Open Settings from the menu under your avatar, and follow the "delete your account" link at the bottom of the page. You'll see what will be removed, and a final button to confirm. This can't be undone.
What is removed
- Your reader reviews, game ratings and game collection.
- Your forum threads and replies.
- Your blog posts, the comments on them, and your blog images.
- The HG Mail messages sent to you, and the messages you sent through the contact form.
- Your avatar. Your chat messages and blog comments on other people's posts are erased, with "Message deleted" left in their place so conversations still make sense.
What stays
Staff and freelance reviews, news, guides and game pictures stay on the site, credited to "Site Contributor". Your username is held for a while afterward, so nobody can take it right away.