Gamespot.com Redesign

[PyX]

I was really surprised this morning when I went on Gamespot and saw the whole design had changed to something square-ish and without all the textures they put in the old version of the site... so yeah, my position in the poll, you already know it, is "I prefered the old one"

Here's what they say about it :

• Wider layout.
  
• Contextual site navigation.
  
• HD video.
  
• Streamlined video integration.
  
• At-a-glance game details.
  
• Dynamic links for related games and related content.
  
• Playlist-based video hub.
  
• Community hub.
  
• Friend activity feed.
  

And here's the look of it :

I'll let you judge by yourself, and please vote directly at Gamespot if you like or dislike...

(btw I'm surprised there's no thread yet about it... I used the search but it came up to nothing)

[TheHMan]

I think it looks much better, because the little background bits at the side get a bit annoying lol

[Neo003]

Yeah this happen a while back maybe a week or two, I got an email inviting to the new site. I am still a member but I rarely go there anymore, it just doesn't seem right.

[NightCrawler.]

www.gamespot.com

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Looks a lot better (Y) but I don't really visit there anymore after the Kane and Lynch crap.

[lalalawawawa]

Gamespot need to stop with the paid reviews. That is what is destroying the site. I was a regular, every day visitor, but after the few "scandals" now I barely visit it.

On topic: The new design looks great. Much more gaming oriented (at least I see it that way).

By the way, if you want you could watch the WoW: WotLK live marathon tomorrow on GameSpot.

[Kupo-Cheer]

I don't see why they needed yet another redesign. The layout of the site is the least thing I'm concerned with. I'm more concerned with the shady review practices and thus the credibility of the site. That said, as similar as the design is to their old one, I actually like it. Of course, I won't be seeing all too much of it considering I've resolved to not visit the site.

[Umbrello]

The fact that the site only covers about 3/5 of the screen is still an annoyance of mine.

[digitalsoft]

To use its a hell of a load better, really like the new design. Only thing i do miss is the pros and cons review bit on a game review? i might be blind though... it used to have the pros and cons of each game on each game page, with icons... i dunno..

[PyX]

The pros and cons are still there, in the middle section of the page. The icons though, are in the right section, and we can only see the pros. Why, oh why are these things seperated? There's really something wrong.

Indeed it isn't wide enough on my screen either, my resolution is 1920 x 1200 (I know this is abusive, but a lot of people should have HD monitors now, maybe a smaller resolution though lol)

The best feature I've seen though, is their new video player. I mean, wow, it just fullscreened the thing on my Mac without a hiccup, when YouTube still doesn't want to most of the times, and 540p... wow! I don't know what kind of resolution this is... meaning that it's not really a standard IMO, but seriously, wow! The details are much more present and you can feel that they put some real quality in their videos.

[Ayepecks]

All GameSpot's layouts end up looking the same, IMO.

[Ji@nBing]

Doesn't look all that much different to me. Doesn't matter anyway as I have boycotted them since the whole review fiasco :p.

[Anubis187]

yeah doesn't look that much different shold have change colors or something.

[StevoJD]

IGN really needs to update their site now.... It looks so 2002.

[sensurround]

I like it. I think it's a big step up, the old design seemed so cluttered to me. The new design seems a bit more usable. I'm not sure what the big review fiasco was about (yes, I am one of those evil "casual gamers"), but I still check out the site for release dates, synopsises, and things like that.