Game names

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game names

Game names should be placed in italics on all references. Game names should be written out on first reference exactly as they appear in marketing and packaging material.

Example: Ubisoft's Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie let gamers play as Kong himself.

Acronyms/abreviations: After the first reference, unwieldy game names can be referred to by an acronym. In these cases, note the acronym in a parenthetical after the first reference. Game names may also be abbreviated to shorter forms after first reference if the context makes the reference apparent. Acronyms and abbreviated names should also be italicized.

Example: Grand Theft Auto III (GTA3) was notable for its open-ended design. But many politicians focused on GTA3's violence and not its novel gameplay. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City expanded on the multi-million selling original, but Vice City was criticized for being too similar to its predecessor.

Sequels: Sequel names should be rendered as they appear in packaging and marketing materials, including any franchise names, punctuation, and/or Arabic/Roman numerals. (See the Notable Games appendix for some examples of this rule.)

Example: Super Castlevania IV was the first game in the Castlevania series to appear on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Games released for multiple systems: To distinguish between games that share the same name but not the same system, refer to that system's version of the game.

Example: The PlayStation Portable version of The Sims bears little resemblance to the console and PC versions.

In reviews for games that appear on multiple systems, note the version evaluated and other versions available.

Example: This review is based on the Xbox version of the game. Versions for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and PC are also available.

Also see: franchise.