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How do I cite video game cover art?

Note: This post relates to content in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. For up-to-date guidance, see the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook.

Cite video game cover art the same way you would cite book cover art or magazine cover art.

Filed Under: using sources, works-cited list

Published 22 April 2020

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