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A comment I left in my post last night gave me an idea for a post. Finding ideas for websites can be quite daunting at times. It seems like everything is always taken. It seems like someone always beats you to the punch. A few weeks ago I mentioned ways to find ideas from Digg . You can watch the unpublished articles section and refresh it every minute to find the latest news. Today I’m going to talk to you about a different way to find ideas.

IGN is one of the largest, if not the largest, video game resource site on the web. It’s owned by the big man himself, Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp. IGN provides everything from video game reviews, screenshots, trailers, cheats, previews, forums… you name it. And it’s not just a resource for current games, you can find information on games coming out 2-3 years from now.

Some of the biggest forums on the web are video game related. It’s a huge niche with a massive following. Games like Halo, World of Warcraft, Everquest, Zelda, Guild Wars, and Unreal Tournament all have fan sites. Halo 3 has a fan site/forum with nearly 40,000 members and the game won’t be out for almost a year from now. There’s no hiding the potential of a gaming site.

The tip I’m going to share with you today is to find an upcoming video game and build a fan site / community before anyone else does. If you can become an authority site for a video game before anyone else, there is potential to make thousands of dollars. So how do you find out what games are coming out? First, go to IGN.com. Second, select a platform (PC, PS3, XBOX360) on the left sidebar. Finally, click Release Dates on the left sidebar. Here you will be given a timeline of all the games set to come out for your selected platform. Scroll down a couple months and find a game that looks interesting. Google it and do some research to see if any fan sites already exist. If you find one that doesn’t have a lot of information on it, then that might be a good game/niche to get into.

Finding information on a game coming out a year from now might be difficult, but if you subscribe to the Google News feed for your search terms, you can always stay up to date with the latest news.

Take a look at these sites and see the potential that is out there if you get in on it early. These are all fan sites owned by people like you and me. They aren’t official corportation sites.