Characters
This charismatic character is often compared to Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider series
Nathan Drake
This console is the most successful console having sold around 157 million units world wide
PlayStation 2
E3 is one of the largest showcases for gaming each year. What does E3 stand for?
Electronic Entertainment Expo
This studio created one of the first digital storefronts that has become synonymous with PC gaming and features frequent sales
Valve
This video game has made 238 million sales to date making it the best-selling video game
Minecraft
This silent protagonist got a voice in his sequel
Isaac Clarke
This failure cost Microsoft $1.5 billion dollars in 2007
Red Ring of Death
This game was the first to be adapted to film back in 1993
Mario
These 2 studios are involved in the biggest studio acquisition to date
Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard
This game is considered to be the first battle royal
H1Z1 (King of the Kill)
This character is considered to be the original villain to Mario
Donkey Kong
This Nintendo console released in the 90s was a commercial failure but some might consider was ahead of it's time
Nintendo Virtual Boy
What 2 consoles competed in what could be considered the first instance of a "console War"
Nintendo entertainment system (NES) and the Sega Genesis
Which one of the 3 major platform holders was the first to "skip" E3
Sony
This game became the fastest selling entertainment product in the world
GTA 5
How many characters feature in the original Super Smash Bros for the Nintendo 64
12
Owners of this console released in North America in 1995, swear by it as one of the best consoles ever made but it's poor sales ended it's run very early on
Sega Saturn
This video game produced more copies than consoles existed for it at the time and sold so poorly, copies were dumped into a landfill
ET for the Atari
This city is home to the most game studios in the world
San Francisco (46)
This game about shooting aliens was the last game in it's franchise to date and was stuck in development for 12 years
Duke Nukem Forever
Peach is to Daisy as Yoshi is to which other Mario character?
Birdo
This console was released by Apple in an effort to break into the gaming space but failed miserably
The Apple Pippin
What did Nintendo originally sell back when it was founded, September 23, 1889?
Hand painted playing cards
This American video game developer and publisher was founded in 1979 by Ken and Roberta Williams and pioneered the graphic adventure game genre
Sierra
This game is considered to be the origin of the first person shooter genre
Wolfenstein 3D