List of video game websites

This is a list of video gaming-related websites. A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device,[1] but it now implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images.

List

Website	Launch	Defunct	Owner/Publisher	Language(s)	Type of Site	Alexa Rank
1up.com	2003	2013	Ziff Davis	EN	Magazine
4players.de	2000		Computec Media GmbH	DE	Online game portal	24,520 (April 23, 2019)[2]
ABCya.com	2004			EN
Adultswim.com		N/A	Warner Bros. Entertainment	EN	Videos and games portal	11,130 (April 23, 2019)[3]
Adventure Gamers	1998			EN	Magazine	135,697 (April 23, 2019)[4]
Allgame	1998	2014	All Media Network	EN	Database
Amazon Digital Game Store	2009			EN	Digital distribution portal
Arkadium	2001			EN	Interactive website content provider
Armor Games	2004			EN	Online game portal	4,458 (April 23, 2019)[5]
Australian Gamer	2005	2012		EN	Podcast, comic
Awomo				DE	Digital distribution portal
Beamdog	2010			EN	Social network
Common Sense Media	2003			EN	Nonprofit organization
Cool Math Games	1997			EN	Online game portal
Cutting Room Floor, The	2002	N/A		EN	Wiki, archive
Destructoid	2006	N/A	Enthusiast Gaming	EN	Magazine, social network	16,946 (April 23, 2019)[6]
Desura	2010		Bad Juju Games	EN	Digital distribution portal
Direct2Drive	2004		AtGames	EN	Digital distribution portal	191,128 (April 23, 2019)[7]
DotEmu	2007		DotEmu SAS	EN	Digital distribution portal
Escapist, The	2005	N/A	Enthusiast Gaming	EN	Magazine
Eurogamer	1999	N/A	Gamer Network	EN	Magazine	1,988 (April 23, 2019)[8]
G2A			G2A	EN	Digital storefront
Gamasutra	1997	N/A	UBM TechWeb	EN	Magazine	16,566 (April 23, 2019)[9]
Game & Graphics	2010		Daruma Studio	EN	Blog
Game Informer	1996	N/A	GameStop	EN	Magazine	9,959 (April 23, 2019)[10]
Game Revolution	1996		CraveOnline Media, LLC	EN	Magazine	7,941 (April 23, 2019)[11]
GameAgent	2008		Aspyr	EN	Digital distribution portal
GameFAQs	1995	N/A	CBS Interactive	EN	Database, user content	51,604 (April 23, 2019)[12]
GameFly	2002		GameFly, Inc.	EN	Game rental & digital distribution portal
GameFront	1999		DBolical Pty, Ltd.	EN	Mod & patch digital distribution portal	53,437 (April 23, 2019)[13]
GameHouse	1991		GameHouse	EN	Casual game developer and distributor
Gameplanet	2000		Gameplanet Pty Ltd.	EN	Magazine
Gamepressure	2005		Webedia	EN	Magazine	5723 (September 19, 2019)[14]
GameRankings	1999	N/A	CBS Interactive	EN	Aggregator	36,545 (April 23, 2019)[15]
GamersGate	2006		Gamersgate AB	EN	Digital distribution portal
Games Domain	1994	2005	Yahoo!	EN	Magazine
GameSpot	1996	N/A	CBS Interactive	EN	Magazine	336 (April 23, 2019)[16]
GameSpy	1996	2013	Ziff Davis	EN	Magazine
GamesRadar	2005	N/A	Future plc	EN	Magazine	2,578 (April 23, 2019)[17]
Gamestar	1997		Webedia	DE	Magazine	7,454 (April 23, 2019)[18]
GameTrailers	2002	2016	Defy Media	EN	Video magazine
Gamezebo	2006		Gamezebo, Inc.	EN	Magazine	83,267 (April 23, 2019)[19]
GameZnFlix	2004	2008		EN	Game rental
GameZombie	2007			EN	Video magazine
Giant Bomb	2008	N/A	CBS Interactive	EN	Magazine, wiki	4,555 (April 23, 2019)[20]
GOG.com	2008	N/A	CD Projekt	EN	Digital distribution portal	2,070 (April 23, 2019)[21]
GotFrag	2002		ESEA League	EN	eSports news	781,841 (April 23, 2019)[22]
Green Man Gaming	2010		Green Man Gaming Limited.	EN	Online retailer & digital distribution portal
Humble Bundle	2010	N/A	IGN	EN	Online retailer & digital distribution portal
IGN	1996	N/A	Ziff Davis	EN	Magazine	361 (April 23, 2019)[23]
IMDb	1990	N/A	Amazon	EN	Database	50 (April 23, 2019)[24]
itch.io	2013	N/A	Leaf Corcoran	EN	Digital distribution portal	2,033 (April 23, 2019)[25]
Jay Is Games	2003		Jay Bibby	EN	Magazine (casual games)	95,790 (April 23, 2019)[26]
Joystiq	2004	2015	AOL Inc.	EN	Magazine
Jumboplay	2006	2009	Dragonback Media		Digital distribution portal
Kongregate	2006	N/A	GameStop	EN	Online game portal	1,968 (April 23, 2019)[27]
Kotaku	2004	N/A	Gizmodo Media Group	EN	Blog	1,327 (April 23, 2019)[28]
Lik Sang	1998	2006		EN	Online games & merchandise store
Metacritic	1999	N/A	CBS Interactive	EN	Aggregator	1,362 (April 23, 2019)[29]
Miniclip	2001		Miniclip SA	EN	Online game portal	2,569 (April 23, 2019)[30]
MobyGames	1999	N/A	Blue Flame Labs	EN	Database, user content	21,854 (April 23, 2019)[31]
Mud Connector, The	1995		Andrew Cowan	EN	Magazine (MUDs)
Newgrounds	1995	N/A	Tom Fulp	EN	Online games & multimedia host	2,685 (April 23, 2019)[32]
NextGen Player	2008		Paul Hunter	EN	Blog
Nexus Mods	2007		Robin Scott		Mod community
NG-Gamer	2005	2014	Daan de Jong	NL	Magazine
Ninja Kiwi	2006		Ninja Kiwi	EN	Online game portal & developer	13,099 (April 23, 2019)[33]
NoFrag	2001		NoCorp	FR	Magazine (FPSs)
Origin	2011	N/A	Electronic Arts	EN	Digital distribution portal
PALGN	2003	2014	James Peter	EN	Magazine
PC Games	1992		Computec Media GmbH	DE	Magazine	21,180 (April 23, 2019)[34]
Pelaajalehti.com	2002		H-Town Oy	FI	Magazine
Planet Half-Life	1999	2012	IGN	EN	Half-Life news
Polygon	2012	N/A	Vox Media	EN	Magazine	1,136 (April 23, 2019)[35]
Rock Paper Shotgun	2007	N/A	Rock Paper Shotgun Ltd.	EN	Blog	3,083 (April 23, 2019)[36]
Roll20	2012	N/A	The Orr Group	EN	Virtual tabletop	2,433 (April 23, 2019)[37]
Sarcastic Gamer	2007	2015		EN	Blog
ScrewAttack	2006		Fullscreen	EN	Video magazine
Shacknews	1996		Gamerhub	EN	Magazine	10,185 (April 23, 2019)[38]
Steam	2003	N/A	Valve	28 languages[39]	Digital distribution portal	185 (April 23, 2019) (Store)[40]
Twitch	2011	N/A	Amazon	26 languages	Video streaming	26 (April 23, 2019)[41]
UK Resistance	1996	2011	Gary Cutlack	EN	Magazine (Sega)
Video Games Chronicle	2019		1981 Media	EN	Magazine
Yahoo! Games	1998	2016	Yahoo!	EN	Online game portal
YouTube Gaming	2015	N/A	Google	EN	Online video platform
Zapak	2006		Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group	EN	Online game portal	134,986 (April 23, 2019)[42]

See also

• List of video game webcomics
• Lists of video games

References

1. "Television gaming apparatus and method". United States Patents. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
2. "4players.de Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
3. "Adultswim.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
4. "AdventureGamers.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
5. "Armorgames.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
6. "Destructoid.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
7. "Direct2Drive.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
8. "Eurogamer.net Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
9. "Gamasutra.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
10. "GameInformer.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
11. "Gamerevolution.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
12. "GameFAQs.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
13. "GameFront.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
14. "Gamepressure.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
15. "GameRankings.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
16. "GameSpot.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
17. "GamesRadar.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
18. "Gamestar.de Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
19. "Gamezebo.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
20. "GiantBomb.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
21. "GOG.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
22. "GotFrag.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
23. "IGN.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
24. "IMDb.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
25. "itch.io Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
26. "JayIsGames.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
27. "Kongregate.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
28. "Kotaku.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
29. "Metacritic.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
30. "Miniclip.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
31. "MobyGames.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
32. "Newgrounds.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
33. "NinjaKiwi.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
34. "PCGames.de Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
35. "Polygon.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
36. "RockPaperShotgun.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
37. "Roll20.net Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
38. "Shacknews.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
39. "Steam Translation Server". Steam. Valve. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
40. "Steampowered.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
41. "Twitch Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
42. "Zapak.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

Further reading

• Playing to Learn: Video Games in the Classroom. pp. 229–230.
• From Gamer to Game Designer. pp. 278–279.
• "Development and validation of an instrument to evaluate the content effectiveness of video games: a pilot study". "Most video game websites and magazines offer their own classifications (eg www.gamespot.com, www.gamespy.com and www.gamasutra.com). ..." (subscription required)
• "Introduction to video games, their publishers, and social responsibility concerning video game addiction". p. 6.