Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20120404/News

WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

Volume 5, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2012

Changes to Featured and Good content | News items and announcements | Feature | Featured editor

News and announcements

New articles

• There were 138 new articles in January 2012.
• There were 98 new articles in February 2012.
• There were 133 new articles in March 2012.

Announcements

• A request for comment was started on the inclusion status of video game remakes
• A consensus was reached to continue with A-Class assessments and to reformat them with new guidelines, listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Assessment/A Class Guidelines.

On the Main Page

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Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page between January and March 2012. Congratulations to the contributing editors!

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

• Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss on March 14, 2012
• Pathways into Darkness on February 3, 2012

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

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

• The Banner Saga, March 29
• Double Fine Adventure, February 26
• Undercover: Operation Wintersun, February 26
• Blade Runner (1985 video game), February 24
• Game Dev Story, February 19
• Bolo (1982 video game), February 17
• Dustforce, February 17
• Double Fine Happy Action Theater, February 16
• Captain America in: The Doom Tube of Dr. Megalomann, February 11
• Moonlight Madness (video game), February 6
• Death By Cube, January 28
• Q.U.B.E., January 27
• Tooth Protectors, January 24
• Uncle Henry's Playhouse, January 13
• M Network, January 11
• Cleveland v. United States, January 8
• Minicraft, January 2