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Crunchyroll News

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Crunchyroll is a known streaming media website, but what about its news section? It has a dedicated gaming news category.

The most prolific writer is Joseph Luster, who also write for Otaku USA and Destructoid. Other writer, George Yang, mostly conducts interviews for Crunchyroll and has authored for IGN, Gamespot, NPR, etc. There is an About Us page here that includes non-gaming news authors. Emiya Mulzomdao (talk) 01:49, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Use for interviews is fine but this is generally not the kind of source that is used to substantiate notability. Crunchyroll is a Sony Pictures and Aniplex joint venture and publishes its own games, and they operate a streaming service for many of the licensed anime that have game counterparts, so that creates an interesting issue around independence. The purpose of the games coverage is framed in part around helping readers catch the latest releases and updates from Crunchyroll Games, although it does cover routine announcements and interviews from unaffiliated developers and companies.

Honestly, it feels like the interviews are the most valuable use case here and I could support their use as reliable publication of WP:PRIMARY material. There's editorial staff, writers with some experience, a basic corrections process and interpreters. The routine coverage is no better or worse than any situational source and a reliable one should be preferred. Due to the nature of the coverage, this isn't the kind of thing that usually establishes notability anyway. WP:A&M/RS seem not to have discussed this. If there were reviews or features being relied on for notability, I'd raise independence and lack of editorial policy concerns, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. VRXCES (talk) 06:15, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

I'm surprised that WP:A&M/RS never discussed this, considering that it's been used in the topic area for years. I concur with VRXCES that it's okay (I've used it occasionally for routine info), but another source should be used if possible and it generally doesn't demonstrate notability. Crestfalling (talk/contribs) 04:13, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Reliable for interviews and general news, but should not be used to substantiate notability, particularly for franchises that are included under their streaming label. Many of these articles tend to be a bit promo-y in nature when they're writing about new and upcoming series that will in fact be streaming on Crunchyroll, or are otherwise associated with Crunchyroll or one of its affiliates. Perhaps may be fine for notability if writing about something not under their label? But I'm not sure how much of that they do honestly.

My thoughts echo VRXCES and Crestfalling, admittedly. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 20:19, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

I would be fine with it demonstrating notability for anime, so long as there is no COI. Like Pokelego said, however, there do not seem to be many of those types of articles on their site. The few that do exist should, in my opinion, be acceptable for the purposes of GNG, assuming they check all the other boxes . In solidarity, Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 17:47, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Reliable per the above - I should have clarified that. In solidarity, Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 17:48, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Agreed, I've used it for some Japanese games topics, no red flags or problems outside their website design not working nice with our automatic citation systems :( _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:15, 14 October 2026 (UTC)

A bunch of sources i couldn't find anything about

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Anyone have opinions on SuperJump Magazine, GamesFreezer, GamesPress, GamerSocialClub, True Achievements, Forgotten Worlds, ScreenHub, Culture Elixir, Explosion Network, GamesHedge, GamesHub (think this one was mentioned before but couldn't find anything definitive), MastersInGaming, or ConsoleCreatures? This isn't my usual area - I'm working on User:EmergentAnarchy/Lost In Cult, which has potentially useable articles from these sites EmergentAnarchy (talk) 10:32, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

Haopy to take a look at these, but given the participation levels here it's likely to be very difficult to gain consensus from eleven different sources at once. The easiest to resolve is GamesPress, which from memory merely republishes press releases which is WP:PRIMARY. VRXCES (talk) 11:03, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

• Forgotten Worlds is an interesting case. This is one person's project. They're doing good work - I read through a couple and there's good documentation work being done there! You could probably use a lot of the interviews as WP:ABOUTSELF sources on other media. Here's them talking to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Here's an article they wrote for the National Communication Museum. The guy seems to have a real history in publishing and journalism, but ultimately I see no evidence the editorial team is not one person, which his KickStarter profile that I cannot link to because it's on the blacklist seems to agree with, describing him as the "writer / editor / producer". ~ A412 ^talk! 17:31, 11 October 2026 (UTC)
• GamesFreezer is unreliable. They publish unbylined articles, their site only describes their staff as "Headed by writers and lifelong players like Rich and the editorial team". Their Youtube channel description (which also gives me a sense they're pretty obscure) and OpenCritic profile give a slightly better sense of who their staff are, and from some searching, the best I came up with is "one guy (Britt Roberts) has written for other obscure gaming websites and a local magazine", which isn't close to the reliability bar. Nonexistent WP:USEBYOTHERS. Here's a guest blog post on the origins of the website - Richard Pett is a business analyst and not a journalist or editor in background, this is a hobbyist site. ~ A412 ^talk! 17:31, 11 October 2026 (UTC)
• GamesPress is a press release distributor, similiar to PR Newswire and Business Wire for the gaming industry. Basically anything on there is reliable insofar as it comes from the mouth of the developer/publisher, but absolutely does not contribute to notability. ~ A412 ^talk! 16:45, 11 October 2026 (UTC)
• ScreenHub is promising, leaning reliable. Bylines, profiles, staff page. Their staff have written and edited elsewhere. Their games coverage is predominately written by Leah Williams, previously affiliated with IGN, Kotaku, Gizmodo, and The AU Review, per their offsite profiles. They're on the jury for The Game Awards. I'm only missing a good WP:USEBYOTHERS case. ~ A412 ^talk! 21:55, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

  I'd agree ScreenHub is reliable. VRXCES (talk) 22:21, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

• GamesHub is confusing. ScreenHub spun them out as a sister site in 2021, but the parent company says they merged it in a year ago. But the site is still there, and publishing ...gambling slop, and is owned by an Emirati company now. The cutover very likely happened in May 2025; you can see a 2 month gap between articles published by old and new staff between (also, compare the current version with an in-text gambling ad and the archived version) and . My guess is the former company sold the domain/site, so same reliability as ScreenHub, whatever that ends up being, 2021-2025, likely unreliable now. ~ A412 ^talk! 22:09, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

  I'd agree GamesHub is reliable before acquisition. VRXCES (talk) 22:20, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

  I made a bit of a personal investigation into GamesHub a while ago because they had an article on something I wanted to write about.

  I found some interesting stuff, for example, their managing editor was Edmond Tran from 2021-2023 and Steph Panecasio from 2021 until apparently May 2025 (she has no further publications from that date onwards). Tran was employed at GameSpot from 2012-2020, joining ScreenHub in 2021 (switching to GamesHub in October). Their editorial policy looked solid as well. The only concerns I had with the site were its gambling content and some authors with apparently AI-generated pictures, which all started to pop up after May 2025.

  Personally I'd consider GamesHub generally reliable from 2021 until May 2025. And I guess ScreenHub could be considered generally reliable as well. Oreun ^💬Talk 22:04, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

  This has been reported on at Aftermath.site (I added that link on WP:VG/RS, but it looks like nobody saw it). Agreeing with what has been said. IgelRM (talk) 02:06, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

• I agree with Vrxces that Culture Elixir, Masters in Gaming, and Gamer Social Club are unreliable. ~ A412 ^talk! 00:07, 12 October 2026 (UTC)
• Explosion Network is unreliable. The vast majority of their content is written by founder and EIC Dylan Blight, who appears to have no connections to other sources or tell us anything about his history. ~ A412 ^talk! 00:20, 12 October 2026 (UTC)
• Superjump: I don't know if anyone cares about the Australian IT Journalism Awards, but they did win one in 2020 and 2023. ~ A412 ^talk! 00:35, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

  It's not nothing and the editor has an Australian media background, but the award seems self-entered and awarded by volunteer peers. I don't doubt the sincerity and rigor of the award, but phrases like every journalist who submits an entry will be afforded one free ticket to attend the awards ceremony, courtesy of our sponsors and if you would like to help us with judging the awards, please get in touch — all judges receive one free ticket to the event () suggest this had a fairly low barrier. VRXCES (talk) 00:47, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

Yup, but I struggle how the OP did not figure this out by reading the website's about page; perhaps a bit low effort? Well on topic, it is a good primary source resource. IgelRM (talk) 02:13, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

Ok, my thoughts are below. I'll keep adding to this:

• Console Creatures is unreliable. It's a blog with no supporting information. There's a boilerplate review policy .

• Culture Elixir is unreliable. It's a blog with no supporting information.

• Gamer Social Club is unreliable. Founded by Dan Jackson in 2024 out of a desire to turn Twitter/X updates on Xbox into a site from views by "everyday gamers". The site contains editorial policies but the site is an enthusiast site.

• GamesFreezer is unreliable. Founded by editor Richard Pett in 2014 to share his enthusiasm for video games . Something is off about the site with AI-generated images for no reason and I don't want to presume LLM use, but writing like this displays hallmarks.

• GamesPress is a reliable WP:PRIMARY source of press releases founded in 2000 by games journalists . Any inclusion of this source should clarify the reliability is limited to veracity of primary sources.

• Masters in Gaming is unreliable. This is a blogsite republishing from other websites with a generic About page .

• SUPERJUMP is nominally unreliable. It has an atypical editorial structure self-described as a "writers' collective" that invites open contributors and game submissions that are put to the collective to write if it interest them (). The number of writers is enormous and suggests an open-ended structure. There is an editorial masthead led by James Burns () who has some experience as a writer for N64 Gamer and Official Nintendo Magazine Australia. The other editors have no editorial or games writing experience () and I assume most of the legions of writers don't either. VRXCES (talk) 20:37, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

I boldly added GamesPress to the primary source section without waiting for the archive. ~ A412 ^talk! 18:16, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

MacFormat

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Starting this discussion in response to this one. MacFormat is a long-running magazine about anything Apple since 1993. It is print-only without an online version, but it has a long tradition of reviewing computer and later mobile games since the beginning. It initially scored games using percentages before switching to the five-star scale sometime no later than 2009. Since it is a magazine started and owned by Future plc as were other "Format" mags like PC Format (listed on VG/S as a generally reliable source), unless MacFormat has been the subject of criticism over its reporting, fact-checking etc., I see no reason to preclude its use. It is presumed a reliable source. Big Blue Gnu 02:19, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

Reliable It feels comfortable to say that print magazines from major publishers should be treated as reliable unless there are specific concerns raised about its independence or accuracy. MacFormat is a long-lasting print and web source for a platform from Future plc. Just make sure when adding to correct that there was a web version too. VRXCES (talk) 02:44, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

Support adding, like almost all printed magazines, no red flags. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:13, 14 October 2026 (UTC)

The Game Business

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This is a self-published website by Christopher Dring hosted on Substack, which covers "expert analysis, exclusive data, and in-depth interviews on the global video game industry". Christopher Dring has worked in game media over 17 years, per this biography.

Chris is a 17-year games media veteran specialising in video games business. He spent nine years at UK business weekly MCV, including five years as editor. He joined GI in 2016 and oversees editorial, commercial and events worldwide. He is the architect behind Best Places To Work Awards, and he is a tiny bit obsessed with market data.
Outside of GI, Chris has been frequently published on The Guardian, Video Games Chronicle and Time Extension. He has acted as an expert in the games market for the BBC, CNN, Sky News and other financial media. He also writes for Doctor Who Magazine. Because Doctor Who is awesome.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/authors/christopher-dring

The News section seems redundant because it repeats things available from other news media, but he does a lot of interviews and market analysis. While each of these articles are podcasts, they usually include a summary of the podcast in the article. Sponsored content exists, but they are clearly marked as "Sponsored Message" in them. Could this be considered reliable as a topic expert? Emiya Mulzomdao (talk) 13:46, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

Self-published expert WP:SPS from a subject matter expert would apply, with his prior work amply meeting the test of previous publication in reliable sources. As per SPS, general use is absolutely fine but not a good source for notability or statements involving BLP or controversy. Interviews would be usable WP:PRIMARY sources anyway. The market analysis and data is interesting: I think I'd be careful distinguishing what is "exclusive" and whether this draws from data or sources Dring has access to that needs attribution. Dring started this as a co-venture with Geoff Keighley and has sponsors including Sony Interactive Entertainment, and not disclosing this during a relevant discussion drew minor criticism from Stop Killing Games (). Not a big deal, but one to have in mind. VRXCES (talk) 21:56, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

Sports Business Journal

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This EsportsObserver is on the approved list and it forwards to SBJ, can we add SBJ to the list? They are published by Advance Publications which prints magazines and newspapers. They have a strong editorial department and cover video games and esports as part of sports business.15:58, 16 October 2026 (UTC) ~2026-55373-11 (talk) 15:58, 16 October 2026 (UTC)

Reliable This is an esports section in a major trade publication for sports from a print publisher. Whilst noting WP:TRADES applies, I think this is generally reliable. I've confirmed the site does run gaming-related coverage to warrant inclusion in the list. Even better, the esports editor is Jason Wilson, who used to be the managing editor for VentureBeat and GamesBeat . VRXCES (talk) 21:51, 16 October 2026 (UTC)

To continue the conversation, usually the standard for an approved source is a real editorial team with substantial research in their editorial department. ... You can see by their masthead they have a significantly diverse editorial and research team, consisting of high level journalists that almost all have served as reporters at highly respected sources before joining SBJ. They are also both print and online, while being owned by Advanced Publications which also owns Conde Nast.

How would they be added to the board? ~2026-56155-66 (talk) 17:16, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Wait for the discussion to be archived so that it has a stable wikilink, then boldly add it to the table with the discussion link. Yes you'll have to wait a couple weeks but nothing prevents you from using the sources now in the short term. Whipmywillows (talk) 17:47, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Minimal or no information available for these sources

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Requesting reliability assessment for these sources: Mirf.ru, Kollektiv-Magazin, Unsupervised Nerds (was cited by four entertainment sources 1 2 3 4), Fanmade Magazine, MMORPG.org.pl, MMORPG.com.br, Minecraft.pl, WTFTime.ru, Gurugamer.com, Ingame.de, GameByte] |)are2|_eap (Talk) 07:36, 19 October 2026 (UTC)

What do you think about the sources? Dropping nine sources and seeking consensus can be challenging with no context. Any views on where or how these are being used can be helpful. VRXCES (talk) 08:35, 19 October 2026 (UTC)

Mirf.ru, Kollektiv-Magazin, Fanmade Magazine, and WTFTime.ru will be used on Draft:Hermitcraft. Unsupervised Nerds for Hermitcraft and probably general use. MMORPG.org.pl and MMORPG.com.br will be used for Wynncraft. Gurugamer, Ingame, and GameByte are general use. Minecraft.pl will be used for Hermitcraft and Minecraft-related articles. Thanks. |)are2|_eap (Talk) 08:44, 19 October 2026 (UTC)

Most of these seem like blogs, fansites or non-editorial sources. Based on the HermitCraft analysis and rejection () I'm just careful to note I'm treading around views that have already been stated about the quality of these sources in a deletion context, but let's do our best nonetheless on a reasonable skim:

• Mirf seems to be nominally reliable. It seems to be a published fantasy magazine formerly distributed by Igromania with a long-standing editorial team and masthead that was then distributed by Hobby World (). It lacks clear links to editorial policies. It seems to have won ESFS science fiction awards for what that's worth.
• Ingame seems unreliable. Its editorial structure is affiliated with Ippen Media and its impressum cites staff of the parent company. There's no masthead and its editorial policies () are vague. It discloses use of an AI-driven newsroom and that content may be "optimized using AI language models" () albeit promises human oversight. In practice it looks like a central desk republishing content from other sites.
• Gurugamer seems unreliable. It's an Indian gaming and tech website with no information about it, no masthead and no policies. Everything is from a "John Drake". The articles seem to have content issues.
• * WTFTime seems unreliable. To its credit, it has a masthead and an editorial policy . Most games news seems published under an unattributed account called Evernews that simply republishes news from other sources. It hosts non-editorial content from users.
• Kollektiv seems unreliable. It styles as a blog and podcast by Manuel Waldner and Peter Wetzelsberger ([]) with additional contributors posting science, culture and podcasts with minimal games content. The site seems to feature AI imagery and is used to plug the AI music projects of its creators (). Seems more a personal thing.
• Unsupervised Nerds seems unreliable. It's a WP:SPS blog by Sky Cambly-Maki, who demonstrates no obvious qualifications or expertise in writing about games. There is minimal games content. There is some minor WP:USEBYOTHERS suggesting republication of pop culture views.
• GameByte seems unreliable. It has a generic About page with a "by gamers for gamers" blurb (). There is no masthead. The homepage is broken and there hasn't been any games content since December 2025. VRXCES (talk) 09:45, 19 October 2026 (UTC)
• The Polish MMORPG seems unreliable. No masthead, policies, so on. Pseudonymous author of articles named Guru.
• The Brazilian MMORPG also seems unreliable. About page () reveals a three person team: an editor, writer and marketer. Despite stating the founder, Marlon, has experience with multiplayer games and industry coverage, his Linkedin shows nothing except the site (). The site mixes news and affiliate deals and promotional content without disclosure.
• Fanmade Magazine seems unreliable. It was borne of the MA project of the monynomous editor Magda and styles itself as a volunteer fan zine (). It's nice it has a fact checking and sourcing policy ([]) but the zine doesn't have a masthead or reputation. It primarily seems to cover fan fiction and fandom culture rather than video games any way.

Any editor considering adding these based on any emergent consensus should note some of these sources have little or nothing to do with video games and may not be worthwhile listing. VRXCES (talk) 11:57, 19 October 2026 (UTC)

Okay then, well I guess I have to update the assessment table for Draft:Hermitcraft and (after reviewing WP:RS) remove the sources that's already in Wynncraft. Because of this, I think I'll wait for WP:GOLDENRULE sources to come. For now, Hermitcraft will be a redirect to Minecraft server#List.

Thanks for the assessment, I appreciate it! |)are2|_eap (Talk) 13:21, 19 October 2026 (UTC)

VRXCES (talk) 11:57, 19 October 2026 (UTC)

Google Custom Search Engine deprecation

re: Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Search engine

Google emailed me that they are shutting down their Google Programmable Search Engine service for searches with more than 50 domains (we use over 150). It will go offline on January 1, 2027, and we have this time to find an alternative. There's a path forward if we limit to <=50 domains, but first I wanted to see if there is interest in continuing its function. Google also has a commercial option but it's $30k/mo "non-negotiable" minimum so an unlikely option. czar 18:47, 22 October 2026 (UTC)

It might be worth aggressively trimming the list to the top most-used sites to fit under the 50-domain limit? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 19:27, 22 October 2026 (UTC)

This is such a shame. Anecdotally, I noticed Google's search results have really gone down the drain of late. I agree one compromise is whittling it down to the domains the project consists the most reliable and fundamental for games coverage, such as IGN and so on. VRXCES (talk) 00:41, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Even worse, the AI will outright hallucinate sources if you let it be involved. Gemini's a trainwreck and a blight.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 00:57, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

I was wondering why Google, as part of this new AI-only humans-last tech world, was continuing to let services like this persist. Felt unusually beneficial. Looks like they were thinking the same thing. Whipmywillows (talk) 01:02, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

This is horrible. I find the programmable search to be a fantastic spot check for notability and a great way to find initial sources. Normal google search does jack to help reliable sources move to the top. Any kind of web research would be a lot harder with it gone. I would strongly support having a select list of the most common gaming news cites IGN, Kotaku, etc. It'll be a worse tool but better than nothing. Whipmywillows (talk) 00:55, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

One possibility I was thinking of would be a 2-prong solution. First, catalog whatever RS are already listed in Google News and would simply come up in a typical web search there, then list what ISN'T in Google News so it can be searched via an Advanced Search. Possibly also having a command to exclude unreliable sources from a Google News search. Might not work if Google News does not include most of them, though. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:04, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Another solution is to split the 150 into three different custom search engines to be used in order of priority. More work but doable. Or just have one with the top 50 for now (if someone wants to take a crack at that) and see how much the other 100 are needed. Perhaps another company offers an alternative search too. czar 15:17, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

I think ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ's idea might be a good way forward. Shouldn't take too long to put together a table and test stuff. Easy to split the labor up so that it's less of a commitment too. Whipmywillows (talk) 06:14, 1 November 2026 (UTC)

Alinea Analytics

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Been seeing this used as a source on several pages and would like an assessment. They publish their own sales estimates for primarily PlayStation and Steam games on their blog, which have been cited by several RS including IGN and Eurogamer. On WP, these figures have been cited directly to the primary source website and presented as AA's estimates on some pages (e.g. Marvel's Wolverine, Gears of War: E-day, Helldivers 2), whereas others (List of best-selling PlayStation 5 video games) directly cite and present their estimates as fact. Previous discussion on this source I've found leans unreliable, and submitting an edit citing this website triggers the WP:SPS tag. TheAlienAdventures (talk) 19:32, 22 October 2026 (UTC)

I'd avoid using it directly as seen in the Helldivers 2 or the Assassin's Creed Shadows articles, which would make it a primary source, but when reputable outlets already known as reliable to Wikipedia cite it, it seems citing them would be what WP:RS is all about. You already mentioned IGN and Eurogamer, but on Wolverine, it's also cited by GamesRadar+. Daisy Blue (talk) 06:55, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Primary source only I think this is a WP:SPS from a legitimate firm with a proprietary data model we can't assess for ourselves with some WP:USEBYOTHERS. I think the better call is to treat it as WP:ABOUTSELF evidence of one analyst's estimates and not use it as a sole reference for broader sales statements like Game sold X copies. What I would look for to elevate this is evidence of estimates aligning with other reliable figures, independent commentary the estimates are reliable, or use by other reliable sources beyond articles that treat the estimate as a news item. Take the Eurogamer article above for instance, it's constantly qualifying the news as "reported" estimates, and hedging "if the figures of accurate". Because it's proprietary, all news items can do is restate what they estimate, unless there's industry or analyst commentary on whether they're any good. VRXCES (talk) 04:28, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I agree with this sentiment. My primary concern is the use of this source on List of best-selling PlayStation 5 video games, where AA's estimates are being cited without context. I've seen that discussion on List of best-selling video games has disfavored the use of estimates in such lists. TheAlienAdventures (talk) 23:29, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

SuperKids

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SuperKids is website that has reviewed many educational games.

I've used a couple of times and other editors have used it as well. I guess it can considered a situation similar to Kids Domain? I'm honestly not sure but I would to hear others think. Timur9008 (talk) 11:02, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

I think it's a generally reliable source although other sources would be better to demonstrate notability. See this discussion for my earlier analysis of the source. VRXCES (talk) 23:02, 30 October 2026 (UTC)