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GameSpot is a website that was launched in 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. Originally known as videogames.com, GameSpot presents video game and PC software and hardware reviews, previews, downloads, news, and information and is usually regarded as one of the more prominent gaming websites on the Internet. After starting out on its own, GameSpot was later purchased by ZDNet. ZDNet was later purchased by CNET Networks, which currently owns GameSpot.
GameSpot is credited with being one of the most reliable and sometimes brutally honest resources for gaming information in the Internet, leading in reviews, previews, and news coverage. GameSpot also recently won 'Best Gaming Website' as chosen by the viewers in Spike TV's second Video Game Award Show.
In April 2004, the website's message board community was merged with the community from GameFAQs (another CNET property), gaining the use of GameFAQs' FAQs, walkthroughs, and codes. The game-specific message boards were merged into GameFAQs also.
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GameSpot Complete
GameSpot has a premium membership service called GameSpot Complete. When a user pays a small fee (currently $29.95 per year), he or she gets access to high-speed download servers, a different color scheme (only "Ice" at the moment), removal of all advertisements, 10% off all games at EBgames.com, live event coverage, downloadable game guides, access to exclusive betas, and the option to make a message board of his or her own.
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Reviews and Rating system
Reviews are arguably the most important feature of the website, as people trust GameSpot editors to give an objective judgement. All games reviewed on GameSpot are judged on five different categories: Gameplay, Graphics, Sound, Value, and Reviewer's Tilt. Each category is assigned an integer score from one to ten, and these five integers are combined using a weighted average to arrive at an overall score. Should the game score between a 9.0 and a 9.9, it is designated as "superb." Although many games achieve this status each year, only four in GameSpot's history have ever gotten a perfect ten — The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64, Chrono Cross for the PlayStation console, Soul Calibur for the Sega Dreamcast, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 for the PlayStation 2. It should be noted, however, that GameSpot's expectations for games they review consistently increase as games become more and more advanced. Thus, a game that may have scored highly in the past, may not hold up as well against more modern games.
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GameCenter
GameSpot's newest service, GameCenter, allows players to host their own servers, chat with their friends, and play an assortment of pc games online with players all around the world, including special GameCenter tournaments with cash prizes. Currently, the early bird special price is $50/year, which includes a yearlong subscription to GameSpot Complete.
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