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  • 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…
  • GameTrailersGeoffrey R. Grotz and Brandon Jones launched GameTrailers in 2002 as a small startup focused on video game trailers and gameplay footage.
  • KotakuKotaku launched in October 2004 as a video game website within the Gawker Media network. Matthew Gallant served as its lead writer during those early days.
  • IGNOn the 29th of September 1996, a new website called IGN launched under the name Imagine Games Network. Media entrepreneur Chris Anderson created this…
  • Rooster TeethIn April 2003, six University of Texas alumni launched a website called drunkgamers.com from their Austin office. Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey…
  • CNETHalsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie launched c/net, a 24-hour cable network about computers and technology in 1992. They produced four pilot television programs…
  • DiscordJason Citron stood in a game development studio in 2014, staring at the screen of his mobile multiplayer online battle arena game called Fates Forever.
  • Twitch (service)In June 2011, a new website called TwitchTV launched in public beta as a dedicated spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv.
  • GameStopIn 1984, two former Harvard Business School classmates named James McCurry and Gary M. Kusin opened a software store in Dallas called Babbage's.
  • The Game AwardsIn 1994, a teenager named Geoff Keighley helped write material for celebrity hosts like William Shatner and Leslie Nielsen during Cybermania '94.
  • Pokémon CenterThe first Pokémon Center opened its doors in Tokyo during April 1998. This original location eventually closed and reopened at a different address within the…
  • CosplayIn June 1983, Nobuyuki Takahashi wrote an article for the Japanese magazine Comic Com. He introduced a new word to describe the activity of wearing costumes…