Most Researched Games past week
box cover Moses: Old Testament Adventure #1
box cover Arcade Fruit Machine
box cover Guitar Hero: World Tour
box cover Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
box cover Townscaper
box cover Tintin in Tibet
box cover Alien Syndrome
box cover Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #2: Pirate Adventure
box cover FC 24
box cover The Smurfs
Most Researched Professionals past week
photo Yoshitaka Tamaki
photo Dene Carter
photo Filip Oščádal
photo Jeppe Carlsen
Ryoko Horie
photo Stello Doussis
photo Naseer Alkhouri
Chad Armstrong
photo Timothy Cain
Fred Durst
Most Researched Companies past week
Valve Corporation
Unity Technologies ApS
Google LLC
Electronic Arts, Inc.
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd.
Epic Games, Inc.
Activision Publishing, Inc.
Big Fish Games, Inc
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
Recent games, images, credits, trivia, groups
Screenshot for SRAM 2 (1987, DOS)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Barbarian_bros
Screenshot for SRAM (1987, DOS)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Barbarian_bros
Front Cover for Nock (2023, PlayStation 5)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Koterminus
Media for The Sims 2: Castaway (2007, Wii)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by rubinho146
Media for Viking Sisters (2019, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Rainer S
Back Cover for Football World Manager (1998, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by rubinho146
Game - Little Jack's Adventures (2016, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by legofan94
Front Cover for Gourmania 2: Great Expectations (2010, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Rainer S
Game - Kitchen Simulator 2015 (2015, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by legofan94
Front Cover for Hamlet (2010, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Rainer S
Front Cover for Habroxia (2023, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Koterminus
Spine/Sides for Farm Frenzy: Pizza Party (2010, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Rainer S
Manual for Dream Day: True Love (2011, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Rainer S
Front Cover for hexceed: novus (2022, Linux)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Kam1Kaz3NL77
11 credits added for Junction (1991, Game Gear)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】
Manual for IncrediBubble (2003, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by rubinho146
Front Cover for Black Mesa (2016, Linux)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Koterminus
Full Cover for Chef Solitaire: USA (2015, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by Rainer S
Spine/Sides for Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars (2005, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by rubinho146
Screenshot for Ion Fury: Aftershock (2023, Windows)
Added Oct 5th, 2023 by MrFlibble

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Database Statistics

Platforms 318
Games 337,629
People 1,101,758
Companies 48,795
Critics 2,558
Groups 13,269
Genres 226
Attributes 3,329
Screenshots 1,009,050
Cover Art 773,037
Promo Art 933,052
Videos 19,699
Player Reviews 16,232
Critic Reviews 503,472
Product Codes 198,060
Prices 36,911

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This Day in Gaming

News

Moby v2023.09.22 Release

By MobyReed (301) on September 22, 2023 · 9 comments

New milestone! This week we hit 500k critic reviews in the database.

MobyPro access has been expanded to contributors with >50k+ points and to past Patrons. Simply go here to unlock it for free.

And speaking of MobyPro, a new feature was added to releases page that compiles all companies into a single display. Did you know that at least 96(!) companies either worked on or contributed to Baldur's Gate III?

Changelog:

  • Added more information to Most Wanted results, plus sorting
  • Added "expand all" feature and preference to Critic Reviews table (it will remember whether you last had it expanded or collapsed)
  • Added "nofollow" attributes to contribution links so good bots can avoid unnecessary pages
  • Added link to an unnofficial OCR tool on the credits submission form
  • Added missing contribution links to bottom of game overview pages
  • Now accepting YouTube Shorts URLs for credit submissions
  • Game covers contribution page now displays what covers/images were submitted and when
  • Game description contribution page now displays what description was submitted and when
  • Contributors can now pull contributions of the same type (e.g., screenshots) as a group as opposed to individually
  • Genre additions now happen immediately
  • Reworked promo image contribution tool/flow
  • Fixed searching for multiple new companies on releases
  • Fixed issue with credits tool not retaining typed name for a person in credits entry
  • Fixed issue with Firefox not being able to select companies in releases listings
  • Fixed bug when adding unreleased Steam games
  • Fixed bug with critic scores rated as "F" displaying as "Unscored" as opposed to 0%
  • Fixed error messages that contain HTML
  • Approvers: Can now pull information for unreleased Steam games
  • MobyPro: Added new feature to releases page that compiles all companies into a single display
  • MobyPro: Early access has been expanded from approvers to contributors with >50k points and past Patrons
  • MobyPro: Fixed permission error on developer collaborations
  • MobyPro: Can download original promo images, in addition to game covers and screenshots
  • Misc. bug fixes, UI polish, error messaging improvements

Old School Gamer Magazine

By MobyReed (301) on September 22, 2023 · 0 comments

Attn. Retro Gamers: Our friends over at Old School Gamer have a Kickstarter. Please check it out and support if you can! Their magazine is a lot of fun to read. Especially the physical version, but you can also read their free version online.

Moby v2023.09.01 Release

By MobyReed (301) on September 01, 2023 · 12 comments

We completed August with 45,237 approved contributions, the 2nd most on record (48,800 is the current record, set in June). Thanks to all contributors and approvers, great work!

Speaking of approvers, they were given early access to an upcoming feature called MobyPro. Which adds various enhancements to the site. Including the ability to download original full resolution covers and other images, unlimited paging/results, credit roles breakdown on credit pages, game browser csv/json export, a collaboration feature, and more to come.

Approvers and prolific contributors will get MobyPro for free. Past Patrons will get it for free for a period of time. It will otherwise be available as a paid subscription. Currently we're testing it with approvers and will roll out to a group of contributors in the not too distant future!

Changelog:

  • Added specs to the core game info box on game overview pages, including Business Model, Media Type, Input Devices, Multiplayer Options, Number of Online/Offline Players, Rating (example)
  • Added product code support to Most Wanted
  • Added genres to game listings for companies and groups
  • Can now exclude NSFW games from Most Wanted
  • Accept mobile Wikipedia URLs for Identifiers
  • Better Identifier error messages
  • Fixed credit caches not updating with name changes
  • Fixed issue with duplicate AKA highlights in search results
  • Fixed duplicate role names displaying on credit submissions
  • Fixed revised descriptions for new games not saving
  • Fixed cover image with Xbox.com game import
  • Misc. other bug fixes, UI tweaks and optimizations
  • MobyPro: Ability to download original full resolution covers, screenshots and promo images
  • MobyPro: Collaboration feature to see what games any 2 people have been credited on
  • MobyPro: Unlimited paging/results across the site
  • MobyPro: Ability to export game browser results as a CSV or JSON file
  • MobyPro: Credit roles breakdown on credit pages

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