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ACTION AND ADVENTURE• Action-adventure is a video game genre that

combines both the action and adventure genres. They will usually contain action elements such as explosions or fighting whilst also giving the player a journey to go on and even a new world to explore. Many games now choose to go with the action-adventure genre over just the adventure genre as the adventure genre is currently declining in both popularity and sales which encourages game developers to add more action into the adventure games that they releasing.

DRIVING AND RACING

• The driving and racing genre includes games that require the player to drive some form of vehicle (car, motorbike etc.), usually around a circuit/track against other opponents to try and cross the line first. The most popular games in this genre include Forza, Need For Speed and Project Cars. Most games in this genre usually come under one of two categories; either simulator or arcade.

FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER

• First-person shooters are games in which the camera angle is first-person and you hold a gun with objectives that involve you shooting things. Some of the more popular first-person shooters include Call of Duty, Battlefield and Far Cry. Doom was a major breakthrough in the first-person shooter genre as it was arguably the game that put first-person shooters into the spotlight.

PLATFORM AND PUZZLE• A platform game is a video game in which an

avatar is guided through suspended platforms via jumping. In most cases the avatar will be forced to overcome obstacles in order to advance in the game and will usually be forced to do this by free running through the course. It is very unlikely that you would ever find a platform game that does not have a jump button. This jump button will be vital for players to complete the course as they will be required to jump from platform from platform whilst also avoiding obstacles that will attempt to prevent the player from reaching their destination.

ROLE PLAYING

• Role-playing games are games in which you are required to take on the persona of somebody else. These games are most commonly played by “hard-core” gamers who take gaming seriously enough that they are actually willing to pretend to be the character that they are playing with in the game. Examples of such games include World of Warcraft, Arma III and Runescape.

STRATEGY AND SIMULATION

• A strategy and simulation game is a game that is based around a real life element such as driving a car or flying a plane. They will aim to make their games as realistic as possible to make the player feel like they are doing something the same way as it would be done in real life such as flying a plane. These games often require an element of strategy as they are generally much harder than arcade games etc.

SPORTS AND BEAT –’EM-UPS• Sporting games have come a long way since the first few

sporting releases. The most notable, Popular at the time and first sporting game was “Pong” which was a two play tennis game. Since then many other sports have been involved with gaming such as NFL, MLB, NBA, FIFA and PGA. Since 2010 most of these sporting games have had a heavily influenced online experience such as FIFA’s Ultimate Team and a lot of these games are produced now by 2K games or EA which both feature many micro transactions to gain better players and items which generates a lot of revenue. However, a negative to this is that the gaming community have dubbed EA sport a “money grabbing” company as due to the amount of paid content they offer such as packs on FIFA.