Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20140702/News

News and announcements

New articles

• There were 126 new articles in April 2014.
• There were 115 new articles in May 2014.
• There were 126 new articles in June 2014.

Announcements

• WP:VG saw its first two articles on individual game levels this quarter.
• A thread on the issue of GameSpot using robots.txt to prevent the archiving of links was made on April 16th, causing concern on the sourcing of articles. The issue was later resolved on June 7th.
• The WikiProject got 2/3 of the way to a Main Page hat-trick on 30 June by supporting both the Featured Article and the Featured List (a Featured Picture or Did You Know on the same day would have sealed the deal).

On the Main Page

The Main Page is the most prominent page on the English Wikipedia.

Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page between April and June 2014. Congratulations to the contributing editors!

The following were Today's featured article on the following dates:

• Nintendo DSi on 5 April
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow on 6 May
• Thatgamecompany on 5 June
• Pokémon Channel on 30 June

The following were the Picture of the day on the following dates:

• Incredipede on 25 April

The following were Today's featured list on the following dates:

• Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game on 23 May
• List of Square Enix companion books on 30 June

Facts from the following articles appeared on the Main Page's Did you know? section:

• The Idolmaster 2, 1 April
• Wisp (Sonic), 3 April
• The Forest (video game), 3 April
• Development of Grand Theft Auto V, 4 April
• Pokémon Battle Trozei, 5 April
• Lego Ninjago: Nindroids, 8 April
• Ancient Trader, 8 April
• Xenia (emulator), 9 April
• Betrayer (video game), 10 April
• Prodigy (video game), 10 April
• Lifeless Planet, 11 April
• Dragon Fin Soup, 11 April
• 2048 (video game), 12 April
• Fire and Darkness, 15 April
• Civilization: Beyond Earth, 16 April
• Silver the Hedgehog, 17 April
• Entertainment Software Rating Board, 18 April
• Armello, 18 April
• Secrets of Rætikon, 19 April
• Grand Theft Auto Online, 21 April
• Alien Rage, 24 April
• The Music of Grand Theft Auto V, 27 April
• Robbing the Cradle, 9 May
• Amy Rose, 15 May
• PETA satirical browser games, 16 May
• Escape from Woomera, 25 May
• Stereoscopic video game, 27 May
• Automonopoli, 28 May
• List of accolades received by Titanfall, 29 May
• Sonic: After the Sequel, 31 May
• Mischief Makers, 2 June
• Saints Row 2 (mobile), 10 June
• The Idolmaster One For All, 12 June
• WonderSwan, 14 June
• Halo 5: Guardians, 15 June
• Saints Row: The Third, 15 June
• Boss Fight Books, 16 June
• Lost Luggage (video game), 17 June
• Freedom Planet, 17 June
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection, 18 June
• The Legend of Korra (action video game), 29 June