GameSpot

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GameSpot

Summary

GameSpot is a video game news website[1]. GameSpot ranks in the top 4% of video_game_news_website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (442 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • GameSpot is located in San Francisco[3].
  • GameSpot is in the country of United States[4].
  • GameSpot's instance of is recorded as video game news website[5].
  • GameSpot's instance of is recorded as organization[6].
  • GameSpot is owned by Fandom, Inc.[7].
  • GameSpot's place of publication is recorded as San Francisco[8].
  • GameSpot's Commons category is recorded as GameSpot[9].
  • GameSpot's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • May 1996 marks the founding of GameSpot[11].
  • GameSpot's official website is recorded as https://www.gamespot.com[12].
  • GameSpot's topic's main category is recorded as Category:GameSpot[13].
  • GameSpot's web feed URL is recorded as https://www.gamespot.com/feeds/mashup[14].
  • GameSpot's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+683'}[15].
  • GameSpot's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+755'}[16].
  • GameSpot's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+703'}[17].
  • GameSpot's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+972'}[18].
  • GameSpot's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5494[19].
  • GameSpot's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9402[20].
  • GameSpot's main Wikidata property is recorded as P12958[21].
  • GameSpot's different from is recorded as GameStop[22].
  • GameSpot's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'amount': '+3998386883'}[23].
  • GameSpot's API endpoint URL is recorded as https://www.gamespot.com/api/games/?api_key={YOUR_API_KEY}&format=json&field_list=id,name,release_date,site_detail_url&limit=100&offset=0&sort=name:asc[24].
  • GameSpot's terms of service URL is recorded as https://legalterms.cbsinteractive.com/terms-of-use[25].
  • GameSpot's privacy policy URL is recorded as https://privacy.cbs[26].
  • GameSpot's privacy policy URL is recorded as https://ca.privacy.cbs[27].

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Founding

May 1996 marks the founding of GameSpot[11].

Ownership

GameSpot is owned by Fandom, Inc.[7].

Why It Matters

GameSpot ranks in the top 4% of video_game_news_website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (442 views/month).[2] GameSpot has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] GameSpot is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . TechCrunch. Retrieved . techcrunch.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Language of work or name English
    Rotten tomatoes id critics/source/1121
    Topic's main category Category:GameSpot
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