Sometimes it's hard to know if two or more related games should have their own pages, or be a single page that references each version of the game. This can happen with expansions, remasters, remakes and even multi-platform titles.

This was a hotly-debated topic during the development of this website, but we'll cut to the chase and go straight to the conclusions. The core principle guiding our solution is the following:

CONTENT IS KING

That means that a game should have its own page only if its contents are significantly different from the game it is related to. From that conclusion, we draw a more concrete set of rules:

(1) Ports and remasters should never have their own pages

They should always be ignored or treated as an Edition of a game.

(2) Expansions should always have their own pages

Be it a major DLC, a standalone expansion or an old-school expansion, they should always receive their own page and be associated with the original game through the "Base Game" field.

(3) Remakes can either have their own page or not

If they are significantly different from the source material, be it in genre, gameplay, story, level design or other aspects, they should be treated as a new game. However, if they stick very closely to the original game and are more an visual overhaul than a full-on modernization of the game, it's more apt to treat it as an Edition.

For example, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D should be treated as an edition, but Resident Evil Remake should be considered as a different game than Resident Evil.

(4) Games with same names but different contents should each have their own page

This used to happen a lot during the PS2/Xbox/GC and PS3/360/Wii generations, usually involving a single title having different versions for vastly different hardware, such as pre-smartphone mobile devices, GameBoy/Nintendo DS, PSP, the core home consoles, and sometimes even other exotics platforms.

For example, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands has 4 different versions: PSP, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch and PC + Xbox 360 + Playstation 3. Each of these versions is a very different game, some made by completely different developers. As such, each version counts as a different game, meaning that PoP:TFS is actually 4 games. By the way, did you know that Need For Speed Carbon was released in 14 different platforms? Holy sheesh.

(5) Only add officially announced games

We don't deal with rumours and hearsay.