Video games (software)

In-text citations

(Author/Developer(s), year)

Example 1: (Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development, 2017)

Example 2: (Blizzard Entertainment, 2023)

If you mention ordinary software or mobile apps in your text, it is not necessary to add them in the reference list.

Example 3: We used the mobile app Duolingo, which offers free courses.

Merknad: It is challenging to point to a specific location in the game. Try to describe where in the game you are as best you can.

In the reference list

Author/Developer(s). (Year). Title: Subtitle (Version) [Software]. Publisher. (or Accessed month.day,year from https://xxxxx)

Example 1:

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development. (2017). Super Mario Odyssey [Software]. Nintendo.

Example 2, developer and publisher is the same:

Blizzard Entertainment (2023). World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (Version 27355) [Software]. Accessed March 14, 2024 from https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/

EndNote

Add as Computer program

Fill in the fields Programmer (may be a company), Year, Title, Publisher, Version, Type, URL.

Zotero

Add as Software

Fill in the fields Title, Programmer, Version, System (here you add type AI/tool), Company, URL