I think there needs to be a way to remove the duplicate games in the Game Index portion of this site.  There are multiple versions of games because users misspell games, uses numbers instead of roman numerals, add the secondary title of a game, etc...

Some examples I've run into:

1. Diablo III, Diablo 3, Diable 3 (spelled wrong)
2. Soul Calibur IV, Soulcalibur IV, Soul Caliber IV (spelled wrong)
3. Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto 4, GTA 4, GTA4
4. Madden NFL 09, Madden 09

And I'm sure there are bunches more.  I think there should be a way for users to bring this to the Admins' attentions, and merge the news/reviews into 1 concise database.  This would also help catch more duplicate stories I think.  Any one else agree?

Indeed Columbo, and I do believe its going to be addressed shortly.
Its actually quite a task to "clean up" the index for the following reason...

Every approved N4G news sub associated with one of the incorrect or duplicate game(s) needs to be edited and the related game swapped with the correct and only listing of that game.

Thanks for bringing it up and my advice is for now when submitting news add all the variations of the related game.

 
http://www.ironsky.net/

I remember TnS suggesting this a loooooong time ago

OK guys heres what I need from the members of N4G....

• It would be of much appreciation if when you come across or notice: duplicate, mispelled or inproper games in the game index please post them in here.

I am going to go ahead and pin this to the top so you dont have to search for this thread.

I am working on compiling a list of my own and I am not sure how long it will take to merge the wrong games into the right ones, but hopefully it wont take that long.

 
http://www.ironsky.net/

ORIGINAL: RuJoshin

OK guys heres what I need from the members of N4G....

• It would be of much appreciation if when you come across or notice: duplicate, mispelled or inproper games in the game index please post them in here.

I am going to go ahead and pin this to the top so you dont have to search for this thread.

I am working on compiling a list of my own and I am not sure how long it will take to merge the wrong games into the right ones, but hopefully it wont take that long.

That might take forever. Just to check how many there were I copied all the PS3 games and pasted them in a text document and they filled up 20 pages.

Cool, my topic was pinned to the top of the forum.

Anyway, ones I just ran across:

• Street Fighter 4, Street Fighter IV
• halo, Halo CE, Halo: Combat Evolved
• Little Big Planet, LittleBigPlanet
  

If you need help, let me know what I can do.  But I'll be on the lookout for more duplicate games.

Ru, should we give you links to the game profile or just post the names here? Here's one duplicate I came across:
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise Correct
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise. Incorrect

New game duplicates that I've found:

• Wolfenstein, Wolfestein (spelled wrong), Castle Wolfenstein
  
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, GRAW 2
• Grand Theft Auto III, GTA 3
• Forza Motorsport 2, Forza 2, forza 2 motorsport
  

Thanks guys keep em comming We have gotten alot of them merged and fixed up...
If I posted my findings it would bring this thread into the next page!
Concentrate on the current and upcomming games... Those are the ones we are most concerned about.

You dont need to post link to the game profile unless you want to...

 
http://www.ironsky.net/

Noticed another one that was related to a story I was submitting:

• Guitar Hero IV, Guitar Hero World Tour
  
• Soldier-X, Soldner-X, Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer (full correct title I believe)
  

Please fix Civilization Colonization, there's 2 right now.

 

Please consolidate "LittleBigPlanet" and "LittleBigPlanet Beta"

Fable 2 [PS3] - NO RELEVANCE?
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/games/g-199284/tt/news.aspx
I haven't seen anything about this game being ported to the PS3.



Original Banjo-Kazooie [Xbox 360] - DUPLICATE
http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-169624.aspx

Banjo-Kazooie [Xbox 360]
http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-204444.aspx
Same game.



Banjo Kazooie Lego Racer - FAKE
http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-132316.aspx

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-132317.aspx
Only one of the three news posts for the game is actually related to it and the video is actually fake as proven by the orignal source of the vid:

This 3D animation was created for pure fun. I did not spend too much time in it and made the concept as I heard that there was coming a new lego game. The Official home of this movie is www.rare-elite.com.
Unfortunately Youtube compressed it from 16x9 to 4x3.....but hey...what does it matter!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaJOVmApKSI



Dance Dance Revolution [Xbox 360] - WRONG TITLE/DUPLICATE
http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-23759.aspx

Dance Dance Revolution 2 [Xbox 360] - WRONG TITLE/DUPLICATE
http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-50895.aspx

dance dance revolution 3 [Xbox 360] - WRONG TITLE/DUPLICATE/CAPITALIZATION
http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-146156.aspx

All three are duplicates of Dance Dance Revolution Universe 1/2/3 which are already in the database.



DOOM4 [PC] - DUPLICATE/SPELLING
http://www.n4g.com/PC/games/g-190730.aspx

DOOM4 [PS3] - DUPLICATE/SPELLING
http://www.n4g.com/PS3/games/g-190728.aspx

DOOM4 [Xbox 360] - DUPLICATE/SPELLING
http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-190729.aspx

All are duplicates of Doom 4 which are already in the database.


James Bond : Quantum of Solace [DS] - DUPLICATE/INCORRECT TITLE
http://www.n4g.com/NintendoDS/games/g-165338.aspx

James Bond : Quantum of Solace [PC] - DUPLICATE/INCORRECT TITLE
http://www.n4g.com/PC/games/g-144394.aspx

James Bond : Quantum of Solace [PS2] - DUPLICATE/INCORRECT TITLE
http://www.n4g.com/PS2/games/g-165334.aspx

James Bond : Quantum of Solace [PS3] - DUPLICATE/INCORRECT TITLE
http://www.n4g.com/PS3/games/g-144691.aspx

James Bond : Quantum of Solace [Wii] - DUPLICATE/INCORRECT TITLE
http://www.n4g.com/Wii/games/g-144693.aspx

James Bond : Quantum of Solace [Xbox 360] - DUPLICATE/INCORRECT TITLE
http://www.n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-144692.aspx

All are duplicates of the Quantum of Solace.


WoW: Wrath of the Lich King [PC] - DUPLICATE
http://www.n4g.com/PC/games/g-56003.aspx
Duplicate of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

LittleBigPlanet:         http://www.n4g.com/PS3/games/g-28444.aspx
LittleBigPlanet Beta: http://www.n4g.com/PS3/games/g-203874.aspx

Ok, the game index is absolutely atrocious. I just scanned through the PS3 section and more than half of the games listed don't even exist. Seriously, 300? Astro Zoo? Bucaneer? Bounty Killer? Bolt? Box Office Bust? Brain Challenge? Bioware? Black Noise Engine? Black Powder, Red Earth? Oh, this one here really takes the cake. You ready for this? Here it is, "Blog editer order game but no game just a paid vacation and hes mad about it." What the heck is that doing in the game index? In case you couldn't tell, I am disgusted by N4G inability to clean up the game index after all this time.

Lemo, I understand what you are saying. but here is the situation...
The current tools involved in removing and/or swapping related games from the index are not so user friendly and at this point the only ones that are able use them are the N4G webmasters. They are developing an easier to use tool for the other administration.
When that happens a lot of these will be cleaned up quickly and properly.  

 
http://www.ironsky.net/

ORIGINAL: RuJoshin

Lemo, I understand what you are saying. but here is the situation...
The current tools involved in removing and/or swapping related games from the index are not so user friendly and at this point the only ones that are able use them are the N4G webmasters. They are developing an easier to use tool for the other administration.
When that happens a lot of these will be cleaned up quickly and properly.  

Ahhh, that's really good to know.  Any timetable on this being released?

ORIGINAL: Columbo

ORIGINAL: RuJoshin

Lemo, I understand what you are saying. but here is the situation...
The current tools involved in removing and/or swapping related games from the index are not so user friendly and at this point the only ones that are able use them are the N4G webmasters. They are developing an easier to use tool for the other administration.
When that happens a lot of these will be cleaned up quickly and properly.  

Ahhh, that's really good to know.  Any timetable on this being released?

That is definitely good to know. Any estimates on the date RuJoshin?

No estimates... Untill that time comes however as long as everyone contributes to this thread and supply's names of (Duplicate,NonExistant,Cancelled) Game Titles in the Index we can still deal with them accordingly every now and then.

note that Cancelled games do not get removed from the index - they are only tagged with a Visible Cancelled marker

 
http://www.ironsky.net/

Duplicate
Call of Duty: WW (PC)
http://n4g.com/PC/games/g-168176.aspx

Duplicate
Original Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox 360)
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-169624.aspx

Fake Game
LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
http://n4g.com/PSP/games/g-208196.aspx
The only story associated with this is a podcast from Ripten.

Unnecessary Game?
LittleBigPlanet Beta (PS3)
http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-203874.aspx
Should betas be given their own game slot?

Fake
Gears of War (PS3)
http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-50251.aspx

Fake
Gears of War 3 (PS3)
http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-94502.aspx

Fake
Fable II (PS3)
http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-199284.aspx

Fake
http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-139629.aspx
Metal Gear Solid (PS3)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-54255.aspx
Metal Gear Solid (Xbox 360)

Duplicate
http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-192284.aspx
Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-42159.aspx
Metal Gear Solid (Xbox 360)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-202085.aspx
Metal Gear Solid Existence (Xbox 360)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Wii/games/g-135253.aspx
halo (Wii)

Duplicate
http://n4g.com/PC/games/g-121529.aspx
Eschalon Book 1 (PC)

Unnecessary
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-133811.aspx
Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack (Xbox 360)

Duplicate (of Halo: Combat Evolved)
http://n4g.com/PC/games/g-181125.aspx
halo (PC)

Duplicate (of Halo: Combat Evolved)
http://n4g.com/Xbox/games/g-26846.aspx
halo (Xbox)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-63310.aspx
halo (Xbox 360)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-31653.aspx
Halo 2 (Xbox 360)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-31654.aspx
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox 360)

Fake
http://n4g.com/PS2/games/g-137255.aspx
Grand Theft Auto IV (PS2)

Fake
http://n4g.com/PSP/games/g-137253.aspx
Grand Theft Auto IV (PSP)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Wii/games/g-143565.aspx
Grand Theft Auto IV (Wii)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Xbox/games/g-137254.aspx
Grand Theft Auto (Xbox)

Fake (Why would someone give a Gears of War dog tag its own game?)
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-21435.aspx
Dog Tag (Xbox 360)

Fake (no associated stories either)
http://n4g.com/PC/games/g-168278.aspx
Dogtag (PC)

Fake (no associated stories either)
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-168277.aspx
Dogtag (Xbox 360)

Fake
http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-141330.aspx
GTA2 (PS3)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-141331.aspx
GTA2 (Xbox 360)

Fake
http://n4g.com/PS3/games/g-151458.aspx
God of War (PS3)

Fake
http://n4g.com/PSP/games/g-27734.aspx
God of War 2 (PSP)

Fake
http://n4g.com/PS2/games/g-22283.aspx
God of War: Chains of Olympus (PS2)

Fake
http://n4g.com/Wii/games/g-43579.aspx
Fallout 3 (Wii)

Fake/Duplicate (should be Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3)
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-146156.aspx
dance dance revolution 3 (Xbox 360)

Fake/Duplicate (should be Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3)
http://n4g.com/Xbox360/games/g-23759.aspx
Dance Dance Revolution (Xbox 360)