Template:Video game release

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Description

1. You can specify any region, country or other label.
2. Regions and dates appear in the order in which you input them.
3. Regions can be repeated.

Usage

Parameters are input as region code/date pairs, and are displayed in the order they are given. Any of the standard NA, EU, AU or AUS, PAL, SEA, AS, SA, OC, WW and ? video game-specific codes will work, as well as all ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes and a smaller number of selected ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.

Note that WP:VG/DATE asserts several guidelines/rules concerning where and when (and which) abbreviations may be used in video game infoboxes, specifically:

"Add release dates for English-language regions and the developer's region. Use only general public release dates, not festival, preview, or early access dates. If possible, use the game's exact release date ("January 25, 2016")."

Examples

Code	Output
{{Video game release|EU|September 11, 2015|NA|September 23, 2015}}	EU: September 11, 2015 NA: September 23, 2015
{{Video game release|JP|February 8, 2011|WW|TBA}}	JP: February 8, 2011 WW: TBA
{{Video game release|NA|October 5, 2009|PAL|October 6, 2009}}	NA: October 5, 2009 PAL: October 6, 2009
{{Video game release|UK|July 19, 1999|WW|December 12, 1999}}	UK: July 19, 1999 WW: December 12, 1999
{{Video game release|NA|January 1, 2016|EU|January 2, 2016|AU|January 4, 2016|SEA|January 13, 2016|AS|January 14, 2016|SA|January 15, 2016|OC|January 16, 2016|WW|January 17, 2016|?|January 18, 2016}}	NA: January 1, 2016 EU: January 2, 2016 AU: January 4, 2016 SEA: January 13, 2016 AS: January 14, 2016 SA: January 15, 2016 OC: January 16, 2016 WW: January 17, 2016 ?: January 18, 2016

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using vgrelease with named parameters (0) - Pages using the template with old named parameter syntax, i.e. NA=date. Convert to current syntax, i.e. NA|date.
• Category:Pages using vgrelease with two parameter region (0) - Pages using the template with old "custom region" three parameter syntax, where the first two parameters represent an article and link label. These uses should be removed by combining the first and second parameter into a wikilink. I.e. combine North America|NA|date into [[North America|NA]]|date. Where possible, simply replace with the region code, i.e. NA|date
• Category:Pages using vgrelease without a region (0) - Pages using the template without a region. These should be cleaned up either by specifying a region or removing the template.
• Category:Pages using vgrelease with deprecated parameters (0) - Pages using the template with a depreciated hard-coded region code (I.e. JA or JN instead of JP).

Redirects

• {{Vgr}}
• {{Vgrelease}}
• {{Vg release}}

See also

• {{Vgrtbl}} – just like this template, except formatted so that dates sort properly in sortable tables.

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