Posted on 23 March, 2009 By
Kim Woodbridge
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10 WordPress Themes for Video Games
Welcome to video game week here at (Anti) Social Development. Since I accidentally published this article a couple of days ago instead of saving the draft, you may have received a list of some of these links in your feed reader or email. Doh! I usually like to do my themes article on Wednesdays but decided to start the week with themes because of this error.
Some of these themes are designed for videos rather than specifically for video games but I think a video game blog would include videos for walkthroughs and game demos.
And I don’t have video game blog but I do love to play video games. I just wish I had more (any) time for them.
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March 23, 2009 at 8:26 am
Awesome list!
I’m partial to the two Mario themes. Especially that old school one. :-)
eGamer is probably my favorite of the rest of them. CounterForce scares me. ;-)
Thanks Kim!
March 23, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Hi Jim – I knew you would like Mario :-)
March 24, 2009 at 4:52 am
Oops should have read this first! Lol it really brings back the old school feeling.. Kinda miss it though
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March 23, 2009 at 10:25 am
I actually like Video-Game-Photo best. I can see that being a part of Web 2.0. I see Mario Brothers has a big showing. I’m not about to admit that my middle name is Luigi :)
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March 23, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Hi Gennaro – I think you just admitted it ;-)
March 23, 2009 at 2:44 pm
What I like about some of these themes is that, even though they’re designed with videogames in mind, you could probably tailor them to other topics.
Although why anyone would want to amend the Mario ones would be beyond me… ;-)
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March 23, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Hi Danny – Don’t mess with Mario ;-)
Some of these theme are designed for video rather than game sites but I thought they would work for this list.
March 23, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Cool collection of themes kim, I really love the egamer theme.. its reall nice
March 23, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Hi Nicholas – Thanks! Let me know if you try egamer.
March 23, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I don’t play video games. :) I do like “This Wicked Life” theme.
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March 23, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Hi Vered – That one is set up as a video blog rather than specifically for video games.
March 23, 2009 at 7:58 pm
well Kim i got the link on my reader and then i tried to visit and there was a 404. i was sure it was coming :) i would also like to add that e-gamer is not free but it’s an excellent plugin indeed. anyways i really like the theme of the week as you might have guessed :D
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March 23, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Hi Stratos – I couldn’t believe I hit publish. I’ve done it before but usually caught it immediately before it hit the RSS feed. This time it could have been 30-60 mins before I realized. I was doing too many things at the same time.
The theme of the week was partly inspired my our game conversations :-)
March 24, 2009 at 4:45 am
Lol Super Mario theme is cute! Reminds me of the good old school days.. Good for classic games huh..
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March 24, 2009 at 8:57 am
Hi Ben – Super Mario would be perfect for a classic gaming site. I like it a lot.
March 24, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Sweet! I’ll put this alongside the food themes when I write them up…very cool.
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March 24, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Hi Dennis – Video food themes ;-)
March 24, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I bet I could get my hubby blogging with that Mario theme… that’s so cute! egamer looks like it could be adapted to fit any site though, and it’s a very good layout.
~ Kristi
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March 24, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Hi Kristi – Maybe you should show it to him ;-)
March 26, 2009 at 5:04 am
videos of game always were a success
March 26, 2009 at 8:47 am
I was stuck in a game the other day and a video finally got me through that point – reading the walkthrough hadn’t helped me at all.
March 26, 2009 at 10:47 am
Nice collection. I dont know how you manage to find all such themes. I only managed to find 2-3 themes when i was starting my gaming blog.
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March 26, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Hi Madhur – It wasn’t easy to find all of these – I thought there would be more themes out there. I think I need to make the ultimate one :-)
March 27, 2009 at 9:49 am
I actually downloaded the egamer theme and was going to use it for a photo blog, but its sitting in the themes directory gathering dust because I went and bought a really cool theme that is pretty well complete plug and play. A hell of a lot better than the Thesis theme I bought awhile back.
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March 27, 2009 at 10:24 am
I like the theme you are using now. :-) I like Thesis but mentioned on your site the issues that I have with it. You have to know CSS and hooks to make a unique looking theme out of it.
March 27, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Yep, that’s exactly why I didn’t like it. I reckon it’s fitting that I now use it on my Load Of BS blog :D I absolutely love my new theme. Just the other day I noticed that the color of the link wasn’t quite right, so I go into the dashboard and with a couple clicks of the mouse I’ve changed the color.
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May 6, 2009 at 6:04 am
I love this templates. With wordpress and all the above, making a game site is easier than ever! Thanks for the post waiting for more like this!
May 6, 2009 at 8:52 am
Hi – Thanks. I’m glad you found the article useful.
June 10, 2009 at 1:56 pm
wow so many free themes. Thanks for the share.
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June 10, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Hi Jeevan – Thanks! I hope you find one that you like.
September 22, 2009 at 3:35 pm
It’s too bad there aren’t more video game blog themes designed for game review sites. Really, the only good one I’ve found is GamesPress.
September 22, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hi Penny – There really aren’t any themes specifically designed for review sites – some of the ones that revolve around videos might be the best to take a look at.
December 29, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Nice! I’m working on setting up a video game review site and I might have to use one of these templates! Thanks.
December 29, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Hi – Great! I’m glad the article helps :-)
February 5, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Another great gaming theme you might consider adding to your list is the GameNow Theme – http://www.wpnow.com/themes/gamenow.html
I recently purchased it for a client and its usability is great, even comes with a built in gaming review system. It could also be used for non-gaming sites as well which is nice.
February 5, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Hi Eric – Thanks for the info – it looks like a nice theme.
February 19, 2010 at 2:28 am
Thanks I am going to check out the egames theme.
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February 19, 2010 at 9:24 am
Hi Jadeslair – I hope it works out for you.
March 16, 2010 at 2:38 am
I found an awesome video game theme for WordPress, its like nothing you’ve ever seen before, check it out: WordPress Video Game Theme
March 16, 2010 at 6:49 am
Hi Jake – Thanks for the info. I’m sure there are new themes for video
games since I wrote this article a year ago :-)
July 10, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Somebody has got to make a Call of Duty theme. That would be killer
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July 12, 2010 at 6:44 am
Hi Dennis – I’ve seen regular templates for that game but not a WordPress one.
September 26, 2010 at 3:13 am
Some fantastic themes here, I especialy love the Mario ones as they are so colourful and perhaps even atmospheric… make you happy just to see them!
September 26, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Hi Dee – Glad you like them!
September 30, 2010 at 3:39 pm
This will help. I am using a simple magazine theme for my blog. Thanks!
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September 30, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Nice themes. I guess the Mario will always be a classic.
October 18, 2010 at 5:49 pm
egamer is a really nice theme. Sort of looks like gamespot
November 10, 2010 at 4:12 pm
While I know that this list is old, it still is a valid collection of gaming themes. I have used egamer for several sites and has been a favorite for some time. I will give some of the others a look.
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November 11, 2010 at 7:46 am
Egamer is still a great theme.
November 16, 2010 at 8:56 am
Is there some plugin for building an arcade site using WordPress? BTW These are all beautiful themes! Thanks for making this list!
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November 17, 2010 at 11:04 am
Have you looked at ArcadePress?
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/arcadepress/
The plugin can be downloaded but the developer’s site seems to be down.