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GameRankings is a website
Website

A Web site is a collection of related Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are hosted on one Web server, usually accessible via the Internet....
 which keeps track of video game review
Review

A review is an evaluation of a publication, such as a film, video game, musical composition, book, or a piece of hardware like a car, appliance, or computer....
s from other sites, and combines them to present an average rating for each game. The site is owned by CBS Interactive. Similar websites include GameRatio, GameStats
GameStats

GameStats is a website which keeps track of video game reviews from other web sites, much like Game Rankings. GameStats was founded by IGN in 2002....
, Metacritic
Metacritic

Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, console game, film, television program, DVDs, and books. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged....
, MobyGames
MobyGames

MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging Video game, both past and present. The site contains an extensive database of video game information....
, and TopTenReviews
TopTenReviews

TopTenReviews is a website which aggregates reviews for software, hardware, web services, music, movies, and video games from other sites and publications....
.

Rankings GameRankings collects and links to (but does not host) reviews from other websites and magazines and averages specific ones.






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GameRankings is a website
Website

A Web site is a collection of related Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are hosted on one Web server, usually accessible via the Internet....
 which keeps track of video game review
Review

A review is an evaluation of a publication, such as a film, video game, musical composition, book, or a piece of hardware like a car, appliance, or computer....
s from other sites, and combines them to present an average rating for each game. The site is owned by CBS Interactive. Similar websites include GameRatio, GameStats
GameStats

GameStats is a website which keeps track of video game reviews from other web sites, much like Game Rankings. GameStats was founded by IGN in 2002....
, Metacritic
Metacritic

Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, console game, film, television program, DVDs, and books. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged....
, MobyGames
MobyGames

MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging Video game, both past and present. The site contains an extensive database of video game information....
, and TopTenReviews
TopTenReviews

TopTenReviews is a website which aggregates reviews for software, hardware, web services, music, movies, and video games from other sites and publications....
.

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Rankings

GameRankings collects and links to (but does not host) reviews from other websites and magazines and averages specific ones. While hundreds of reviews may get listed, only the ones that GameRankings deems notable are used for the average. Scores are culled from numerous American and European sources. The site uses a percentage grade for all reviews in order to be able to calculate an average, however, because not all sites use the same scoring system (some rate out of 5 or 10, while others use a letter grade), GameRankings changes all other types of scores into percentages using a relatively straightforward conversion process.

When a game has a certain number of reviews, it is given a ranking
Ranking

A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second....
 compared to all other games in the database and a ranking compared to games on its console.

Top 10 ranked games

The following games have the highest average score of main sites as of March 2, 2009:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

    is an Action-adventure game video game developed by Nintendo's Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development division for the Nintendo 64 video game console....
     — Nintendo 64
    Nintendo 64

    The , often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996 in North America, March 1, 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1, 1997 in France and December 10, 1997 in Brazil....
     (97.61%)
  2. Grand Theft Auto IV
    Grand Theft Auto IV

    Grand Theft Auto IV is a Nonlinear gameplay Action-adventure game video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto ....
     — PlayStation 3
    PlayStation 3

    The PlayStation 3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation ....
     (97.37%)
  3. Super Mario Galaxy
    Super Mario Galaxy

    is a 3D platform game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It was released in Japan on November 1, 2007, the United States on November 12, 2007, Canada on November 14, 2007, Europe on November 16, 2007, Australasia on November 27, 2007 and South Korea on September 4, 2008....
     — Wii
    Wii

    The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo. As a History of video game consoles console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3....
     (97.28%)
  4. Grand Theft Auto IV
    Grand Theft Auto IV

    Grand Theft Auto IV is a Nonlinear gameplay Action-adventure game video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto ....
     — Xbox 360
    Xbox 360

    The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the History of video game consoles of video game consoles....
     (96.33%)
  5. Soulcalibur — Dreamcast (96.26%)
  6. Metroid Prime
    Metroid Prime

    title = Metroid Prime| image = | caption = North American box art| developer = Retro Studios| publisher = Nintendo| composer = Kenji Yamamoto , Kouichi Kyuma...
     — Nintendo GameCube
    Nintendo GameCube

    The , is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the History of video game consoles . It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to Nintendo's Wii....
     (96.26%)
  7. The Orange Box
    The Orange Box

    The Orange Box is a video game bundled software for Microsoft Windows, the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. The Windows and Xbox 360 versions were produced and published by Valve Corporation and released on October 10, 2007 as both a boxed retail copy and a Windows-only download through Valve's Steam ....
     — Xbox 360
    Xbox 360

    The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the History of video game consoles of video game consoles....
     (96.20%)
  8. The Orange Box
    The Orange Box

    The Orange Box is a video game bundled software for Microsoft Windows, the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. The Windows and Xbox 360 versions were produced and published by Valve Corporation and released on October 10, 2007 as both a boxed retail copy and a Windows-only download through Valve's Steam ....
     — PC
    Personal computer

    A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
     (96.14%)
  9. Super Metroid
    Super Metroid

    Super Metroid, also known as Metroid 3, is an Action game-Platform game video game and the third game in the Metroid . It was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console....
     — Super Nintendo Entertainment System
    Super Nintendo Entertainment System

    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES is a History of video game consoles video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993....
     (96.00%)
  10. Metal Gear Solid — Game Boy Color
    Game Boy Color

    The is Nintendo's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 in North America and November 23, 1998 in Europe....
     (95.92%)


Site Overhaul

On February 16, 2009, the site was temporarily shut down. It reopened on March 2, 2009 with a new design highly similar to Gamefaqs.com.

External links

  • , The Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2007.