diff --git a/shadPS4/emulator/gameInfo.h b/shadPS4/emulator/gameInfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f0ba4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shadPS4/emulator/gameInfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <string>
+
+struct GameInfo
+{
+	std::string path; //root path of game directory (normaly directory that contains eboot.bin)
+	std::string icon_path;//path of icon0.png
+
+	//variables extracted from param.sfo
+	std::string name = "Unknown";
+	std::string serial = "Unknown";
+	std::string app_ver = "Unknown";
+	std::string version = "Unknown";
+	std::string category = "Unknown";
+	std::string fw = "Unknown";
+
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shadPS4/gui/custom_table_widget_item.cpp b/shadPS4/gui/custom_table_widget_item.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b418046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shadPS4/gui/custom_table_widget_item.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#include "custom_table_widget_item.h"
+
+#include <QDateTime>
+
+custom_table_widget_item::custom_table_widget_item(const std::string& text, int sort_role, const QVariant& sort_value)
+	: QTableWidgetItem(QString::fromStdString(text).simplified()) // simplified() forces single line text
+{
+	if (sort_role != Qt::DisplayRole)
+	{
+		setData(sort_role, sort_value, true);
+	}
+}
+
+custom_table_widget_item::custom_table_widget_item(const QString& text, int sort_role, const QVariant& sort_value)
+	: QTableWidgetItem(text.simplified()) // simplified() forces single line text
+{
+	if (sort_role != Qt::DisplayRole)
+	{
+		setData(sort_role, sort_value, true);
+	}
+}
+
+bool custom_table_widget_item::operator<(const QTableWidgetItem& other) const
+{
+	if (m_sort_role == Qt::DisplayRole)
+	{
+		return QTableWidgetItem::operator<(other);
+	}
+
+	const QVariant data_l = data(m_sort_role);
+	const QVariant data_r = other.data(m_sort_role);
+	const QVariant::Type type_l = data_l.type();
+	const QVariant::Type type_r = data_r.type();
+
+	switch (type_l)
+	{
+	case QVariant::Type::Bool:
+	case QVariant::Type::Int:
+		return data_l.toInt() < data_r.toInt();
+	case QVariant::Type::UInt:
+		return data_l.toUInt() < data_r.toUInt();
+	case QVariant::Type::LongLong:
+		return data_l.toLongLong() < data_r.toLongLong();
+	case QVariant::Type::ULongLong:
+		return data_l.toULongLong() < data_r.toULongLong();
+	case QVariant::Type::Double:
+		return data_l.toDouble() < data_r.toDouble();
+	case QVariant::Type::Date:
+		return data_l.toDate() < data_r.toDate();
+	case QVariant::Type::Time:
+		return data_l.toTime() < data_r.toTime();
+	case QVariant::Type::DateTime:
+		return data_l.toDateTime() < data_r.toDateTime();
+	case QVariant::Type::Char:
+	case QVariant::Type::String:
+		return data_l.toString() < data_r.toString();
+	default:
+		throw std::runtime_error("unsupported type");
+	}
+}
+
+void custom_table_widget_item::setData(int role, const QVariant& value, bool assign_sort_role)
+{
+	if (assign_sort_role)
+	{
+		m_sort_role = role;
+	}
+	QTableWidgetItem::setData(role, value);
+}
+
diff --git a/shadPS4/gui/custom_table_widget_item.h b/shadPS4/gui/custom_table_widget_item.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00ffc18a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shadPS4/gui/custom_table_widget_item.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <QTableWidgetItem>
+
+class custom_table_widget_item : public QTableWidgetItem
+{
+private:
+	int m_sort_role = Qt::DisplayRole;
+
+public:
+	using QTableWidgetItem::setData;
+
+	custom_table_widget_item() = default;
+	custom_table_widget_item(const std::string& text, int sort_role = Qt::DisplayRole, const QVariant& sort_value = 0);
+	custom_table_widget_item(const QString& text, int sort_role = Qt::DisplayRole, const QVariant& sort_value = 0);
+
+	bool operator<(const QTableWidgetItem& other) const override;
+
+	void setData(int role, const QVariant& value, bool assign_sort_role);
+};
diff --git a/shadPS4/shadPS4.vcxproj b/shadPS4/shadPS4.vcxproj
index ccf22e67..c847d5f9 100644
--- a/shadPS4/shadPS4.vcxproj
+++ b/shadPS4/shadPS4.vcxproj
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="emulator\fileFormat\PKG.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="emulator\fileFormat\PSF.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="emulator\Loader.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="gui\custom_table_widget_item.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="gui\GameListViewer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="gui\gui_settings.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="gui\shadps4gui.cpp" />
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="core\FsFile.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="emulator\fileFormat\PKG.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="emulator\fileFormat\PSF.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="emulator\gameInfo.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="emulator\Loader.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="gui\custom_table_widget_item.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="gui\gui_settings.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Types.h" />
   </ItemGroup>