Curated category
Internet properties established in 1996
- GameSpotOn the 1st of May 1996, three former IDG employees launched a new website called GameSpot. Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein formed SpotMedia…
- ShacknewsSteve Gibson launched a website in 1996 called Quakeholio. This digital space focused entirely on the upcoming game Quake from ID Software.
- ComicBook.comIn 1996, a digital holding page appeared online under the domain ComicBook.com. American Entertainment used this space to host sales links and press releases…
- Internet ArchiveBrewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive in May 1996, establishing a digital library with the mission to provide universal access to all knowledge.
- IGNOn the 29th of September 1996, a new website called IGN launched under the name Imagine Games Network. Media entrepreneur Chris Anderson created this…
- GameSpyMark Surfas founded GameSpy in 1995 to solve a specific problem facing players of id Software's Quake. The game released in 1996 and allowed users to play…
- TheStreetJim Cramer and Marty Peretz launched TheStreet in 1996 as a financial news website. The company went public in May 1999 under the leadership of CEO Kevin…
- RPGnetEmma and Sandy Antunes stood at the center of a digital storm in 1996. They launched RPGnet to unify transient game sites that scattered across the early…