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 ''Pokemon Go'' is an augmented reality mobile game developed and published by Niantic in 2016. The game is free to play and had reached over a billion global downloads by early 2019
-'''Portal''' was developed by Value Corporation and released in 2007. GLaDOS, short for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is a fictional artificially intelligent computer system in the ''Half-Life'' video game series and the main antagonist in ''Portal''. Chell is the silent protagonist
+'''Portal''' was developed by Value Corporation and released in 2007. The game is set in the ''Half-Life'' universe. GLaDOS, short for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is a fictional artificially intelligent computer system and the main antagonist in ''Portal''. Chell is the silent protagonist
 ''Portal 2'' was released in 2011

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	'''Puzzle & Dragons''' is a match-three puzzle game. It was the first mobile game in history to gross $1 billion in revenue		'''Puzzle & Dragons''' is a match-three puzzle game. It was the first mobile game in history to gross $1 billion in revenue
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		+	== General Information ==
		+	First-person shooter (FPS) is a genre of computer and video games which is characterized by an on-screen view that simulates the in-game character's point of view and a focus on the use of handheld ranged weapons
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		+	Third-person shooter (TPS) is a genre of 3D action games in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting
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		+	Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games are team-based and involve controlling a champion
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		+	Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) games are set in a virtual world, which can be played by many people at the same time
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		+	Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters
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		+	Real-Time Strategy (RTS) is a time-based video game that centres around using resources to build units and defeat an opponent. This is contrasted by turn-based strategy (TBS) games
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		+	In a Battle Royale game characters are placed in a combat zone and eliminate each other until the final surviving player character wins the game
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		+	A god game is a computer simulation game that casts the player in the position of an entity with divine or supernatural powers, and places them in charge of a game setting containing autonomous mortals to guard and influence. Examples of such god games are ''Little Computer People'' and ''The Sims''
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		+	A dungeon crawl is a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games in which heroes navigate a labyrinthine environment, battling various monsters, and looting any treasure they may find
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		+	Hack and slash, abbreviated H&S, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat
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		+	Platform games are characterized by the player having to climb up and down, or jump from and to, platforms and ledges, while fighting enemies and collecting objects, e.g. ''Super Mario'', ''Donkey Kong''
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		+	Independent video games (commonly referred to as indie games) are video games created by individuals or small teams generally without video game publisher financial support
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		+	Shigeru Miyamoto is best known as the creator of some of the most successful video game franchises of all time, including ''Mario'', ''Donkey Kong'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', ''Star Fox'', ''F-Zero'', ''Pikmin'', and the ''Wii'' series
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		+	Traveller’s Tales have sold over 60 million games to date, and have won two BAFTAs; one for Gameplay with ''Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy'', and one for Children's Videogame of the Year for ''Lego Batman: The Video Game''. It is part of the TT Games group
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		+	A merger between Activision and Vivendi Games took place in 2008, with the newly formed company known as Activision Blizzard. Activision still exists as a subsidiary owned by Activision Blizzard, and it still develops and publishes games such as ''Call of Duty'' and ''Guitar Hero''
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		+	Draughts was the first computer game, in 1951
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		+	Magnavox Odyssey, released in 1972, was the first home gaming console
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		+	Valve was founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington
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		+	Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is the largest digital distribution platform for PC gaming
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		+	Konami Code is a cheat code that appears in many Konami video games. First used in ''Gradius''

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	Pico was an educational video game console for young children		Pico was an educational video game console for young children
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		+	== Mobile games ==
		+	''Snake'' first appeared on the Nokia 6110 in 1997. ''Snake II'' was bundled on the Nokia 3310. It is based on the 1976 arcade game ''Blockade''
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		+	Zynga is a social network game developer founded by Mark Pincus. Games include ''Mafia Wars'' and ''FarmVille''
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		+	'''Angry Birds''' is a puzzle video game developed by Finland-based Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple's iOS in December 2009. Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apple's App Store. The birds are angry at pigs that have stolen their eggs
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		+	''Angry Birds Rio'' added a number of new elements, most notably the first use of boss levels. Players must now rescue caged exotic birds or defeat evil marmosets
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		+	''Angry Birds Star Wars'' was released in 2012
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		+	''Angry Birds Transformers'' was released in 2014
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		+	'''CastleVille''' was released by Zynga in 2011
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		+	'''FarmVille''' is a farming simulation social network game developed by Zynga
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		+	'''Words with Friends''' is a multi-player word game developed by Zynga with Friends (formerly Newtoy, Inc.)
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		+	'''Fruit Ninja''' is a game where the player slices fruit with a blade controlled via a touch pad
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		+	'''Candy Crush Saga''' is a video game for smartphones and Facebook that was released in November 2012 It was developed by King.com. As of March 2013, ''Candy Crush Saga'' surpassed FarmVille 2 as the most popular game on Facebook. The game is a variation of ‘match three’ games. The basic move of the game consists of swapping two candies' positions to align sets of three of the same colour, whereupon they disappear, causing candies above them to collapse into the space left behind
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		+	In 2014 a sequel ''Candy Crush Soda Saga'' was released
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		+	'''Bejeweled''' is a tile-matching puzzle video game by PopCap Games. More than 75 million copies of ''Bejeweled'' have been sold, and the game has been downloaded more than 150 million times. The objective of this game is to swap one gem with an adjacent gem to form a horizontal or vertical chain of three or more gems of the same colour
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		+	'''Flappy Bird''' was developed by Vietnam-based developer Dong Nguyen. The objective is to direct a flying bird, named ‘Faby’ which moves continuously to the right, between sets of Mario-like pipes. ''Flappy Bird'' was removed from both Apple's App Store and Google Play by its creator in 2014, due to guilt over what he considered to be its addictive nature and overuse
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		+	'''Heads Up!''' was created by the Ellen DeGeneres Show. You hold your iOS device on your head as it displays a word, which you have to guess from your friends' clues
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		+	'''Clash of Clans''' is a 2012 freemium mobile MMO strategy video game developed and published by Supercell, a video game company based in Helsinki
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		+	'''Subway Surfers''' features youths applying graffiti to (tagging) a metro railway site. First game to cross a billion downloads on the Google Play Store
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		+	'''Cut the Rope''' is a series of physics-based puzzle video games developed by the Russian entertainment company ZeptoLab. The objective of the ''Cut the Rope'' games is to feed candy to a little green creature named Om Nom while collecting stars
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		+	'''Among Us''' is a 2018 game in which players each take on one of two roles, most being Crewmates, and a predetermined number being Impostors
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		+	'''Puzzle & Dragons''' is a match-three puzzle game. It was the first mobile game in history to gross $1 billion in revenue

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	'''Worms''' is a series of artillery strategy computer games developed by British company Team17. Players control a small platoon of worms across the landscape and try and kill the worms of other teams		'''Worms''' is a series of artillery strategy computer games developed by British company Team17. Players control a small platoon of worms across the landscape and try and kill the worms of other teams
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		+	== Gaming consoles ==
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		+	=== Nintendo ===
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		+	* Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit console released in 1983
		+	* Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is a 16-bit console released in 1980
		+	* Game Boy was released in 1989
		+	* Nintendo 64 is a 64-bit console released in 1996
		+	* Virtual Boy was released in 1995
		+	* Game Boy Color was released in 1998
		+	* Nintendo Game Cube was released in 2001
		+	* Game Boy Advance was released in 2001
		+	* Nintendo DS (Dual Screen) was released in 2004
		+	* Wii was released in 2006
		+	* Nintendo 3DS was released in 2011
		+	* Wii U was released in 2012
		+	* Nintendo Switch was released in 2017
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		+	Nintendo 3DS has the ability to produce ‘3D effects without the need for any special glasses’ via a process called autostereoscopy
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		+	Nintendo Wii has a Nunchuk controller and Mii avatar
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		+	=== Sony ===
		+
		+	* PlayStation was released in 1994
		+	* PlayStation 2 was released in 2000
		+	* PlayStation Portable (PSP) was released in 2004
		+	* PlayStation 3 was released in 2006
		+	* PlayStation Vita was released in 2011
		+	* PlayStation 4 was released in 2013
		+	* PlayStation 5 was released in 2020
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		+	=== Microsoft ===
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		+	* Xbox was released in 2001
		+	* Xbox 360 was released in 2005
		+	* Xbox One was released in 2013
		+	* Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S were released in 2020
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		+	Kinect is a line of motion sensing input devices by Microsoft for Xbox 360 and Xbox One video game consoles
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		+	=== Sega ===
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		+	* SG-1000 was released in 1983
		+	* Master System is an 8-bit console released in 1987
		+	* Sega Genesis (known as the Mega Drive outside North America) is a 16-bit console released in 1988
		+	* Sega Pico was released in 1993
		+	* Sega Saturn was released in 1995
		+	* Sega Dreamcast was released in 1998
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		+	Pico was an educational video game console for young children

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	'''Mortal Kombat''' was developed and published by Midway Games in 1992. Known for its gory finishing moves. The game focuses on the journey of the monk Liu Kang to save Earth from the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung. Mortal Kombat features at least 60 player characters		'''Mortal Kombat''' was developed and published by Midway Games in 1992. Known for its gory finishing moves. The game focuses on the journey of the monk Liu Kang to save Earth from the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung. Mortal Kombat features at least 60 player characters
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		+	'''Need for Speed''' is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts. ''Need for Speed'' is the most successful racing video game series in the world
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		+	The most recent game, ''Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered'', was released in November 2020
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		+	'''Night Trap''' is a survival horror interactive movie video game that was released in1992 originally for the Sega CD
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		+	'''No Man's Sky''' is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. The game is built around four pillars: exploration, survival, combat, and trading
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		+	'''Overwatch''' was developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Players are put into two teams of six, with each player having unique abilities
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		+	'''PaRappa the Rapper''' is a rhythm video game for the PlayStation. The game is named after its protagonist, Parappa, a rapping dog with the motto, "I gotta believe!"
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		+	'''Pokemon''' was created by Satoshi Tajiri, controlled by Nintendo. The franchise began as a pair of video games for the original Game Boy in 1995
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		+	Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi in Japan, is the protagonist in the ''Pokemon'' franchise
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		+	In most incarnations of the fictional Pokémon universe, a Trainer that encounters a wild Pokémon is able to capture that Pokémon by throwing a specially designed, mass-producible spherical tool called a Poké Ball at it. If the Pokémon is unable to escape the confines of the Poké Ball, it is officially considered to be under the ownership of that Trainer
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		+	The first games, ''Pocket Monsters Red and Green'', were later released outside of Japan as ''Pokemon Red and Blue''
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		+	''Pokemon Go'' is an augmented reality mobile game developed and published by Niantic in 2016. The game is free to play and had reached over a billion global downloads by early 2019
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		+	'''Portal''' was developed by Value Corporation and released in 2007. GLaDOS, short for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is a fictional artificially intelligent computer system in the ''Half-Life'' video game series and the main antagonist in ''Portal''. Chell is the silent protagonist
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		+	''Portal 2'' was released in 2011
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		+	'''Prince of Persia''' was a trilogy, and the series with rebooted with ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', which was made into a 2010 film directed by Mike Newell
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		+	'''Pro Evolution Soccer''' has been released annually since 1995. Developed and published by Konami. The latest game is titled ''eFootball PES 202''
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		+	'''Quake''' is the successor to id Software's ''Doom'' series. Published in 1996
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		+	'''Red Dead''' is a series of open world action-adventure western video game, developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games
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		+	''Red Dead Revolver'' is a 2004 game that follows bounty hunter Red Harlow's quest for revenge after the murder of his parents
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		+	''Red Dead Redemption'' is a 2010 game that follows John Marston, a former outlaw whose wife and son are taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services as a hired gun
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		+	''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2010 prequel that follows outlaw Arthur Morgan, a member of the Van der Linde gang. It had the second-biggest launch in the history of entertainment, generating US$725 million in sales from its opening weekend
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		+	'''Resident Evil''' is a video game series developed by Capcom and created by Shinji Mikami. The series is credited with popularizing the survival horror game genre. This franchise has been heavily influenced by George A. Romero's Dead movies, as well as the ''Alone in the Dark'' series of PC horror games. The original ''Resident Evil'' revolves around a series of cannibalistic homicides that occur in the Arklay Mountains region, situated north of the fictional Raccoon City. ''Resident Evil'' is known as ''Biohazard'' in Japan
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		+	'''Roblox''' is a massively multiplayer online video game and game creation system that allows users to design their own games. As of August 2020, Roblox has over 164 million monthly active users
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		+	'''Rocket League''' is described as "soccer, but with rocket-powered cars"
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		+	'''RuneScape''' was the world's most popular free MMORPG with over 200 million accounts, released in 2001 by Andrew and Paul Gower, and developed and published by Jagex Games Studio. Set in the fantasy world of Gielinor
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		+	'''Second Life''' is a virtual world developed by Linden Lab. A free client program called the Viewer enables its users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars. Ailin Graf is a German teacher who is ''Second Life''’s first dollar millionaire
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		+	'''The Secret of Monkey Island''' is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games. It takes place in a fantastic version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy. The player assumes the role of Guybrush Threepwood
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		+	'''Sensible Soccer''' was first released for Amiga and Atari ST computers in 1992
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		+	'''Shadow of the Colossus''' follows a man named Wander must travel across a vast expanse on horseback and defeat sixteen massive beings, known simply as colossi, in order to restore the life of a girl named Mono. The game was originally released in 2005, and a remake was made in 2018
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		+	'''Sid Meier’s Pirates!''' was created for the Commodore 64 in 1987
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		+	'''SimCity''' is a video game series designed by Will Wright. A player has to develop a city on a patch of unused land
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		+	'''The Sims''' is a strategic life simulation computer game created by game designer Will Wright, published by Maxis, and distributed by Electronic Arts. The game is a simulation of the day-to-day activities of one or more virtual people (dubbed ‘Sims’) in a suburban household located near SimCity
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		+	'''Sonic the Hedgehog''' was the mascot of Sega. Battles against his nemesis Doctor Eggman, also known as Doctor Robotnik. Sonic's best friend is a young fox called Miles ‘Tails’ Prower. ''Sonic 3'' introduced Sonic's rival Knuckles, a red echidna and the guardian of the Master Emerald. The first Sonic game, released in 1991, was for the Sega Genesis
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		+	'''Souls''' series began with the release of ''Demon's Souls'' for the PlayStation 3 in 2009, and was followed by ''Dark Souls'' and its sequels, ''Dark Souls II'' and ''Dark Souls III''
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		+	'''Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell''' is a series of video games based on novels by Tom Clancy. The protagonist is Sam Fisher, an agent of the fictional ‘Third Echelon’ black-ops sub-division within the NSA
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		+	'''Spyro''' is s series of platform video games which feature the protagonist Spyro, a dragon
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		+	'''Starcraft''' is a franchise owned by Blizzard Entertainment. The series centres on a galactic struggle for dominance between three species – the Terrans, the Zerg, and the Protoss – in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector in the 26th century
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		+	'''Star Wars''' games were originally developed by a variety of companies after George Lucas licensed the rights to ''Star Wars'' video games; several of these games were released under the “Lucasfilm Games” banner. Following the closure of LucasArts in 2013, the rights to produce ''Star Wars'' video games were reassigned solely to Electronic Arts. More than 100 video games based on the ''Star Wars'' franchise have been released
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		+	'''Street Fighter''' is a franchise developed by Capcom. The first game was released as an arcade game in 1987. The player takes control of martial artist Ryu, who competed in a worldwide martial arts tournament. A second player can join in at any time and take control of Ryu's rival, Ken
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		+	''Street Fighter II'' was released in 1991 and is credited with establishing many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre
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		+	'''Super Smash Bros.''' features many characters from Nintendo's most popular franchises. The original Super Smash Bros. was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64
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		+	'''Tekken''' (Japanese: ‘Iron Fist’) is a fighting game franchise created, developed and published by Namco. The main games in the series follow the events of the King of Iron Fist Tournament
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		+	'''Temple Run''' is an endless running video game. In ''Temple Run'', the player controls an explorer who, having stolen a treasure from a temple, is chased by "demonic monkeys" who want to eat him
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		+	'''Terraria''' is a 2D sandbox game, similar to ''Minecraft''
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		+	'''Tetris''' is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was created in 1984. Players complete lines by moving differently shaped pieces (tetrominoes), which descend onto the playing field. It had sold 202 million copies by 2011, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time
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		+	'''Tomb Raider''' was the first Lara Croft video game, released in 1996. Originally, the ''Tomb Raider'' games were developed by Core Design, and a game was released annually. Development was transferred to American studio Crystal Dynamics in 2003
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		+	'''Total War''' is a computer strategy game series developed by The Creative Assembly. The first game of the series, ''Shogun: Total War'' was released in 2000. The most recent game released was ''Total War Saga: Troy'' in 2020
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		+	'''Uncharted''' is a series developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation. It follows treasure hunter Nathan "Nate" Drake, senior treasure hunter and mentor Victor "Sully" Sullivan, and journalist Elena Fisher. There are four mainline games:
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		+	''Uncharted: Drake's Fortune''
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		+	''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
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		+	''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
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		+	''Uncharted 4: A Thief's End''
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		+	'''Untitled Goose Game''' is a 2019 game developed by House House. Players control a domestic goose that bothers the inhabitants of an English village
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		+	'''The Walking Dead''' is based on Robert Kirkman's ''The Walking Dead'' comic book series and its television adaptation. The game takes place in the same fictional world as the comic, with events occurring shortly after the onset of the zombie apocalypse in Georgia
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		+	'''Wii Fit''' is a fitness game designed for the Nintendo Wii console. The game uses a unique platform peripheral called the Wii Balance Board, on which the player stands during exercise
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		+	'''Wii Sports''' was released along with the Wii in 2006. Players use the Wii Remote to mimic actions performed in tennis, baseball, bowling, golf and boxing. It is the best-selling single-platform game of all time
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		+	'''The Witcher''' based on the novel series of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski. The story follows Geralt of Rivia, a traveling monster hunter who has supernatural powers, known as Witchers
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		+	'''Wolfenstein''' is a series of World War II games. The first game, Castle Wolfenstein, was developed in 1981 for the Apple II. The protagonist of the series is American spy B.J. Blazkowicz
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		+	'''World of Warcraft''' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Players create characters which serve as their avatars in the online world of Azeroth. The game had over one hundred million registered accounts by 2014
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		+	'''Worms''' is a series of artillery strategy computer games developed by British company Team17. Players control a small platoon of worms across the landscape and try and kill the worms of other teams

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−	Video ~~Games~~	+	== Arcade games ==
		+	'''Pong''' was invented by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, in 1972. It is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics
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		+	'''Space Invaders''' is an arcade video game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado of Taito Corporation and released in 1978. The player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at descending aliens. The aim is to defeat five rows of eleven aliens. By mid-1981, more than four billion quarters, or $1 billion, had been grossed from Space Invaders machines
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		+	'''Asteroids''' is an arcade space shooter released in 1979 by Atari, Inc. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers
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		+	'''Pac-Man''' was developed by Namco and first released in Japan in 1980. Four enemies (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) roam the maze, trying to catch Pac-Man
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		+	'''Defender''' is a 1981 game set on either an unnamed planet or city (depending on platform) where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts
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		+	'''Frogger''' is a 1981 arcade game. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one by crossing a busy road and navigating a river full of hazards
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		+	'''Donkey Kong''' was released by Nintendo in 1981. It was the first platform game to feature jumping. Donkey Kong kidnaps Mario's girlfriend, known as Pauline. The player must take the role of Mario and rescue her
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		+	== Video games ==
		+	'''Age of Empires''' is a series of historical games developed by Ensemble Studios
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		+	''Age of Empires'' requires the player to develop a nation, from a handful of Stone Age villagers. Released in 1997
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		+	''Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings'' is set in the Middle Ages
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		+	''Age of Empires III'' portrays the European colonization of the Americas
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		+	'''Animal Crossing''' is a community simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo, in which the player lives in a village inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, carrying out various activities
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		+	''Animal Crossing'' was originally released in 2001
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		+	''Animal Crossing: Wild World''
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		+	''Animal Crossing: City Folk''
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		+	''Animal Crossing: New Leaf''
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		+	''Animal Crossing: New Horizons''. Released in 2020
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		+	'''Ape Escape''' is a series of video games made by Sony for the PlayStation. The game tells the story of an ape named Specter who gains enhanced intelligence through the use of an experimental helmet
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		+	'''Apex Legends''' is a a free-to-play battle royale game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. Released in 2019. By April 2021, it had approximately 100 million players
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		+	'''Assassin’s Creed''' was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide in 2007 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The objective in the game is to assassinate nine historical figures propagating the Crusades in 1191
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		+	''Assassin's Creed'' primarily revolves around the rivalry between two ancient secret societies: the Assassins and the Knights Templar. It features Desmond Miles, a bartender who is a descendant of several lines of prominent Assassins. He is initially kidnapped by the megacorporation Abstergo Industries, the modern-day face of the Knights Templar
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		+	''Assassin’s Creed II''
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		+	''Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood'' is a direct sequel to ''Assassin's Creed II'', with Ezio Auditore da Firenze and Desmond Miles returning as the main protagonists
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		+	''Assassin’s Creed: Revelations''
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		+	''Assassin’s Creed III''
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		+	''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''
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		+	''Assassin's Creed Rogue''
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		+	''Assassin's Creed Unity''
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		+	''Assassin's Creed Syndicate''
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		+	''Assassin's Creed Origins''
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		+	''Assassin's Creed Odyssey''
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		+	''Assassin's Creed Valhalla'' was released in 2020
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		+	'''Banjo-Kazooie''' is a 1998 platform game that follows the story of a honey bear named Banjo and his friend, a large red bird – of the fictional Breegull species – named Kazooie, who are both controlled by the player, and a witch named Gruntilda as the primary antagonist
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		+	'''Battlefield''' is a series of video games that started out with Battlefield 1942. The twelfth game in the series, Battlefield 2042, is due for release in October 2021
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		+	'''BioShock''' is a series of three video games. The first two games are set in 1960, in which the player guides the protagonist, Jack, after his airplane crashes in the ocean near the bathysphere terminus that leads to the underwater city of Rapture
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		+	''Bioshock''
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		+	''Bioshock 2''
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		+	''Bioshock Infinite''
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		+	'''Brain Age''', also known as '''Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training''', is a series of video games developed and published by Nintendo
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		+	'''Call of Duty''' is a series of first-person shooter video game, first released in 2003. The games are developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. The first game simulates the infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II
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		+	World War II series
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		+	''Call of Duty''
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		+	''Call of Duty 2''
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		+	''Call of Duty 3''
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		+	''Call of Duty: WWII''
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		+	Modern Warfare series
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		+	''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)''
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		+	Black Ops series
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		+	''Call of Duty: World at War''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Black Ops III''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Black Ops 4''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War''
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		+	Other games
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		+	''Call of Duty: Ghosts''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare''
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		+	''Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare''
		+
		+	'''Civilization''' is a series of games designed by Sid Meier. The game's objective is to ‘Build an empire to stand the test of time’: it begins in 4000 BC and the players attempt to expand and develop their empires through the ages from the ancient era until modern and near-future times
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		+	Nuclear Gandhi is an Internet meme and an urban legend. According to the legend, there was a bug in Civilization that forced Mahatma Gandhi to be extremely aggressive and to use nuclear weapons
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		+	'''Counter-Strike''' is a video game developed as a Half-Life modification. Two opposing teams – the Terrorists and the Counter Terrorists – compete in game modes to complete objectives
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		+	'''Crash Bandicoot''' is a series of platform video games. The protagonist of the series is an anthropomorphic bandicoot named Crash, whose quiet life on the Wumpa Islands is often interrupted by the games' main antagonist, Doctor Neo Cortex
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		+	''Crash Team Racing'' is the fourth installment in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' series
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		+	'''Defense of the Ancients''' is a MOBA mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002). The objective of the game is for each team to destroy their opponents' Ancient, a heavily guarded structure
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		+	'''Dota 2''' is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients''
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		+	'''Destiny''' marked Bungie's first new franchise since the ''Halo'' series. Previously published by Activision. Set in a "mythic science fiction" setting. Players take on the role of a Guardian, protectors of Earth's last safe city
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		+	'''Diablo''' is an action role-playing hack and slash video game series developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is set in the dark fantasy world of Sanctuary
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		+	''Diablo III'' – players choose one of five character classes; the Witch Doctor, Barbarian, Wizard, Monk or Demon Hunter and are tasked with defeating the titular Diablo. ''Diablo III'' set a new record for fastest-selling PC game by selling over 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release, and was the highest selling PC game of 2012, selling more than 12 million copies during the year
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		+	'''Dishonored''' was developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, ''Dishonored'' follows Corvo Attano, the Empress's legendary bodyguard
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		+	'''Disney Infinity''' is a sandbox video game series, set in a customizable universe of imagination, known as the Toy Box, populated with toy versions of Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters
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		+	'''Doom''' is a 1993 computer game by John Romero of id Software. The player takes the role of a nameless space marine who has been deported to Mars
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		+	'''Dragon's Lair''' is a laserdisc video game published in 1983. The protagonist Dirk the Daring is a knight attempting to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe