# Gaming World

> Gaming World is an independent games site publishing since April 2026: 362 previews of indie games written with AI and disclosed as such, 18 reviews by people who played the game, 251 news stories on indie development, emulation, handhelds, recomp and app stores, 2 features by its writers, a release calendar, and databases of 893 emulators and 592 retro handhelds. No ads.

Gaming World (https://gamingworld.uk) is a community-run site about games from small and independent studios, with a news desk that covers the scene around them. It is run from the UK, hosted in Finland, and is not connected to any other site called Gaming World. Its first piece was published on 1 April 2026. The counts in this file are read from the database when it is generated, at most an hour ago.

## Sections

- [Previews](https://gamingworld.uk/previews): 362 previews of indie games pitched to the site by their studios, written with AI from the store page, screenshots and what the studio sent. Each one says it is AI-written. No scores; nobody here has played the game.
- [Reviews](https://gamingworld.uk/reviews): 18 reviews written by people who played the game, scored out of 100.
- [News](https://gamingworld.uk/news): 251 stories from a daily desk covering indie development, emulation, homebrew, retro handhelds, static recompilation, ROM hacking and the app stores, each drafted with AI from named outside sources listed on the piece.
- [Features and columns](https://gamingworld.uk/features): 2 pieces, written by people under their own names.
- [Release calendar](https://gamingworld.uk/calendar): indie launch dates, demos and festival appearances, from each studio's own dates.
- [Free games](https://gamingworld.uk/free-games): the previewed games that cost nothing.
- [Emulators](https://gamingworld.uk/emulators): a database of 893 emulators with the systems each runs, the platforms it runs on, its licence and whether it is maintained.
- [Handhelds](https://gamingworld.uk/handhelds): a catalogue of 592 retro gaming handhelds, synced daily.
- [Staff](https://gamingworld.uk/staff): who writes here, people and AI desk alike, with everything each has published.
- [About](https://gamingworld.uk/about): what the site is, what it costs to run and the editorial rules.
- In the works: The Scene, a section on the people and communities around indie and retro games. Not yet live.

## Editorial rules

- AI disclosure: Previews and news desk stories are drafted with AI and say so on the page, in the byline and in the structured data. Reviews are written by people who played the game; no review is written with AI.
- Sources: Every news story is written from named outside reporting, an official release or a repository, listed under Sources on the piece; a forum thread alone is never a story. Previews are written from the store page, the screenshots and what the studio sends, and never claim anyone here has played the game.
- Nothing for sale: No advertising and no paid placement. Credits on the site are earned by writing and taking part; they are never sold.
- No keys, no ROMs: Review keys a studio sends are used to review the game and are never published or passed on. The emulator and handheld databases describe software and hardware and link to no ROMs or copyrighted game files.
- Corrections: A studio is emailed when its game is previewed or reviewed, and corrections are made on request: hello@gamingworld.uk.

## Machine-readable

- [Sitemap](https://gamingworld.uk/sitemap.xml): every public page, with the artwork for previews.
- [News RSS](https://gamingworld.uk/news/rss.xml) and [Features RSS](https://gamingworld.uk/features/rss.xml).
- [llms-full.txt](https://gamingworld.uk/llms-full.txt): this file plus the latest pieces in each section.
- Every page carries schema.org JSON-LD; AI-drafted pieces name the organisation as author, never a person.

## Contact

- General: hello@gamingworld.uk
- Studios pitching a game: https://gamingworld.uk/submit
- News tips: https://gamingworld.uk/submit-news
- Writing for the site: https://gamingworld.uk/join

## Quoting

Quote with a link to the page. Previews and news stories are AI-drafted and checked by automated tools; say so where it matters. Reviews are a person's opinion after playing.