Privacy Policy

Effective 2026-11-12.

Information we collect

New Game Hub does not require an account and does not ask you to submit personal information to read the guides. Our hosting provider (Cloudflare) may log standard technical data such as IP address, browser type, and pages requested, for security and performance.

Cookies and advertising

We use third-party advertising, including Google AdSense and possibly other ad networks, to keep this site free. These partners may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to serve ads, measure how ads perform, and (where allowed) show ads based on your visits to this site or other sites.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or the industry opt-out page at www.aboutads.info/choices.

Analytics

We run our own first-party analytics on Cloudflare (a small edge log written to a database we control). It is used only to see which pages are read, where visits come from at a coarse level, and whether search or AI crawlers are fetching the site.

For each counted page view we store: the page path, a coarse referrer group (for example Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Reddit, or direct), country code, device class (desktop, mobile, or tablet), the time, and a daily visitor token. That token is a one-way hash of technical request data plus a rotating daily salt. We do not store your IP address, name, email, or a lasting cross-day identifier, and we do not sell a profile of you. Known bots and headless browsers are not counted as human traffic. Hits from Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot and PerplexityBot are counted separately as an indexing signal.

This is separate from Cloudflare's own security and performance logs, which may include standard technical data such as IP address.

We use page views and a daily visitor token to estimate pages per session (how many pages a visitor opens in a sitting). That metric stays in our own dashboard; it is not sent to an ad or analytics vendor.

Code votes

On official-code pages you can optionally mark whether a code worked for you. We store only the guide slug, the code, a yes/no count, and a daily visitor token (the same kind of one-way hash used for analytics). We do not store your name, email, or IP address with a vote. You can vote once per code per day from a given browser. Votes are player reports, not an official status.

Theme, recently viewed, My games, and daily puzzle

The dark/light theme preference, a short "recently viewed" list, a "My games" follow list, and your Guess the game streak and past plays are saved only in your browser (localStorage). They are not sent to our servers. Unfollow a game or clear site data for this site to remove them.

Official-code alerts

You can optionally ask to be notified when we add a new official code (a code that has just been printed on the official game page).

Web push. If you tap "Notify me of new codes" and allow notifications, we store only the push endpoint and keys provided by your browser, plus the games you chose. We do not store your name, email, or a contact address with a push subscription. You can turn notifications off from the same button, or from your browser or device settings. On iPhone and iPad, web push works after you add this site to your Home Screen and open it from there.

Email. When email alerts are offered, we use a double opt-in form: we send a confirmation link and only write to you after you confirm. We store your email address, the games you chose, and one-way hashes of confirm and unsubscribe links. We will only use the address to send official-code alerts and related subscription mail (confirmation and unsubscribe). You can unsubscribe from a link in every such email. Email sending uses a transactional provider when that is configured; until it is, the email form is not shown.

Player reports on codes

On official-code pages you can mark whether a code worked. If downvotes clearly outnumber upvotes (at least five reports, and more than twice as many "did not work" as "worked"), we show a "Possibly expired" note. That note is a summary of player reports on this site, not an official status. Always check the official page before redeeming.

Play features saved in your browser

Codes check-in streaks and badges, route checklists, "new since your last visit," and guides-read badges are stored only in this browser (localStorage). They are not sent to our servers, except for the optional usage events below.

Feature usage events

When these features are used (for example Spin, the quiz, a poll vote, loading the next guide, or submitting a Guess score), we may record an event name, the page path, a short non-personal tag, and the same daily visitor hash used for pageview analytics. We use this to see whether a feature is helping people find another guide. The opt-out cookie on this page also covers these events.

Weekly poll and Guess scores

The weekly poll stores one choice per week with a daily visitor hash — totals only, no name or email. Anonymous Guess-the-game scores store the puzzle day, whether it was solved, and how many guesses were used, with a visitor hash. Leaderboards show counts, not identities, and do not reveal that day's answer.

Countdown embed

You can embed our official-date countdown at /embed/countdown/. It only lists dates we have sourced. Unannounced dates are omitted.

#### Opting out of our analytics

You can opt out of this first-party analytics at any time by opening https://newgamewiki.com/?notrack=1. That sets a long-lived `ngw_notrack` cookie and a matching flag in localStorage on this browser, and we will not count later visits from it. The opt-out does not affect third-party advertising cookies. To opt back in, open https://newgamewiki.com/?track=1.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Contact

For privacy questions, email [email protected].