Research into Other Websites



Research into Other WebsitesGamesTM 06858000Gamestm are a game review website which looks at all games over every platform and has people play them and give reviews on what they thought. They are also able to look at games and make previews on games before they are released to hype the game up to the launch. They also look at consoles when thy lead up to new releases with the most recent one being the Xbox one and PS4.The GamesTM website has a very nice layout as it has the Title in a big text in the top left hand corner with a navigation bar underneath and the main information is based in the left and centre with an area for extra information on the left hand side (containing the same information throughout the website and staying the same). They use the same size text and the same text font throughout the website and also use the same colour for pages and banners. They keep everything close together in order to save space and get more information and they use the entire length of the page for information.They like to use a lot of the same colours, which are black, red and blue which are quite traditionally male colours and also are dark colours when combined like a lot of the games. They also use san serif fonts because it is an informal website and is for the viewer’s eyes to be able to read easily and there is no need to look professional. They like to make the pictures big and stand out the same with the headings but the text is quite small as they are layering it to make the reader concentrate on the specific areas. They also use very rectangular and rigid shapes using them to store the information and to display pictures and they look symmetrical but they don’t look good using just rectangular shapes.They don’t particularly use flash as it is mainly used to attract and show users all that the website has to offer. Instead they have a series of posts with pictures and 3 lines to show a vague description of what is to come. They also don’t have any scrolling banners either to show special areas of the website instead they have it alongside the main text and they don’t have any source of streaming through videos as they are an information website and also if people wanted to watch gameplay they could easily go to YouTube and find thousands of gameplay trailers etc. They also don’t have any music because it would distract the user because the size of the page is really long, They use half the length of the screen and fill it with information and text.IGN-190501587500IGN is a gaming information website that also does news and information on other media like movies. Unlike Games TM who only review games IGN have walkthroughs and cheats for games to help the player to complete a difficult part or complete a game to its fullest and make games more enjoyable. They cover a range of consoles including PS4 and 3, Xbox 1 and 360, PC etc.The IGN website has a very nice layout as it has the Title and logo in a smaller box in the top left hand corner with extra snippets of information next to it and a navigation bar underneath it all. It has a big banner above the main information which spans the width of the page and shows columns of information underneath of recently added information. The main information is underneath this and is separated in rows with a small picture to the left of the snippet of text to preview the article. Next to the main information on the right hand side is a column of extra information including the top games that are released now and popular games which are being released soon.They use the same colours which are red and black and it is the main colour throughout the website but they layer it with red as the main colour then black as the secondary and white as the background. They use a lot of sans serif text as it is an informal website and they use a lot rectangular and rigid shapes but they do use circular shapes for the review numbers and for icons to links.They use a bit of flash as they have a scrolling banner which could have been done on flash and it is used to advertise the most popular of the topics on the website that has recently been added. They use half the screen width and put it in the centre but they don’t have a limit to how long it is and as such it is as long as it needs to be for all the content to fit on. They don’t have any music in the background but they do have streaming as they have videos from YouTube and other places which show videos of gameplay and of appearances in public i.e. having the head of Microsoft speak at E3 as a video from YouTube posted on the website. ................
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