MobyGames
MobyGames is an online gaming website for computer and video games. It is also a review site which allows their critics to give their opinion's on any video game. The site has a lot of video game information. Their goal is to be a huge game database.
Available in | English |
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Owner | GameFly |
Created by | Jim Leonard and Brian Hirt |
Website | MobyGames.com |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional, Free |
Launched | March 1, 1999 |
Current status | active |
As of July 17, 2012, the site includes 131 gaming platforms (video game consoles, computers and handheld devices including mobile phones.) They also have more than 67,000 game entries,[1][2] in 40 years of gaming. GameFly bought the site in 2010.[3]
References
- ↑ Ports for different platforms count towards this number. Without ports, compilations or special editions the number of unique titles is over 30,000. MobyGames: Game Browser
- ↑ MobyGames database stats. Retrieved from MobyGames 2012-07-17. Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Report: MobyGames Acquired By GameFly Media". Gamasutra. 2011-07-02.
Books
- Jean Swanson, Dean James, The Dick Francis Companion, Berkley Trade; Berkley Pr edition (July 29, 2003), ISBN 978-0-425-18187-4
- Sheri Graner Ray, Gender Inclusive Game Design: Expanding The Market (Advances in Computer Graphics and Game Development Series), Charles River Media; 1 edition (September 2003), ISBN 978-1-58450-239-5