gamespot.com
gamespot.com
Who runs gamespot.com, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest video game journalism alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Couldn’t check
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Polygon
Measured from gamespot.com’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit gamespot.com01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs gamespot.com
gamespot.com
Wikidata: video game website
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What gamespot.com tracks
We couldn’t read gamespot.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so we can’t say what it loads.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to gamespot.com
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to gamespot.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to gamespot.com match.
We can’t read gamespot.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
- 01
Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More
Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.
Very close - 02
TheGamer - The Leading Source for Gaming News, Reviews, and Interviews
TheGamer delivers the biggest video game news, in-depth interviews, honest reviews, timely previews, and surprising stories.
Very close - 03
GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games
GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.
Very close - 04
ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News
ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!
Very close - 05
Comicbook.com: Comics, Movies, TV, Gaming and Anime
Comicbook.com is the #1 site for everything geek. Get news, opinion and exclusives on movies, TV shows, video games, comics, anime and more.
Very close - 06
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Very close - 07
Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close - 08
Anime News Network
English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture
Very close - 09
TechPowerUp
Leading tech publication, with fast news, thorough reviews, and a strong community.
Very close - 10
Game8｜The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan!
The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan! Game8 delivers the latest in gaming news, walkthrough information, and other useful tools so that you can get the most out of your gaming experience! Our pages for popular apps and new games are being updated every minute!
Very close - 11
Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close - 12
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close - 13
Templated | Independent Gambling & iGaming Industry News
Independent news on the online casino, sports betting, and iGaming industries. Daily coverage of regulation, operators, and business.
Very close - 14
nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world
Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine
Very close - 15
Valorant esports coverage | VLR.gg
Valorant esports coverage - competitive news, schedule, match results, team rankings, stats, and forums
Very close - 16
The Dice Tower
The Dice Tower is dedicated to getting folks to learn about the wide world of exciting new board games. We do video reviews, and an audio show, and more.
Very close - 17
FanSided Sports News & Updates: NFL, NBA, MLB, College & More
FanSided - Your go-to source for sports, entertainment, and lifestyle. Stay updated on news, analysis, and fandom across a range of topics.
Very close - 18
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close - 19
Fextralife | Delve Deeper. Explore Further.
375,000+ expert-authored guides, builds, and lore across 300+ games. In-depth knowledge built for players who never stop exploring.
Very close - 20
XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles gamespot.com’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones gamespot.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what gamespot.com adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 7 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,209
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 46 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to gamespot.com’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630d114a19131b-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:sendgrid.net -all
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:sendgrid.net -all
- DNS hosting
- Google Cloud DNS NS ns-cloud-c4.googledomains.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=0Ni8kZjRQQ7k7L1ka7GUuhIAW9wKiP0yuc0s6v8UVjE
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=fbzdquphz9r1fkwjq7toys5kwtrh9e14d15e6ed4…
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 16/20
- Google Analytics · not on gamespot.com 12/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on gamespot.com 10/20
- Meta Business Suite 9/20
- PHP · not on gamespot.com 8/20
- WordPress · not on gamespot.com 8/20
- Amazon SES · not on gamespot.com 7/20
- nginx · not on gamespot.com 7/20
- Comscore · not on gamespot.com 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on gamespot.com 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on gamespot.com 6/20
- Cloudflare 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on gamespot.com 5/20
- jQuery · not on gamespot.com 5/20
- jsDelivr · not on gamespot.com 4/20