GameSpot la mot website chuyen ve tro choi đien tu va cung cap tin tuc, binh luan, tai ve, su duyet truoc va nhieu thong tin khac. Website đuoc đua vao hoat đong vao ngay 1 thang 5 nam 1996 boi Pete Deemer, Vince Broady va Jon Epstein. No đuoc mua lai boi ZDNet, mot nhan hieu ma sau nay đuoc ban cho CNET Networks. CBS Interactive đa mua lai CNET Networks vao nam 2008 va tro thanh so huu hien tai cua GameSpot. GameSpot.com hien la mot trong 200 website co luot truy cap nhieu nhat theo Alexa.
Ngoai nhung thong tin đuoc cung cap boi đoi ngu cua GameSpot, website con cho phep nguoi dung cua minh viet ra nhung đanh gia va blog cua chinh minh va gui len dien đan cua website.
Nam 2004, GameSpot đa nhan đuoc giai "Best Gaming Website" (trang web ve tro choi đien tu tot nhat) boi nhung nguoi xem cua chuong trinh Video Game Award Show cua kenh Spike TV. GameSpot cung nhan đuoc giai Webby Awards trong nhieu nam. Mot so website ve tro choi đien tu khac nhu IGN, 1UP.com, va GameSpy la nhung đoi thu lon nhat cua GameSpot. Ten mien gamespot.com đa thu hut it nhat khoang 60 trieu luot truy cap nam 2008 theo mot nghien cuu cua compete.com.
Trang chinh cua GameSpot co lien ket đen nhung tin tuc, binh luan, su duyet truoc moi nhat va cac muc đe đen voi tung loai nen tang nhu Wii, Nintendo DS, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, va Nintendo 3DS. No con co danh sach liet ke cac tro choi đuoc yeu thinh nhat tren website va mot bo may tim kiem đe giup nguoi dung co the tim kiem tro choi theo y thich.
Vao thang 9 nam 2009, GameSpot bat đau co nhung muc va đanh gia ve iPhone, Android, va nhung tro choi tren đien thoai di đong khac. GameSpot cung co đe cap đen nhung nen tang it đuoc biet đen hon nhu: Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, Neo Geo Pocket Color, N-Gage, va tro choi tren đien thoai di đong.


Lich su Khi moi đuoc thanh lap, website nay chi tap trung vao mang tro choi PC. Website lien quan cua no, VideoGameSpot.com, đuoc thanh lap vao thang 12 nam 1996 đe phu trach mang tro choi console. Nam 1997, trong mot thoi gian ngan, VideoGameSpot.com chuyen thanh VideoGames.com, vao nam 1998, hai trang web ve mang PC va console nay đa ket hop lai thanh GameSpot.com.


Nhung đanh gia va he thong cham điem Thang 1 nam 2001, GameSpot đa gioi thieu mot so video đanh gia danh cho tro choi đien tu, đuoc ap dung cho tat ca cac tro choi lon. Nhung tro choi ma cac nha binh luan tin rang can phai co su đe cap đac biet (chang han nhu mot tro choi rat te) cung se đuoc đanh gia boi video.
Cac tro choi đuoc đanh gia theo nhieu hang muc khac nhau: cach choi, đo hoa, am thanh, gia tri va đo phe binh cua nguoi đanh gia. Moi hang muc đuoc cham điem boi mot so nguyen tu 1 đen 10, va nam so điem nguyen nay se đuoc tinh chung bang cach su dung cach tinh trung binh cong co trong so đe tim ra so điem cuoi cung. Neu mot tro choi co điem 9,0 tro len, no se đuoc goi la "superb", va đuoc tang mot su cong nhan co ten "Editor's Choice". Trong lich su cua GameSpot chi co bay tro choi nhan đuoc so điem 10 hoan hao.
Ngay 25 thang 6 nam 2007, GameSpot bat đau cham điem su dung đo chia nho nhat la 0,5 thay vi 0,1. No cung khong su dung điem phu danh cho cac hang muc nua. Thay vao đo, nhung nha phe binh se co mot he thong huy chuong, cho phep ho co the neu bat len cac đac điem cua tro choi nhu thiet ke, am nhac hoac đo kho. GameSpot tin rang he thong cham điem nay se la mot he thong chi tiet hon so voi truoc. Co mot su thay đoi đo la tro choi đuoc điem 10 se đuoc goi la "Prime" thay vi "Perfect" nhu truoc.


= Nhung tro choi đuoc đanh gia cao nhat/thap nhat =
10 - Perfect: Chrono Cross
10 - Perfect: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (phien ban Nintendo 64)
10 - Perfect: Soulcalibur (phien ban Dreamcast)
10 - Perfect: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (phien ban PlayStation 2)
10 - Prime: Grand Theft Auto IV (phien ban PlayStation 3 va Xbox 360)
10 - Prime: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
10 - Prime: Super Mario Galaxy 2
9.9 - Near-perfect: NFL 2K
9.9 - Near-perfect: NFL 2K1
9.9 - Near-perfect: Perfect Dark (phien ban Nintendo 64)
9.9 - Near-perfect: Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
9.9 - Near-perfect: Tekken 3 (phien ban PlayStation)
9.9 - Near-perfect: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (phien ban Dreamcast va PlayStation)
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing la tro choi duy nhat nhan so điem 1,0 - ("abysmal"), so điem thap nhat ma mot tro choi co the co.
Ghi chu: So điem gan hoan hao 9,9 khong con xuat hien sau khi su dung he thong cham điem moi tu thang 6 nam 2007.


= Tro choi cua nam =
Moi nam, GameSpot đeu to chuc cac giai thuong Tro choi Hay nhat va Tro choi Do nhat cua Nam. GameSpot cung cho phep nguoi dung cua website binh chon cho giai thuong "Readers Choice" (nguoi dung binh chon)
Cac tro choi gianh giai Tro choi cua Nam (Game of the Year) cua GameSpot cho đen nay:

1996: Diablo (PC)
1997: Total Annihilation (PC)
1998: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64) and Grim Fandango (PC)
1999: Soulcalibur (Dreamcast) and EverQuest (PC)
2000: Chrono Cross (PlayStation) and The Sims (PC)
2001: Grand Theft Auto III (PlayStation 2) and Serious Sam: The First Encounter (PC)
2002: Metroid Prime (GameCube)
2003: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GameCube)
2004: World of Warcraft (PC)
2005: Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)
2006: Gears of War (Xbox 360)
2007: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
2008: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PlayStation 3)
2009: Demon's Souls (PlayStation 3)
2010: Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) 


= Tro choi Do nhat Nam/Tro choi Het suc Do cua Nam =
Moi nam GameSpot cung tim ra mot Tro choi Het suc Do (Flat-Out Worst Game) (truoc nam 2003 đuoc biet đen la Tro choi Do nhat cua Nam - "Worst Game of the Year"). Giai thuong nay nam trong hang muc Dubious Honors. Cung nhu giai "Tro choi cua Nam", GameSpot cung co giai "Readers' Choice" cho "tro choi Het suc Do cua Nam".

1996: Catfight (PC)
1997: Conquest Earth (PC)
1998: Spawn: The Eternal (PlayStation) and Trespasser (PC)
1999: Superman (N64) and SkyDive! (PC)
2000: Spirit of Speed 1937 (Dreamcast) and Blaze & Blade (PC)
2001: Kabuki Warriors (Xbox) and Survivor (2001 video game) (PC)
2002: Jeremy McGrath Supercross World (GameCube), Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt (PS2 & Xbox), Mortal Kombat Advance (Game Boy Advance) va Demonworld: Dark Armies (PC)
2003: Gods and Generals (PC)
2004: Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (PC)
2005: Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green (Xbox & PC)
2006: Bomberman: Act Zero (Xbox 360)
2007: Hour of Victory (Xbox 360)
2008: M&Ms Kart Racing (Wii & DS)
2009: Stalin vs. Martians (PC)
2010: Fighters Uncaged (Kinect)


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