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Animal Crossing: New Horizons
A 2020 social simulation game by Nintendo for the Switch in which players develop a deserted island into a community of anthropomorphic animal villagers.
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Apex Legends
A 2019 free-to-play battle royale shooter by Respawn Entertainment set in the Titanfall universe, featuring squad-based play and distinct hero abilities.
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Assassin's Creed II
A 2009 action-adventure game by Ubisoft set in Renaissance Italy, following Florentine nobleman-turned-assassin Ezio Auditore.
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Asteroids
A 1979 vector-graphics space shooter by Atari where players pilot a triangular ship that shoots and dodges drifting asteroids and flying saucers.
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BioShock
A 2007 first-person shooter by Irrational Games set in the underwater Objectivist city of Rapture, where the player navigates ruined corridors and genetically altered foes.
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Bloodborne
A 2015 action role-playing game by FromSoftware and Sony for the PlayStation 4, set in a Victorian-Gothic city consumed by a beast plague.
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
A 2007 first-person shooter by Infinity Ward that moved the Call of Duty series from WWII to contemporary conflict and reshaped console multiplayer.
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Centipede
A 1981 fixed shooter arcade game by Atari where players blast a multi-segment centipede descending through a field of mushrooms.
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Chrono Trigger
A 1995 Japanese role-playing game by Square for the Super Nintendo, in which a young inventor and his friends travel through eras to prevent a planetary catastrophe.
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Counter-Strike
A 1999 tactical first-person shooter mod for Half-Life pitting counter-terrorists against terrorists in round-based objective gameplay.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
A 2012 tactical first-person shooter by Valve that became one of the dominant competitive esports through skin economies and a free-to-play transition.
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Cyberpunk 2077
A 2020 open-world role-playing game by CD Projekt Red set in the dystopian Night City, in which a mercenary's brain hosts the digital ghost of a dead rocker.
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Dark Souls
A 2011 action role-playing game by FromSoftware known for its punishing difficulty, intricate level design, and minimal narrative exposition.
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Defender
A 1981 side-scrolling shooter arcade game by Williams Electronics where players pilot a starship defending humans on a planet's surface from alien abductors.
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Diablo II
A 2000 action role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment that refined the loot-driven dungeon crawler formula and dominated PC gaming for years.
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Donkey Kong
A 1981 arcade platformer by Nintendo in which the player climbs construction beams to rescue a kidnapped woman from a giant ape.
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Doom (1993)
A 1993 first-person shooter by id Software pitting a space marine against demonic invaders on Mars's moons, defining the FPS genre.
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Dragon Quest XI
A 2017 Japanese role-playing game by Square Enix continuing the Dragon Quest franchise's tradition of turn-based combat and Akira Toriyama character design.
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Elden Ring
A 2022 open-world action role-playing game by FromSoftware, written by George R. R. Martin and directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki.
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Fallout 3
A 2008 open-world post-apocalyptic role-playing game by Bethesda set in the irradiated remains of Washington, D.C., known as the Capital Wasteland.
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Fallout 4
A 2015 open-world post-apocalyptic role-playing game by Bethesda set in a ruined Boston, the Commonwealth, where the player searches for their kidnapped son.
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Final Fantasy VII
A 1997 Japanese role-playing game by Squaresoft for the PlayStation centered on ex-soldier Cloud Strife's fight against the megacorporation Shinra.
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Final Fantasy X
A 2001 Japanese role-playing game by Square for the PlayStation 2 following the young warrior Tidus on a pilgrimage to save the world of Spira.
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Frogger
A 1981 action arcade game by Konami where players guide a frog across busy roads and a river of moving logs to reach safe lily pads.
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Galaga
A 1981 fixed-shooter arcade game by Namco where players control a starfighter battling waves of insect-like aliens that swoop down in formation.
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God of War (2018)
A 2018 action-adventure by Santa Monica Studio for the PlayStation 4 that relaunches the series with Kratos and his son Atreus traveling through Norse realms.
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Grand Theft Auto V
A 2013 open-world action-adventure by Rockstar Games set in a fictionalized Los Angeles, featuring three protagonists and an enduring online multiplayer mode.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
A 2004 open-world action-adventure by Rockstar Games set in a fictionalized California and Nevada, following gang member Carl Johnson's return home.
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Half-Life 2
A 2004 first-person shooter by Valve set in a dystopian Earth occupied by an interdimensional empire, starring theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman.
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Half-Life: Alyx
A 2020 virtual reality first-person shooter by Valve set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, starring resistance member Alyx Vance.
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Halo 3
A 2007 first-person shooter by Bungie for the Xbox 360 that concluded the original Halo trilogy and dominated 360-era multiplayer.
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Halo: Combat Evolved
A 2001 first-person shooter by Bungie released alongside the original Xbox, defining console shooters with vehicle combat and Master Chief.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
A 2017 kart racing game by Nintendo for the Switch, an expanded port of the Wii U's Mario Kart 8 featuring 48 base tracks and extensive DLC.
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Metroid
A 1986 side-scrolling action-adventure by Nintendo for the NES in which bounty hunter Samus Aran explores a planet's labyrinthine caves to stop space pirates.
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Metroid Prime
A 2002 first-person action-adventure by Retro Studios for the GameCube that brought the Metroid series into 3D with a heavily exploration-driven design.
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Overwatch
A 2016 team-based first-person shooter by Blizzard featuring a roster of distinct heroes with unique abilities and roles.
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Pac-Man
A 1980 maze arcade game by Namco in which players guide a yellow circle through a maze, eating dots while avoiding four colored ghosts.
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Persona 5
A 2016 Japanese role-playing game by Atlus following a group of Tokyo high schoolers who change adult criminals' hearts as the supernatural Phantom Thieves.
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Pokémon GO
A 2016 location-based augmented reality mobile game by Niantic in which players walk in the real world to find, catch, and battle Pokémon.
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Pokémon Red and Blue
A 1996 pair of role-playing games by Game Freak for the Game Boy that launched the global Pokémon franchise, centered on catching and battling 151 creatures.
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Pong
A 1972 two-dimensional table-tennis arcade game by Atari that became the first commercially successful video game and launched the gaming industry.
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Quake
A 1996 first-person shooter by id Software that introduced fully 3D environments and online multiplayer that became a cornerstone of competitive PC gaming.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
A 2018 open-world Western action-adventure by Rockstar Games following the Van der Linde gang during the dying days of the American outlaw era.
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
A 2019 action-adventure game by FromSoftware set in a stylized late-1500s Japan, focused on sword-fighting, parries, and a stealth-capable ninja protagonist.
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Space Invaders
A 1978 fixed shooter by Taito where players defend Earth from descending rows of alien invaders by moving a laser cannon along the bottom of the screen.
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Splatoon
A 2015 third-person shooter by Nintendo for the Wii U where ink-shooting characters compete in turf-coverage battles using paint instead of bullets.
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Street Fighter II
A 1991 competitive fighting arcade game by Capcom featuring eight selectable world warriors with distinct movesets, launching the modern fighting game genre.
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Super Mario 64
A 1996 3D platformer by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 that established the template for analog-stick movement and open-environment 3D platforming.
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Super Mario Bros.
A 1985 side-scrolling platformer by Nintendo for the NES that revived the home console market and made Mario a global mascot.
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Super Mario Odyssey
A 2017 3D platformer by Nintendo for the Switch in which Mario explores varied kingdoms and uses a sentient hat to take control of enemies and objects.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
A 2018 platform fighter by Nintendo for the Switch featuring every fighter from prior Smash entries plus dozens of guest characters from gaming history.
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Tetris
A 1984 falling-block puzzle game by Alexey Pajitnov, where players rotate and stack seven-shape tetrominoes to clear horizontal lines.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
A 2011 open-world role-playing game by Bethesda set in the snowy northern province of Tamriel where the player is a Dragonborn destined to fight returning dragons.
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The Last of Us
A 2013 third-person action-adventure by Naughty Dog following smuggler Joel and teenager Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States ravaged by a fungal pandemic.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
A 2017 open-world action-adventure by Nintendo for the Switch and Wii U featuring physics-based exploration of a vast, post-apocalyptic Hyrule.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
A 1998 action-adventure game by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 that brought the Zelda series into 3D and introduced the genre's lock-on combat template.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
A 2023 sequel by Nintendo to Breath of the Wild that expands Hyrule with sky islands and underground depths plus a build-anything physics toolkit.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
A 2015 open-world role-playing game by CD Projekt Red following the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia on a continent-spanning search for his adopted daughter.
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
A 2016 third-person action-adventure game by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 4, the climactic chapter of treasure hunter Nathan Drake's saga.
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Valorant
A 2020 free-to-play tactical first-person shooter by Riot Games combining Counter-Strike-style round-based objectives with hero abilities.
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