Video games
Important: Confirm with your lecturer whether you are using APA 6th or APA 7th as they are slightly different.
In-text citations
Use the game developer as the author.
Paraphrase
Fallout: New Vegas (Obsidian Entertainment, 2010) is a great new video game that features ...
Direct quote
Place direct quotes between double quotation marks " " and provide the year.
Ulysses cried out: “Who are you, that you do not know your history?” (Obsidian Entertainment, 2010).
Reference list
TEMPLATE
Developer. (Year). Title [Video game]. Publisher. URL
Obsidian Entertainment. (2010). Fallout: New Vegas [Video game]. Bethesda Softworks.
- Give the game developer as the author.
- Give title (italics), then the description in square brackets (no italics).
- Give the name of publisher, and URL if accessed online.