<templatestyles src="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/styles.css" />
{{WP:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/Header}}
{{WP:RSPNutshell|gr|shortcut=}}
{{Infobox source reliability
 | type			= website
 | shortcut		= WP:METACRITIC
 | status		= gr
 | last			= 2017
 | domain1		= metacritic.com

}}

{{WP:RSPIntro|Metacritic}}
__TOC__

== Summary ==
Metacritic is considered generally reliable for its review aggregation and its news articles on film, TV, and video games. There is no consensus on whether its blog articles and critic opinion pages are generally reliable for facts. There is consensus that user reviews on Metacritic are generally unreliable, as they are [[WP:SPS|self-published source]]s. Reviewers tracked by Metacritic are not automatically reliable for their reviews. In December 2019, video game aggregate site [[GameRankings]] shut down and merged with Metacritic; GameRankings's content is no longer accessible unless archived.<ref>{{cite web|last=Plunkett|first=Luke|title=RIP Gamerankings.com|url=https://kotaku.com/rip-gamerankings-com-1840250954|website=[[Kotaku]]|publisher=[[G/O Media]]|accessdate=2019-12-06|date=2019-12-05|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GameRankings Shutting down |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/news.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204051348/https://www.gamerankings.com/news.html |archive-date=2019-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gamasutra.com/view/news/355254/Review_aggregator_site_GameRankings_is_shutting_down.php|title=Review aggregator site GameRankings is shutting down |last=McAloon|first=Alissa|work=[[Gamasutra]]|date=December 5, 2019|accessdate=December 5, 2019}}</ref>

== Excerpt ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[Metacritic]]:}}
<div class="source-excerpt">
{{excerpt|Metacritic|paragraphs=1|only=paragraphs|hat=no|references=no|inline=yes}}
</div>

== Discussions ==
{{WP:RSPLinks}}

=== Links ===


=== Recency ===
<span class="source-talk-last">{{WP:RSPLAST/sandbox|2017|table=no}}</span>

=== Rfcs ===
''No Rfcs for this source.''
</div>
==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
<references />

== Original table row for comparison ==
''(remove this when this source page is ready to go live)''
{{Wikipedia:RSPTableHeader}}
|- class="s-gr" id="Metacritic"
| [[Metacritic]] <small>([[GameRankings]])</small> {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:METACRITIC}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gr}}
| 10{{efn|See these discussions of Metacritic:
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2017}}
| Metacritic is considered generally reliable for its review aggregation and its news articles on film, TV, and video games. There is no consensus on whether its blog articles and critic opinion pages are generally reliable for facts. There is consensus that user reviews on Metacritic are generally unreliable, as they are [[WP:SPS|self-published source]]s. Reviewers tracked by Metacritic are not automatically reliable for their reviews. In December 2019, video game aggregate site [[GameRankings]] shut down and merged with Metacritic; GameRankings's content is no longer accessible unless archived.<ref>{{cite web|last=Plunkett|first=Luke|title=RIP Gamerankings.com|url=https://kotaku.com/rip-gamerankings-com-1840250954|website=[[Kotaku]]|publisher=[[G/O Media]]|accessdate=2019-12-06|date=2019-12-05|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GameRankings Shutting down |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/news.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204051348/https://www.gamerankings.com/news.html |archive-date=2019-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gamasutra.com/view/news/355254/Review_aggregator_site_GameRankings_is_shutting_down.php|title=Review aggregator site GameRankings is shutting down |last=McAloon|first=Alissa|work=[[Gamasutra]]|date=December 5, 2019|accessdate=December 5, 2019}}</ref>
| {{WP:RSPUSES|metacritic.com|gamerankings.com}}
|}