Added: 31/03/2010
Hello and welcome to the new Games Xtreme website.
We are proud to announce the latest version of Games Xtreme, which is bigger, better and an all singing and dancing application that will fulfil your every desire (portions of that sentance may not be completely accurate).
We have introduced a number of new features and expanded the contributions system (it was a bit lackluster) so that as members you can contribute more to the site and recieve the credit you deserve.
Some of you may remember Games Xtreme a few years ago when we allowed our members to have thier own columns. While a number of you took on this challenge it never really made it into future iterations of the site until now, where it is back, this time under the standard name for these things, the Blog.
You get to write about what you like, embed images, links and generally let us know what you are feeling. You can also attach a blog post to a game, so if you are talking about your latest shootout in Call of Duty 4 simply type 'Call of Duty 4' into the handy Associated Games box and choose it from the list that appears. Your blog will now be tagged with the game for all to see.
Now, Contributions. We have always allowed our users to contribute to the site in some way, now we let you do even more (or will do when its done). From today you can Submit Box Art, Suggest a Game we should list in our database, Write your Own Reviews and Rate a Game. We are reworking the Cheats/FAQ's submission process to make it easier and working on allowing you to edit sections of the gamepages to help us fill in data we might be missing, such as publisher/developer, official site links and the game release dates.
As you can expect we will of course credit you will a submission when it is approved. Your Profile contributions tab will list everything you contributed and who knows, contribute enough and you'll gain more power on the site :)
Speaking of your profiles, you'll see a much improved system. Your homepage lists your latest blog posts, a description you can fill in to let people know more about you and a random list of your games and friends. Your game Collection lists all of your games, with Genre/Platform charts and a handy box to let you add new games without having to leave the page.
Everyone is a critic and we agree, but its no good being a critic without having someone to listen to you, again we agree, thats why as a registered memeber you can review a game, disagree with our verdict or just want to rant and rave about a game? Well you can, every GamePage has a 'Write Review' link in the top right, click this link and fill in the form to write your own review. Every review is moderated before it is live, but unless you swear on every other word we are pretty sure to let it through.
You may notice that Comments and Forums have dissapeared, this is only temporary while we rework them but on thier return you will be able to comment on pretty much any article, video and user. Don't worry though, those of you who have already posted anything, it is all safe and will be available when we turn the code back on.
Finally the official Games Xtreme blog. Not spotted it yet? Im sure you have, this is it! Every time we do an update, have a thought, fix a bug or some other excuse we will let you guys know. Just come back here to see the latest post.
We are proud to announce the latest version of Games Xtreme, which is bigger, better and an all singing and dancing application that will fulfil your every desire (portions of that sentance may not be completely accurate).
We have introduced a number of new features and expanded the contributions system (it was a bit lackluster) so that as members you can contribute more to the site and recieve the credit you deserve.
Some of you may remember Games Xtreme a few years ago when we allowed our members to have thier own columns. While a number of you took on this challenge it never really made it into future iterations of the site until now, where it is back, this time under the standard name for these things, the Blog.
You get to write about what you like, embed images, links and generally let us know what you are feeling. You can also attach a blog post to a game, so if you are talking about your latest shootout in Call of Duty 4 simply type 'Call of Duty 4' into the handy Associated Games box and choose it from the list that appears. Your blog will now be tagged with the game for all to see.
Now, Contributions. We have always allowed our users to contribute to the site in some way, now we let you do even more (or will do when its done). From today you can Submit Box Art, Suggest a Game we should list in our database, Write your Own Reviews and Rate a Game. We are reworking the Cheats/FAQ's submission process to make it easier and working on allowing you to edit sections of the gamepages to help us fill in data we might be missing, such as publisher/developer, official site links and the game release dates.
As you can expect we will of course credit you will a submission when it is approved. Your Profile contributions tab will list everything you contributed and who knows, contribute enough and you'll gain more power on the site :)
Speaking of your profiles, you'll see a much improved system. Your homepage lists your latest blog posts, a description you can fill in to let people know more about you and a random list of your games and friends. Your game Collection lists all of your games, with Genre/Platform charts and a handy box to let you add new games without having to leave the page.
Everyone is a critic and we agree, but its no good being a critic without having someone to listen to you, again we agree, thats why as a registered memeber you can review a game, disagree with our verdict or just want to rant and rave about a game? Well you can, every GamePage has a 'Write Review' link in the top right, click this link and fill in the form to write your own review. Every review is moderated before it is live, but unless you swear on every other word we are pretty sure to let it through.
You may notice that Comments and Forums have dissapeared, this is only temporary while we rework them but on thier return you will be able to comment on pretty much any article, video and user. Don't worry though, those of you who have already posted anything, it is all safe and will be available when we turn the code back on.
Finally the official Games Xtreme blog. Not spotted it yet? Im sure you have, this is it! Every time we do an update, have a thought, fix a bug or some other excuse we will let you guys know. Just come back here to see the latest post.
