Gaming Trivia

Super Mario Bros was released in 1984 on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Wolfenstein 3D is often regarded as the grandfather of FPS games.

IO Interactive is a Danish developer behind the Hitman franchise.

The genre is named "computer role playing game" to distinguish it from tabletop or pen & paper RPGs.

Dota 2 prize pools at their premier event, The International, can get as high as $30,000,000.

Both these games are the only MMOs, or Massive Multiplayer Online games, in the franchise.

Though the games also feature some other games like Ikari Warriors, it is primarily a Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting crossover.

Witcher 3 once held this record at 260 GOTY awards, before being overtaken by The Last of Us 2.

Sony's PlayStation 2 has sold over 150 million units.

Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, also designed the characters of JRPGs Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest.

Named after 1980's Rogue, "rogue-likes" usually have procedurally generated levels and have you start from the beginning upon death.

Many modern open world games have mechanics and design philosophies inspired by Ubisoft franchises like Far Cry and Assassin's Creed.

Warren Spector of Looking Glass Studios is widely regarded as the creator of the genre, and is behind titles like System Shock and Thief: The Dark Project.

The Trickster style is focused on mobility, with various dodges and even teleports.

As opposed to the previous releases focused on racing exotic cars, Underground was centered around tuner car culture.

XCOM has you control a small squad of soldiers, rather than a large nation or empire.

Outside of context-sensitive situations, you cannot jump in God of War 2018.

Unlike the 3D open world shooter that was Fallout 3, Van Buren would've stuck to the CRPG roots of the original games.

ODST has you take control of "the Rookie", an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.

Dark Souls 2 was helmed instead by Yui Tanimura and Tomohiro Shibuya, Miyazaki was more involved with Bloodborne at the time.