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It's been a long time coming. We've spoken about it, had meetings over it, and then put in countless hours over the past few months but it's finally here. Welcome to the new 4Player.

You probably have a bunch of questions and are anxious to start looking around the site at all the new features. I would recommend starting off with the Site Features page which will give you a nice overview of the new site. Then you might want to check out the new About Us page to get a sense of where 4Player is going into the future.  Next we'll want to start looking through the new Game Databse to get a feel for how this will bring all of our content together in one awesomely unified way. It's truly a thing of beauty.

But the first thing on your mind is probably 'What's with all this Network business?"  

What's In a Name 

4Player has grown considerably over the years, and we've felt for awhile that we were more than just a podcast. Of course it's our flagship enterprise, the reason we are even here now, but we also do so many other gaming-related things that we felt that the podcast moniker no longer fully represented what we do. 4Player Podcast still exists, but it now exists as part of the 4Player Network. As does Cocktail Time LIVE, Audible Impressions, the live stream and everything else. Of course, 4PlayerPodcast.com will always be a working URL, and it will simply redirect to 4PlayerNetwork.com. Can't forget our roots...or all the traffic that still goes to our old site.  

What's next?

So what's next? A lot. There are still community features and tools we'll be slowly integrating such as an Achievement system (which is working on the backend but not visually represented yet), and user blogs. We are continuing to import all of our broadcasts into our Games Database which is a huge endeavor but one we will be able to get mostly automated by using a sync system to import clips (of which there are around 25,000). And we will continue to tweak things on the front end to better bring our content to you.

So as you can see, we've taken a giant step forward with a bunch of smaller steps yet to be taken. We're ecstatic that you've come with us this far and we can only hope you stay with us throughout the rest of the journey.

<3,

4Player

Comments

  • Avatar
    Carlos The Stout
    12 years, 1 month ago

    First.

  • Frank Hartnett Avatar
    Frank Hartnett
    12 years, 1 month ago

    :D

  • Brites Avatar
    Brites
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Great job, bob! SECOND

  • Zladko Avatar
    Zladko
    12 years, 1 month ago

    fancy

  • SRPG Avatar
    SRPG
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Looks awesome guys! =)

  • Avatar
    treecutter
    12 years, 1 month ago

    neat

  • dumon Avatar
    dumon
    12 years, 1 month ago

    So glorious.. :')

  • Avatar
    Yodaral
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Get sticky fingerprints all over the shiny new thing.

  • Koshirro Avatar
    Koshirro
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Great work guys!

  • Sammonoske Avatar
    Sammonoske
    12 years, 1 month ago

    4PP has evolved to, 4PN!

  • Ikusa GT Avatar
    Ikusa GT
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Message Boards could use some elbow grease but everything else on the site seems nice.

  • Cvillain Avatar
    Cvillain
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Damn site you fancy

  • Chrissaviour Avatar
    Chrissaviour
    12 years, 1 month ago

    It looks very nice. A really well done job.

  • The Doctor Chef Avatar
    The Doctor Chef
    12 years, 1 month ago

    I would love to see a chatbox being added to forums, but everything else seems great

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    NiN1000
    12 years, 1 month ago

    This is pretty amazing. You guys have done fantastic work.

  • crossoutlaw Avatar
    crossoutlaw
    12 years, 1 month ago

    nice but a lot of stuff still neesds to be added..the games database isn't updated with the broadcast links...like looking for past game broadcast and getting no links. BTW where is the wiki?

  • Avatar
    Cramoss
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Looking great!

  • Avatar
    Arothon
    12 years, 1 month ago

    The old site was great, but damn this new one makes it seem a lot more professional. It's awesome to see how much everything has grown even since I starting viewing maybe a year ago. Congrats to you all!

  • theottomatic91 Avatar
    theottomatic91
    12 years, 1 month ago

    w00t glad to see that the new site is up, looking forward to all the goodness that 4PN will bring.

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    BloodGatts
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Wow, the site looks really nice! It's pretty refreshing to see the site get a face lift like this.

  • Moom Avatar
    Moom
    12 years, 1 month ago

    A new day has begun. BRING IT!

  • ContraMundum Avatar
    ContraMundum
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Great to finally see the new site! It's been awesome to see the 4Player name grow over the years :D

  • Soha Avatar
    Soha
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Awesome work!!!

  • Avatar
    Harley Cosmo
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Well done fellas. Great job.

  • Roughplague Avatar
    Roughplague
    12 years, 1 month ago

    It looks great! I like the new name, although I think it's gonna be hard for me to divorce my self from 4player podcast. 4player works as a unifier of these things in my opinion.
    Anyway, awesome looking site and I wish you guys good luck, seems like you are growing at a nice pace, and for the better =)

  • Velius Avatar
    Velius
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Site looks fantastic. If you actually get all the broadcast links sorted in the games section it would be huge, as a guy who goes back from time to time and views old broadcasts via the wiki im excited to see how that is going to pan out. I wish you guys luck in your future.

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    SonicKitsune
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Well, this is fancy.

  • Rainflake Avatar
    Rainflake
    12 years, 1 month ago

    This is outstanding!

  • Straith Avatar
    Straith
    12 years, 1 month ago

    I like it. Great job Guys!

  • Skittles0520 Avatar
    Skittles0520
    12 years, 1 month ago

    I absolutely love the new site. Great job guys!

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    eviljim
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Awesome new site!

  • Winter Espionage Avatar
    Winter Espionage
    12 years, 1 month ago

    I was gone for 2 days and this happens, I should be away more often.

    Excellent site guys, keep up the amazing work

  • Locked Avatar
    Locked
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Fantastic work 4PP, set your mind to the goal, and you succeeded. Great job.

  • joetm Avatar
    joetm
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Looks very professional, keep up the great work guys.

  • DalishCassassin Avatar
    DalishCassassin
    12 years, 1 month ago

    I love it. :D

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    WingZero
    12 years, 1 month ago

    U guys rock!

    Kudos to Bob for all the great work!

  • Shazza1990 Avatar
    Shazza1990
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Looking good! :D

  • KingNier Avatar
    KingNier
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Logistics aside, I just want to say I really like the new site. One of my favourite new features is the way it can 'sort' by games, like showing related articles.

  • crossoutlaw Avatar
    crossoutlaw
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Here is a feature i wish would be coming to site soon, so if bob, nick or whoever could input this in, the ability to edit or remove your comments. Minor things like that would help, especially with double posts or typos....