But I find that logic too reductive, and the resulting categorisation to be misleading. Per WP:NONDEF, I don't think there are any sources that would refer to Doom as an Amiga game. Furthermore, even if you can run a recompiled version of the open source Doom engine code on an Amiga, you still need the proprietary assets from a copy of the game from one of the platforms it was originally released on. Those assets were never released as an Amiga game (regardless that their file format may be platform-agnostic). In my view, recompiling the engine source code and hacking it together with PC game assets is not enough to say that Doom is actually an Amiga game. The article mentions that Doom has been unofficially ported to oscilloscopes. I don't see the Amiga port as altogether different from this.
This categorisation is particularly problematic because the specific issue of the Amiga not having Doom is often cited as a notable factor in its downfall.
Here, for example: Can you run Doom on the Amiga? No, not really, and arguably that was one of the causes for the computer’s demise in the mid-90s as it failed to catch up on the FPS craze of the PC world.
Personally, I think these categories should be removed just on the basis of not meeting the WP:NONDEF guideline, but I wonder if there is consensus for going further, to state that any system's games category should only include games that were officially released for that system. Barnards.tar.gz ( talk) 12:00, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
Hello. I added several {{ citation needed}} to the Melee page and also reported a doubt about a source in Talk:Super Smash Bros. Melee. These days I will try to improve the page, but it would be great if someone already knows where to find the sources Redjedi23 ( talk) 22:46, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
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As a note, Yuuki (Sword Art Online) and all the other SAO character articles are included in the video games project seemingly because the manga/anime takes place in an MMO, rather than because they're characters in an actual video game. Which is fine, but: I just added them to the Characters taskforce, as they're... characters tagged for the video games project, and now I'm second-guessing myself for if the task force would include them. -- Pres N 14:14, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
we need to fix all the mentions to designate it as a comprehensive update like Grand Theft Auto Online, rather than a "sequel"I think the annoying CRYSTAL-ish thing here is that the game just simply isn't out yet, so we can't actually make this determination with complete confidence--particularly w/r/t how Valve presents it and how the media and reviews are going to cover it. I think my preferred outcome here is just that CS2 remains a redirect until the update is actually out later this year, and then we can make a clean decision based on sources and the release description. Anything we decide before that is, again, somewhat CRYSTAL imo. Alyo ( chat· edits) 15:35, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
Anyone here know anything about this MMORPG? Rock Paper Shotgun reviewed it in 2019 while it was still in early access, and it was apparently popular on release in 2023. Gamepressure says it was made by a Polish developer, so it's probably got some coverage in Polish sources. The problem is that Google Translate doesn't do a great job of translating them. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 22:42, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
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I feel like it violates WP:NOTMIRROR as for the most part it just calculates the highest Metascores as it might if you used the Metacritic search function. Therefore, my first thought is to reject as "contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia" but I would like others' input into whether it is warranted. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 16:40, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
"Notability of lists (whether titled as "List of Xs" or "Xs") is based on the group. One accepted reason why a list topic is considered notable is if it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources, per the above guidelines; notable list topics are appropriate for a stand-alone list. The entirety of the list does not need to be documented in sources for notability, only that the grouping or set in general has been."This is very helpful, because we can take it and see that there are no sources whatsoever that discuss this grouping of elements as a group by the criteria of "Metacritic must-plays". So, unfortunately, the list does not meet the standards for a stand-alone list. -- Pres N 23:09, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
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Help is urgently needed at Talk:Pokémon. Any positive assistance is appreciated. Thanks! - Manifestation ( talk) 15:20, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
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Charizard has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 11:41, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi everyone! On behalf of Scott Miller, I've proposed some updates to the 3D Realms article here. There are some inaccuracies in our coverage of its history that Miller noticed and I've agreed to present them on talk so we can resolve them. (It's nothing outrageous and shouldn't take too much effort to fix—I would do it myself if it wasn't for the fact I've been in direct contact with Miller over it and he's offered to pay.) JOE BRO 64 15:37, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
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I have nominated Chrono Cross for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. George Ho ( talk) 09:56, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi all. I've found this site which lists the links to game interviews.(HomeLan News) [13]
Thought i'd share because it might be of some use to anyone who wants to improve said articles from the games mentioned there. Timur9008 ( talk) 15:59, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:F.A.N.G. (Street Fighter)#Requested move 7 August 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — DaxServer ( t · m · e · c) 10:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Read subject! It's based off the game
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Can I get a temperature check on List of review-bombing incidents? It seems like The Gamers(tm) are Mad(tm) about something at least once a month and this list could quickly get unmanageable. And our normal checks and balances against this probably won't work because more and more RS websites are putting out ragebaity articles on reviewbombs as they happen, whether they're real or imagined. I don't mind keeping the most significant examples at the main review bomb page but I think a "hall of fame" list may not be appropriate. Axem Titanium ( talk) 19:56, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
If anyone is looking for a big project, global warming game could probably use some editing and pruning. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 02:59, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
@ Soetermans and I are of differing opinions when it comes to using "Smash 4" as an alternate title for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and we thought we'd solicit some opinions here in add on to the talk page on that article. It's an interesting case because it involves two games which are technically separate but widely considered one and the same with some platform-specific differences. This and the fact that nowhere else in the article references the community's adoption of "Smash 4" as a name for the two games leads me, at least, to believe that the term should be included as an alternate name in parentheses. But regardless we were wondering where you all might stand on this. ErrorDestroyer ( talk) 03:57, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Hello. You may be interested in an open RfC regarding the use of dexerto.com as a reliable source at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Dexerto. Your input would be appreciated. Thank you, - Skipple ☎ 14:19, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mother (video game)#Requested move 11 August 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – Material Works 16:33, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
I stumbled across the Return of the Obra Dinn article again today and was reminded that an edit I made a few months back had been reverted. In it, I added parameters for Lucas Pope as the designer, programmer, and composer for the game. Dissident93 undid this edit with the following rationale: "this was intentional, we don't need to list the same guy 5 times". I thought I reached out to Dissident93 directly but I can't find that conversation for the life of me, so I've tagged them here.
While I understand where Dissident93 is coming from, I strongly disagree with that rationale for any form of media. Games have so many aspects to their creation, and the fact that Pope is only listed as the "designer" and "artist" for Obra Dinn right now negates the work he did programming and scoring the game as well.
To be clear, I completely agree that we should not list the same person multiple times when they have a more generic credit, such as Mike Bithell's "Creator" credit for Thomas Was Alone. However, I believe the infobox should reflect how people are credited in the actual media, and in the case of Obra Dinn, Pope credits himself for "Programming, Design, Art, Sound & Music". This also extends to Pope's Papers Please, where he is credited for "Design, Code, Art, Music, Sound", but is currently only listed as the designer in the infobox.
Let me know your thoughts!
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This edit. Should it be included on the List of Mario role-playing games? I'd like to get some second opinions. Panini! • 🥪 18:52, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Hoping to come to a consensus on this discussion which was mentioned in #New Articles (August 7 to August 13) above. Axem Titanium ( talk) 20:54, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
While trying to improve the notability of Goro Majima. I found this book that discusses the franchise but it's all in Portuguese and I can't copy the text to google translate for some reason. Is there any user who understands Portuguese might help me. It might help to establish far more notability as I found two scholars discussing his characterization Yakuza 0 as well as a best character award but the rest of the sources are instead reviews. Tintor2 ( talk) 23:49, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
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I am currently going through this video game article, currently rated as Start-class, but has recently greatly been expanded but also have recently began making some edits, specifically removal of links and recurrent edits, which are quickly replaced by further unreliable sources. Also they are universally negative, leading me to question to bias, especially considering the reception section appears to be mostly balanced for a mixed reception game but has recently had efforts to make not just that section but the overall page itself much more negative (it is no secret online wrestling fandoms can be extremely argumentative). I was wondering if someone more experienced than me could check the sourcing and also review the page in its current state. Many thanks. FrankWithStein ( talk) 07:44, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
it is no secret online wrestling fandoms can be extremely argumentativeYou can say that again too. For some reason there's a great deal of tribalism where it concerns rival companies/promotions, which could well have seeped into this article. — Czello ( music) 07:50, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
Could someone please take a look when possible, or point me int he direction to request this as it is still ongoing with one user routinely adding as much negative press from unreliable sources, despite multiple attemots to remove and clean up, adding reasons why and opening discussion on the talk page about it. FrankWithStein ( talk) 11:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Coin945, previously known for multiple blocks due to COPYVIO issues and extremely close paraphrasing, has been indefinitely blocked. After their last final warnings related to COPYVIO in August 2022, they disappeared for a few months to return in July 2023. Since then, they've created over a dozen articles that have made it into mainspace... and all of them were created with ChatGPT, which they have admitted.
These articles need a critical eye to remove any potential COPYVIO, or simply merge/re-draftify them, as often the sourcing is lacking.
If you've reviewed one of these and feel it's fine to leave as is, please strikethrough it on my list. I do not believe you can trust any text to actually be verifiable. Coin claims they checked everything ChatGPT output against sources, but somehow did not read closely enough to notice the flowery promotional output it constantly produced. -- ferret ( talk) 20:29, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
The current Atari has announced a new console, the Atari 2600+, which is based on a SoC internals and has other differentiating features from the original Atari 2600, though interestingly has a cartridge slot compatible with 2600 and 7200 games. (Whether there will be internal storage to load additional games, its not yet known or clear) Some IPs have taken to imply that this is an extension of the original Atari 2600 product line, thus making the lifetime of the Atari 2600 from 1977 to present. I don't read that product announcement in that way, but would appreciate input on the 2600 article. (It does make sense to cover the 2600+ there, just not treat it as a continuation of the original 2600 manufacturing run). Masem ( t) 23:24, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
hey can you guys please check this profile Knee he is South Korean International Tekken player he has vast historny in tekken international tournaments and he won 2 to 3 tekken Evo Championship i have some sources about him here are some sources links : https://www.redbull.com/int-en/drx-knee-evo-2022-tekken-7-winner https://kotaku.com/a-tekken-legends-visit-to-pakistan-is-met-with-both-che-1840183690 https://osgamers.com/frequently-asked-questions/who-is-knee-tekken-real-name https://appuals.com/knee-wins-evo-2022/ https://www.oneesports.gg/tekken/knee-trained-pakistan-beat-tekken-god/ https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-the-issue-heat-system-many-games-drx-knee-talks-red-bull-golden-letters-tournament-tekken-8-exclusive he is finalist in tekken evo championships and Tekken world tours in many countries his profile is same like Arsalan Ash he is Pakistani Tekken Champion he faced many times in many tournaments so can you guys can check knee profile is he eligible for a wikipedia page i ask this same question in Wikipedia help desk but can't get final answer so the person on wikipedia help desk recommend to ask questions here about gaming and players so can anyone help me about this and i also write full page on knee in my sandbox : /info/en/?search=User:Ab.Haris999/sandbox mostly details i used from liquidpedia and wikitia if anyone can review this sources and my sandbox i can move this page into mainspace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ab.Haris999 ( talk • contribs) 17:50, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
I don't know if this is old news but I just noticed a bunch of previously dead archived pages that relied on Adobe Flash just sprang to life due to Ruffle emulation. Neat. Mika1h ( talk) 18:39, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
A month ago, I nomationed Tinykin to the peer review but the only request from other editor I got so far is from @ Z1720. While other quickly got requests, mine seemed abandoned. Is there anything I can do with the article for a possible chance for GA nomation. NatwonTSG2 ( talk) 16:09, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
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Congrats to Kung Fu Man for " Megalovania", which went from creation to GA in a week! On a different note, see the section above for new articles that need to be reviewed/merged; looks like Coin didn't tag any of them for WPVG. -- Pres N 21:06, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
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In many cases, delisting of games happens quietly with no announcement either by the developer or news coverage discussing it. In this case, do we not mention it in the article at all or just say "as of 2023, it is no longer available" with no source cited or something? Is crawling through archive.org wayback machine archives of the store listing and determining from that an approximate year of disappearance acceptable? I was unable to find existing guidance for this. Waxworker ( talk) 16:38, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
There is a subpage for this project known as essential articles, which appears to have had a use years ago to be an assortment of articles that would be used to create Wikipedia Books. It was also meant to document the "most essential articles" in the discussion of video games. However, until I updated it a couple months ago, this article was basically abandoned for years (no new listed topics such as the ninth generation of consoles and no updated quality assessments) and appears to have been basically replaced with the importance scale. Wikipedia Books have also been a deprecated concept since 2021, apparently. So my question is, does this subpage serve any relevant use, and is it worth continuing to update? Negative MP1 22:32, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
Recently in a few weeks, I've been improving alot to the Wii U GamePad article, and i am posting this here to get any more suggestions to be made to this article. I wanna eventually get this article into GA status alongside the main Wii U article. Summerslam2022 ( talk) 18:14, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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Smaller week than usual! I think I'm going to re-redirect Collection of Mana, unless there's objections- 2 sentences about a compilation release does not an article make. -- Pres N 02:02, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
I posted a link to a potentially reliable and significant coverage source that I discovered. Would like to get some opinions about it & if it helps on Toriel's notability. Skyshifter talk 20:48, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
I started a list draft for the machines of the Horizon series earlier this year and then haven't worked on it much since as I've gone back and forth on if it's worth continuing or just moving on.
Just looking for some feedback. Is it something that people think would pass in the mainspace (obviously not in its current state)? Or should I just not bother with the draft anymore? -- ZooBlazer talk 05:27, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
The Doom (1993 video game) FAC is in danger of stalling out; it's gotten one support and a half-review, but could use some more reviewer attention. Willing to trade reviews for anyone willing to give it a look. -- Pres N 01:51, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
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The article Caesar III contains the text: The GOG.com version was subsequently released onto Steam in 2016, but the client-based DRM of Steam has caused that version to suffer from stability and compatibility problems not seen on the original digital version provided by GOG.com. The editor originally provided a link to user discussions on the Steam page for the source for this statement. I haven't been able to find any guidance on when an article should (1) address a game's technical or performance issues; and (2) where those issues are not covered by secondary sources, refer to user generated sources. Any help on this would be appreciated. VRXCES ( talk) 08:35, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
I would greatly appreciate proofreading and suggestions. Thanks! /info/en/?search=Draft_talk:List_of_video_game_modes#Suggestions/_Preparation_to_be_Accepted UnexpectedSmoreInquisition ( talk) 21:57, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Since yesterday, Metacritic has a new design. As part of this, the site has changed its overview format from one page per platform per game to just one per game. For example, Grand Theft Auto V currently links to the following platform-specific URLs:
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If you access any of them now, they will lead you here:
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Regardless of which link you used, the platform shown will be the PlayStation 4 (97/100 at 66 reviews). The score shown by default seems to that generated from the most reviews, regardless of whether it has the best score (see an example where the lesser score has more reviews). This effectively breaks our links for the vast majority of multi-platform games. The platform-specific scores can still be found on the overview pages with all reviews, but again under a new link scheme. Previously, you would have accessed them like so:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/grand-theft-auto-v/critic-reviews
Now, this was changed to:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/grand-theft-auto-v/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3
This begs the question: Do we need to update these links for all game articles? Do we need to mark them as dead? Should either of these be a bot task? IceWelder [ ✉] 10:17, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
As the article belongs to the WikiProject Video games, I thought I share my thoughts in here. I recently reworked the article about the German Computer Game Awards ( Deutscher Computerspielpreis). I already opened a topic about a possible name change at the talk page a couple of months ago and got no response (the options are now outdated though).
There is currently one non-german source that refers to the award as the German Computer Game Awards while the German Games Industry Association game also uses that translation on their official page. Examples that translate the original language into English are the Czech Game of the Year Awards or Slovak Game of the Year Awards.
Can anyone share their thoughts on this? Or maybe tell me what steps I should take on other than using a talk page? I have no previous experience on renaming / moving articles. Thanks! Vestigium Leonis ( talk) 23:29, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Please see Draft_talk:Defold#WP:N_Breakdown, looking for a relatively quick support/oppose discussion on whether sourcing has reached levels appropriate for WP:NPRODUCT. The question is whether enough sustained sigcov has been found. Unfortunately there is a LOT of non-independent sourcing here, but I think we've gotten a good set of sources lined up. The article needs carefully handling due to very heavy COI editing. -- ferret ( talk) 18:22, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
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List of video games with PS1-style tank controls seems like a very notable list. -- Pres N 20:12, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
←) Any opinions on F-Zero 99? Keep as is or redirect? Sudden announcement and release so lack of significant coverage. I believe there will be a slow and steady release of reviews, but still seems like it will stay a small article that can neatly fit on F-Zero (video game). « Ryūkotsusei » 18:43, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Is it possible to put everything In Alphabetical order at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Requests instead of month/year added? I think that would make it easier to navigate.(my opinion) Timur9008 ( talk) 10:57, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
Requested | Article | Release year | Sources | Notes |
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September 14, 2023 | Super Mario Bros. | 1985 | [14] [15] | Put notes here |
September 14, 2023 | Super Mario 64 | 1996 | [16] [17] | Put notes here |
September 14, 2023 | Shigeru Miyamoto | N/A | [18] [19] | Put notes here |
Update
There is currently a discussion on the talk page as to whether or not this DLC deserves an article now that some of it has released. I myself am abstaining from the vote since I don't want to be spoiled from the plot of the DLC. ― Blaze Wolf Talkblaze__wolf 19:06, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I noticed that occasionally open source games use the {{ Infobox software}}, as in Freeciv for instance. Shouldn't these use {{ Infobox video game}}? It lists more technical information, which might be more suitable for an open source (or open software) game, but I do not see the benefits of listing coding languages, stable releases, etc. Thoughts? soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 12:44, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
As in the article link, Recurring elements in the Final Fantasy series has been nominated for deletion. Bringing up here and at the Square Enix WikiProject so general and specific input can be brought. I'm not sure how to go with this, and the tone of the nom kinda threw me off speaking honestly. If it ends up being deleted, all well and good, but comments required. ProtoDrake ( talk) 12:52, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
The current reviewer, Cukie Gherkin, is unable to finish the review due to IRL conflicts. Is someone willing to pick up and complete the review? Panini! • 🥪 00:08, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
I've been trying to expand Mega Man Maverick Hunter X but I'm kinda not sure about something. Once the player beats the game, they have access to a 30 minute episode based on the villain's past. Should I elaborate about the episode's plot somewhere like the plot section? Cheers. Tintor2 ( talk) 22:01, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Counter-Strike: Global Offensive#CS:GO has been completely replaced by CS2 in steam. It's unclear how we need to handle this, as CS2 has replaced CS:GO (similar to OW1->OW2). For Dota and Dota Reborn, they were ultimately treated as the same game. For OW1 and OW2, OW2 was clearly intended to be a separate game that instead became an update. CS2 has always been worded by Valve as a "Update" to CS:GO, so... please weigh in. -- ferret ( talk) 20:50, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I'm wanting to edit the Purr Pals page to include an image of the back box art, but not sure how to navigate it regarding copyright and licensing. I've posted on that talk page, but just to paste it here for ease:
I want to add this box art image to show the back cover for the game. I am aware that the game cover itself is likely copyrighted material, and I also am not sure how the licensing works being derived from GameFAQs as well. I saw that there's this page on the cover licensing rights, but am not sure how simple or nuanced it would be to add an image from another source.
Thanks :] <>< AnteaterStim ( talk) 11:26, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Some pages uses both Category:Virtual Console games and one of its subcategory (such as Category:Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS). On the other hand, there are some pages that use just the subcategory, such as Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal. Should the main category be used or not? Redjedi23 ( talk) 13:43, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
It's been drawn to my attention that Dino Dini has made a brand-new post on LinkedIn, specifically refuting content from several Wikipedia pages - namely his and Kick Off (series) - which originated from an interview with Steve Screech ( ref). With the validity of Screech's claims called into question, do we have grounds for removing the content that states that he is the originator of Kick Off? BOTTO ( T• C) 22:38, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I'm a little rusty, how do we establish/check notability for a website? MinnMax is on my watchlist and it just popped up. It reads like an ad and I'd be happy to copy-edit it, but I don't know if it's worth keeping it at all. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 11:15, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
I'd like to float a discussion here to the project, regarding the maintenance and continued existence of Portal:Video games. With over 110,000 incoming links, it is one of the most linked subject specific portals and garners relatively high views compared to many others. Unfortunately, "relatively" means those 110,000 links result in only 200 views a day. A few years ago, much of the portal infrastructure was revamped and automated, so that the front pages would not require constant maintenance. However, it still requires various subpages to be populated and updated. The FA and GA sections stay up-to-date because they feed off our own maintained project subpages. However, the "Selected Pictures" are fed by a subpage that doesn't seem to have been maintained since ~2008-2009. The DKY list seems to have not been updated since it was created in 2016. The "This month in video gaming" subpages appear to have gone unmaintained since ~2008-2009 as well. The "Selected Topics" haven't been updated since ~2012-2014 (This one is difficult to check as it requires looking at dozens of subpages). The "General Images" carousel is fed by just 5 pages and essentially static (Early history of video games, History of video games, History of arcade video games, History of video game consoles, Video game).
This project is, nominally, responsible for maintaining this portal. So the question is... do we want to? Are we going to? If the project has a consensus that this portal will not or is not maintained, I plan to submit an MfD for it's deletion. To be clear, this discussion itself cannot result in the portal being deleted. It's to gauge where the project sits before going to the wider community for MfD. -- ferret ( talk) 15:28, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
MFD'd: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Video games -- ferret ( talk) 20:19, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
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There are some weird redirects after the creation of recent Sims 2 expansion articles: The Sims 2: Pets (old), The Sims 2: Nightlife (old), The Sims 2: Open for Business (old), The Sims 2: University (old). Should their histories be merged? -- Mika1h ( talk) 00:08, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
Would anyone mind if we move the category to Category:Draft articles about video games? The current wording feels very off Trade ( talk) 22:27, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
A sandbox video game - conveniently titled Sandbox (video game) (s&box) - has been in development for a number of years at Facepunch, the makers of Garry's Mod. Back in 2021, a VFD consensus was to turn the page into a redirect to Facepunch. The page was recreated in July, and I just cleaned out a bunch of information about Garry's Mod that I think was extraneous, given that the two projects aren't directly connected. What was left was a page about the same size as the one that was deleted in 2021, containing some general statements. The game still hasn't come out and still doesn't have a release date.
What's the appropriate course of action here? I think the user-created content section should be deleted, given that it's fan work for a game that hasn't even come out yet. What's left after that is a block of text where half the references are to the same, primary source, the s&box website. I don't want to take this directly to the VFD chopping block just yet, both because I respect other people's work and because the game, as a major offering from a notable studio, will likely be notable when/if it comes out, but I can't say I think this would stand up to any kind of outside scrutiny. To me, too much of what's here is obviously fancruft and the rest fails the notability test at present. What do other people think? Moonreach ( talk) 18:34, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
I've come across quite a few articles over time for games that were released for Xbox which mention in their leads that they have been made available on subsequent Xbox consoles, predominantly Series X/S, via backwards-compatibility. We list the platforms the game was released on upon or after launch, but considering we don't treat backwards-compatibility as a new release of a game and eligible for the infobox, I don't see why we need to mention what next-generation consoles it was made available on, often years after its release. Furthermore, according to the full list, more than a third of all Xbox 360 games are available on the One and Series X/S, so unless individual examples were an exception, any recognition is therefore insignificant. Wikibenboy94 ( talk) 20:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
I've trialled this question a few times over the years but never to a grand response. The way we currently handle "id Software" is, technically, a violation of MOS:TMRULES, which requires that we "Capitalize trademarks, like proper names." Despite this, our usage of the lower-case name is seemingly consistent throughout the project. Is there a precedent for us not capitalizing "id"? IceWelder [ ✉] 14:36, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mirror's Edge (2010 video game)#Requested move 26 September 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ModernDayTrilobite ( talk • contribs) 14:23, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I'm not very familiar with the page, but if the following request is more suited to WikiProject Cleanup, please let me know.
Earlier this year, a new account whose contributions have been solely for this article, created a draft for Martha Is Dead, apparently without realising an article for the game already existed. As the existing article was pretty thin and the draft was a lot more extensive, the decision was made to merge the draft into it. A review was then proposed to ascertain whether the merging has been done appropriately, and a template for cleanup added around the same time.
I don't know if the template was in response to this, but the article is now in a pretty poor state due to much of what was written for the draft being unnecessary, poorly-sourced (or using questionable sources), and often violating WP:NPOV, typically through puffery; I have outlined the main problems in more detail on the article's talk. Wikibenboy94 ( talk) 19:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
Some of the Dream SMP members have pages on them, and Ranboo should have one. 98.97.32.22 ( talk) 18:23, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, I want to report here this discussion: Talk:New Super Mario Bros.#Tree Redjedi23 ( talk) 18:31, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
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Was out of town, so later than usual. -- Pres N 15:09, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Requests has gone under a complete restructuring.
Please take a look. TarkusAB talk/ contrib 19:25, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
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Articles like 2022 in video games tend to get very long. I propose that these articles be split into two articles. 2022 in video games can be about the general overview, awards, major events, the industry, video game tech, film adaptations, etc. Then the actual super long list of games can be split to List of video games in 2022 or List of 2022 video game releases. This would make both the general summary and the list easier to access and read without the other getting in the way. I suggest splitting all of the articles from 2001 in video games through 2024 in video games like this. Thebiguglyalien ( talk) 22:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
References should be in <ref>[url & title]</ref> format, as full citations make the page too slow to load, and too big to edit.Making everyone manually type out the citation information instead of using the template wouldn't solve the length issue, but it would decrease the page load while still allowing for references that are being used for the inclusion criteria. ~Cheers, Ten Ton Parasol 18:06, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Discussion is here. Many of the original voters were already on the fence of using the Dark Moon subtitle. Panini! • 🥪 19:07, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
A old game, but please, can you create this article. It have on Turkish wiki: tr:Age of History II СтасС ( talk) 00:22, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
I was adding descriptions of genras to games listed at game canon. That one doesn't exist, unless the game listed ( Sensible World of Soccer) there is meant to represent the genra of Sports video game. In either case, it seems like a possible fun topic to create a new article on, if anyone is so inclined. (We have a List of association football video games and category, but no main article). Hmmm, that probably would need to be a disambig between Association and American footballs? :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:02, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
GamesRadar+, the Golden Joystick Awards, and Future Publishing are once again giving away free long-form ebooks for voting in the awards. Here are the direct links to the books:
Reminder for 2022:
and 2019:
Regards, IceWelder [ ✉] 20:32, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that Doom (1993 video game) is in the following categories:
I'm aware that the open source release of Doom enabled unofficial ports that could be played on high-end Amigas with additional expansion hardware, and I can see the logic that goes "if it runs (to any degree) on an Amiga (of any kind), then it's an Amiga game". But I find that logic too reductive, and the resulting categorisation to be misleading. Per WP:NONDEF, I don't think there are any sources that would refer to Doom as an Amiga game. Furthermore, even if you can run a recompiled version of the open source Doom engine code on an Amiga, you still need the proprietary assets from a copy of the game from one of the platforms it was originally released on. Those assets were never released as an Amiga game (regardless that their file format may be platform-agnostic). In my view, recompiling the engine source code and hacking it together with PC game assets is not enough to say that Doom is actually an Amiga game. The article mentions that Doom has been unofficially ported to oscilloscopes. I don't see the Amiga port as altogether different from this.
This categorisation is particularly problematic because the specific issue of the Amiga not having Doom is often cited as a notable factor in its downfall.
Here, for example: Can you run Doom on the Amiga? No, not really, and arguably that was one of the causes for the computer’s demise in the mid-90s as it failed to catch up on the FPS craze of the PC world.
Personally, I think these categories should be removed just on the basis of not meeting the WP:NONDEF guideline, but I wonder if there is consensus for going further, to state that any system's games category should only include games that were officially released for that system. Barnards.tar.gz ( talk) 12:00, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
Hello. I added several {{ citation needed}} to the Melee page and also reported a doubt about a source in Talk:Super Smash Bros. Melee. These days I will try to improve the page, but it would be great if someone already knows where to find the sources Redjedi23 ( talk) 22:46, 19 October 2023 (UTC)