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The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein. In addition to the information produced by GameSpot staff, the site also allows users to write their own reviews, blogs, and post on the site's forums. It has been owned by <a href="/wiki/Fandom_(website)" title="Fandom (website)">Fandom, Inc.</a> since October 2022.<a href="#cite_note-:0-2">[2]</a> <table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">GameSpot</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_GameSpot.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Logo_of_GameSpot.svg/220px-Logo_of_GameSpot.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Logo_of_GameSpot.svg/330px-Logo_of_GameSpot.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Logo_of_GameSpot.svg/440px-Logo_of_GameSpot.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="517"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_journalism" title="Video game journalism">Video game journalism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">May 1, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-05-01)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Pete Deemer</li><li>Vince Broady</li><li>Jon Epstein</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>SpotMedia (1996–1997)</li><li><a href="/wiki/ZDNET" title="ZDNET">ZDNET</a> (1997–2000)</li><li><a href="/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a> (2000–2008)</li><li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Interactive" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS Interactive">CBS Interactive</a> (2008–2020)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Red_Ventures" title="Red Ventures">Red Ventures</a> (2020–2022)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Fandom_(website)" title="Fandom (website)">Fandom, Inc.</a> (2022–present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gamespot.com">gamespot.com</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional (free and <a href="/wiki/Subscription_business_model" title="Subscription business model">paid</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">January 13, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-01-13) (Spotmedia)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr></tbody></table> In 2004, GameSpot won "Best Gaming Website" as chosen by the viewers in <a href="/wiki/Spike_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Spike TV">Spike TV</a>'s second Video Game Award Show,<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> and has won <a href="/wiki/Webby_Awards" title="Webby Awards">Webby Awards</a> several times. The domain GameSpot.com attracted at least 60 million visitors annually by October 2008 according to a <a href="/wiki/Compete.com" title="Compete.com">Compete.com</a> study.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History">1 History</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#International_history">1.1 International history</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Gerstmann_dismissal">1.2 Gerstmann dismissal</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Notable_staff">1.3 Notable staff</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Community_features">2 Community features</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#See_also">3 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#References">4 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#External_links">5 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="History">History</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=GameSpot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> In January 1996, Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein quit their positions at <a href="/wiki/IDG" class="mw-redirect" title="IDG">IDG</a> and founded SpotMedia Communications.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-Wired-7">[7]</a> SpotMedia then launched GameSpot on May 1, 1996.<a href="#cite_note-Wired-7">[7]</a> Originally, GameSpot focused solely on <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computer</a> games, so a sister site, VideoGameSpot, was launched on December 1, 1996.<a href="#cite_note-Wired-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-Navarro-8">[8]</a> Eventually VideoGameSpot, then renamed VideoGames.com, was merged into GameSpot.<a href="#cite_note-Navarro-8">[8]</a> On January 6, 1997, SpotMedia and publisher <a href="/wiki/Ziff_Davis" title="Ziff Davis">Ziff Davis</a> announced a $20 million agreement allowing the publisher to run content from <a href="/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World" title="Computer Gaming World">Computer Gaming World</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly" title="Electronic Gaming Monthly">Electronic Gaming Monthly</a> on SpotMedia's websites.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> By the following month, Ziff Davis's substantial financial infusion enabled GameSpot to grow to 45 employees.<a href="#cite_note-Wired-7">[7]</a> In February 1999, <a href="/wiki/PC_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Magazine">PC Magazine</a> named GameSpot one of the hundred best websites, alongside competitors <a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a> and <a href="/wiki/CNET_Gamecenter" class="mw-redirect" title="CNET Gamecenter">CNET Gamecenter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-pcmagtop100-10">[10]</a> On July 19, 2000, <a href="/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a> announced its acquisition of <a href="/wiki/ZDNET" title="ZDNET">ZDNET</a>, putting GameSpot and Gamecenter under the same parent company.<a href="#cite_note-eurocnet-11">[11]</a> That December, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> declared GameSpot and Gamecenter the "<a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a> of gaming sites".<a href="#cite_note-nytimescenter-12">[12]</a> In February 2001, GameSpot was spared from a redundancy reduction effort by CNET which shuttered Gamecenter.<a href="#cite_note-chronicle1-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-registergc-14">[14]</a> In October 2005, GameSpot adopted a new design similar to that of <a href="/wiki/TV.com" title="TV.com">TV.com</a>, now considered a sister site to GameSpot.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> GameSpot ran a few different paid subscriptions from 2006 to 2013, but is no longer running those.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-signup-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In June 2008, GameSpot's parent company CNET was acquired by <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a>, and GameSpot along with CNET's other online assets were managed by the <a href="/wiki/CBS_Interactive" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS Interactive">CBS Interactive</a> division.<a href="#cite_note-cbs-19">[19]</a> A new layout change was adopted in October 2013.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> CNET was sold to <a href="/wiki/Red_Ventures" title="Red Ventures">Red Ventures</a> in October 2020.<a href="#cite_note-redventures-acquisition-prnewswire-21">[21]</a> Two years later, <a href="/wiki/Fandom_(website)" title="Fandom (website)">Fandom</a> acquired GameSpot, along with <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, <a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a>, <a href="/wiki/GameFAQs" title="GameFAQs">GameFAQs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giant_Bomb" title="Giant Bomb">Giant Bomb</a>, Cord Cutters News, and <a href="/wiki/Comic_Vine" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic Vine">Comic Vine</a> from Red Ventures.<a href="#cite_note-:0-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-fandom-22">[22]</a> In January 2023, 40-50 employees were affected by a round of layoffs.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> More layoffs at GameSpot took place in January 2024.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_history">International history</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=GameSpot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: International history" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> 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,<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> and was short listed in 2001.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> <a href="/wiki/PC_Gaming_World" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Gaming World">PC Gaming World</a> was considered a "sister print magazine" and some content appeared on both GameSpot UK and PC Gaming World.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Following the purchase of <a href="/wiki/ZDNet" class="mw-redirect" title="ZDNet">ZDNet</a> by <a href="/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a>, GameSpot UK was merged with the main US site. On April 24, 2006, GameSpot UK was relaunched.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">Australian dollars</a>, Australian release dates, and more local news.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gerstmann_dismissal">Gerstmann dismissal</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=GameSpot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gerstmann dismissal" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann" title="Jeff Gerstmann">Jeff Gerstmann</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Kane_%26_Lynch:_Dead_Men" title="Kane & Lynch: Dead Men">Kane & Lynch: Dead Men</a>, a game they were heavily advertising on GameSpot at the time.<a href="#cite_note-GiantBomb-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-kotakuGameSpot-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Both GameSpot and parent company CNET initially stated that his dismissal was unrelated to the review.<a href="#cite_note-gsso-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-cnetofficial-33">[33]</a> However, in March 2012, the non-disclosure agreement that forced Gerstmann to withhold the details of his termination was nullified. Not long after, <a href="/wiki/Giant_Bomb" title="Giant Bomb">Giant Bomb</a> (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.<a href="#cite_note-GiantBomb-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-kotakuGameSpot-30">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_staff">Notable staff</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=GameSpot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable staff" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Kasavin" title="Greg Kasavin">Greg Kasavin</a> – executive editor and site director of GameSpot, who left in 2007 to become a game developer. He became a producer at <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">EA</a> and <a href="/wiki/2K_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="2K Games">2K Games</a>. As of 2021, he was working for <a href="/wiki/Supergiant_Games" title="Supergiant Games">Supergiant Games</a> as a writer and creative director.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann" title="Jeff Gerstmann">Jeff Gerstmann</a> – editorial director of the site, dismissed from GameSpot on November 28, 2007, for undisclosed reasons, after which he started <a href="/wiki/Giant_Bomb" title="Giant Bomb">Giant Bomb</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></li> <li>Danny O'Dwyer – video presenter of GameSpot, founded crowdfunded game documentary company <a href="/wiki/Noclip" title="Noclip">Noclip</a> in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Wanstrath" title="Chris Wanstrath">Chris Wanstrath</a> – web developer of GameSpot who left in 2008 to start <a href="/wiki/GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a>, which became the world’s largest host service for software code.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In 2018 he sold GitHub to Microsoft for $7.5 billion.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Community_features">Community features</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=GameSpot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Community features" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> GameSpot's forums were originally run by ZDNet, and later by <a href="/wiki/Lithium_(forums)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithium (forums)">Lithium</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] GameSpot uses a semi-automated moderation system with numerous volunteer <a href="/wiki/Forum_moderator" class="mw-redirect" title="Forum moderator">moderators</a>. GameSpot moderators are picked by paid GameSpot staff from members of the GameSpot user community. Due to the size and massive quantity of boards and posts on GameSpot, there is a "report" feature where a normal user can report a violation post to an unpaid moderator volunteer.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In addition to the message board system, GameSpot has expanded its community through the addition of features such as user <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blogs</a> (formerly known as "journals")<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> and user video blogs. Users can track other users, thus allowing them to see updates for their favorite blogs. If both users track each other, they are listed on each other's friends list. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=GameSpot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Game_of_the_Year_awards#GameSpot" title="List of Game of the Year awards">GameSpot Game of the Year awards</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="References">References</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=GameSpot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://whois.domaintools.com/gamespot.com">"GameSpot.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools"</a>. <a href="/wiki/WHOIS" title="WHOIS">WHOIS</a>. 2016. 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data-title="GameSpot" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="GameSpot" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="GameSpot" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="GameSpot" data-language-autonym="Italiano" 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