Template:Cite video game/doc

Usage

{{cite video game
| title = 
| trans-title =
| developer = 
| publisher = 
| date = 
| platform = 
| version = 
| scene = 
| level = 
| language = 
| quote = 
}}

Or use the inline version

{{cite video game |title= |trans-title= |developer= |publisher= |date= |platform= |version= |scene= |level= |language= |quote= }}

Sample input:

{{cite video game
 |title=[[Halo 3]]
 |developer=[[Bungie]]
 |publisher=[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
 |date=2007-09-25
 |platform=[[Xbox 360]]
 |version=1.0
 |level=The Storm
 |language=
 |quote='''Arbiter''': 'More Brutes?' / '''Master Chief''': 'Worse.'
}}

Sample output: Bungie (2007-09-25). Halo 3 (Xbox 360) (1.0 ed.). Microsoft Game Studios. Level/area: The Storm. Arbiter: 'More Brutes?' / Master Chief: 'Worse.'

Required parameters

• title: Title of the game.
• developer: Developer of the game.

Use developer2, developer3, developer4, developer5, developer6, developer7 for listing multiple developers.

Optional parameters

• trans-title: Translated title of the game, if the cited version's title is not already in English
• date: Full date of publication of the specified version. Must not be wikilinked. For acceptable date formats, see Help:Citation Style 1 § Dates.
• publisher: Publisher, if applicable to translation/edition; omit if identical to developer
• language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default)
• version: version, if applicable
• platform: platform, if applicable to the reference. (If citing something that is the same across all versions, this is unnecessary)
• quote: the quote that is used as the reference. (Use single quotation marks when quoting direct speech)
• scene: scene within which the referred event or quote (if any) occurs (e.g. opening, staff credits).
• level: level or area within which the referred event or quote (if any) occurs.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite video game

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