This page documents templates related to video games. Note that infobox templates shown below are examples, purely for demonstration purposes. Therefore some information has been ommitted to reduce the size of the template transclusion on this page. [edit] Project templates [edit] Project banner | Template | Example | Information | | {{WikiProject Video games}} |  | This article is within the scope of WikiProject Video games, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of video games on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. | |  ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale. | | ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. | | Things you can help with: | edit · history · watch · purge  | A membership list has been started. If you are an active member, be sure to list yourself as such. |  | - Good content candidates: Scribblenauts, A Boy and His Blob (2009 video game), Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns, Guitar Hero On Tour series, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Steins;Gate, Saw, Brütal Legend, Tifa Lockhart, Xenogears, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Michael Salvatori, Mario, Final Fantasy II, Defender (video game), Sword of Aragon, Final Fantasy IV, Aquaria, Hildegard von Krone - Music: Yasunori Mitsuda, Takahito Eguchi, Hiroki Kikuta, Noriko Matsueda, Jeremy Soule, Inon Zur
- Remember to add {{WikiProject Video games}} to every video game article, template, category, image and project Talk page.
| | | | | Tag the talk pages all WikiProject Video games related articles and project subpages with this template. It will automatically add the page to Category:WikiProject Video games articles. | [edit] Welcome template | Template | Example | Information | | {{Vgproj welcome}} | ==Welcome to WikiProject Video games==  | Hi WikiProject Video games! You are receiving this message because we've noticed your excellent edits on video game-related articles. We need your help at the Video games WikiProject! There is much work to do, so please head over to the project page and help us enhance and increase the coverage of video game related articles on Wikipedia!
| | A welcome template that welcomes new users to our project. Add it to the talk pages of new users who have contributed to video-game related articles, using {{subst:Vgproj welcome}} --~~~~. | [edit] Project discussion | Template | Example | Information | | {{VG-Discussion}} |  | A discussion regarding Example has been added to the talk page of the Wikiproject: Video Games. As a contributor to the project, please add your opinions to it [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#{{{2}}}|here]]. Thank you. | | Tag the related article talk page(s) or user talk page(s) with this template to direct editors to a centralized discussion on the project talk page. | [edit] Article templates [edit] Infobox See also: Infobox discussion, Project template discussion, Release dates. | Template | Example | Information | | {{Infobox VG}} | | The Orange Box | 
| | Developer(s) | Valve Corporation
EA UK (PlayStation 3 version) | | Publisher(s) | Valve Corporation | | Distributor(s) | Electronic Arts (retail)
Steam (online) | | Engine | Source engine | | Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | | Release date(s) | October 10, 2007 Windows and Xbox 360 NA October 10, 2007
EU October 19, 2007
AUS October 25, 2007
Windows (download)
October 9, 2007
PlayStation 3 (retail)
NA December 11, 2007
EU December 11, 2007
AUS December 20, 2007 | | Genre(s) | First-person shooter, puzzle, compilation | | Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer | | Rating(s) | BBFC: 15
ESRB: T–M
| | Media | Blu-ray Disc, download, DVD-ROM | | Input methods | Keyboard, mouse, Xbox 360 controller, SIXAXIS controller, DualShock 3 controller | | Infobox VG is in articles about video games that have been or will be released for single or multiple platforms. The image used should be game box art and no other non-free images should be present. For console games, the fields engine, media, input, and requirements should generally be omitted. For games with a PC version, it is preferable to populate input, engine, and requirements. Never list a computer game as a "PC" game—list the applicable operating systems instead. The fields for designer, writer, composer and artist should only be used if their entries are notable: for instance, being influencial on the industry, winning awards, or having substantial work outside the industry. Often notable people will have their own articles, so wikilink them. | | {{vgrelease}} | JP 24 December 2009
NA 24 December 2009
PAL 24 December 2009
EU 24 December 2009
AUS 24 December 2009
| Used for release dates, which creates superscript abbreviations. Other country codes are listed here. | | {{vgratings}} | CERO: A
ESRB: Everyone
OFLC: G
PEGI: 3+
| Used for ratings, which creates links to the article for the rating board. | | {{vgy}} | 2007 | For dates in video-game related articles where the day-of-year is not known, the year should be linked to "YYYY in video gaming". The template creates this wikilink easily: {{vgy|2007}} will automatically produce the year and create a link to the appropriate article. | [edit] VG Requirements | Template | Example | Information | | {{VG Requirements}} | | System requirements | | Minimum | Recommended | | Windows | | Operating System | Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista | | CPU | Pentium 4 2.5 GHz (single core) | Intel Core 2 Duo Or AMD Athlon 64 X2 | | Memory | 1 GB | 2 GB | | Hard Drive Space | 8 GB of free space | | Graphics Hardware | DirectX 9.0c compliant card with 128 MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550), Must support Pixel Shader 3.0 | DirectX 9.0c compliant card with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA 7900GT or better) or DirectX 10 compliant card (NVIDIA 8600 or better) | | Sound Hardware | 100% DirectX 9.0c compliant card | Sound Blaster X-Fi (Optimized for EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0/5.0 compatible cards) | | Network | Internet connection required for activation | | | Provides a table of requirements for a video game for a personal computer system if more space is needed than what is provided by the Infobox template. | [edit] List item [edit] Image tags | Template | Example | | {{Non-free game cover}} |  | This image is cover art for a video or computer game, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of game cover art constitutes fair use under United States copyright law. Other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
Additionally, please specify at least one platform in the first parameter. See usage below.
Usage: This template accepts the platform(s) as parameters to better categorize the tagged image. {{Non-free game cover|Macintosh|Linux|Windows}} or {{Non-free game cover|Macintosh}} or just {{Non-free game cover}} if the platform is unknown. (For the platform names you can use, see the subcategories of Category:Video game covers.) | | | {{Non-free computer icon}} | | | {{Non-free logo}} |  | This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and possibly trademark. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos.
To the uploader: This tag is not sufficient on its own. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed non-free use rationale. Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. | | | {{Non-free game screenshot}} | | This is a screenshot of a non-free copyrighted video game or computer game, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the company or person that developed the game. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots - for identification and critical commentary on
- the computer or video game in question or
- the copyrighted character(s) or item(s) depicted on the screenshot in question
- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. See Wikipedia:Non-free content. To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. Note: This tag should not be used for screenshots of free software; use the license tag corresponding to the software's license instead, optionally alongside {{Free screenshot}}. | | | {{Attribution-Ubisoft}} |  | Ubisoft allows the users to publish screenshots of all their games under a free license. For more information, read the agreement. Ubisoft, the copyright holder of this file, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that they are properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted. | |
[edit] Cleanup [edit] External link templates Use these templates to link to various CVG databases/websites on the internet:
[edit] Stub types For a generic stub about computer and video games, use {{videogame-stub}}. This will put the article into the Video game stubs category. - For a more specific stub by genre, use
| - Or for stubs by company, use
| - For stubs by platform, use
- Other stub types include
Our daughter projects have also created the {{FinalFantasy-stub}}, {{Pokémon-stub}}, and {{Warcraft-stub}} templates. These will also put articles into the corresponding stub categories.
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