Video Game Genre

List of video game genres... Most games fall within a particular category or genre. Some bridge different gaming styles and, thus, could appear under more than one category simultaneously. Video game genres are used to organize video games based on their game-play interaction rather than visual or narrative differences. For example, a shooter game is still a shooter game, regardless of whether it takes place in a fantasy world or in outer space. This article provides a list of all the main…

A few weeks ago, I posted one of those tier lists that have been going viral on Twitter, dividing most of the major video games I have played into a few different categories based upon how much I e…

With the gaming world apparently in equal parts excited, confused and meh about Microsoft’s recently announced XBox One, we thought we’d share this joyfully nostalgic infographic about …

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The video game industry is booming. So much so, that it is now actually bigger than the movie and music industries combined! To give you an idea of how video game have evolved over the years, ACE Cash Express have created the following infographic to help visualize each game genre’s peak popularity based on overall physical sales.

Table 2. Facets of Video Game Genres with Examples of Genre Labels Representing Each Facet - "Facet Analysis of Video Game Genres"

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