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The Internet Game Database (IGDB) is an online database about video games launched in 2014. It was acquired by Twitch, a subsidiary of Amazon, in 2019.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Internet Game Database is referenced by 207 other articles, and connects out to Sweden, video game and Gothenburg.

It is catalogued under topics including 2019 mergers and acquisitions, Internet properties established in 2014 and Online game databases.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Website.language
English
Website.name
Internet Game Database (IGDB)
Website.logo
IGDB logo.svg
Website.type
Online database
Website.CEO
Christian Frithiof
Website.parent
Amazon
Website.registration
Optional, Free
Website.launch_date
2014
Website.current_status
Online
Website.headquarters
Gothenburg, Sweden
Website.programming_language
Ruby, Kotlin

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Wikidata facts

Country
Sweden
Headquarters
Gothenburg
Official website
www.igdb.com
Motto
No games left behind
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maintains linking to
GOG.com
Commons category
IGDB
language of work or name
English language
inception
2015-00-00
social media followers
16300
parent
Amazon
date of official opening
2014-00-00
registration page URL
www.igdb.com/signup
press information URL
www.igdb.com/press
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igdb
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • History
  • References
  • External links

The Internet Game Database (IGDB) is an online database about video games launched in 2014. It was acquired by Twitch, a subsidiary of Amazon, in 2019.

== Overview == The IGDB lists details about video games and their companies, crew and cast. Similar to Amazon's Internet Movie Database, IGDB's content is user focused, letting registered users rate, list and review games. Users can also edit and create pages, which are published after being validated by IGDB's employees.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Internet Game Database” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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