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| Developer(s) | GameShadow |
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| Stable release | 4.0 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Content delivery |
| Licence | Proprietary / Freeware |
| Website | www |
GameShadow was a gaming community website and an advertising-supported software utility that kept PC gamers up-to-date with patches, game demos, trailers, mods and other content for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 games. GameShadow identifies the product version of supported games installed on a user's PC, then compares them to its database to locate updates for those games. The site also offers gaming industry news, an industry blog, and a Gaming Network. It is available for Microsoft Windows only. GameShadow is based in Over Norton, Oxfordshire, England.
GameShadow was previously a subscription service, but in May 2006 it announced that it was available free.
In March 2008, GameShadow announced it had achieved over 1 million registered users, and had launched a new Gaming Network - a social community driven by the titles installed on gamers' PCs.
In March 2018 GameShadow was purchased and amalgamated into the GameSessions Family.
Technology
GameShadow was lastly on version 4.0 of its technology.
GameShadow supports over 3,000 games and comes bundled with many games including Tomb Raider: Legend and Hitman: Blood Money. GameShadow was also partnered with many hardware and software developers including ATI Technologies, NVIDIA, Grisoft and Philips.
GameShadow was supported on Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
GameShadow Innovation in Games Awards
In September 2006, GameShadow announced the GameShadow Innovation in Games Awards. These aim to identify the most innovative games of 2006, whether they come from major publishers or small development teams. Categories include Best Machinima Movie, Most Innovative Gameplay and Best Script. Over 50 games were nominated, ranging from Sony's God of War and Atlus's Trauma center through to independent games like Darwinia, Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, Samorost 2, and Rag Doll Kung Fu, to completely free games including Dad 'N Me, and Stickman Madness. The Awards were sponsored by Microsoft Visual Studio, ATI Technologies, Moviestorm, Softwrap and Limelight Networks.
See also
References
- GameShadow bags its millionth registered user | Game Development | Press Release by Develop 17 March 2008. LONDON, UK.
- GameShadow is now part of the GameSessions family! | GameSessions Blog
- "MS backs GameShadow awards News (10 November 2006) by Rob Fahey - Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
- "J2ME Developers and Programmers: The Mobile Game Industry Winners". www.mobilegamesonly.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- Radd, David (12 June 2007). "GameShadow Raises Funding". GameDaily. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
- Dobson, Jason (12 December 2006). "GameShadow Teams With Nvidia, Reaches 500k Users". GameSutra. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2006.
- Fahey, Rob (10 November 2006). "MS backs GameShadow awards". Eurogamer.net. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2006.
- "GameShadow - Keep your games up to date". PC Gamer issue 164. 1 August 2006.
External links
- GameShadow
- GameShadow Innovation in Games Awards Archived 25 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- Review from AVault
- Review from Hexus.net
