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Video game culture
- GameSpotGameSpot's editorial director was fired in 2007 after a 6 out of 10 review.
- GameTrailersGameTrailers was shut down on the 8th of February 2016. Most remaining staff then launched Easy Allies.
- KotakuKotaku, the games site, was failing within a month of its 2004 launch. Brian Crecente was brought in to rescue it.
- IGNIGN began in 1996 as five separate gaming websites. Sites like N64.com and PSXPower later merged into one brand.
- Rooster TeethRooster Teeth's founders did not expect Red vs. Blue to last past eight episodes. It ran for two decades of shows.
- CNETZiff Davis bought CNET in 2024 for $100 million, after selling it ZDNet for about $1.6 billion.
- GameFAQsOn April 1, 2002, GameFAQs renamed itself "GameFAX" as an Xbox-only site. Jeff Veasey's prank drew hate mail.
- DiscordDiscord grew out of a failed mobile game. Jason Citron's studio shifted to chat after its game flopped.
- Twitch (service)Google reportedly had a deal to buy Twitch, then Amazon bought it. Amazon paid just under one billion dollars in 2014.
- GameStopGameStop began in 1984 as a Dallas software store called Babbage's. It later grew to more than 7,500 stores at its peak.
- The Game AwardsThe Game Awards began, in a sense, with a flop. A 1994 televised show with Shatner and Nielsen planted the idea.
- Pokémon CenterPokémon Center is named after a clinic found only in a video game. The first store opened in Tokyo in April 1998.
- CosplayIn 1939, two fans wore costumes to a convention because they thought everyone would. They were the only ones who did.