Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20200705/News
News and announcements
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- Correction from last quarter: 36 new articles in 23-31 March 2020 were listed after the publication of last quarter's newsletter.
- There were 162 new articles in April 2020.
- There were 164 new articles in May 2020.
- There were 155 new articles in June 2020.
Announcements
[edit]- I'm Aya Syameimaru! has made a new Wikipedia ad for this newsletter: File:Wiki-ad WikiProject Video games newsletter.gif.
- News for WP:VG Newletter readers who speak Chinese: Ericliu1912 and staff at Wéijī bǎikē: Diànzǐ yóuxì zhuāntí jiǎnxùn (Chinese WP:VG Newsletter) have fully launched as of the first quarter of 2020 and they are releasing their third issue this July. The English WP:VG Newsletter will be providing links to new releases at the "Other related newsletters" section of the Newsletter index.
On the Main Page
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Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page between April and June 2020. Congratulations to the contributing editors!
The following were Today's featured article on the following dates:
- God of War: Ascension on 5 May
- Sega Saturn on 11 May (25th anniversary of its NA release)
- Sega on 3 June (60th anniversary of its founding)
The following were the Picture of the day on the following dates:
- Neo Geo CD on 29 April
Facts from the following articles appeared on the Main Page's Did you know? section:
- 3 April - Monster Truck Madness
- 5 April - Development of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- 9 April - Gavin Dempsey
- 1 May - Red Dead Online
- 2 May - Xenon 2: Megablast
- 14 May - Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!
- 18 May - Arthur Morgan (Red Dead)
- 19 May - Minecraft Multiplayer Fun
- 21 May - Bionicle: Quest for Mata Nui
- 22 May - Clint Hocking
- 24 May - Hardcoded (video game)
- 25 May - Elsinore (video game)
- 28 May - The Longing (video game)
- 29 May - XCOM: Chimera Squad
- 31 May - Zackray
- 7 June - Unshaken
- 15 June - John Marston (Red Dead)
- 17 June - Road Rash II
- 19 June - Maister (gamer)
- 21 June - Samsora
- 23 June - Battle of Asakai
- 28 June - Cover Girl Strip Poker