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100

Nintendo characters go racing 

What is Mario Kart?

100

Ending a massive 13-year wait since its predecessor, this blockbuster Rockstar Games open-world release arrives on November 19, 2026, dropping criminal partners Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos

What is GTA 6?

100

2016's game of the year was this FPS shooter from Blizzard Entertainment

What is Overwatch?

100

CHICKEN JOCKEEEY became popular from this movie-adaptation of a popular Mojang game 

What is Minecraft?

100

Founded in 1998 as a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, this New York-based developer is world-renowned for crafting massive, living open worlds including Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption

What is Rockstar Games?

200

"You're finally awake" in this massive open world game where you kill the big dragon and partake in endless side quests as you travel

What is Skyrim?

200

This ambitious open-world RPG suffered a disastrous December 2020 launch plagued by severe bugs, performance crashes on last-gen consoles, widespread refund offers, and a temporary removal from the PlayStation Store (it did eventually make a comeback though)

What is Cyberpunk 2077?

200

2017's game of the year: Forget everything you know about this Nintendo franchise as you awaken from a 100-year slumber to explore the vast open-air wilds of Hyrule, solve over 100 shrines, and defeat Calamity Ganon

What is The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild

200

An animated series based on this popular MOBA game has gotten widespread acclaim for its art style and enjoyability even among non-players

What is Arcane (League of Legends)?

200

This giant entertainment and tech subsidiary manufactures the PlayStation console line and publishes critically acclaimed first-party titles like God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man

What is Sony?

300

Pretty anime women in a turn-based gacha game that Kevin plays apparently

What is Honkai: Star Rail?

300

Released in March 2020 on the Nintendo Switch, this cozy life-simulation game became a massive global phenomenon during early pandemic lockdowns as players built virtual island paradises and traded Sunday-morning turnips

What is Animal Crossing: New Horizons?

300

2020's game of the year: Confront the devastating physical and emotional repercussions of vengeance as you navigate the overgrown ruins of Seattle, scavenging for supplies and battling infected and human factions alike in this 2020 PlayStation sequel

What is The Last of Us Part Two

300

Ryan Reynolds provided the voice and facial capture for the coffee-drinking, deerstalker-hat-wearing title character in this 2019 film based off a Nintendo game

What is Pokemon: Detective Pikachu?

300

This Singaporean-American gaming hardware manufacturer is famous for its triple-headed snake logo, Chroma RGB lighting, and the DeathAdder mouse.

What is Razer?

400

League of Legends but it's free for all, in a smaller space, and more chess-like 

What is Teamfight Tactics (TFT)?

400

Released in 2004, this genre-defining MMORPG peaked at over 12 million subscribers and fundamentally reshaped online multiplayer gaming

What is World of Warcraft?

400

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2024's game of the year: When his PS5 mothership is wrecked by a space bully, this tiny PlayStation mascot rides a Dual Speeder across over 50 planets to rescue his scattered bot crew and cameo-inspired VIPs.

What is Astro Bot? 

400

This 2024 Prime Video sci-fi series follows a Vault Dweller named Lucy stepping out into a retro-future wasteland based off the popular video game of the same name

What is Fallout?

400

Founded in 1993 and famous for inventing the GPU, this Santa Clara-based semiconductor giant powers modern PC ray tracing, AI computing breakthroughs, and provides the custom Tegra system-on-a-chip inside the Nintendo Switch

What is Nvidia? 

500

Basically the predecessor of Overwatch but made by Valve

What is Team Fortress 2

500

Released in October 2007 as part of Valve's multi-game bundle The Orange Box, this critically acclaimed puzzle-platformer challenges players to navigate sterile, clinical test chambers using momentum-preserving spatial gateways while lured forward by the infamous promise of cake

What is Portal?

500

2022's game of the year: Rise, Tarnished! Developed by FromSoftware with worldbuilding by George R.R. Martin, this 2022 open-world action RPG challenges you to traverse the Lands Between and become its sovereign Lord

What is Elden Ring?

500

Directed by Paul Anderson, this 1995 martial arts fantasy film became one of the earliest commercial box-office successes for video game adaptations, featuring an iconic techno theme song and a high-stakes tournament on Shang Tsung's island

What is Mortal Kombat?

500

This acclaimed Tokyo-based Japanese developer pioneered the punishing action-RPG subgenre with Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and the open-world epic Elden Ring

What is FromSoftware?

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