Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20110706/News

New articles

 * There were 147 new articles in April 2011.
 * There were 175 new articles in May 2011.
 * There were 228 new articles in June 2011.

Announcements

 * 80 video games were selected as part of "The Art of Video Games" display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from March to September 2011.
 * Notability (video games) has been marked as a notability essay but has failed to achieve consensus as a specific notability guideline
 * Multiple proposals are underway to help simplify the project's structure, including switching the "images department" to an "image guideline" page, retirement of WikiProject-level peer reviews, ending the "collaboration of the week", and closing the article requests page
 * Discussions are underway to help improve the layouts of the video game infobox, the project's barnstar and the main project page

On the Main Page
Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page between April and June 2011. Congratulations to the contributing editors!

The following were Today's featured article on the following dates:


 * Populous: The Beginning on April 10, 2011
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (video game) on May 3, 2011
 * Myst on June 16, 2011

Facts from the following articles appeared on the Main Page's Did you know? section:


 * Steg (video game), June 20
 * Gotham City Impostors, June 19
 * Wizards & Warriors X: The Fortress of Fear, June 18
 * I Am Playr, June 10
 * From Dust, June 8
 * Digital: A Love Story, June 7
 * Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure, June 3
 * Armada 2526, June 1
 * Don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story, May 23
 * Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes, May 16
 * Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, May 3
 * Kenichi Maeyamada, April 29
 * Appy Awards, April 24
 * Laser Clay Shooting System, April 17
 * North American Star League, April 12
 * The Mystery of the Druids, April 3