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<noinclude>{{Projectbox|content=This project page is for the maintenance of a News section on PCGamingWiki.
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'''Aims'''
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* Market people to view articles that will receive high interest based on recent news.
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* Highlight platform changes on articles which will require substantial changes/attention.
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* Encourage community participation in current events.
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* Make it easier for Andytizer (or anyone else) to create News articles quickly.
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'''Inclusion criteria'''
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* Any games with high wishlist/player counts/press coverage/notability/surprise announcement/releases.
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* Major platform changes e.g. GOG/Steam/Origin/Microsoft Store.
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* Major DRM changes e.g. removal of Denuvo or becoming DRM-free.
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* Major patches or content changes.
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* Notable sales.
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* Don't cover new releases, those are covered in [[PCGamingWiki:Assignments]].
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'''Title'''
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* Brief and concise and ideally a single sentence with period at the end.
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* Internally link where possible in order to encourage users to click through to an article.
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* Explain why the change might be considered interesting to the reader/PCGamingWiki visitor.
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* Add additional information that can't be summarised in the title can be placed in  the Notes field.
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* This is currently set to an abbr tag which mouse users can use to hover. Mobile solution needs to be developed.
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'''Instructions'''
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* [[PCGamingWiki:News/Table]] - this is the area where the data is kept.
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* New rows are added newest at the top.
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* Currently Moderators and Editors only have permission to edit this page.
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* When the Table is edited, it also needs to be purged for the data to refresh in the queries.
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'''Syntax'''
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<pre>
 
{{News/row
 
{{News/row
|Title=Halo 3 in the [[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]] releases July 14, 2020.
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|Title=
|Date=July 7, 2020
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|Date=
|Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1064271/Halo_3/
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|Link1=
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|Link2=
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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</pre>
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* <code>Title</code> - concise title.
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* <code>Date</code> - Month dd format.
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* <code>Link1</code> - URL only.
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* <code>Link2</code> - URL only.
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* <code>Link3</code> - URL only.
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* <code>Notes</code> - any additional information, ideally a single sentence, no formatting/links.
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* <code>Community</code> - URL to community site only.
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* <code>Pin</code> - true/false - this will pin to the top in certain queries. Ideally only 2 or 3 pinned at any one time.
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'''Main contacts'''
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* [[User:Andytizer|Andytizer]]
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* Discussion should be in the #News channel on [[PCGamingWiki:Discord|Discord]].
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'''Related pages and templates'''
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* {{T|News/row}} - each data row is used in [[PCGamingWiki:News/Table]].
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* {{T|News/displayonly}} - only used for cargo queries so as to not duplicate table rows.}}</noinclude>
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{{News/row
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|Title=[[The Witcher]] free to claim on [[Store:GOG.com|GOG.com]] today.
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|Date=August 6, 2020.
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|Link1=https://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher
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|Link2=
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=[[Prey (2017)]] patch removes [[Denuvo]].
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|Date=July 29, 2020
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|Link1=https://www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/hzgrk7/july_23rd_2020_update/
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|Link2=
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=[[Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition]] announced for release December 4, 2020, an updated version of [[Dragon Quest XI]].
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|Date=July 24, 2020
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|Link1=https://www.dq11.jp/s/pf/faq/en.html
 
|Link2=
 
|Link2=
 
|Link3=
 
|Link3=
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}}
 
}}
 
{{News/row
 
{{News/row
|Title=[[Store:Steam|Steam]] Summer Sale is live from June 25 to July 9, 10 AM Pacific.
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|Title=[[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]] Summer Sale is live from July 23 to August 6, 11 AM Eastern.
|Date=June 25, 2020
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|Date=July 23, 2020
 
|Link1=
 
|Link1=
 
|Link2=
 
|Link2=
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|Notes=
 
|Notes=
 
|Community=
 
|Community=
|Pin=true
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]] releases on [[Store:Steam|Steam]].
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|Date=July 22, 2020
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|Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1286830/STAR_WARS_The_Old_Republic/
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|Link2=
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=[[Rocket League]] will become free-to-play later this summer when it releases on [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]].
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|Date=July 21, 2020
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|Link1=https://www.rocketleague.com/news/rocket-league-going-free-to-play-this-summer/
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|Link2=
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=[[Fallout 76]] becomes available on [[Store:Microsoft Store|Microsoft Store]] and gets added to [[List of Xbox Game Pass games|Xbox Game Pass]].
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|Date=July 10, 2020
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|Link1=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/07/10/fallout-76-available-today-xbox-game-pass/
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|Link2=
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=Standalone expansion [[Superhot: Mind Control Delete]] to be released July 16, 2020, free for [[Superhot]] owners if purchased before this time.
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|Date=July 9, 2020
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|Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/690040/SUPERHOT_MIND_CONTROL_DELETE/
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|Link2=https://www.pcgamer.com/superhot-mind-control-delete-will-be-free-for-owners-of-the-original/
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=[[Killing Floor 2]], [[Lifeless Planet]] and [[The Escapists 2]] become available on [[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]], free to claim for a week. Killing Floor 2 has been exclusive to Steam since November 18, 2016.
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|Date=July 9, 2020
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|Link1=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/killing-floor-2
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|Link2=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/the-escapists-2
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|Link3=https://store.epicgames.com/pcgamingwiki/lifeless-planet-premier-edition
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=Halo 3 in the [[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]] releases July 14, 2020.
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|Date=July 7, 2020
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|Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1064271/Halo_3/
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|Link2=
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{News/row
 
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|Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/859570/view/2496632202901230550
 
|Link1=https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/859570/view/2496632202901230550
 
|Link2=https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=859570
 
|Link2=https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=859570
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|Link3=
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|Notes=
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|Community=
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|Pin=false
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}}
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{{News/row
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|Title=[[Store:Steam|Steam]] Summer Sale is live from June 25 to July 9, 10 AM Pacific.
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|Date=June 25, 2020
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|Link1=
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|Link2=
 
|Link3=
 
|Link3=
 
|Notes=
 
|Notes=

Revision as of 15:15, 6 August 2020

This project page is for the maintenance of a News section on PCGamingWiki.

Aims

  • Market people to view articles that will receive high interest based on recent news.
  • Highlight platform changes on articles which will require substantial changes/attention.
  • Encourage community participation in current events.
  • Make it easier for Andytizer (or anyone else) to create News articles quickly.

Inclusion criteria

  • Any games with high wishlist/player counts/press coverage/notability/surprise announcement/releases.
  • Major platform changes e.g. GOG/Steam/Origin/Microsoft Store.
  • Major DRM changes e.g. removal of Denuvo or becoming DRM-free.
  • Major patches or content changes.
  • Notable sales.
  • Don't cover new releases, those are covered in PCGamingWiki:Assignments.

Title

  • Brief and concise and ideally a single sentence with period at the end.
  • Internally link where possible in order to encourage users to click through to an article.
  • Explain why the change might be considered interesting to the reader/PCGamingWiki visitor.
  • Add additional information that can't be summarised in the title can be placed in the Notes field.
  • This is currently set to an abbr tag which mouse users can use to hover. Mobile solution needs to be developed.

Instructions

  • PCGamingWiki:News/Table - this is the area where the data is kept.
  • New rows are added newest at the top.
  • Currently Moderators and Editors only have permission to edit this page.
  • When the Table is edited, it also needs to be purged for the data to refresh in the queries.

Syntax

{{News/row
|Title=
|Date=
|Link1=
|Link2=
|Link3=
|Notes=
|Community=
|Pin=false
}}
  • Title - concise title.
  • Date - Month dd format.
  • Link1 - URL only.
  • Link2 - URL only.
  • Link3 - URL only.
  • Notes - any additional information, ideally a single sentence, no formatting/links.
  • Community - URL to community site only.
  • Pin - true/false - this will pin to the top in certain queries. Ideally only 2 or 3 pinned at any one time.

Main contacts

Related pages and templates