Create a spot-on reference in APA 7 and 6
General rules
In accordance with the rules of APA Style (7th ed.), for the purposes of referencing, a video game should be treated as a piece of software. Therefore, a bibliographic reference to a video game (computer game) has the same structure as a software reference and contains the following details: authors, date of publication and title of video game, version and/or type of edition, type of material, and publisher.
How to cite in a bibliography
To reference a video game or computer game in APA Style (7th ed.), use the template below:
Author(s). (Year). Game title (Edition type or version) [Video game]. Publisher.
For the rules of giving authors’ names in APA Style, see this article.
NB: If the publisher and the author of the game are the same, omit the Publisher element from the reference.
Examples of references
GSC Game World. (2001). Cossacks: European wars [Video game].
Firaxis Games. (2016). Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Digital deluxe edition) [Video game].