In a similar fashion, GameSpot AU (Australia) existed on a local scale in the late 1990s with Australian-produced reviews. On April 24, 2006, GameSpot UK was relaunched. Following the purchase of ZDNet by CNET, GameSpot UK was merged with the main US site. PC Gaming World was considered a 'sister print magazine' and some content appeared on both GameSpot UK and PC Gaming World. During this period, GameSpot UK won the 1999 PPAi (Periodical Publishers Association interactive) award for best website, and was short listed in 2001. GameSpot UK (United Kingdom) was started in October 1997 and operated until mid-2002, offering content that was oriented for the British market that often differed from that of the U.S. In October 2022, Fandom acquired GameSpot, along with Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Cord Cutters News, and Comic Vine from Red Ventures. Ī new layout change was adopted in October 2013. GameSpot ran a few different paid subscriptions from 2006 to 2013, but is no longer running those. In October 2005, GameSpot adopted a new design similar to that of TV.com, now considered a sister site to GameSpot. The following year, The New York Times declared GameSpot and Gamecenter the ' Time and Newsweek of gaming sites'. In February 1999, PC Magazine named GameSpot one of the hundred best websites, alongside competitors IGN and CNET Gamecenter. Eventually VideoGameSpot, then renamed, was merged into GameSpot. Originally, GameSpot focused solely on personal computer games, so a sister site, VideoGameSpot, was launched on December 1, 1996. SpotMedia then launched GameSpot on May 1, 1996. In January 1996, Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein quit their positions at IDG and founded SpotMedia Communications.

The domain attracted at least 60 million visitors annually by October 2008 according to a study. In 2004, GameSpot won 'Best Gaming Website' as chosen by the viewers in Spike TV's second Video Game Award Show, and has won Webby Awards several times. In addition to the information produced by GameSpot staff, the site also allows users to write their own reviews, blogs, and post on the site's forums.

The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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