Titles

Each game has a single main title, and may have additional alternate titles.

Main title
A game's main title should be the title of the earliest US release. If there is no US release then the UK title or an English title should be used. If no English title exists, use the original release title, no matter the origin.

Title format
Titles should match the cover art as closely as possible, such as using the Roman numeral II when it is shown and not substituting a 2 in place of it. This also includes special characters (ex. Pokémon, limited by Unicode of course).

When there is a main title with subtitles and chapters it should in this format Title: Subtitle - Chapter. For example, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle.

For special releases of a game, use the format Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Hardened Edition).

For collections or compilations, use the format Death to Spies: Gold Edition.

The first and last words in an English title begins with a capital letter, unless the cover art or documents clearly state otherwise. Words such as "a," "an," "and," "at," "but," "by," "for," "in," "nor," "of," "on," "or," "so," "the," "to," "up," and "yet" are not written with a capital letter unless it's the first word in the title, subtitle or chapter.

Other languages do not necessarily have the same capitalization as in English.

Alternate titles
When a game is known by more than one title, alternate titles may be submitted. Each alternate title should have an explanatory description, such as Wii title.

Acceptable alternate titles

 * Platform title (e.g. Wii title), if it differs from the main title
 * Official foreign title (e.g. Japanese title)
 * Titles written in a non-Latin script should instead be described as Nationality spelling, e.g. Japanese spelling
 * Re-release title
 * Official abbreviation
 * In-game title
 * Title Screen title
 * Manual title
 * Tag-lined title
 * Informal title, if there is proof it is commonly used

Unacceptable alternate titles

 * Full title (the full title should be the main title)
 * US title (the US title should be the main title)
 * Unofficial translations of a title (these may be submitted as trivia)
 * Alternate spellings of a title (e.g. Space Quest 5 as an alternate for Space Quest V)
 * Substrings of titles (e.g. Nations as an alternate for Rise of Nations)
 * Filenames of a game (e.g. doom.exe as an alternate for Doom; these may be submitted as trivia)