Video Games

Every week, 212.3 million Americans play video games as part of their regular routine.

Counter-Strike (CS) is a series of multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video games, in which opposing teams attempt to complete various objectives.

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a series of video games

Woods can thus, in a sense, be considered one of the progenitors of the entire genre of computer adventure games and interactive fiction.

It began with the release of an eponymous video game in 1984 and has since been featured in more video games, a film series and in other media formats across technologies like television and the Internet.

is a Japanese video game series and media franchise

spanning four manga adaptations, three anime adaptations, three light novels, and a video game adaptation

a book series, TV adaptations, a streaming series, and various video games

is a Slovenian video game series and multimedia franchise created and owned by Outfit7 Limited

three video games

is a multiplayer beat 'em up action role-playing game

is a free-to-play collectible card browser video game developed by Nitroplus and DMM Games

The franchise includes films, animated series, video games and television series.

A visual novel was produced in 2006 by MediaWorks for the PlayStation 2.

An action RPG mobile game follow-up and sequel was developed by Square Enix

A visual novel was created based on the series for the PlayStation 2

It has also been expanded to comics and video games.

mobile games, books, manga, anime, and temporary themed establishments

is a role-playing video game produced by Spike

a rhythm game for smartphones titled D4DJ Groovy Mix

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A tie-in video game of the same name was published in 1986 by Electric Dreams Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.

An action role-playing video game was released in Japan for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, in November 2021.

is an arcade-based fantasy collectible card game developed by Think Garage

A free-to-play strategy role-playing video game based on the webcomic, was released on iOS and Android on 15 July 2015.

a mobile and PC game titled Deep Insanity: Asylum, which was released on October 14, 2021

consisting primarily of a series of video games

is a Polish video game company based in Warsaw, founded in May 1994 by Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński

is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles

video game developer and publisher

Psyonix LLC is an American video game developer based in San Diego.

is an American video game development studio

Infinity Ward, Inc. is an American video game developer.

King.com Limited is a Swedish video game developer and publisher that specializes in social games.

was a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company founded in 1955.

was an American software development company and video game developer based in San Francisco

Nintendo EAD was best known for its work on games in the Donkey Kong, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, F-Zero, Star Fox, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, and Wii series.

In 1994, the company entered the home video game console market with the launch of the PlayStation

Supercell Oy is a Finnish mobile game development company based in Helsinki.

is an American video game developer and publisher known for its social video game services.

is an American video game developer

Rockstar Games predominantly publishes games in the action-adventure genre

MicroProse is an American video game publisher and developer founded by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982.

Maxis is best known for its simulation games, including The Sims, Spore, and SimCity.

is a British video game developer and a studio of Rockstar Games based in Edinburgh

Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, hardware, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

where computer users could participate in task-based games and socialization in a 3D online environment

She has also voiced characters in the video games Mortal Kombat X

the 2017 Electronic Arts video game, Star Wars Battlefront II.

King's Quest is a graphic adventure game series, released between 1980 and 2016 and created by the American software company Sierra Entertainment.

League of Legends (LoL), commonly referred to as League, is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games.

EverQuest is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) originally developed by Verant Interactive and 989 Studios for Windows.

Diablo is a 1997 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows.

Populous is a video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga in March 1989, then quickly the Atari ST and MS-DOS.

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 1991 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis.

Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation.

Tomb Raider is a 1996 action-adventure game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive as the debut entry in the Tomb Raider media franchise.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.

Wordle is a web-based word game created and developed by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle.

Overwatch (retroactively referred to as Overwatch Classic) was a 2016 live service multiplayer first-person shooter video game by Blizzard Entertainment.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision.

Centipede is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Atari, Inc.

Galaga is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades.

Missile Command is a 1980 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Atari, Inc.

Duke Nukem 3D is a 1996 first-person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by FormGen for MS-DOS.

Chrono Trigger is a 1995 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Dark Souls is a dark fantasy, action role-playing game series developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Dota 2 is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve.

Roblox ( , ROH-bloks) is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program and play games created by themselves or other users.

Journey is an adventure game developed by Thatgamecompany and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.

Gran Turismo is a 1997 sim racing video game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.

Age of Empires is a 1997 real-time strategy video game based on the ancient world, developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft, and the first game in the Age of Empires series.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a 2017 action-adventure game developed by Nintendo EPD for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

Genshin Impact ( GHEN-shin; Chinese: 原神; pinyin: Yuánshén; lit. 'Primordial God') is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed and published by miHoYo.

Pac-Man, originally titled Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze video game developed and published by Namco for arcades.

Tetris (Russian: Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer, in the mid-1980s.

Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang Studios.

Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Directed and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, it is the successor to the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. and the first

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows and macOS.

Grand Theft Auto III is a 2001 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a 1998 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.

Fortnite is a 2017 online video game and game platform developed and released by Epic Games.

Zork is a text adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-10 mainframe computer.

SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright.

Metroid is an action-adventure game franchise created by Nintendo. The player controls the bounty hunter Samus Aran, who protects the galaxy from Space Pirates and their attempts to harness the power of the parasitic Metroid creatures.

Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is a 1991 fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades.

Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation.

Wii Sports is a 2006 sports simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console.

The Legend of Zelda is a 1986 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer Disk System.

Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

Halo: Combat Evolved is a 2001 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios.

Candy Crush Saga is a free-to-play tile-matching video game released by King on April 12, 2012, originally for Facebook; other versions for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Windows 10 followed.

Portal is a 2007 puzzle-platform game developed and published by Valve.

Elden Ring is a 2022 action role-playing game directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding provided by the American fantasy writer George R.

Ultima Online (UO) is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released on September 24, 1997 by Origin Systems.

Animal Crossing, known in Japan as Dōbutsu no Mori, is a social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo.

Metal Gear (Japanese: メタルギア) is a Japanese franchise of action-adventure stealth games created by Hideo Kojima.

Dance Dance Revolution (ダンスダンスレボリューション, Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon) (abbreviated DDR; also called DanRevo, Dance Revo, or DanceRevo; stylized as DanceDanceRevolution since SuperNOVA) is a music video game series produced by Konami.

Undertale is a 2015 role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox.

Super Smash Bros. is a 1999 crossover fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the first game in the Super Smash Bros. series and was released in Japan on January 21, 1999; in North

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‍ is a 2015 action role-playing game developed and published by CD Projekt.

God of War is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

The Last of Us is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

BioShock is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K.

Persona 5 is a 2016 role-playing video game developed by P-Studio. The game is the sixth installment in the Persona series, itself a spin-off from the Megami Tensei franchise. Published by Atlus in Japan and North America, and Deep Silver

Kirby's Dream Land is a 1992 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.

Mega Man, known as Rockman in East Asia, is a 1987 platformer game developed and published by Capcom for the NES/Famicom.

Castlevania, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula, is a 1986 platform game developed and published by Konami.

Silent Hill is a 1999 survival horror video game developed by Konami's Team Silent and published by Konami for the PlayStation.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.

Rocket League is a 2015 vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix.

Apex Legends is a 2019 battle royale-hero shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn's Titanfall series.

Valorant (stylized in all caps) is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games.

Team Fortress 2 is a 2007 multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation.

Left 4 Dead is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by Valve South and published by Valve.

Splatoon is a 2015 third-person shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U.

Words with Friends is a multiplayer computer word game developed by Newtoy.

Clash of Clans is a 2012 free-to-play mobile strategy video game developed and published by Supercell.

Tennis for Two (also known as Computer Tennis) is a 1958 sports video game designed by the American physicist William Higinbotham at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

The Sims is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts (EA).

Space Invaders is a 1978 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades.

Warcraft is a fantasy video game series and media franchise created by Blizzard Entertainment.

MapleStory (Korean: 메이플스토리 meipeulseutoli) is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by South Korean company Wizet and published by Nexon.

Granblue Fantasy is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Cygames for Android, iOS and web browsers, which was first released in Japan in March 2014.

Kantai Collection (Japanese: 艦隊これくしょん, Hepburn: Kantai Korekushon; lit. 'Fleet Collection'), abbreviated as KanColle (艦これ, KanKore), is a Japanese free-to-play web browser game developed by Kadokawa Games and published by DMM.com.

Corpse Party (Japanese: コープスパーティー, Hepburn: Kōpusu Pātī) is a horror video game originally created by Makoto Kedōin and eventually developed by Team GrisGris.

Hyperdimension Neptunia (超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ, Chōjigen Geimu Neputyūnu; lit. 'Super Dimensional Game Neptune') is a series of role-playing video games produced by Compile Heart and Idea Factory, which revolves around and parodies the real-life video gaming industry usually from a Japanese perspective along with parodies of other forms of Japanese otaku subcultures.

Silent Hill (サイレントヒル, Sairento Hiru) is a Japanese horror franchise centered on a series of survival horror video games created by Team Silent and published by Konami.

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings to consumer video games in the United States and Canada.

Doom is a 1993 first-person shooter game developed and published by id Software for MS-DOS.

Sid Meier's Civilization is a 1991 turn-based strategy 4X video game developed and published by MicroProse.

StarCraft is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows.

Christopher Vincent Metzen (born November 22, 1973) is an American game designer, artist, voice actor, and author known for his work creating the fictional universes and scripts for Blizzard Entertainment's three major award-winning media franchises: Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft.

Yoshinori Kitase (北瀬 佳範, Kitase Yoshinori; born September 23, 1966) is a Japanese company director, video game producer and former game director working for Square Enix.

Masahiro Sakurai (桜井 政博, Sakurai Masahiro; born August 3, 1970) is a Japanese video game director and game designer best known as the creator of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series.

Bruce Straley is an American game director, artist, designer, and studio director.

Hidetaka Miyazaki (Japanese: 宮崎 英高, Hepburn: Miyazaki Hidetaka; born September 19, 1974) is a Japanese video game director, designer, writer, and president of the game developer FromSoftware.

Edward Boon (born February 22, 1964) is an American video game programmer, voice actor, and director.

Shinji Mikami (三上 真司, Mikami Shinji; born August 11, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer.

Kenneth M. Levine (born September 1, 1966) is an American video game developer.

Katsura Hashino (Japanese: 橋野 桂, Hepburn: Hashino Katsura) is a Japanese video game director and producer, best known for working on the Persona role-playing game series by Atlus.

Hisashi Nogami (野上恒, Nogami Hisashi; born 1971) is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer at Nintendo.

Yoshiaki Koizumi (小泉 歓晃, Koizumi Yoshiaki; born April 29, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer, and business executive.

Hitoshi Akamatsu (Japanese: 赤松仁司, Hepburn: Akamatsu Hitoshi) is a Japanese video game designer and programmer.

Hidemaro Fujibayashi (藤林 秀麿, Fujibayashi Hidemaro; born October 1, 1972) is a Japanese video game designer at Nintendo.

Gunpei Yokoi (Japanese: 横井 軍平, Hepburn: Yokoi Gunpei; 10 September 1941-4 October 1997), sometimes transliterated as Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese toy maker and video game designer.

John Tobias (born August 24, 1969) is an American comic book artist, graphic designer, video game designer, and writer.

Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫, Kojima Hideo; born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer, writer, director, and producer.

Katsuya Eguchi (Japanese: 江口 勝也, Hepburn: Eguchi Katsuya; born April 7, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer at Nintendo.

Amy Hennig (born August 19, 1964) is an American video game designer, writer, and director.

Xinghan Chen (Chinese: 陈星汉; pinyin: Chén Xīnghàn; born October 8, 1981), known professionally as Jenova Chen, is a Chinese video game designer.

Tom Hall is an American video game designer best known as a co-founder of id Software and designer on classic titles such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Commander Keen.

Takashi Tokita (時田 貴司, Tokita Takashi) (born 24 January 1965) is a Japanese video game developer working for Square Enix.

Roberta Lynn Williams (née Heuer; born February 16, 1953) is an American video game designer and writer.

Kazunori Yamauchi (山内 一典, Yamauchi Kazunori; born August 5, 1967), nicknamed "Kaz", is a Japanese game designer and racing driver.

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game designer, director, producer, and writer

is an American computer scientist most famous for creating Spacewar!

is an American video game designer

is an American computer programmer best known for co-creating the adventure game Zork

is an American game developer and software engineer

is an American interactive fiction game designer (implementor) and programmer

is a Japanese animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer

is an American video game developer and programmer who co-founded the video game studio Bungie with Alex Seropian in 1991

is an American video game designer best known for her work at Valve with games such as Portal and Left 4 Dead

is an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design

is an American video game designer, producer, and programmer who served as the co-founder and president of Blizzard North

is a game programmer and one of the three co-founders of ArenaNet

is an English video game designer and programmer

is an independent video game developer

is an entrepreneur, known for being the co-founder and joint managing director of Bullfrog Productions

is a Japanese video game designer

is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games

is an American video game designer who works at Bethesda Game Studios

is an American video game programmer and educator

is a retired American arcade video game designer

is a game designer and computer programmer

is a video game designer who is best known for designing levels for 3D video games

is a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, engineer, and software developer

was an American entrepreneur, engineer, and software developer

is a computer game designer and entrepreneur known for developing Titan Quest and the Age of Empires series of games

is a video game designer and the founder and owner of the now-defunct Stainless Steel Studios

is a Japanese video game director and designer

is an Israeli-American writer, creative director, designer, and programmer

is an Australian video game designer best known for co-developing Quake Team Fortress, Team Fortress Classic, Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life: Alyx

is an American video game designer and executive and the current chief creative officer of Bad Robot Games

was an American physicist

is an American and Irish video game developer

is an American game designer

Donkey Kong is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo.

Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version are 1996 role-playing video games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.

Snake is a genre of action video games where the player maneuvers the end of a growing line, often themed as a snake.

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game (RTS) developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment, and published by Interplay Productions in Europe.

Among Us is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by the American game studio Innersloth.

Pokémon Go (stylized as Pokémon GO) is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game originally developed and published by Niantic and since 2025 by Scopely Explore, in partnership with Nintendo and the Pokémon Company, for iOS and Android devices.

FarmVille is a series of agriculture-simulation social network games developed and published by Zynga beginning in 2009.

PUBG: Battlegrounds, originally titled PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), is a 2017 battle royale game published by Krafton and developed by Krafton's PUBG Studios.

Half-Life 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed and published by Valve Corporation.

John Madden Football is a 1988 American football video game developed and published by Electronic Arts for the Apple II, following the success of Earl Weaver Baseball.

Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows.

King Kong is an American monster media franchise that consists of thirteen films, as well as television shows, novels, comic books, video games, attractions, and other merchandise.

Steven Ross Purcell (born October 1, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer, and voice actor.

Puzzle & Dragons (パズル&ドラゴンズ, Pazuru Ando Doragonzu) is a 2012 puzzle video game with role-playing and strategy elements, developed and published by GungHo Online Entertainment for the iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire platforms.