Template:Cite video game

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Usage

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

Or use the inline version

{{cite video game |title= |trans-title= |developer= |publisher= |date= |platform= |version= |scene= |level= |language= |quote= |script-quote= |trans-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)
• script-quote: Original quotation for languages that do not use a Latin-based script (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, etc.); not italicized, follows italicized Romanization defined in quote (if available). Must be prefixed with one of the supported language codes to help browsers properly display the script.
• trans-quote: English translation of the quotation if the source quoted is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets.
• 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.

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Title	title	Title of the video game	String	required
Developer	developer	Developer of the game	String	required
Publisher	publisher	Publisher, if applicable to translation/edition; omit if identical to developer	String	optional
Platform	platform	Platform, if applicable to the reference. (If citing something that is the same across all versions, this is unnecessary)	String	optional
Version	version	Version number of the video game cited, if applicable	String	optional
Scene	scene	Scene within which the referred event or quote (if any) occurs (e.g. opening, staff credits)	String	optional
Level	level	Level or area within which the referred event or quote (if any) occurs	String	optional
Date	date	Full date of publication of the specified version. Must not be wikilinked.	String	optional
Quote	quote	The quote that is used as the reference	String	optional
Script-Quote	script-quote	Original quotation for languages that do not use a Latin-based script	String	optional
Trans-Quote	trans-quote	English translation of the quotation if the source quoted is in a foreign language	String	optional
Language	language	Language of publication; specify only if it is not English	String	optional

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