{{short description|American video game website}} {{italic title}} {{Distinguish|text=GameStop, the video game retailer}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2023}} {{Use American English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox website | name = ''GameSpot'' | logo = frameless|class=skin-invert | logo_upright = 0.8 | foundation = {{Start date and age|1996|5|1}} | founder = {{ubl|Pete Deemer|Vince Broady|Jon Epstein}} | location_city = San Francisco, California | parent = {{ubl|SpotMedia (1996–1997)|ZDNET (1997–2000)|CNET (2000–2008)|CBS Interactive (2008–2020)|Red Ventures (2020–2022)|Fandom, Inc. (2022–present)}} | url = {{URL|gamespot.com}} | type = Video game journalism | registration = Optional (free and paid) | owner = | launch_date = {{start date and age|1996|1|13}} (Spotmedia)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=GameSpot.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools |url=http://whois.domaintools.com/gamespot.com |access-date=February 15, 2016 |website=WHOIS}}</ref> | current_status = Active | module = {{Infobox social media personality | child = yes | youtube_id = UCbu2SsF-Or3Rsn3NxqODImw | youtube_display_name = GameSpot | youtube_years_active = | youtube_genre = | youtube_subscribers = 5.63 million{{nu|date=October 2025}}<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 3.9 billion<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = }} }}
'''''GameSpot''''' is an American video gaming website that provides coverage of video games and entertainment, including news, reviews, previews, trailers, walkthroughs, guides, downloads, and community forums. Launched on May 1, 1996, by founders Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein under SpotMedia Communications, it initially focused on personal computer games before expanding to console titles via a sister site, ''VideoGameSpot''. The site has been owned by Fandom, Inc. since October 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Fandom Acquires Leading Entertainment & Gaming Brands Including… |url=https://about.fandom.com/news/fandom-acquires-leading-entertainment-gaming-brands-including-gamespot-tv-guide-and-metacritic |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Fandom |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2004, ''GameSpot'' won "Best Gaming Website" as chosen by the viewers in Spike TV's second ''Video Game Award Show'',<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Spike TV Announces Winners of 'Video Game Awards 2004' |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/12/14/spike-tv-announces-winners-of-video-game-awards-2004-17429/20041214spiketv01/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230421012942/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/12/14/spike-tv-announces-winners-of-video-game-awards-2004-17429/20041214spiketv01/ |archive-date=2023-04-21 |website=The Futon Critic}}</ref> and has won Webby Awards several times. The domain ''GameSpot.com'' attracted at least 60 million visitors annually by October 2008 according to a Compete.com study.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Site Profile for GameSpot.com |url=http://siteanalytics.compete.com/gamespot.com?metric=uv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019081558/http://siteanalytics.compete.com/gamespot.com/?metric=uv |archive-date=2008-10-19 |access-date=2008-05-18 |website=SiteAnalytics.Compete.com}}</ref>
==History== ''GameSpot'' was founded on May 1, 1996, by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein under their newly established company, SpotMedia Communications. SpotMedia had been formed months earlier in January 1996, after the founders left their roles at IDG to pursue an online platform focused on gaming content.<ref name="Wired">{{Cite magazine |last=Farnady |first=Kate |date=February 6, 1997 |title=Research Dream Job: Online Gaming Zine |url=https://www.wired.com/1997/02/research-dream-job-online-gaming-zine/ |magazine=Wired |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102072826/https://www.wired.com/1997/02/research-dream-job-online-gaming-zine/ |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |access-date=April 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=D.I.C.E. Awards by Video Game Details |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idGame=559 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605212436/http://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idGame=559 |archive-date=June 5, 2018 |access-date=August 17, 2019 |website=Interactive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grabowicz |first=Paul |title=Course Number: Ba278 |url=http://courses.haas.berkeley.edu/descriptions/Descriptions/BA278-2_Spring01.htm |access-date=April 20, 2023 |website=Berkeley.edu |publisher=University of California, Berkeley}}</ref> The site's initial launch emphasized news, previews, and reviews primarily for personal computer games. To broaden its scope, SpotMedia launched a companion site, ''VideoGameSpot'', on December 1, 1996, dedicated to console and arcade titles.<ref name="Wired" /><ref name="Navarro">{{Cite web |last=Navarro |first=Alex |date=July 14, 2006 |title=Burning Questions: July 14, 2006 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6154109/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930080927/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6154109.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=March 23, 2007 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref>
On January 6, 1997, SpotMedia announced a partnership with Ziff Davis, valued at $20 million, which would integrate content from Ziff Davis publications such as ''Computer Gaming World'' and ''Electronic Gaming Monthly''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/1997/01/zd-spotmedia-to-create-online-gaming-goliath/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523184643/https://www.wired.com/1997/01/zd-spotmedia-to-create-online-gaming-goliath/ |title=ZD, SpotMedia to Create Online Gaming Goliath |last=Brown |first=Janelle |magazine=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast |date=January 3, 1997 |archive-date=May 23, 2018 |access-date=April 23, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> By the following month, Ziff Davis's substantial financial infusion enabled ''GameSpot'' to grow to 45 employees.<ref name="Wired" /> Eventually ''VideoGameSpot'', then renamed ''VideoGames.com'', was merged into ''GameSpot''.<ref name="Navarro" /> Upon the May 11, 1998 launch of Ziff Davis's cable channel ZDTV, a program by ''GameSpot'' was projected for a mid-summer release,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/zdtv-launches-monday/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711004004/https://www.zdnet.com/article/zdtv-launches-monday/ |title=ZDTV launches Monday |first=Martha |last=Stone |website=ZDNet |publisher=CBS Interactive |date=May 8, 1998 |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |access-date=March 12, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> and would premiere as ''GameSpot TV'' on July 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/internet-killed-the-video-star-the-extraordinary-journ-5991439 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320175525/https://kotaku.com/5991439/internet-killed-the-video-star-the-extraordinary-journey-of-adam-sessler |title=Internet Killed The Video Star: The Extraordinary Journey Of Adam Sessler |last=Schreier |first=Jason |website=Kotaku |publisher=Gawker Media |date=March 20, 2013 |archive-date=March 20, 2013 |access-date=September 23, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In February 1999, ''PC Magazine'' named ''GameSpot'' one of the hundred best websites, alongside competitors ''IGN'' and ''CNET Gamecenter''.<ref name="pcmagtop100">{{Cite journal |last=Willmott, Don |date=February 9, 1999 |title=The 100 Top Web Sites |journal=PC Magazine |volume=18 |page=114 |number=3}}</ref>
Following the acquisition of ZDNet by CNET Networks, announced on July 19, 2000, for approximately $1.6 billion in stock, ''GameSpot'' came under the ownership of CNET.<ref name="eurocnet">{{cite web |author=Vaggabond |date=July 19, 2000 |title=Cnet buys ZDnet |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_28565 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523191403/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_28565 |archive-date=May 23, 2018 |work=Eurogamer}}</ref> That December, ''The New York Times'' declared ''GameSpot'' and ''Gamecenter'' the "''Time'' and ''Newsweek'' of gaming sites".<ref name="nytimescenter">{{Cite web |last=Olafson |first=Peter |date=December 7, 2000 |title=Basics; Sites Keep Up with Games and Gamers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/technology/basics-sites-keep-up-with-games-and-gamers.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180523185648/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/technology/basics-sites-keep-up-with-games-and-gamers.html |archive-date=2018-05-23 |access-date=2018-05-27 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> In February 2001, ''GameSpot'' was spared from a redundancy reduction effort by CNET which shuttered ''Gamecenter''.<ref name="chronicle1">{{cite web |author=Fost, Dan |date=February 15, 2001 |title=Heavy Lifting Begins for Cnet |url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Heavy-Lifting-Begins-for-Cnet-Dot-com-downturn-2951969.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523184059/https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Heavy-Lifting-Begins-for-Cnet-Dot-com-downturn-2951969.php |archive-date=May 23, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref><ref name="registergc">{{cite web |author=Smith, Andrew |date=February 7, 2001 |title=CNET shuts Gamecenter |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/07/cnet_shuts_gamecenter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204094044/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/07/cnet_shuts_gamecenter/ |archive-date=December 4, 2004 |work=The Register}}</ref>
In October 2005, ''GameSpot'' adopted a new design similar to that of TV.com, now considered a sister site to ''GameSpot''.<ref>{{Cite web |author=GameSpot Staff |date=November 2, 2005 |title=GameSpot Redesign: Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespot-redesign-frequently-asked-questions/1100-6134513/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018065355/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespot-redesign-frequently-asked-questions/1100-6134513/ |archive-date=2013-10-18 |access-date=2006-09-29}}</ref> ''GameSpot'' ran a few different paid subscriptions from 2006 to 2013, but is no longer running those.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GameSpot Staff |date=February 23, 2006 |title=GameSpot Revamps Subscription Model |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespot-revamps-subscription-model/1100-6144748/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115124754/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespot-revamps-subscription-model/1100-6144748/ |archive-date=2018-01-15 |access-date=2018-01-14 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref><ref name="signup">{{Cite web |title=GameSpot Sign-Up Page |url=http://www.gamespot.com/signup/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321212959/http://www.gamespot.com/signup/index.php |archive-date=2007-03-21 |access-date=2007-04-03 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Lark |date=January 9, 2013 |title=GameSpot's Paid Subscription Service is Ending: FAQ |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/gamespots-paid-subscription-service-is-ending-faq-6402038/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206100619/http://www.gamespot.com/features/gamespots-paid-subscription-service-is-ending-faq-6402038/ |archive-date=2013-02-06 |access-date=2013-01-22 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> In June 2008, ''GameSpot''{{'}}s parent company CNET was acquired by CBS Corporation, and ''GameSpot'' along with CNET's other online assets were managed by the CBS Interactive division.<ref name="cbs">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbscorporation.com/news/prdetails.php?id=3503 |title=CBS CORPORATION COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CNET NETWORKS; MERGES OPERATIONS INTO NEW, EXPANDED CBS INTERACTIVE BUSINESS UNIT |publisher=CBS Corporation |date=June 30, 2008 |access-date=June 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829001159/http://www.cbscorporation.com/news/prdetails.php?id=3503 |archive-date=August 29, 2008 }}</ref>
CNET was sold to Red Ventures in October 2020.<ref name="redventures-acquisition-prnewswire">{{Cite web|title=Red Ventures Announces Closing of Acquisition of CNET Media Group|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/red-ventures-announces-closing-of-acquisition-of-cnet-media-group-301163922.html|date=2020-10-30|access-date=2020-11-06|website=PR Newswire|language=en|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608220527/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/red-ventures-announces-closing-of-acquisition-of-cnet-media-group-301163922.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, Fandom acquired ''GameSpot'', along with Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Cord Cutters News, and Comic Vine from Red Ventures.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="fandom">{{Cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=October 3, 2022 |title=TV Guide, Metacritic, GameSpot Acquired by Fandom in $55M Deal With Red Ventures |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/tv-guide-metacritic-gamespot-acquisition-fandom-1235231819/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In January 2023, 40-50 employees were affected by a round of layoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gach |first=Ethan |date=2023-01-19 |title=Layoffs Hit GameSpot, Giant Bomb Just Months After Fandom Buys Them |url=https://kotaku.com/giant-bomb-gamespot-metacritic-fandom-layoffs-1850008228 |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Kotaku |language=en}}</ref> More layoffs at GameSpot took place in January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Brendan |date=2024-01-31 |title=GameSpot lays off portion of staff |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamespot-lays-off-portion-of-staff |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}</ref>
===International history=== [[File:E3 2011 - Gamespot stage (5831894480).jpg|thumb|left|200px|The GameSpot stage at E3 2011]] ''GameSpot UK'' (United Kingdom) was started in October 1997 and operated until mid-2002, offering content that was oriented for the British market that often differed from that of the U.S. site. During this period, ''GameSpot UK'' won the 1999 PPAi (Periodical Publishers Association interactive) award for best website,<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpot UK Winner, PPAi Awards 1999 |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/Events/Annual-Awards/110#ppai1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926233911/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/Events/Annual-Awards/110#ppai1999 |archive-date=2007-09-26 |access-date=2006-10-07 |website=UKAOP.com}}</ref> and was short listed in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpot UK Short Listed, PPAi Awards 2001 |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/Events/Annual-Awards/110#ppai2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926233911/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/Events/Annual-Awards/110#ppai2001 |archive-date=2007-09-26 |access-date=2006-10-07 |website=UKAOP.com}}</ref> ''PC Gaming World'' was considered a "sister print magazine" and some content appeared on both ''GameSpot UK'' and ''PC Gaming World''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpot UK: Computer Games News, Reviews, Demos, and Strategy Guides |url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815053201/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/ |archive-date=2000-08-15 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=GameSpot UK |publisher=ZDNET |quote=Some of the material on this site also appears in our sister print magazine}}</ref> Following the purchase of ZDNet by CNET, GameSpot UK was merged with the main US site. On April 24, 2006, ''GameSpot UK'' was relaunched.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Lisa |date=April 24, 2006 |title=GameSpot UK Launches |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/newsitem.php?id=947 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611045243/http://www.mcvuk.com/news/947/Gamespot-UK-launches |archive-date=2007-06-11 |access-date=2006-11-01 |website=MCVUK.com}}</ref>
In a similar fashion, ''GameSpot AU'' (Australia) existed on a local scale in the late 1990s with Australian-produced reviews. It ceased in 2003. When a local version of the main CNET portal, CNET.com.au was launched in 2003, GameSpot AU content was folded into CNET.com.au. The site was fully re-launched in mid-2006, with a specialized forum, local reviews, special features, local pricings in Australian dollars, Australian release dates, and more local news.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
===Gerstmann dismissal=== Jeff Gerstmann, editorial director of the site, was fired on November 28, 2007, as a result of pressure from Eidos Interactive, a major advertiser; Eidos objected to the 6/10 review that Gerstmann had given ''Kane & Lynch: Dead Men'', a game they were heavily advertising on ''GameSpot'' at the time.<ref name="GiantBomb" /><ref name="kotakuGameSpot" /><ref>{{cite journal|first1=Peter|last1=Szuban|title=Reconstituting Vocabularies: User Generated Databases, Social Tagging, and Folksonomies in Giantbomb's Videogame Wiki Database|url=https://theijournal.ca/index.php/ijournal/article/view/32139|journal=The IJournal: Student Journal of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information|date=2018|issn=2561-7397|pages=41–49|volume=4|issue=1}}</ref> Both ''GameSpot'' and parent company CNET initially stated that his dismissal was unrelated to the review.<ref name="gsso">{{Cite web |last=GameSpot Staff |date=December 5, 2007 |title=Spot On: GameSpot on Gerstmann |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6183666.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725203926/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6183666.html |archive-date=2008-07-25 |access-date=2007-12-24 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref><ref name="cnetofficial">{{Cite web |last=Faylor |first=Chris |date=November 30, 2007 |title=CNET Denies 'External Pressure' Caused Gerstmann Termination |url=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50157 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515212056/http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50157 |archive-date=2008-05-15 |access-date=2007-12-24 |website=Shacknews}}</ref> However, in March 2012, the non-disclosure agreement that forced Gerstmann to withhold the details of his termination was nullified. Not long after, ''Giant Bomb'' (a site Gerstmann founded after leaving ''GameSpot'') was being purchased by the same parent company as ''GameSpot'', and that they moved their headquarters into the same building. As part of this announcement, Gerstmann revealed that the firing was indeed related to threats of Eidos pulling advertising revenue away from ''GameSpot'' as a result of Gerstmann's poor review score, which was confirmed by ''GameSpot's'' Jon Davison.<ref name="GiantBomb">{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=March 15, 2012 |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/exciting-news-from-your-friends-at-giant-bomb/1100-4035/ |title=Exciting News From Your Friends At Giant Bomb |publisher=Giant Bomb |access-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720165520/https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/exciting-news-from-your-friends-at-giant-bomb/1100-4035/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="kotakuGameSpot">{{cite web |last=Plunkett |first=Luke |date=March 15, 2012 |url=https://kotaku.com/yes-a-games-writer-was-fired-over-review-scores-5893785 |title=Yes, a Games Writer was Fired Over Review Scores |publisher=Kotaku |access-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409220352/https://kotaku.com/yes-a-games-writer-was-fired-over-review-scores-5893785 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Operations and features== ''GameSpot'' employs a 1-10 scoring system for reviews, which evolved from a categorical breakdown—where aspects such as graphics and audio received individual scores—to a unified overall score introduced in 2007 with half-point increments for finer granularity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2007-06-24-gamespot-changes-review-system-adds-medals.html?guccounter=1 |title=''Gamespot'' changes review system, adds 'medals' |last=Miller |first=Ross |website=Engadget |publisher=Yahoo! |date=June 24, 2007 |access-date=December 24, 2025}}</ref> By 2013, the scale shifted to integer values only, categorizing scores as Masterpiece (10), Superb (9), Great (8), Good (7), Fair (6), Mediocre (5), Poor (4), Bad (3), Terrible (2), or Abysmal (1).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/review-guidelines/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101042606/https://www.gamespot.com/review-guidelines/ |title=What's up with ''GameSpot''{{'}}s reviews? |last=Calvert |first=Justin |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |date=October 9, 2013 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |access-date=December 24, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Notable staff== * Greg Kasavin – executive editor and site director of ''GameSpot'', who left in 2007 to become a game developer. He became a producer at EA and 2K Games. As of 2021, he was working for Supergiant Games as a writer and creative director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasavin |first=Greg |date=January 19, 2007 |title=To Live and Die in L.A. |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/profile/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-24849433&user=GregK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930082224/http://www.gamespot.com/pages/profile/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-24849433&user=GregK |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=May 17, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Supergiant Games |url=https://www.supergiantgames.com/team/|access-date=2021-11-19 |website=SuperGiantGames.com}}</ref> * Jeff Gerstmann – editorial director of the site, dismissed from ''GameSpot'' on November 28, 2007, for undisclosed reasons, after which he started ''Giant Bomb''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Gerstmann - Virtual Fools |url=http://www.virtualfools.com/games/jeff-gerstmann/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314151801/http://www.virtualfools.com/games/jeff-gerstmann/ |archive-date=2008-03-14 |access-date=2008-04-15 |website=VirtualFools.com}}</ref> Following the announcement of the purchase of ''Giant Bomb'' by CBS Interactive on March 15, 2012, Jeff was allowed to reveal that he was dismissed by management as a result of publishers threatening to pull advertising revenue due to less-than-glowing review scores being awarded by ''GameSpot''{{'}}s editorial team.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Davison |first1=John |last2=Gerstmann |first2=Jeff |date=March 15, 2012 |title=GameSpot and Giant Bomb, Together |url=http://www.gamespot.com/video/gamespot-and-giant-bomb-together-6366598/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308124102/http://www.gamespot.com/video/gamespot-and-giant-bomb-together-6366598/ |archive-date=2013-03-08 |access-date=2018-01-14 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> * Danny O'Dwyer – video presenter of ''GameSpot'', founded crowdfunded game documentary company Noclip in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2013 |title=dannyodwyer's Blog - GameSpot |url=https://www.gamespot.com/profile/dannyodwyer/blog/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |language=en}}</ref> * Chris Wanstrath – web developer of ''GameSpot'' who left in 2008 to start GitHub, which became the world's largest host service for software code.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jr |first=Tom Huddleston |date=2018-06-04 |title=How this 33-year-old college dropout co-founded GitHub, which just sold to Microsoft for $7.5 billion |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/04/chris-wanstrath-co-founded-github-which-microsoft-bought-for-billions.html |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> In 2018 he sold GitHub to Microsoft for $7.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft finalizes its $7.5 billion GitHub acquisition |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-finalizes-its-7-5-billion-github-acquisition/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}</ref> {{Gallery |title=GameSpot notable staff |width=160 | height=170 |noborder=yes |align=center |File:Greg Kasavin at IndieCade 2013.png |Greg Kasavin in 2013|File:Jeff Gerstmann, PAX East 2015.jpg |Jeff Gerstmann in 2015 |File:Noclip - 2018 GDC Film Festival - 02.jpg |Danny O'Dwyer in 2018 |File:Chris Wanstrath 2023.jpg |Chris Wanstrath in 2023}}
==See also== * GameSpot Game of the Year awards
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.gamespot.com/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20000619190627/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/ GameSpot UK] (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041026020036/http://www.gamespot.be/ GameSpot Belgium] (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/19990117002707/http://www.gamespot.fr/ GameSpot France] (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/19981201194209/http://www.zdnet.de/spiele/ GameSpot Germany] (archived)
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