There haven’t been a ton of great video game themes released over the past couple years, but I believe we’ve finally found a solid design for all types of gamers.    The new GameNow theme from WordPress Now is this new design, and in my opinion it goes well beyond the gamers niche.  With this new design, you can instantly convert your website or blog to a fully functional content management system!

Here are the features included with the GameNow theme:

• Black & White Layout (User gets to choose)
• Two Column Layout
• Widget Ready
• Adsense Ready
• Review System
• Javascript Home Slideshow
• Threaded Comments
• WP 2.8+ Ready
• No Sidebars Template
• Links & Bookmark Template
• Sitemap Template
• Five Level Threaded Comments

GameNow Video Game Theme

You can view the live demo of the GameNow theme here.

Single-Use ($49.00) | Developer’s Pack ($99.00)

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Theme Forest continues to offer some impressive premium WordPress themes.   One of their recent releases that caught our eye is the new Imperial WordPress theme, which combines an excellent look with an impressive feature set.

Here are the features listed by the designer:

• 2 full color schemes – dark and light.
• User specified “accent” color can be chosen from a color picker in WP-Admin for easy customization.
• Flexible photo area supports an image of any height. No need to resize, as the overflow is hidden automatically.
• Dynamic image resizing for post thumbnails used through-out the theme.
• Custom built theme settings panel within WP-Admin that allows you to customize the theme without editing any templates.
• Flexible logo space allows images up to 900px wide and any height. Image path and dimensions are entered in WP-Admin.
• Easily link to social networks you take part in, with support for 28 of the most popular sites.
• Both sidebars are widgetized.
• Custom widgets for the 3 main ad spots (4 125×125 buttons, 300×250 bigbox, 160×600 skyscraper). 728×90 leader board and 468×60 banner also supported.
• Super lean markup and CSS , makes advanced customization a pleasure.
• Tested on Windows and Mac – IE6 -8, Firefox 2 & 3, and Safari 3 & 4. Some details are toned down for older versions of IE, but nothing is broken.
• Support for Twitter Tools, FlickrRSS, WP-PageNavi, and Subscribe to Comments plugins out of the box.
• Original PSD included!

Imperial WordPress Theme

You can view the live demo of the Imperial theme here.

Single-Use ($30.00) | 10 Licenses ($90.00)

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There is a growing market out there for quality gaming themes, and Style WordPress has probably done the best job of filling this need.   They already offer a large number of premium gaming WordPress themes, and recently they followed that up with a new gamers theme called Gameline.

Here are the features listed with the Gameline theme:

• 3 Selectable Styles
• Widgetized Sidebar
• Widgetized Tabber Block
• Optional Drop-down Menu
• 7 Integrated Banner Spots
• Integrated Livechat Shoutbox
• Optional Threaded Comments
• Built-In Theme Options Menu
• Easy to Modify
• Comprehensive Users Guide
• FREE! Developers License
• FREE! Support & Updates

Gameline Theme

You can view the live demo of the Gameline theme here.

Unlimited Websites ($33.00)

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There have been a few very nice video game themes lately, but possibly my favorite (and the most affordable) is the new Gamemaker theme from Style WordPress.   This CMS theme offers a news portal on the homepage and a built-in blog for the internal pages.

Here are many of the features listed with the Gamemaker Theme:

• Three Widgetized Areas
• Auto-Zoom Thumbnails
• Featured Content Gallery
• Integrated Shoutbox
• Drop-down Menu Navigation
• Integrated Banner Management
• Related Posts
• Optional Threaded Comments
• Built-In Theme Options Menu
• Easy to Modify
• Comprehensive Users Guide
• FREE! Developers License
• FREE! Support & Updates

Gamemaker Theme

You can view the live demo of the Gamemaker theme here.

Unlimited Websites ($37.00)

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Note: You can currently get 50% off any Style WordPress theme using the coupon code LAUNCH.

Do you run a blog about video games?  Maybe you are looking for a theme for your World of Warcraft or EverQuest 2 blog?

No matter what video game you play, one theme you’ll want to check out is the eGamer theme from Elegant Themes.  It comes with a magazine-style look, or you can switch to a blog-style homepage.

Here is a complete list of the features you get with the eGamer theme:

• 2 layout options: magazine style and blog style
• 4 colour schemes (red, blue, green purple)
• Widget ready sidebars
• Theme Option Pages
• Custom thumbnail images
• PSD files
• Valid XHTML + CSS
• Smooth tabless design
• Opera compatible
• Netscape compatible
• Safari compatible
• Wordpress 2.7 compatible
• Three Unique Post Formats
• Threaded Comments
• Featured Articles
• Gravatar ready
• Firefox compatible
• IE7 + IE6 compatible
• Advertisement Ready

Here is a screenshot of the eGamer theme:

You can check out the eGamer demo here.

This theme comes with an Elegant Themes theme club membership, which only costs $20.00.

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