The Gaming Websites List

[Dissidia]

Boo! This section of the forums doesn't get enough posts, heh. And being a gamer and a designer over an anime fan I guess I should expect this, but I joined CB over the many game forums out there because its a closer community and not a faceless entity. Anywho, in a bid to get people posting about more game news etc. I've compiled a list of useful game sites I check regularly to keep on top of industry development. Hope some of you find some new stuff here. If anyone has any other good suggestions please post them! :)


Common (big) Sites
I'm not going to give these ones descriptions as almost everyone has heard of them. Big business sites that are commonly a few days behind the news, but more accessible:

http://www.gamespot.com
http://www.gamefaqs.com
http://www.gametrailers.com
http://ign.com
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Hidden gem sites
Whilst these sites are all popular many of you might not have heard of some of them, which is why I link them here:

http://www.kotaku.com
A blog site usually focusing on Japanese gaming culture and whats currently big in Japan.
http://www.eurogamer.net
First for all news on game development based in Europe. Recommended.
http://www.gamegirladvance.com
Gaming from the female perspective. Some interesting articles.
http://www.qj.net
Continually updated by bloggers 24/7, usually housing breaking news and rumours. Covers all consoles.
http://www.gamepressure.com
Quite standard, but has a few interesting sections like an encyclopedia of games and videogame adverts.
http://www.famitsu.com
The holy grail in Japanese gaming has its own website.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz
Gaming news and perspective from the perspective of developers themselves.
http://www.gamasutra.com
A site aimed at game designers. Insider articles and opinions.
http://www.1up.com
General game news site, occasional articles and features.
http://www.edge-online.co.uk
One of the most respected gaming publications in the western world.
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International Import sites
Not much to say about these, shop around as price sometimes varies. I've used them all and they're legit, best place to get your import games before they officially hit your country's shores:

http://www.ncsx.com
http://www.yesasia.com
Lik-Sang shut down after Sony court shenannigans
http://www.play-asia.com
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[Ren Höek]

you forgot to add www.neoseeker.com to the common sites

and play-asia.com is having thier Lucky Summer Sales everything i on sale!!

this should be sticky'd

[Princess Gheyfu]

Wow nice idea for a thread! *stickys* ^^

Thanks for the links BTW. Very helpful ^^

A good site for Classic video game info, endings, sprites, and stocks:

http://www.vgmuseum.com/

A good site for Castlevania Fans:

http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp

A good site for gaming Sprites:

http://www.gsarchives.com/

A great site for Dreamcast game info:

http://www.planetdreamcast.com/

A great site for Horror games such as Resident Evil or Silent hill:

http://www.evilunleashed.com

[Silhouette]

One of the best game midi sites:

http://www.vgmusic.com/

Game Sprites:

http://www.panelmonkey.org/

Sprites for Guilty Gear Fans:

http://ggxlol.highervoltage.net/

This site is hilarious!
RPG Cliches: http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html

[Madness Hero]

I love gamasutra.com Great website with lots of industry news. I highly recomend it to anyone trying to break into the industry (They also have job listings).

[SumpfFuchs]

For game modifications.

ModDB.com

[buituyenjr]

game guides and glitches:
Game winners (http://www.gamewinners.com)

[Exodus]

Here is one for you tekken fans
http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/index.php

[jj984jj]

This board is all you need:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2
Maybe Jeux-France (http://www.jeux-france.com/) as well.

[Ai]

Zomfg...

Cheat site..

www.cheatcc.com

Best site ever ^^^

[shaoxiong]

some games here:
www.asiasoft.net

[Mercurius]

www.xboxworld.nl

it's a Dutch Xbox(360) site, for all the Dutchy's, it really good lot's of info and many updates daily...the forums are good as well, altough I haven't been there in a long time (the policy's are getting WAY too strict)

[maximoose666]

What a list. +rep for you bro :)

[Kzimask]

heres where to find Top Mmorpg game sites.

http://www.freetoplay.org

[ChronoTrigga]

http://www.dreamstation.cc Forums are a very lively Phantasy Star fanbase.

[Shinomori]

You gotta edit it, Lik-Sang's getting class action pwn'd.

[Dissidia]

You gotta edit it, Lik-Sang's getting class action pwn'd.
Done - damn you Sony :(

[Pikadiator]

How about...

http://gonintendo.com "the best nintendo website" - UnholyGodn
http://vooks.net + http://aussie-nintendo.com - largest Australian Nintendo website
http://joystiq.com - Kotaku is to Gizmondo as Joystiq is to Engadget
http://4colorrebellion.com - Awesome website for Nintendo stuff, lots of original content.
http://metacritic.com/games - Review site aggregator.

[Neku]

Just thought i'd mention these, http://www.xboxyde.com is a good site for videos and reviews of newly comming gameson Xbox360 and also as for importing sites http://www.yesasia.com is great for importing from Asia and it also sells US games too, with the added bonus of free delivery and no tax! and also http://www.videogamesplus.ca/ is quite good for UK people wanting to import US games. :)

[DireCry]

www.ggmania.com

[diamondedge]

I have a feeling that this might help:


PATCHES
First here is the link to practicaly ALL patches you will ever need. database is very huge and sorting is nice smile.gif
LINK: http://www.patches-scrolls.de/

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GAMES:
So lets get started with our list smile.gif
And remember, if you know any new ones and if they are legal please provide
us with it smile.gif


WarShow
Interesting online game based on Quake 2 graphic engine with lovely graphics and
very fresh gameplay.
LINK: http://www.warsow.net/


Gene Rally
exelent racing game is Race Mania style, where you can even create your own tracks.
Supports 2 players on 1 PC!
LINK: http://generally.rscsites.org/


Nexuiz
Free arena FPS based on very moderated Quake 1 engine. Looks alot like Quake 3 arena by gameplay.
Game offers offline paly (bots) as well as online. certanly worth a shot!
LINK: http://www.nexuiz.com/


FlightGear
Free (opensource) multi-platform flight simulator.
LINK: http://www.flightgear.org/


TrackMania Nations
Special full edition of Trackmania:Nations. Totaly
freeware and even includes online play, which is honestly
the best part of game. A MUST HAVE for pepole that like speed and jumping smile.gif
LINK1: http://www.trackmanianations.com/indexUk.php
LINK2: http://download.nvidia.com/downloads_emea/...sESWC_Setup.exe


War Rock - FREE BETA ONLY!
Free tactical online FPS which is alot like Battlefield 2.
LINK: http://www.warrock.net/


S.W.I.N.E.
Real-Time 3D strategy with pigs and rabbits as stars of the show.
LINK: http://www.fileplanet.com/159468/150000/fileinfo/SWINE-[FREE-Game]


Alien Arena 2006 (Free Client)
Mixing between Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament.
LINK: http://www.fileplanet.com/158282/150000/fi...na-2006-Client-[Free-Game]


Half Life - THEY HUNGER
Brilliant MOD for HL1 game (Half Life 1 is needed). Its total conversion horror
where we shaughter zombies trough the whole town. A MUST PLAY GAME!
LINK: http://www.fileplanet.com/60777/60000/file...des-1,-2,-and-3


Tomb Raider : The Times Exclusive
Pretty old stuff, not exactly free game but its cool level built on TR4 engine.
Recomending for times you are bored smile.gif
LINK1: http://www.fileplanet.com/35247/30000/file...ion-(The-Times)
LINK2: http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/tom..._times.exe.html


Knight ONLINE
Free online MMORPG game with fantasy middle-age style. Free version is a little limited, but
you have to pay for Premium!
LINK: http://www.knightonlineworld.com/


Navy Field - BETA
Massive online sea strategy game, that outs you in time of WWII.
Multiplayer supports to 128 players at ONCE!!
LINK: http://www.navyfield.com/


Hidden and Dangerous DELUXE
Exelent tactital 3D command game, which also includes Devils Bridge
Expansion, map editor and small fixes.
LINK: http://www.fileplanet.com/131330/130000/fi...angerous-Deluxe


Ground Control
Tactical 3D strategy.
LINK: http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/groundcontrol/


Americas Army
Exelent multiplayer 3D FPS.
LINK: http://www.americasarmy.com/



Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Free online version of a legendary game Return to castle Wolfenstein.
LINK: http://www.enemy-territory.com/


Grand Theft Auto
Is the description needed? Legendary game, this time in 2D looking from above.
LINK: http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/


Grand Theft Auto 2
Same as GTA1, only this one wears No.2 smile.gif
LINK: http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/


Wild Metal Country
Interesting 3D game where you drive funny viechles around.
LINK: http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/wmc.html


Scorched 3D
3D remake of a legendary Scorched Earth game.
LINK: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/


Rainbow 6: Iron Wrath
Free EXPANSION for Rainbow Six:Raven Shield. New campaign,
new weapons and many more!
LINK: http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/ironwrath/


Alegiance
Massive 3D online space shooter.
LINK: http://www.freeallegiance.org/


Starsiege: Tribes
Team online FPS.
LINK: http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/tribes/


Starsiege: Tribes 2
Team online FPS. For the Second time.
LINK: http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/tribes2/


Beneath a Steel Sky
Good old adventure. You need SCUMMVM to play (link2).
LINK1: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scummvm...CD.zip?download
LINK2: http://www.scummvm.org/


Betrayal at Kondor
Another sweet adventure smile.gif
LINK: http://www.gameogre.com/krondor.htm



Dink Smallwood
Um... yet another sweet adventure tongue.gif
LINK: http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/download.htm
EXTRA MODS: http://www.dinknetwork.com/


Steel Panthers: World at War
Strategy wargame placed in WWII.
LINK: http://www.steelpanthersonline.com/


Simutrans
Free game that looks alot like Transport Tycoon.
LINK: http://www.simutrans.de/


One MUST Fail 2097
Exelent game, kinda like Street Fighter whre we kick each others asses
with robots. DOS Version.
LINK: http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/66


The Elder Scrolls:Arena
FRP Game, very old, but still as good as TES: Morrowind.
LINK: http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm


CodeRed - Manhatan Chronicles
FPS with modified Quake 2 engine.
LINK: http://www.gamershell.com/download_5742.shtml

All games are legal.

[Konpachi]

www.fpsbanana.com -Can't be beat if you like CS or Fps in general
www.gamewinners.com -Has a nice range of cheats and trainers
www.dgemu.com -For *cough*r 0 m*cough*

[adthedon]

www.gamebattles.com for your gaming leagues and tournaments :D

[Biolink]

www.shoryuken.com

http://forums.shoryuken.com/

It's a site devoted to fighting games(Mainly 2-D fighting games,but also Tekken,Virtua Fighter,and Soul Calibur).

Be careful if you are new because the members are Elitists.

[Draffut]

Are there any good gaming discussionblog sites? most of these are, unfortunatly, crappy news sites and spam filled forums. Those that arn;t are blocked here at work.

Somethign like www.sirlin.net (http://www.sirlin.net)(Run by David Sirlin, a Street Fighter national champion) or www.grumpygamer.com (http://www.grumpygamer.com) (Run by Ron Gilbert, the creator of the Monkey Island games, Maniac Mansion, and many other classics)

anyone knwo any other GOOD sites?

[Dissidia]

@ Draffut, try these:

Japanmanship (http://japanmanship.blogspot.com/) (Videogame artist in Japan, blog has ended up lots of interesting articles)
American McGee Blog (http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/) (the twisted tales dude)
Double Fine Action News (http://www.doublefine.com/news.htm) (The legendary Tim Schafer's Blog)
Videogame Artist (http://videogamesartist.blogspot.com/) (More about art design than games themselves, another English game dev in Japan)

Mainly About Games (http://mainlyaboutgames.blogspot.com/) (<< Appears to be what you're most looking for?)

[yushin]

what website is the pokemon online that these people are playing?

[wolf_11]

mmorpg lots of free games
http://www.freemmorpglist.com/games_rpg_mmorpg.html