GameFAQs

GameFAQs
The word "GameFAQs" in white lettering on a blue background
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GameFAQs home page on September 6, 2014
Screenshot of the GameFAQs home page, as it appeared on May 20, 2023
Website type
Gaming
Available inEnglish
OwnerFandom, Inc.
CreatorJeff "CJayC" Veasey
Websitegamefaqs.gamespot.com
IPv6 supportNo
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional, but is required for contributing content and posting on the message boards
LaunchedNovember 5, 1995 (1995-11-05) (as Video Game FAQ Archive)
Current statusActive
Written inPHP
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GameFAQs is a video gaming website that hosts guides and other resources, as well as an active message board forum. It was created in November 1995 by Jeff Veasey and has been owned by Fandom, Inc. since October 2022. Allen "SBAllen" Tyner was lead Admin for twenty years until stepping down on October 18, 2023. The site is currently run by Community Manager "DToast".

The site has a database of video game information, walkthroughs, FAQs, cheat codes, reviews, game saves, box art images, and screenshots, almost all of which are submitted by volunteer contributors. It covers game systems made as far back as the 1980s to current day modern consoles as well as computer games and mobile games. GameFAQs also hosts an active message board community, which has a separate discussion board for each game in the site's database, along with a variety of other boards. GameFAQs has run daily opinion polls and tournament contests, as well as annual Character Battles, since November 30, 1999.

GameFAQs has been positively reviewed by The Guardian, The Canadian Press, and Entertainment Weekly. In 2009, GameFAQs.com was one of the 300 highest-trafficked English-language websites according to Alexa.