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GameSpot
is a
website
that was created in June 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein.
In the beginning the website was mainly about
PC
games. Another similar site, videogamespot.com was created in December of the same year to talk about console video game systems. In 1997, videogamespot.com became videogames.com for a short time. Afterward in 1998, videogames.com and GameSpot.com joined together to become a single site.
GameSpot makes
video game
and
PC
reviews, previews, downloads, news, and information. It is known as one of the biggest game websites on the
Internet
.
ZDNet
bought GameSpot later on. However ZDNet was later bought by
CNET Networks
, who were then bought by
CBS Corporation
in March 2008.
[1]
CBS Interactive
are the owned GameSpot until they sold it in 2020 to Red Ventures.
Fandom
purchased GameSpot in 2022.
On October 3, 2005, GameSpot changed how the website looked, making it similar to what
TV.com
looks like.
[2]