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Facebook: Zynga Games Presents FishVille
Those who have heard of this game probably have tried playing it and couldn’t. Others are playing it and have became pissed. Well obviously I can understand because of the limited amount of fish you can add to the tank. At level 4 the 
capacity of the tank rises to 30 from 10. I guess that’s a start. To buy your first tank in FishVille, you’ll need $10,000. Although, its not that hard to make cash on the game but it would make it easier if you can add more than just 30 fish to a tank and that the tanks didn’t cost so much. In Fish World, the tanks only cost $1000 and the first one is free and you can buy the first two tanks after the free one at $500 before they raise the price to $1000.
I don’t know how long I’ll be playing this game but so far, its very easy to level-up. As far as the fish is concerned, you don’t know exactly when the fish need to be fed or when they grow because the timing is wrong. The fish that’s 5 minutes to grow needs to be fed from 1-3 minutes if you don’t and 2 or so minutes go by, they die. So this is basically like Roller Coaster Kingdom where you have to babysit yet another game if you want to level up fast. Of course you can’t get ribbons or decorate your tank’s background just yet.
After level 5 [which is the level I'm on at the making of this blog] it’ll take a bit longer to level up if you continue to use the 5 and 15 minute fish. So I don’t want to be babysitting the game all night, I chose to buy the 1 day and 12 hour fish that don’t need to be so much and in short times. Basically I don’t have to babysit the game. Its risky though closing the game out because the fact that I’ve been trying all day to play the game to see how it is means that I might not be able to get back into the game later on to check on my fish. So right now, Zynga Games FishVille is a play at your own risk flash game.
Anyway, I play FarmVille, YoVilee, Roller Coaster Kingdom, Island Paradise [yes I know, not a Zynga Game] and Cafe World just in case anyone is looking for neighbors. Feel free to add me here. I’ll be updating this blog with new info as it comes in.
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Xbox 360, PSP, PC, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PS2, PS3 Release Dates: August 19th – December 22nd Including TBA’s Q3′s and QT’s
Complete list of upcoming releases to video games on the Sony Playstation 3, the Nintendo Wii, the Xbox 360, the PC, the Sony PSP, the Sony Playstation 2, and the Nintendo DS.
Xbox 360
August 2009
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Wallace & Gromit‘s Grand Adventures, Episode 2: The Last Resort
August 19,2009
- Shadow Complex
August 24, 2009
- Black College Football: The Xperience: The Doug Williams Edition
August 25, 2009
- Batman: Arkham Asylum & Batman: Arkham Asylum [Collectors Edition]
- Fallout 3: Game Add-On Pack #2: Broken Steel and Point Lookout
August 26, 2009
- Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao
- Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2
September 2009
- Tropico 3
- The Warriors: Street Brawl
- Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, Episode 3: Muzzled!
- Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
September 1, 2009
- Guitar Hero 5 & Guitar Hero 5 [Complete Guitar Game]
- Mini Ninjas
- Section 8
September 8, 2009
- Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures
- Capcom Platinum Hits Triple Pack
- Darkest of Days
- Dirt 2
- Heroes Over Europe
- Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
- Qubed
- Raiden IV
September 9, 2009
- The Beatles: Rock Band & The Beatles: Rock Band [Limited Edition]
September 15, 2009
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- NHL 10
- IL-2: Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
- Need for Speed:
Shift
- Wet
- NHL 2K10
- Tornado Outbreak
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
September 16, 2009
- Panzer General: Allied Assault
September 22, 2009
- Halo 3: ODST & Halo 3: ODST [Special Edition]
September 29, 2009
- Bass Pro Shops: The Strike & Bass Pro Shops: The Strike [Bundle with Fishing Rod]
- Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010
September 30, 2009
- Indianapolis 500 Evolution
October 2009
- Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, Episode 4: The Bogey Man
October 5, 2009
- Risen
October 6, 2009
- NBA 2K10 & NBA 2K10 [Anniversary Edition]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
- Alpha Protocol
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- Rogue Warrior
- Saw: The Videogame
- NBA Live 10
October 12, 2009
- Dreamkiller
October 13, 2009
- Rock Band Track Pack: Metal
- Brutal Legend
- Fallout 3 [Game of the Year Edition]
- Cars Race-O-Rama
- Squeeballs Party
- Way of the Samurai 3
- Magnacarta 2
- Where the Wild Things Are
October 14, 2009
- NinjaBee [Critic's Choice Collection]
October 17, 2009
- South Park: Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
October 20, 2009
- FIFA Soccer 10
- CSI: Deadly Intent
- Bakugan
- Lips: Number One Hits
- Borderlands
October 26, 2009
- SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
- Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Game Time!
October 27, 2009
- Tekken 6
- DJ Hero & DJ Hero [Renegade Edition]
- Fairytale Fights
- Ben 10: Alien Force — Vilgax Attacks
- Mad Karts of Madagascar
- Forza Motorsport 3 & Forza Motorsport 3 [Limited Collector's Edition]
October 29, 2009
- Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
- Grand Theft Auto
: Episodes from Liberty City
November, 2009
- Band Hero & Band Hero [Super Bundle]
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
- Jurassic Hunter
- Samurai Showdown: Edge of Destiny
- NCAA Basketball 10
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
- Planet 51
- This is Vegas
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
November 3, 2009
- Dragon Age: Origins & Dragon Age: Origins [Collector's Edition]
- Blur
November 4, 2009
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition
November 10, 2009
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [Harden Edition], & Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [Prestige Edition]
November 17, 2000
- Assassin’s Creed II & Assassin’s Creed II [The Master's Assassin Edition]
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Tony Hawk: Ride
November 18, 2009
- Karaoke Revolution
- Chaotic: Shadow Warriors
December, 2009
- Avatar: The Game
December 8, 2009
- The Saboteur
December 22, 2009
- Guitar Hero: Val Halen
Xbox 360 : Q4
Q4 2009
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
- Olu
- Zombie Apocalypse
- Strike Force Red Cell
- Wings of War: Famous Aces
- Plain Sight
- The Amazing Race
- Blood Bowl
- 9 Dungeon Hero
- ArmA II
- Earthworm Jim [2009]
- Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
- Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt
- Diner Dash
- Gridrunner++
- Defense Grid: The Awakening
- Edge of Twilight
- Divinity 2: Ego Draconis
- Ion Assault
- Grapple Buggy
- Metalocalypse: Dethgame
- Joy Ride
- Military Madness
- Max Payne 3
- Islands of Wakfu
- Just Cause 2
- It’s Hazard Time
- LEGO Rock Band
- MX vs. ATV Reflex
- Scratch: The Ultimate DJ
- Max Payne 3
- Raskulls
- Military Madness
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed — Tatooine
- NecroVisioN
- Miner Wars
- Mystery of Whiterock Castle, The
- Painkiller: Resurrection
- Operation: Star Hammer
- Shadow Harvest
- Ride to Hell
- Space Ark
- Strike Force Red Cell
Xbox 360 TBA
TBA 2009
- Autobahn Polizei
- 1 vs. 100 Live
- Airburst
- Backyard Football ’09
- 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures 2
- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
- Backbreaker
- Captain Blood
- Alliance: The Silent War
- Asteroid Cowboys
- Battle of Atlantis
- Axiom Overdrive
- Call of Duty Classic
- Beyond Good & Evil 2
- Box Macabre
- Big Huge Games RPG
- Chrome 2
- Burnout Next
- Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy
- Codename: Panzers Next-Gen
- Cipher Complex
- Fritz
- Elveon
- Crusaders, Invasion of Constantinople
- Dark Void
- Darwinia+
- Dead Island
- Faith and a .45
- Galactic Command: Excalibur: Episode 1
- Dawn of Fantasy
- Daybreakers
- Go! Go! Rescue Squad!
- Dead to Rights: Retribution
- Dead Island
- Galactic Command: KnightBlade
- Dirty Harry
- Half-Life 2: Episode Three [Not a Rumor]
- Halfbrick Rocket Racing
- DogTag: Urban Warfare
- DeathSpank
- Halfbrick Thrusts
- Destineer Spy Project
- Deus Ex 3
- Death Track: Resurrection
- Ender’s Game: Battle Room
- DeathSpank
- Heist
- HoopWorld
- John Carpenter’s Psychopath
- LEGO Harry Potter
- The House of the Dead 4
- Interstellar Marines
- Illusion Softworks Project
- Halfbrick Zombies
- Kart Attack
- Mafia II
- Kingdom Under Fire II
- Metal Slug 7
- Madden NFL Arcade
- Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
- Omikron KARMA
- Postal III
- Merscom Project 2009
- NBA Unrivaled
- NBA 2K10: Draft Combine
- Puzzlegeddon
- Prey 2
- The Outsider
- Reggie Bush Billiards Bash
- Puzzle Chronicles
- Project Strike Team
- Project Offset
- Red Faction: Guerrilla — Expansion Pack 3
- Red Faction: Guerrilla — Expansion Pack 2
- The Scourge Project
- R.B.I. Baseball
- Sentient
- Sam & Max: Season Two — Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
- Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
- Terra: Formations
- Severity
- The Shadow of Aten
- Venetica
- Tower Bloxx Deluxe
- Witches
- Things On Wheels
- TNA Impact! 2
- The Wall
- Warhound
- Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures
- X Quest
- Zeno Clash
- White Gold: War in Paradise
- World Championship Athletics
- World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars 2009
- Zombies!!!
PC
August, 2009
- Taboo Snaps
- Time of Shadows
August 24, 2009
- Race On & Race On [Expansion Pack Edition]
August 25, 2009
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- CrimeCraft
- Fallout 3: Game Add-On Pack #2: Broken Steel and Point Lookout
- Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting to Danger
August 31, 2009
- Battlefield 1943
September, 2009
- Battleswarm: Field of Honor
- Quick Hit Football
- Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD
- Bomb Squad: NY
September 1, 2009
- Section 8
- Jumpgate Evolution
- League of Legends [Collector's Pack]
- Champions Online
- AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
- Mini Ninjas
September 4, 2009
- Tropico 3
- All Aspect Warfare
September 8, 2009
- Heroes Over Europe
- Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss
- Darkest of Days
- Fallen Earth
- Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
September 9, 2009
- Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan
September 15, 2009
- Need for Speed Shift
- Zuma’s Revenge
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Red Faction: Guerrilla
- Resident Evil 5
- Runes of Magic — Chapter II: The Elven Prophecy
September 18, 2009
- Cricket Revolution
September 22, 2009
- Order of War
- Aion & Aion [Limited Collector's Edition]
- Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
- The Price is Right: 2010 Edition
September 29, 2009
- Family Feud: 2010 Edition
- Bass Pro Shops: The Strike
October, 2009
- Lost Secrets: Titanic Adventure
October 5, 2009
- Risen
- Fatale
October 6, 2009
- Rogue Warrior
- Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures 2010
- Painkiller: Resurrection
- Saw: The Videogame
- Alpha Protocol
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
- NBA 2K10
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
October 12, 2009
- Dreamkiller
October 13, 2009
- Fallout 3 [Game of the Year Edition]
October 14,2009
- Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 4: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush
October 20, 2009
- World of Zoo
- Borderlands
- Jakers! Let’s Explore
- FIFA Soccer 10
- CSI: Deadly Intent
- Press Your Luck 2010
October 30, 2009
- Dyson
- Pool Hall Pro
November, 2009
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed — Ultimate Sith Edition
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
- Tales of Monkey Island — Episode 5
- This is Vegas
November 3, 2008
- Dragon Age: Origins & Dragon Age: Origins [Collector's Edition
- Blur
November 10, 2009
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
November 16, 2009
- The Sims 3: World Adventures
November 17, 2009
- Assassin's Creed II
- Left 4 Dead 2
November 24, 2009
- EverQuest: Underfoot
December, 2009
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- Avatar: The Game
- Heist
- Dirt 2
December 8. 2009
- The Saboteur
PC: Q4
Q4, 2009
- The Amazing Race
- Disciples III: Renaissance
- 2025: Battle for Fatherland
- Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt
- Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
- Dungeon Hero
- Blood Bowl
- E.Y.E.
- Divinity 2: Ego Draconis
- Edge of Twilight
- Dungeon Fighter Online
- The Dracula Files
- Gary Grigsby's War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945
- Elven Legacy: Ranger
- Edge of Twilight
- Gatheryn
- Guitar Hero World Tour [Complete Guitar Game]
- Eschalon: Book II
- Grotesque Tactics
- Empires of Steel
- Heavy Duty
- Legio
- Kraze
- Karos Online
- Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
- Lightning Warrior Raidy II: Temple of Desire
- Men of War: Red Tide
- Lunar Racing Championship
- Miner Wars
- Madballs in Babo: Invasion
- Metal Drift
- Natural Selection 2
- Need for Speed World Online
- Moscow Racer
- Music Wars 2010
- Plain Sight
- Ride to Hell
- 009 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
- Pranksterz: From Russia with Love
- Runaway: A Twist of Fate
- Sacred 2: Ice & Blood
- Shutter Island
- Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
- Sudden Attack
- Star Trek: D-A-C
- Vegas Ventures
- Shattered Horizon
- Wind Slayer
- Zombie Apocalypse
- WonderKing
PC TBA
TBA 2009
- 750 Super Slots
- 757 Captain
- The 7th Guest III: The 13th Doll
- A-Train 8
- A.I.M. Racing
- Aeronauts
- Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
- Aggression: Reign over Europe
- Air Hauler
- Alganon
- All Things Zombie
- Ancient Secrets
- Animal Paradise
- Aquatic Tales
- Armed Forces Corp
- Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer
- Astro Tripper
- Azkend
- Backyard Wrestling 2K8
- BaToo
- Battle For Independence
- Battle of Atlantis
- Battlestrike: Western and Eastern Front
- Best of Slots II
- Big City Rigs: Bus Driver
- Big City Rigs: Garbage Truck Driver
- Big Huge Games RPG
- Black College Football: The Xperience: The Doug Williams Edition
- Blind Point
- Blitz1941
- Boardwalk Tycoon
- Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting
- Boogie Bunnies
- Book of Legends
- Box Macabre
- Brain Game Brain Puzzles 2
- Britannica Word Games Platinum
- Britannica Word Search
- Building & Co: You Are The Architect!
- Buku Sudoku Mahjong Kakuro
- Bumble Tales
- Burger Island 2
- Burger Rush
- Cake Mania: Baker’s Challenge
- Cake Mania: Main Street
- Calvin Tucker’s Redneck Jamboree
- Captain Blood
- Card Games Collection
- Casebook Episode 0: The Missing Urn and Casebook Episode I: Kidnapped
- Champions of Atlantis
- Childhood Online
- Chrome 2
- Cities XL
- Classic Car Racing
- Cletus Clay
- Club Penguin
- Collapse: Devastated World
- ColorZ
- Cortex Command
- Cosplay Fetish Academy
- CrimeCity
- Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come
- Darkfall
- Dawn of Fantasy
- Daybreakers
- Dead Rising 2
- DeathSpank
- Delta Force: Angel Falls
- Desert Diner
- Detective Stories: Hollywood
- Deus Ex 3
- Diabolik: The Original Sin
- Digimon RPG
- Dofus 2.0
- DogTag: Urban Warfare
- Dora the Explorer: Lost and Found Adventure
- Downhill Night
- Downhill Night 2
- Downhill Night Blaze
- Draft Day Sports: Pro Football
- Dragon Nest
- Dreamlords –The Reawakening
- Dungeon Lords 2
- Dyson
- Earache Extreme Metal Racing
- Earthrise
- Eco-Match
- Elf Island
- Emerald Island
- Ender’s Game: Battle Room
- ETO: European Theatre of Operations WWII
- EVE Online: Apocrypha
- Explodemon!
- Faith and a .45
- Fiction Fighters
- Fishing Craze
- Fork
- Freaky Creatures: Freaky Space
- Galactic Civilizations II [Ultimate Edition], Galactic Command: Bravo Team, Galactic Command: Echo Squad Episode 2: The Excalibur Gambit ,Galactic Command: Echo Squad Episode 3: Lost Echo, Galactic Command: Echo Squad Episode 4: The War Within, Galactic Command: Talon Elite, Galactic Command: KnightBlade, and Galaxy Online
- Get a Life Show
- Go! Go! Rescue Squad!
- Gods: Lands of Infinity [Special Edition]
- GoGoRacers
- Gray Matter
- Green Valley
- Guitar Hero Smash Hits
- Happy Tails: Zoo Keeper
- Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime, The
- Hazen: Episode I — The Dark Whispers
- Heartwork
- Hello Kitty Online
- Hidden Mysteries: White House
- The Hidden Object Show Seasons 1 & 2
- High School Dreams: Best Friends Forever
- Histwar: Les Grognards
- Hotel For Dogs
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Huxley: The Dystopia
- Icebreakers
- Illusion Softworks Project
- Insecticide Episode 2
- Interstellar Marines
- JEOPARDY! Super Deluxe
- Jessica’s Cupcake Cafe
- Jewel Quest [2009], Jewel Quest Mysteries: Trail Of The Midnight Heart
- John Carpenter’s Psychopath
- Jonathan Kane: The Protector
- Kart Attack
- King Arthur
- Leeloo’s Talent Agency
- Legends of Daemonica: Farepoynt’s Purgatory
- LEGO Universe
- Little Shop: Road Trip
- Lost Secrets: Caribbean Explorer: Secrets of the Sea
- Lottso! Express
- Lucy’s Expedition
- Magic Ages
- Making History II: The War of the World
- Martial Arts Capoeira
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
- Masters of Belial
- Mean Girls: High School Showdown
- Meowcenaries
- Million Dollar Password
- Mind Twist
- Mini Fighter
- Mir II
- Miriel the Magical Merchant
- Modern Warrior: Special Tactics
- Monopoly Slots
- Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox
- MOTORM4X
- Mount & Blade: Warband
- Mr. Biscuits: Case of the Ocean Pearl
- MStar
- My Make-Up
- Mysterious City: Golden Prague, Mysterious City: Vegas
- The Mystery of the Mary Celeste, The Mystery of Crystal Portal
- Mystery Quest: Secret Island
- Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights
- Nanny Mania 2
- Netherworld: Beyond Time I Stand
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: The Video Game
- No Horizons
- Odessa Twins
- Omikron KARMA
- Once Upon a Time in Japan: Earth
- P.J. Pride Pet Detective: Destination Europe
- Pakoombo
- Pennzoil’s Build-N-Race: Speed Demons
- Pharaoh’s Secret
- Pictureka! Museum Mayhem
- Plan It Green
- Playmobil Egypt
- Polar Golfer [2009]
- Pony Friends 2
- Pop Pop Pop!
- Power Rangers: Force in Time
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
- Professor Heinz Wolff’s Gravity
- Project Strike Team
- Puppy Luv Adventures
- Puzzle Chronicles
- Puzzle Kingdoms
- Quake Live
- QuestMania
- QuizStar
- Real Crimes: The Unicorn Killer
- Rig’n'Roll: Truck Tycoon
- RockFree
- Runway
- Sally’s Spa
- Satisfashion
- Scorpion
- The Scourge Project
- Scrabble: Champion Edition
- Secret Online
- Sekultara
- Severity
- Shadow Harvest
- The Shadow of Aten
- Shadow of Panopticon
- ShootMania
- Shopping Blocks
- Showdown: Scorpion
- Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens
- Skip-Bo: Castaway Caper
- Soccer Fury
- Sovereign Symphony
- Space Trader Wars
- Spider-Man: Web Master
- Spore Creature Keeper
- Stargate Worlds
- Storm of War: Battle of Britain
- Storm: Frontline Nation
- Sudden Strike: The Last Stand
- Street Fighter IV [Collector's Edition]
- Sugar Rush
- Suguri: X-Edition
- Super Collapse Puzzle Gallery 4
- Super Smash Flash 2
- Super Word Challenge
- Tears Saga
- Theatre of War 2: Centaurois
- Three Cards to Midnight
- Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins
- Titan Online
- Titwo
- TNA Impact! 2
- Torchlight
- Trap Monster
- Tropix 2: Quest for the Golden Banana
- Turismo Carretera: Stock Cars Argentina
- Twin Skies
- Universe Online
- Uno Undercover
- Urban Empires
- Urban Mysteries
- Venetica
- Virtual Farm
- VIVA Fighter
- Wakfu
- The Wall
- Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures
- Warbirds of WWII
- Warhound
- Warriors of Elysia
- Wheel of Fortune: Super Deluxe
- Witches
- Wizardology
- Women’s Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey
- Word Whomp Underground
- World Basketball Manager 2009
- World Championship Athletics
- World War II General Commander: Operation: Watch on the Rhine
- WorldShift
- XIII Century [Gold Edition]
- Yosumin!
- Z.A.P.
- Zelenhgorm
- Zombies!!!
Nintendo Wii
August, 2009
- Contra ReBirth
- Driift
August 24, 2009
- Metroid Prime Trilogy
August 25, 2009
- Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream
- Cursed Mountain
- Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
- The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft
September, 2009
- Alien Monster Bowling League
- Pacific Liberator
September 1, 2009
- Mini Ninjas
- Guitar Hero 5 & Guitar Hero 5 [Complete Guitar Game]
September 8, 2009
- Dirt 2
- Academy of Champions Soccer
- Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga
- Go Play City Sports
- Arcade Zone
- Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures
- Cruise Ship Vacation Games
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade
September 9, 2009
- The Beatles: Rock Band, The & The Beatles: Rock Band [Limited Edition]
September 15, 2009
- NHL 2K10
- Martian Panic
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Rock Blast
- Horse Life Adventures
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- Titanic: Mysteries of the Deep
- Walk it Out
- Toy Story Mania
- Tornado Outbreak
September 22, 2009
- MySims Agents
- Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition
- Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
- Scooby-Doo! First Frights
- The Price is Right: 2010 Edition
- Our House: Party
- Family Party: 30 Great Games Outdoor Fun
- Wacky World Of Sports
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up
September 23, 2009
- Animal Planet: Pet Vet
September 28, 2009
- Dead Space Extraction
September 29, 2009
- Deca Sports 2
- Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010 & Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010 [Gun Bundle]
- Baseball Blast!
- Crazy Chicken Tales
- Disney Sing It: Pop Hits & Disney Sing It: Pop Hits [Mic Included]
- Family Feud: 2010 Edition
- Doctor Fizzwhizzle’s Animal Rescue
- Bass Pro Shops: The Strike & Bass Pro Shops: The Strike [Bundle with Fishing Rod]
- Family Fun Football
- Rapala: We Fish
- Hooked Again: Real Motion Fishing & Rapala: We Fish [Fishing Rod Bundle]
- Secret Files: Tunguska
- Medieval Games
- Spyborgs
- Secret Files: Tunguska
- Shimano Xtreme Fishing
- Safari Adventures: Africa
October, 2009
October 5, 2009
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
October 6, 2009
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
- NBA 2K10
- Tom Clancy’s HAWX
- Spore Hero
- Game Party 3
- Build-A-Bear Workshop: Friendship Valley
October 13, 2009
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- Squeeballs Party
- A Boy and His Blob
- JU-ON: The Grudge
- Cars Race-O-Rama
- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Rock Band Track Pack: Metal
October 19, 2009
- Remington North American Bird Hunt
October 20, 2009
- Astro Boy: The Video Game
- Crazy Garage
- iCarly
- CSI: Deadly Intent
- Bakugan
- Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2010
- FIFA Soccer 10
- Dragon Ball
: Revenge of King Piccolo
- Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2010
- Pop’N Music
- Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
- Littlest Pet Shop Friends
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
- The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of The 5th Sun
October 21, 2009
- Cook Wars
October 26, 2009
- Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom
- SimAnimals Africa
- Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Game Time
- NERF 2: N-Strike Elite
- World of Zoo
October 27, 2009
- 101-in-1 Party Megamix
- The Biggest Loser
- DJ Hero & DJ Hero [Renegade Edition]
- All Star Cheer Squad 2
- Dance Dance Revolution & Dance Dance Revolution [Game and Controller]
- Ben 10: Alien Force — Vilgax Attacks
- Dodge Racing: Charger vs. Challenger
- Hasbro Family Game Night
2
- Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
- Monster 4×4: Stunt Racer
- Press Your Luck 2010
- Ni Hao, Kai-lan: Super Game Day
November, 2009
- My Baby First Steps
- Ghost Mansion Party
- Planet 51
- Band Hero & Band Hero [Super Bundle]
- Dragonology
- The Princess and the Frog
- Ghost Mansion Party
- Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
- Horrid Henry
- Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
- Robocalypse: Beaver Defense
- We Cheer 2
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
- SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
- Yoga
- Zooloretto
November 4, 2009
- Jurassic Hunter
- World Of Fashion
November 10, 2009
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
November 11, 2009
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
November 17, 2009
- Need for Speed Nitro
- Tony Hawk: Ride
November 18, 2009
- Chaotic: Shadow Warriors
- TV Storybook Bundle
- Karaoke Revolution
November 24, 2009
- Playmobil: Circus
December, 2009
- Avatar: The Game
- Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- Sled Shred
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
December 22, 2009
- Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Sony PSP [Playstation Portable]
August, 2009
- PSP Minis Air Hockey
August 25, s009
- Dissidia Final Fantasy
- Warriors Orochi 2
September, 2009
September 1, 2009
- Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
September 8, 2009
- Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days
- Dirt 2
September 15, 2009
- Need for Speed Shift
- Mytran Wars
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- IL-2: Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
2
September 22, 2009
- Obscure: The Aftermath
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
- Adventures to Go
September 29, 2009
- Undead Knights
- Duke Nukem Trilogy: Critical Mass
- MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
- Beaterator
October, 2009
- Tetris [EA]
- Aqua Panic! Oasis
- Sudoku [EA]
October 1, 2009
- FMX
- Championship Manager Minis
- Minigore
- Fieldrunners
- Mahjongg Artifacts
- Pinball Dreaming: Dreams
- AstroTripper
- Gran Turismo
- Kahoots
- PSP Minis Air Hockey
- Hero of Sparta
- Resurrection
- Puzzle Scape [PSP Minis]
October 5, 2009
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
October 6, 2009
- Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
- NBA 2K10
- NBA Live 10
October 13, 2009
- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
- Cars Race-O-Rama
October 20, 2009
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
- Half-Minute Hero
- The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of The 5th Sun
- FIFA Soccer 10
October 26, 2009
- SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
October 27, 2009
- Petz: Dogz Family
- Petz: Hamsterz Bunch
- Ben 10: Alien Force — Vilgax Attacks
- Petz: Saddle Club
November, 2009
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
- Tekken 6
- Star Wars Battlefront : Elite Squadron
December, 2009
- Avatar: The Game
- Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
- Alien Havoc
Nintendo DS
August, 2009
August 24, 2009
- Professor Layton and The Diabolical Box
- Pop+ Solo
August 25, 2009
- Dream Chronicles
- Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming
- 7 Wonders II
- Marker Man Adventures
- The Clique: Diss and Make Up
- Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues
- Wizards of Waverly Place
- Monster Racers
- Mahjong: Journey Quest for Tikal
- Imagine Teacher: Class Trip
September, 2009
September 1, 2009
- Sarah: Keeper of the Unicorn
- The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks
September 4, 2000
- 8Ball Allstars
September 8, 2009
- Mini Ninjas
- Dirt 2
- The Bigs 2
- Reversal Challenge
- My Virtual Tutor Reading Adventure: Pre-K to Kindergarten, My Virtual Tutor Reading Adventure: Kindergarten to First, & My Virtual Tutor Reading Adventure: First to Second Grade
September 14, 2009
- Princess in Love
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
- My Boyfriend
September 15, 2009
- Titanic: Mysteries of the Deep
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- Prank’d
- Horse Life Adventures
- Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2
- Sideswiped
- Scribblenauts
- Bleach: The 3rd Phantom
- Dreamer Series: Zoo Keeper & Dreamer Series: Top Model
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Dream Salon
- Learn Geography
- IL-2: Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
September 21, 2009
- Just In Time Translations
- Fabulous Finds
September 22, 2009
- The Price is Right: 2010 Edition
- Animal Planet: Vet Life
- MySims Agents
- Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force [Collector's Edition]
- Scooby-Doo! First Frights
- Our House
- Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
September 29, 2009
- Cake Mania 3
- Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
- Dragonology
- Battle of Giants: Dragons
- Moomin: The Great Autumn Party, Moomin: The Mysterious Howling
- Duke Nukem Trilogy: Critical Mass
- Hero’s Saga Laevatein Tactics
- Secret Files: Tunguska
- Family Feud: 2010 Edition
- The Legend of Kay
- Imagine: Salon Stylist
- Safari Adventures: Africa
- The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road
- Pet Pals: New Leash on Life 2
- Jam Sessions 2
- Smart Boy’s Gameroom 2, Smart Girl’s Playhouse 2, & Smart Kid’s Mega Game Mix
- Space Invaders Extreme 2
October 5, 2009
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
October 6, 2009
- Imagine: Zookeeper
- Build-A-Bear Workshop: Welcome to Hugsville
- A Witch’s Tale
- Spore Hero Arena
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
October 12, 2009
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
October 13, 2009
- C.O.P.: The Recruit
- Learn Chess
- Cars Race-O-Rama
- Imagine: Artist
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Petz: Pony Beauty Pageant
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- Squeeballs Party
- Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
- Sushi Academy
- James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion
- Dodge Racing: Charger vs. Challenger
October 20, 2009
- KORG DS-10 Plus
- Astro Boy: The Video Game
- Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Mall, Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Show, & Charm Girls Club: My Perfect Prom
- Bakugan, Bakugan [Collector's Edition]
- FIFA Soccer 10
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Deadly Intent Hidden Cases
- Nostalgia
- Petz: Dolphinz Encounter
- Littlest Pet Shop: Country Friends, Littlest Pet Shop: Country Friends, & Littlest Pet Shop: Beach Friends
- Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2010
- Jakers! Let’s Explore
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
- The Marvel Super Hero Squad
- My Hero: Astronaut
October 26, 2009
- Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Got a Puppy
- Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? [Genius Edition]
- Ni Hao, Kai-lan: New Year’s Celebration
- The Backyardigans
- SimAnimals Africa
- Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
October 27, 2009
- Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple
- Ben 10: Alien Force — Vilgax Attacks
- Imagine: Babyz Fashion
- Atelier Annie
- The Biggest Loser
- Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop
- Petz: Nursery
- Hasbro Family Game Night 2
- Touchmaster 3
- Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
- Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
- World of Zoo
- Press Your Luck: 2010 Edition
- Wedding Dash
November, 2009
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
- Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
- Balloon Pop
- A Christmas Carol
- Barbie and the Three Musketeers
- Band Hero
- Chocolatier
- Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands
- Easy Piano
- Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
- Fairyland Melody Magic
- Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5
- Petz: Hamsterz Superstarz
- Petz: Dogz Talent Show
- Jonas
- Phantasy Star 0
- Imagine: Fashion Designer World Tour
- Planet 51
- WireWay
- SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
- Playmobil: Knights
November 10, 2009
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized
November 11, 2009
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
November 17, 2009
- Need For Speed Shift
November 18, 2009
- Spectral Force Genesis
- Chaotic: Shadow Warriors
November 24, 2009
- Playmobil: Pirates
- Animal Country: Life On The Farm
December, 2009
- Avatar: The Game
- Alien Havoc
- Blood Bowl
- Assassin’s Creed II [Possible Rumor]
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- Secret Flirts
- My Hero: Firefighter
- Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
December 2, 2009
- Bookworm Adventures
Sony Playstation2
August, 2009
August, 25, 2009
- Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy
September, 2009
September 1, 2009
- Guitar Hero 5 & Guitar Hero 5 [Complete Guitar Game]
September 8, 2009
- Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures
September 15, 2009
- NHL 2K10
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
September 22, 2009
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Smash-Up
- Scooby-Doo! First Fright
September 29, 2009
- Disney Sing It: Pop Hits & Disney Sing It: Pop Hits [Mic Included]
October, 2009
October 6, 2009
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
- NBA 2K10
October 9, 2009
- MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
October 13, 2009
- Rock Band Track Pack: Metal
- Cars Race-O-Rama
- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
October 20, 2009
- Astro Boy: The Video Game
- FIFA Soccer 10
- The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of The 5th Sun
- Bakugan
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
October 26, 20 09
- Ni Hao, Kai-lan: Super Game Day
October 27, 2009
- Dance Dance Revolution & Dance Dance Revolution [Game and Controller]
- Ben 10: Alien Force — Vilgax Attack
- DJ Hero
November, 2009
- Band Hero & Band Hero [Super Bundle]
- Jurassic Hunter
- Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
December, 2009
December 22, 2009
- Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Sony Playstation 3
August, 2009
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
August, 20, 2009
- Smash Cars
August 25, 2009
- Batman: Arkham Asylum & Batman: Arkham Asylum [Collector's Edition]
August 27, 2009
- Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao
September, 2009
- Greed Corp
- Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
September 1, 2009
- Guitar Hero 5 & Guitar Hero 5 [Complete Guitar Game
- Mini Ninjas
September 8, 2009
- Dirt 2
- Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
- Cabela's Outdoor Adventures
- Heroes Over Europe
- LittleBigPlanet [Game of the Year Edition]
September 9, 2009
- The Beatles: Rock Band & Beatles: Rock Band [Limited Edition]
September 15, 2009
- NHL 2K10
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- IL-2: Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
- NHL 10
- Need for Speed Shift
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- WET
- Tornado Outbreak
September 22, 2009
- Tornado Outbreak
- Afrika
September 29, 2009
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 & Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Collector's Edition]
- Disney Sing It: Pop Hits & Disney Sing It: Pop Hits [Mic Included]
October, 2009
October 6, 2009
- NBA Live 10
- NBA 2K10 & NBA 2K10 [Collector's Edition]]
- Demon’s Souls
- Saw: The Videogame
- Alpha Protocol
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
- Rogue Warrior
October 13, 2009
- Way of the Samurai 3
- Brütal Legend
- Rock Band Track Pack: Metal
- Cars Race-O-Rama
- Fallout 3
[Game of the Year Edition]
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
October 20, 2009
- Borderlands
- FIFA Soccer 10
- Bakugan
October 27, 2009
- Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time
- DJ Hero & DJ Hero [Renegade Edition]
- Tekken 6
- Fairytale Fights
- Mad Karts of Madagascar
November, 2009
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
- This is Vegas
- NCAA Basketball 10
- Band Hero & Band Hero [Super Bundle]
- Planet 51
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
November 3, 2009
- Blur
November 4, 2009
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed — Ultimate Sith Edition
- Jurassic Hunter
November 10, 2009
- Call of Duty
: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [Prestige Edition], & Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [Harden Edition]
November 17, 2009
- Tony Hawk: Ride
- Assassin’s Creed II & Assassin’s Creed II [The Master Assassin's Edition]
- Dragon Age: Origins & Dragon Age: Origins [Collector's Edition]
November 18, 2009
- Karaoke Revolution
- Chaotic: Shadow Warriors
December, 2009
- Avatar: The Game
December 8, 2009
- The Saboteur
December 22, 2009
- Guitar Hero: Van Halen
No wonder people don’t mess with the PS3 all like that, they barely got any games worth playing.
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The Video Game Dictionary
Yes, I know there’s n00bs out there, this is why this type of blog exists. I’m also allowing other members of WordPress to add onto this blog if you have words that need to be on here. Please, no words and definitions you made up yourself. Thanks.
FYI: Some of the links will send you to the actual site to check them out more. Others will send you to either a video game you can play online or to see trailers and such. XD
Action → An action game requires players to use quick reflexes and timing to overcome obstacles. It is perhaps the most basic of gaming genres, and certainly one of the broadest. Action games tend to have game-play with emphasis on combat. There are many sub-genres of action games, such as fighting games and first-person shooters.
Fighting → Fighting games emphasize one-on-one combat between two characters, one of which may be computer controlled. These games are usually played by linking together long chains of button presses on the controller to use physical attacks to fight. Many of the movements employed by the characters are usually dramatic and occasionally physically impossible. Combat is almost always one-on-one, though there are some exceptions such as the Super Smash Bros. series and Guilty Gear Isuka, pitting up to four combatants in the fight at one time.
Platform → Platform games (Platformers) are a sub-genre of action game. These games involve traveling between platforms by jumping (very occasionally other means are substituted for jumping, like swinging or bouncing, but these are considered variations on the same mechanic). Other traditional elements include running and climbing ladders and ledges. Platformers frequently borrow elements from other genres like fighting and shooting (such as the Castlevania series, which incorporates role-playing). They are most often associated with iconic cartoon mascots like Donkey Kong, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario, and Rayman, though platform games may have any theme.
Shooter → A shooter game focuses primarily on combat involving projectile weapons, such as guns and missiles. They can be divided into first-person and third-person shooters, depending on the camera perspective. Some first-person shooters use light gun technology.
- First-person Shooter → First-person shooter video games, commonly known as FPS‘s, emphasize shooting and combat from the perspective of the character controlled by the player. This perspective is meant to give the player the feeling of “being there”, and allows the player to focus on aiming. Most FPS’s are very fast-paced and require quick reflexes on high difficulty levels. Since the release of Doom, most FPS games now have a multi-player feature to allow competition between multiple players. Counter Strike: Condition Zero and Half-Life 2 are some of the notable games of the past few years in this genre. Examples of first-person shooter games include: the Halo series and the Half-Life series.
- Light-gun Shooter → Light gun shooters are a genre of shooter genre designed for use with a pointing device for computers control device for arcade and home consoles. The first light gun of this type was used on the MIT Whirlwind computer. Some “light gun” games actually use guns mounted on joysticks, giving the illusion of using a light beam, but all control is transferred through the movement of the stick; notable examples of this include T2: The Arcade Game and Revolution X. Examples of light-gun shooter games include: Time Crisis and Duck Hunt.
- Shoot em’ up → A shoot ‘em up (or shmup for short) is a genre of shooter game in which the player controls a vehicle or character and shoots large numbers of enemies. During the peak of their popularity they were commonly called simply shooters, but with the emergence of first-person shooters, shoot ‘em up has become an inclusive term to describe various kinds of non-3D shooter games. Examples of shoot ‘em up games include: the Star Fox series and Ikaruga.
- Tactical Shooter → Tactical shooters are variations on the first person shooter genre (though also, less often, on third person shooters). Some are similar to existing games, but modified to increase the realism of the original game. These games emphasize tactical play such as planning and teamwork (for example, co-ordination and specialized roles), whereas more conventional first person shooters tend to reward individual skill and heroism. In single player modes, the player commands a squad of AI controlled characters in addition to their own; in multi-player modes, players must work in teams to win the game. Also, in multi-player games, winning a match is likely to be dependent on capturing an objective of some sort rather than gaining the most kills (as is often the case in more conventional first person shooters). Examples of tactical shooter games include: the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series and the SOCOM series.
- Third-person Shooter → Third-person shooter video games, known as TPS‘s or 3PS‘s, emphasize shooting and combat from a camera perspective in which the player character is seen at a distance. This perspective gives the player a wider view of their surroundings as opposed to the limited viewpoint of first-person shooters. Furthermore, third-person shooters allow for more elaborate movement such as rolling or diving, as opposed to simple jumping and crouching common in FPS games. Greater interaction with the player’s environment is often possible. The emphasis remains on shooting, however; these games lack the platforming and puzzle elements of action-adventure shooting games. Examples of third-person shooter games include:Gears of War and Max Payne
Action-Adventure → Action-adventure games combine elements of their two component genres, typically featuring long-term obstacles that must be overcome using a tool or item as leverage (which is collected earlier), as well as many smaller obstacles almost constantly in the way, that require elements of action games to overcome. Action-adventure games tend to focus on exploration and usually involve item gathering, simple puzzle solving, and combat. Action-adventure games are often confusingly called “adventure games” by console gamers. Examples of action-adventure games include: The Legend of Zelda series, the Tomb Raider series, and the Grand Theft Auto series.
- Stealth → Stealth games are a somewhat recent genre, sometimes referred to as “sneakers” or “creepers” to contrast with the action-oriented “shooter” sub-genre. These games tend to emphasize subterfuge and precision strikes over the more overt mayhem of shooters. Most have first- or third-person shooter elements, but there are some exceptions like Tenchu: Stealth Assassins. Examples of stealth games include: the Metal Gear series, the Thief series, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Hitman series. and (arguably) the Hitman Series.
- Survival Horror → Survival horror games focus on fear and attempt to scare the player via traditional horror fiction death, the undead, blood and gore. One crucial game play mêlée weapons. elements such as atmospherics, element in many of these games is the low quantity of ammunition, or number of breakables. Examples of survival horror games include: the Resident Evil series, Alone in the Dark, and the Silent Hill Series.
Adventure → Adventure games were some of the earliest games created, unlike adventure films, adventure games are not defined by story or content. Rather, adventure describes a manner of game-play without reflex challenges or action. They normally require the player to solve various puzzles by interacting with people or the environment, most often in a non-confrontational way. It is considered a “purist” genre and tends to exclude anything which includes action elements beyond a mini game.
- Graphic Adventure → Graphic adventure games emerged as graphics became more common. Adventure games began to supplement and later on replace textual descriptions with visuals (for example, a picture of the current location). Early graphic adventure games used text-parsers to input commands. The growing use of mice led to the “point-and-click” genre of adventure games, where the player would no longer have to type commands. The player could, for example, click on a hand icon and then on a rope to pick up the rope. Examples of graphic adventure games include: The Myst series and the King’s Quest series.
- Escape The Room → Escape the room is a genre of online graphic adventure game, usually created for Adobe Flash and utilizing a point and click style of play. The object of the game is to find a way to escape from a mysterious room. Examples of escape the room games include: MOTAS.
- Visual Novel → A visual novel is an adventure game game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art. As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels or tableau vivant stage plays. Many visual novels track statistics that the player must build in order to advance the plot, and permit a variety of endings, allowing more dynamic reactions to the player’s actions than a typical linear adventure plot. Visual novels are especially prevalent in Japan, where they make up nearly 70% of PC games released.They are rarely produced for video game consoles, but the more popular games are sometimes ported to systems such as the Sega Dreamcast or the Playstation 2. The market for visual novels outside of Japan, however, was nearly non-existent prior to the success of the Nintendo DS, for which several Japanese visual novels were released in the West, such as the Ace Attorney series. Examples of visual novel games include: Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Interactive Movie → An interactive movie contains pre-filmed full-motion cartoons or live-action sequences, where the player controls some of the moves of the main character. For example, when in danger, the player decides which move, action, or combination to choose. In these games, the only activity the player has is to choose or guess the move the designers intend him to make. Examples of interactive movie games include: Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace and Night Trap.
Construction and management simulation → Construction and management simulation games (or CMS‘s) are a type of simulation game which task players to build, expand or manage fictional communities or projects with limited resources.
- City-building → In city-building games the player acts as overall planner or leader to meet the needs and wants of game characters by initiating structures for food, shelter, health, spiritual care, economic growth, etc. Success is achieved when the city budget makes a growing profit and citizens experience an upgraded lifestyle in housing, health, and goods. While military development is often included, the emphasis is on economic strength. Perhaps the most known game of this type is SimCity, which is still popular and has had great influence on later city-building games. SimCity, however, also belongs to the God Games genre since it gives the player god-like abilities in manipulating the world.
- Business Simulation → Business simulation games generally attempt to simulate an economy or business, with the player controlling the economy of the game.
- God Games → Unlike other genres of games, God games often do not have a set goal that allows a player to win the game. The focus of a god game tends to be control over the lives of people, anywhere from micromanaging a family to overseeing the rise of a civilization. Examples of God games include the genre-setting Populous, Black & White, SimEarth and Spore.
- Government Simulation → A government simulation game (or “political game“) involves the simulation of the policies, government or politics of a country, but typically excludes warfare. Recently, these types of games have gained the moniker “serious game“.
- Life Simulation → Life simulation games (or Artificial Life Games) involve living or controlling one or more artificial lives. A life simulation game can revolve around individuals and relationships, or it could be a simulation of an ecosystem.
- Biological Simulation → Biological simulations may allow the player to expermient with genetics, survival or ecosystems, often in the form of an educational package. A relatively recent example is Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
- Pet-raising Simulation → Pet-raising simulations (or digital pets) focus more on the relationship between the player and one or few life forms. They are often more limited in scope than other biological simulations. This includes popular examples of Virtual Pets such as Tamagotchi, and the Nintendogs series.
- Social Simulation → Social simulation games base their game play on the social interaction between multiple artificial lives. The most famous example from this genre is Will Wright’s The Sims.
Role Playing → Computer and console role-playing games (CRPGs or simply RPGs) draw their gameplay from traditional role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. Most cast the player in the role of one or more “adventurers” who specialize in specific skill sets (such as combat or casting magic spells) while progressing through a predetermined storyline. Many involve maneuvering these character(s) through an overworld, usually populated with monsters, that allows access to more important game locations, such as towns, dungeons, and castles.
- Computer & Console Role-playing → Due to cultural differences in role-playing video games, there are two different types of RPG‘s. The first involves the player creating a character and a non-linear storyline along which the player makes his own decisions. In the second type, the player controls a party of predefined characters through a dramatically scripted linear storyline. These styles are sometimes referred to as Computer/Western RPG‘s and Console/Eastern RPG‘s respectively, although there are numerous exceptions. Examples of computer/Western role-playing games include: Ultima and The Elder Scrolls. Examples of console/Eastern role-playing games include: Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.
- Action Role-playing → The action role-playing game or action RPG is a type of role-playing game which incorporates elements from action games or action-adventure games. Examples of action role-playing games include: Dungeon Siege and Kingdom Hearts.
- Massively multi-player online role-playing → Massively multiplayer online role-playing games, (or MMORPG‘s), emerged in the mid to late 1990s as a commercial, graphical variant of text-based MUDs, which had existed since around 1979. By and large, MMORPG‘s feature the usual RPG objectives of completing quests and strengthening one’s player character, but involve up to hundreds of players interacting with each other on the same persistent world in real-time. Examples of massively multiplayer online role-playing games include: MapleStory, World of Warcraft, and RuneScape.
- Rouge-like → The roguelike video game sub-genre borrows its name and game-play elements from the 1980 computer game Rogue. Superficially, a rogue-like is a two-dimensional dungeon crawl with a high degree of randomness and an emphasis on statistical character development. Though traditionally featuring a text user interface, many such games utilize graphic tiles to overcome character set limitations. Examples of rogue-like games include: ADOM and NetHack.
- Tactical Role-playing → The tactical role-playing game sub-genre principally refers to games which incorporate gameplay from strategy games as an alternative to traditional RPG systems. Like standard RPG‘s, the player controls a finite party and battles a similar number of enemies, but this genre incorporates strategic gameplay such as tactical movement on an isometric grid. Examples of tactical role-playing games include: Shining Force and the Front Mission series.
Strategy → Strategy video games focus on gameplay requiring careful and skillful thinking and planning in order to achieve victory. In most strategy video games, says Andrew Rollings, “the player is given a godlike view of the game world, indirectly controlling the units under his command.” Rollings also notes that “The origin of strategy games is rooted in their close cousins, board games.” Strategy video games generally take one of four archetypal forms, depending on whether the game is turn-based or real-time and whether the game’s focus is upon strategy or military tactics.
- 4X → 4X refers to a genre of strategy video game with four primary goals: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate. A 4X game can be turn-based or real-time. Perhaps the best known eXample of this genre is Sid Meier’s Civilization series.
- Artillery → Artillery is the generic name for either early two or three-player (usually turn-based) computer games involving tanks fighting each other in combat or similar derivative games. Artillery games were among the earliest computer games developed; they can be considered an extension of the original uses of computers themselves, which were once used for military-based calculations such as plotting the trajectories of rockets. Artillery games are a type of strategy game, though they have also been described as a “shooting game.” Examples of artillery games include: GunBound and Scorched Earth.
- Real-time Strategy → A real-time tactics game shares feature of the simulation and wargame genres. These titles focus on operational aspects and control of warfare. Unlike in real-time strategy games, resource and economical management and building plays no part of the gameplay. Examples of RTT games include: Warhammer: Dark Omen and the Close Combat series.
- Tower Defense → Tower defense games have a very simple layout. Usually, computer-controlled monsters called creeps move along a set path, and the player must place, or “build” towers along this path to kill the creeps. In most tower defense games different towers have different abilities such as poisoning enemies or slowing them down. The player is awarded money for killing creeps, and this money can be used to buy more towers, or buy upgrades for a tower such as increased power or range. Examples of tower defense games include: Desktop Tower Defense.
- Turn-base Strategy → The gameplay of turn-based tactics games is characterized by the expectation of players to complete their tasks using the combat forces provided to them, and usually by the provision of a realistic (or at least believable) representation of military tactics and operations. Examples of TBT games include: the Jagged Alliance series and the X-COM series.
- War Games → Wargames are a subgenre of strategy video games that emphasize strategic or tactical warfare on a map. Wargames generally take one of four archetypal forms, depending on whether the game is turn-based or real-time and whether the game’s focus is upon military strategy or tactics. Examples of video wargames include: the Panzer General series and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.
Vehicle Simulation → Vehicle simulation games are a genre of video games which attempt to provide the player with a realistic interpretation of operating various kinds of vehicles.
- Flight → A flight simulation tasks the player with flying an aircraft, usually an airplane, as realistically as possible. Combat flight simulators are the most popular sub-genre of simulation. The player controls the plane, not only simulating the act of flying, but also combat situations. There are also civilian flight simulators that do not have the combat aspect.
- Racing → Racing games typically place the player in the driver’s seat of a high-performance vehicle and require the player to race against other drivers or sometimes just time. This genre of games is one of the staples of the computer gaming world and many of the earliest computer games created were part of this genre. Emerging in the late 1970s, this genre is still very popular today and continues to push the envelope in terms of graphics and performance. These games “tend to fall into organized racing and imaginary racing categories“.
- Space Flight → Space flight simulator games are a sub-genre that involve piloting a spacecraft. Space simulators are different from other sub-genres, and are not generally considered to be simulators, as their simulated objects do not always exist and often disregard the laws of physics. However, simulators of real spacecraft do exist: Orbiter is one example.
- Train → Train simulators simulate the vehicles, environments and often economics associated with railway transport. These are frequently historical in nature, reminiscing on the evolution and emergence of the railroad in various countries and the economic booms that often accompanied them.
- Vehicular Combat → Vehicular combat or car combat games focus on fast-paced action, as the player operates a car or other vehicle and attempts to disable or destroy CPU or human opponents. Vehicular combat games often allow a player to choose from a variety of potential vehicles, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Vehicular combat was born out of racing/shooter combinations like Spy Hunter, RoadBlasters and Rock ‘N‘ Roll Racing, but differs in that the players can, if desired, take their vehicles off predefined routes and do battle wherever they please.
Other Notable Genres
- Music → Music games most commonly challenge the player to follow sequences of movement or develop specific rhythms. Some games require the player to input rhythms by stepping with their feet on a dance pad, or using a device similar to a specific musical instrument, like a replica drum set. Other games avoid rhythm-based game-play and instead focus on pitch-based, memory-based, or sandbox-style game-play.
- Party → Party games are video games developed specifically for multi-player games between many players. Normally, party games have a variety of different types of mini-games that range between collecting more of a certain item than other players or having the fastest time at something. Versus multi-player games are not generally considered to be party games.
- Puzzle → Puzzle games require the player to solve logic puzzles or navigate complex locations such as mazes. This genre frequently crosses over with adventure and educational games. Some arcade games, in particular Tetris-variants, are often labeled puzzle games, despite the fact that game-play depends on hand/eye coordination and quick reflexes, rather than thought and logic.
- Programming → A programming game is a computer game where the player has no direct influence on the course of the game. Instead, a computer program or script is written in some domain-specific programming language in order to control the actions of the characters (usually robots, tanks or bacteria, which seek to destroy each other). Final Fantasy XII also includes some elements of a programming game, as the player creates the AI of his characters, although the player can also choose to directly control the action.
- Sports → Sports games emulate the playing of traditional physical sports. Some emphasize actually playing the sport, while others emphasize the strategy behind the sport (such as Championship Manager). Others satirize the sport for comic effect (such as Arch Rivals). One of the best selling series in this genre is the Madden NFL series.
- Traditional → Most popular board games, card games, and the like have been computerized to some degree or another. Computer game programs can be worthy opponents and can help improve one’s skill at traditional games.
- Chess, Checkers, Othello (also known as Reversi), and Backgammon have world class computer programs.
- Mah-jongg and related games are immensely popular in China and Japan.
- Go is popular in East Asia. It is infamously difficult to program a computer to play Go well: see Computer Go.
- Magic: The Gathering has had computer versions for some time.
- 42 All-Time Classics is a game for Nintendo DS that features online play through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Purpose Genres → While most video games are designed as entertainment, many video games are designed with additional purposes. These purposes are as varied as the nature of information itself – to inform, persuade, or stimulate. These games can have any kind of gameplay, from puzzles to action to adventure.
- Adult → Adult video games, like adult movies or other media, are intended for an adult audience. In general, the purpose of adult games is to provide erotic entertainment, rather than just game-play. There exists a wide variety of adult games, though many lack mainstream appeal and represent a niche category. The object of an adult game may differ from a mainstream video game, in that the reward can be a visual representation of nudity, partial nudity, or sexual activity rather than points, etc. Some games may focus on humor or drama rather than arousal, or simply have normal game-play accompanied by nudity.
- Advergame → Advergames have recently become popular due to the Burger King, King Games Collection, though Advergames, like the 7up Cool Spot game and the Dominoes Yo! Noid games, were around much earlier. The majority of Advergames are found online and mostly include simple and cheaply made Flash games. It is expected that Advergamimg will become a very popular and far more highly invested in the coming years as TV ad revenue lessens and video games are shown to have a greater and greater impact on public opinion.
- Casual → Casual games have very simple rules or play techniques and a very low degree of strategy. They also require no long-term time commitment or special skills to play, making them easy to learn and play as a pastime. There are comparatively low production and distribution costs for the producer. Casual games typically are played on a personal computer online in web browsers, although they now are starting to become popular on game consoles. The purpose of the casual game is to entertain, but with a much lower commitment than other video games.
- Christian → Christian games attempt to provide the dual purposes of spreading the Christian ideology to non-believers through the medium of video games, and providing gamers who identify as Christian with a common pool of games that neither challenge their beliefs nor offend them. Christian video games were first developed by Wisdom Tree for the NES without license. While largely regarded as derivative titles by the mainstream gaming culture, Christian games have nevertheless expanded in distribution since their inception.
- Educational → Educational games, as the name implies, attempt to teach the user using the game as a vehicle. Most of these types of games target young user from the ages of about three years to mid-teens; past the mid-teens, subjects become so complex (e.g. Calculus) that teaching via a game is impractical. Numerous sub-genres exist, each for a different field (math games, typing games and so on).
- Electronic Sports → Electronic Sports games are multi-player games that are usually played competitively at the professional level. These game are often targeted at the ‘hardcore’ gaming audience, and usually require fast twitch-based reaction speed and coordination (such as First Person Shooters) or high levels of strategic micromanagement/macro-management such as Real Time Strategy games.
- Exergame → An exergame (portmanteau of “exercise” and “game“) is a video game that provides exercise. “Exergames” sub-divide into two main implementations, those with a game specifically designed to use an exercise input device (for example, the game Wii Fit using the Wii Balance Board) and those implementations using a genre of a game. Games fit into the category of entertainment, and similarly Exergames are a category of Exertainment (formed from “exercise” and “entertainment“). Exertainment includes one aspect of innovation or entertainment to an exercise workout.
- Serious → Serious games are intended to educate or train the player. These games tend to promote “education, science, social change, health care or even the military.” Some of these games have no specific ending or goal in the game. Rather, the player learns a real life lesson from the game. For example, games from websites such as Newsgaming.com and gamesforchange.org raise political issues using the distinct properties of games.
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