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The Wolf Among Us

The Wolf Among Us is an episodic mystery drama adventure game which is based on DC Vertigo's Fables comic book series created by Bill Willingham. Telltale Games, makers of hit game The Walking Dead, developed and published the game. The game acts as a prequel to the comics and is canon to the comic book universe. The first season of the game consists of 5 episodes, with the first being released on October 11, 2013, for the Xbox 360 and PC.



The Last of Us

The Last of Us was developed by Naughty Dog, the makers of the classic Crash Bandicoot and hit game Jak and Daxter, and was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game is an action/adventure survival horror game where you take control of Joel, a man tasked with escorting a young girl Ellie. The game was released for the Playstation 3 in 2013 on June 14th, with an updated version which released for the Playstation 4 on June 29, 2014.



Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox independent game which was created by the Swedish programmer, Markus "Notch" Persson. It was later developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang. The game enables players to construct things out of the hearts content with textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world, with several activites such as crafting, combat, resource gathering and exploring.


The alpha build of the game was released to the public for the PC on May 17, 2009, with the full version being released in 2011, on November 18. It had its first console debut with the Xbox 360 in May, 2012, as an Xbox Live Arcade game. A Playstation version was released the following year on December 17.

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1980 Namco Pac-Man

In 1980 Namco created Pac-Man which is an 8-bit arcade game, it was designed by a japanese game designer, Toru Iwatani, Pac-Man is one of the most iconic and most recognised arcade games of its time. Pac-Man took arcade games to a whole new level since the only games availabe at the time were shooting games such as Asteroids and Space Invaders. As a result it is often referred to as a landmark in video game history.

1978 Tiato Space Invaders

Space Invaders is an arcade game manufactured and distributed by Taito and developed by Tomohiro Nishikado. It was released in 1978. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooter games as its objective was to shoot down aliens attempting to invade. Space Invaders is a predecessor to modern video gaming and has inspired many other games to this day.

1991 Sega Sonic the Hedgehog

In 1991 Sega developed the game Sonic the Hedgehog, it was created by Yuji Naka, Sonic the Hedgehog is centered around a blue hedgehog named Sonic and is a speed based platform game, its objective was to defeat Dr. Eggman aka Dr. Robotnik and collect golden rings while running through a obstacle filled terrain.  However the success of the character Sonic led to various spin-offs in different genres such as Super Smash Bros, Sonic Golf, Mario and Sonic at the olympics, Sonic Drift and Sonic Jam . Later on the games introduced many other characters such as Knuckles, Tails and Amy. The Sonic titles led Sega to become one of the most leading companies of its time. The Sonic series have sold over 150 million units as of November 2014, making it one of the best selling titles of all time.