Does gamefaqs.gamespot.com block AI crawlers?

As of 2026-11-03, the robots.txt of gamefaqs.gamespot.com blocks 8 of 18 AI crawlers, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended.

8/18AI crawlers blocked

YesChatGPT can read it

YesPerplexity can read it

YesClaude can read it

NoHas an llms.txt file

AI crawler status of gamefaqs.gamespot.com

Based on the live robots.txt of gamefaqs.gamespot.com, checked on 2026-11-03. “Some paths restricted” means the bot may crawl the site but certain sections are excluded.

User agent	Company	Purpose	Status
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Model training	Blocked
`OAI-SearchBot`	OpenAI	ChatGPT search index	Allowed
`ChatGPT-User`	OpenAI	Live browsing for ChatGPT users	Allowed
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Model training	Blocked
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Claude search index	Allowed
`Claude-User`	Anthropic	Live browsing for Claude users	Allowed
`PerplexityBot`	Perplexity	Perplexity search index	Allowed
`Perplexity-User`	Perplexity	Live browsing for Perplexity users	Allowed
`Google-Extended`	Google	Gemini training & grounding	Blocked
`Googlebot`	Google	Search and AI Overviews	Allowed
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Bing search and Microsoft Copilot	Allowed
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Apple Intelligence training	Blocked
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Meta AI training	Blocked
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Alexa and Amazon AI	Blocked
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	DuckAssist answers	Allowed
`MistralAI-User`	Mistral	Live browsing for Le Chat users	Allowed
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Open dataset used by many AI models	Blocked
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Model training	Blocked

What this means

gamefaqs.gamespot.com follows a pattern many publishers now use: it keeps AI training crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended out, but still lets AI search and live-browsing agents in. That way it can still be cited and linked in ChatGPT or Perplexity answers.

Among the 96 entertainment & gaming sites in our AI crawler report, 43% block GPTBot completely. gamefaqs.gamespot.com is one of them.

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FAQ

Does gamefaqs.gamespot.com block ChatGPT?

No. As of 2026-11-03, OAI-SearchBot is allowed and ChatGPT-User is allowed in the robots.txt of gamefaqs.gamespot.com. GPTBot (OpenAI's training crawler) is blocked.

Can Perplexity access gamefaqs.gamespot.com?

PerplexityBot is allowed and Perplexity-User is allowed on gamefaqs.gamespot.com according to its robots.txt checked on 2026-11-03.

Does gamefaqs.gamespot.com have an llms.txt file?

No, we did not find an llms.txt file on gamefaqs.gamespot.com when we checked on 2026-11-03.

How is this data collected?

We fetch the public robots.txt file of each site and evaluate the rules for 18 AI user agents for the site root. robots.txt is a request, not a technical barrier, and sites may also block bots at the firewall level, which this check does not see.