Origins

Name year manufacturer country h'ware

Super Mario 1985 Nintendo Japan SNES

Doom 64 1997 Midway Games America N64

 Halo 2001 Bungie America Xbox

Wii Sports 2006 Nintendo Japan Wii

 Call of Duty
2009 Activision America Xbox 360, PS3
Modern Warfare 2

Playstation 4,
Until Dawn 2015 Supermassive Games UK Playsttion 5
Tom clancy's The Playstation 4, Xbox
2016 Ubidoft US
Division One, PC

Uncharted 4 2016 Naughty Dog US Playstation 4

 Playstation 4, Xbox
Fifa 17 2016 Electronic Arts US
One, PC

PS4, PS5, Xbox

Persona 5 Royal 2016/2022 Atlus Japan Series X, Xbox One,
Nintendo Switch,
PC
 Story
designer Plot Characters Audio/ Sound Something NEW

Brought the idea of

Mario platformer games,
A Brooklyn plumber (Antagonist), going through each
trying to save a
Princess in a Princess Peach stages in different
( Damsel in areas of a map with
supernatural world Distress), Music different foes
to defeat the king Bowser Composed by patrolling the area,
of the Koopas and
his minions. Though (Antagonist Koji Kondo, who It was a 2D
Shigaru Miyamoto and Arch is also known Platformer that
we only see mario Nemesis of for his works in moved from left to
for most of the
1985 game, Luigi Mario), Luigi the Legend of right with the end
(Brother of Zelda goal moving onto
becomes more
apparent Mario) , Toad the next level of
(Messeneger that area, with a
throughout the in between different map
games
worlds) composition for the
next level

Space Marine
After going through and a lot of Aubrey Hodges
te Space Marine's led the
past trouble, he enemies in his unbelievable Tim Heylander and Randy Estrella
believes that the way. The music (Level Designers for doom 64) kept
enemies are trying to outdo eachother in creating
reign of monsters is almost the composotion better levels and mazes for each level
Id Software over, however that for this game,
is not the case same as Doom the same and is what helped uild the mastermind
2, a highly of Doom 64, with its range of enemies
when one monster acclaimed person creating and classic componenets of 90s
is still alive and the music since
game released gameplay
brings back those before Doom the start of the
from the dead. Doom franchise
64 was about
 The composer
of Martin
Covers the O'Donnell is
story of truly loved by
Spartan 117, the gaming
A Spartan by the named John community for Halo was one of the first Xbox
but also making one of
name of the known as the the greatest exclusives and one of the first to ever
MasterChief or Master Chief, opening themes come out on the new Xbox console
Spartan 117 must created b Microsoft at the time. Even
take on an Alien was the last of of all time, and when the Xbox was introduced by
its super changed the
John Howard race called the soldier kind, shape of how Dwayne Johnson at 2001's CES
covenant to fight Convention when his gimmick The Rock
for survival after his with higher music is stood by Bill Gates to tell the people
spaceship takes a physical portrayed in attending about how its great amount
prowess due gaming. With its
huge crash onto an to his armour angelic of storage and games coming to Xbox
unknown world like Halo and also Fable
and state of humming, it is
body due to now used and
the super loved in every
solider being Halo game that
has been used
in

The loved intro

music to the
start of Wii
Sports was Wii sports was released alongside the
6 fun sports games
for everyone to play composed by Nintendo Wii in 2006, and was a
Kazumi Totaka, success for how you could create your
alongside with skill Bosses for who made an own avatar which was called a "Mii"
games to test your each sport,
ability in each sport, alongside upbringing and with a wide range of choices for hair,
Shigaru Miyamoto with a level based made up Mii lighthearted eyes and nose and use that inside Wii
opening theme sports to play against the CPU. It was
experience to play avatars to play tune to hshow one of the first games to release
against tougher AI against
or friends in how this game multiple sports bunched into one game
could be played and how the controls were easy thanks
splitscreen!
by anyone, and to the accessibility of the wii remote
gave an exciting
look toward
laying a game
 Call of Duty MW2 2009 is known to
Lorne Balfe have one of the best Campaigns for any
composed the COD game of all time, for its high action
Task Force 141
attempt to take Captain Price, score for Call of shooting and realistic look into the
down the war General Duty, and whilst wage of war (whilst still quite
Shepherd, it was'nt very exaggerated). COD MW2 2009 also has
Mark Rubin, Jason criminal of Russian Makarov, noticeable or one of the best plot twists and
soldier Makarov,
West after his recent Simon "Ghost" stoodout, it unexpected moments, whilst also
Reily, Soap bringd s lot of bringing controversy with one mission
actions caused
outrage across McTavish, memories back which most gamers understand the two
Makarov, for adults in words of. No Russian. The sheer
America and Europe their young/mid brutality of mowing down innocent
20s civilians to find an American spy inside
the KGB is brutal

A group of
teenagers head to a
friends cabin during
the winter for their
annual party, a year
after Josh
Washington's twin Josh Something that Until Dawn did that was
Washington, new to the gaming industry was thanks
sisters die Ashley, Mike Jason Graves to the motionsense of the Dualshock
mysteriously Munroe, The composed the PS4 controller, and incorparated a
without the bodies piece for Until
Jacob Jaffke, Peter being recovered, Stranger, Dawn, who is system in which players were not move
Wendigo, Beth the controller as best they could when
Phok, Stephen we find out that Washington, also known to a signal showing the colour of the back
Goss there are more do tophitgames
tales to be told Hannah like Dead Space of the controller on screen, moving the
inside and outside Washington, and Tomb controller during an intense moment
Dr.Hill, Emily, could lead to killing a charcater or
of the cabin, with a Matt and Raider putting them on the backfoot during a
mysterious killer on
the loose and a Jessica chase
strange
mythological
creature
approaches the
cabin

After a deadly virus
took over the
streets of New York
on Black Friday, a Your
groupof civilians customised
Matthias Karlsson trained to prepare character,
forcatastrophic Aaron Keener
events fight back (Antagonist)
against rioters to
take back control of
the streets.
Nathan Drake sets
to uncover the last
piece of treasure he
had never found in
his findings. Captain Nathan Drake,
Avery's treasure, Sam Drake, Henry Jackman
composed the
Neil Druckmann worth to be the Victor Sullivan,
most expensive Rafe Adler,
heist of all time, Nadine Cross
whilst trying to find
it before his old
friend Rafe's private
militia
The division created a new system in
terms of shooters, a third person
shooter that had an upgrade system
through looting enemies and crafting
Ola Strandth equipments, and a chance to take rare
coposed the
eerie, loot in The Dark Zone. The Dark Zone
was a complete change of pace
compelling compared to the ghost towns of New
music for The York. The Dark Zones were areas of
Division
contaminaton were extremly high, but
ability to gain better weapons and
armour for your operator, whilst facing
tougher opponenets
Uncharted didn't do
a lot new, apart
from the improved
graphics as
set for Uncharted 4
Uncharted 4 dropped on the PS4
since Uncharted
came along on the
PS1,2 and 3
 Build your squad of
your favourite EA had converted to a new game
players for online All Licensed engine for the 2016-17 version of their
play, follow "The football clubs Multiple Artists critically acclaimed game. Turning to
Journey" of Alex with Marco tracks were Frostbite as their game engine and also
Dylan Akio Smith Hunter making it to Reus from used by EA such changing the online competitive play of
a Premier League Borussia as Kasabian and their Ultimate Team mode, and also
team and winning Dortmund on Saint Motel adding the first Cinematic Storyline in
the FA Cup against the cover "The Journey" starring Tomiwa Edun as
Friend-Turned-Rival Alex Hunter
, Gareth Walker

A group of High Joker, Ann

School students Takamaki, Persona 5 royal
create a vigilante Makoto brought improved
group to expose the Nijima, Sae graphics as well as a
crimes of corrupt Najima, Ryuji confidant ability in
Lyn Inuzami
Katsura Hashino adults as they soon Sakamoto, provided the which different
find themselves in Yusuke friends could have
amazing vocals
the midst of a Kitagawa, different abilties in
conspiracy whilst Sojiro Sakura, battles when using
others will try to Futaba Sakura, a part of the day to
stop them at any Morgana, Haru hang out with them
cost Okumura,
 Why was it important?
Something WELL Sales? Awards?

The thought of
saving a damsel in
distress and being
the hero was a
Sold over 40 million Copies
growing popularity on the SNES, and became Named 1st in EGM's top 200
in 1980s culture,
with superhero the backbone to the start of of all time
a huge franchise
comics taking the
world by storm
from the minds of
Stan Lee

No Awards were won, but

the origianl 2 doom games in
1994 and 1995 were
recognized for its stunning
eylander and Randy Estrella gameplay in the mid 90s
Just over 1 million copies of
Designers for doom 64) kept Doom 64 was sold, but the
outdo eachother in creating
vels and mazes for each level popularity came after the
release due to its foreboding
at helped uild the mastermind environments with its
64, with its range of enemies
lassic componenets of 90s stunning level design and
music
gameplay
 was one of the first Xbox
es and one of the first to ever
ut on the new Xbox console
b Microsoft at the time. Even
he Xbox was introduced by
yne Johnson at 2001's CES
on when his gimmick The Rock
y Bill Gates to tell the people
g about how its great amount
ge and games coming to Xbox
ke Halo and also Fable
in the space of 3 years, Halo
Halo were nominated for 4
had already sold over 6 awards and won 2, they
million copies of Halo, with
a great support and multiple were also nominated for a
BAFTA for bst game PC
positive reviews to big name awards
critics like IGN

Wii Sports is the highest

ts was released alongside the
ndo Wii in 2006, and was a
or how you could create your
tar which was called a "Mii"
ide range of choices for hair,
nose and use that inside Wii
o play against the CPU. It was
f the first games to release
sports bunched into one game
the controls were easy thanks
ccessibility of the wii remote
selling Wii games to come
out on that console, though
it was because of how Wii
sports came with the
console when you bought
the console, but is still loved
by all ages and had a
resurgence in 2020 with
content creators trying
challenges on Wii Sports and
its sister game, Wii Sports
Resort
Wii Sports won multiple
awards, including 6 of them
during the BAFTAs in 2007,
whilst being nominated for
another award that night.
Wii Sports was also
nominated in 2013 for best
kids game during
Nickelodeon's Kids Choice
Awards, which shows how
well aged Wii Sports had
became
Duty MW2 2009 is known to
of the best Campaigns for any
e of all time, for its high action
ng and realistic look into the
e of war (whilst still quite
ted). COD MW2 2009 also has highest selling shoters of all
of the best plot twists and
ected moments, whilst also
controversy with one mission
st gamers understand the two
s of. No Russian. The sheer
y of mowing down innocent
o find an American spy inside
the KGB is brutal
g that Until Dawn did that was
e gaming industry was thanks
motionsense of the Dualshock
ntroller, and incorparated a
which players were not move
oller as best they could when
howing the colour of the back
ntroller on screen, moving the
er during an intense moment
ead to killing a charcater or
hem on the backfoot during a
chase
Call of Duty is one of the
time, due to the multiplayer
ability that came with MW2.
It sold 22 million copies
overall
Unitl Dawn is known to be
an "Essential" in the PS4
category, due to the use of
the controller, using every
button during the story and
taking use of the
motionsense inside of the
controller. Until Dawn went
on to sell over 1.38 million
units before becoming a PS
Plus Exclusive, hitting the
sale department of the PS
Store and is now part of the
PlayStation Essentials in the
PS Store along other greats
With Call of Duty being one
of the promising games to
come out during 2009, there
were a lot of high hopes
going into the awards, and
that happened. 7 Nominees
for BAFTAs of all categories,
including best Audio,
Original Score, Action Game
and Best Game, whilst also
winning at the Best Critics
Awards for the Best Action
Game to come out of the E3
gaming convention in 2009
Until Dawn only got the
recognition for awards
during 2016, a few months
after the release of the
game. This included BAFTA
nominees with "best story"
and "Best British Game", this
though came short to
Batman Arkham Knight and
Life is Strange
sion created a new system in
of shooters, a third person
that had an upgrade system
looting enemies and crafting
nts, and a chance to take rare
he Dark Zone. The Dark Zone
complete change of pace
ed to the ghost towns of New
he Dark Zones were areas of
naton were extremly high, but
to gain better weapons and
or your operator, whilst facing
tougher opponenets
The Division was a
marketing success with the
fans, thanks to the eager nd
compelling story as well as
the live action trailers that Though the division gained
aired on Tv and the help of success in the marketing
the Dark Zone extractions. business of things, the only
The Division encountered 20 noteful award
million players inside 2
years, making almost $1.2
billion dollars inside that
time, and built a franchise

Uncharted 4 would
be the final game
inside the Nathan
Drake era, as
mentioned Uncharted 4 picked up tons
multiple times in Uncharted 4 has sold over
the build up of the 15 million copies, and has of award, most notably the
Best Game at the BAFTAs in
game, but would easily made it the most sold 2017, Beating the likes of
be reunited with game in the Uncharted Overwatch, Titanfall 2 and
key characters Franchise
across the ND Era Stardew Valley
like Victor Sullivan
and his supposedly
dead brother Sam
Drake
d converted to a new game
r the 2016-17 version of their
acclaimed game. Turning to Fifa 17 sold just over 13 Fifa 17 picked up 2 awards at
million copies between the NAVGTR Awards in the
as their game engine and also Playstation and Xbox, 40 2017 edition for Best
the online competitive play of
timate Team mode, and also times the amount that its Franchise Sport Game and
rival PES 2017 from Konami for Best Performance in a
he first Cinematic Storyline in
ney" starring Tomiwa Edun as produced Sport Game
Alex Hunter

The wide range of

personaS that can
5 million copies of Persona 5 Whilst Lyn Inuzami picked up most awards for her vocals, Persona
be fused and Royal has been sold since the Anime community and the JRPG Community for its long pl
collected inside
release storyline and has been known to be one of the greatest Persona g
each palace is vast
and wide open
t?
Extra notes
Connectivity? Influence on others

It made people spread

the word abouthow
Mario was such a
gamechanger in the
No industry with its core
experience and siple
controls meant that it
wasa lot of fun for kids
and young adults

Made to make
loads of add on
games and now
has a theme park
area located in
Universal in Japan

It made peoplelook
forward to the next
generation of gaming,
with the 200s coming
around the corner and
No
techonology
advancing including in
areas like game design
with the introduction
of Unreal Engine
 It influenced inspirtion
for game developers
that gaming could
easily evolve if this
was the quality Xbox
No had and also the
financial backing that
different consoles had
to create materpieces
of games

It inspired a
People were able to play generation of young
splitscreen with other people in all people that it was a
games, with a maximum of 4 for very social game and
most of the games, like golf, for kids that were
bowling and tenns! Players who born in the 2000s
were also highly skilled at a certain would say that it was
game were given a "Pro" Rank if one of the greatest
you had 2000+ points depending games of their
how many game you won, and childhood, whilst also
have a chance to play against the making memories of
final boss pretending to actually
be pro in the sport
 What MW2 influenced
Call of Duty built an amazing
community inside MW2, and was for people to start
uploading their clips
became one of the games to give onto the platform,
birth to the realm of Youtube clips whilst the community
and content creation for players
who have now reached the highest was very open and
directtowards the
stage of stardom in the content developers on what
creation business with Youtubers
could be improved.
like Zerkaa and Vikkstar123 from Infinity Ward followed
the UK who's first videos were
trickshots on MW2. and it became up on MW2 by
releasing Call of Duty
a craze across the platform Black Ops a year later

Until Dawn showed

that story games
mixed with horror
could become a great
combination, and
since then
Supermassive Games
have gone on and
followed the Until
Single Player Dawn saga with the
Dark Anthology
Pictures, and also the
Quarry late in 2021,
which has gained
great success for
trying to follow on
with a similar storyline
and mechanic to Until
Dawn

Multiplayer, with the option of PvE With an incredible
inside the Dark Zone areas
Single Player, and also a
Multiplayer attachmwnt to it, but
was rarely used with different
modes such as King of the Hill,
Plunder and Team Deathmatch,
with the ability to use the heroes
and villains acrossthe Uncharted
series
The Division led to
become a Tom Clancy
franchise with instant
popularity due to the
different ways it was
made to be a shooter.
cover to cover system
added to the game
and the story and
scene that it set inside
the walls of New York,
it was a joy for all fans
that enjoyed the game
Uncharted 4 was the
perfect project for
Naughty Dog, and
gave the developers a
time of a honeymoon
after just coming off of
the masterpiece that
was the Last of Us. It
was also the last time
we'd hear Nathan
Drake's stunning voice
actor, Troy Bkaer, but
made a cameo
appearance in the
Uncharted film that
released in 2022,
Starring Tom Holland
and Mark Wahlberg.

FIFA could have up to 22 players in promo for players to
one game, in the criminally
underrated Pro Clubs mode or 1v1 boost for amazing
action local or online on Ultimate
Team and Season Friendlies
Fifa led to influence of
"Promos" and Fifa 17
was the first game to
bring out new cards
every few eeeks, This
included a Christmas
promo called FUTmas
and also a Movember
have a small stat
moustaches and
beards! At the end of
the day, the promo
that has been around
since the birth of FUT
is Team of the Year,
which put EA at a
historic mark for over
$1 billion in operating
cash flow

picked up most awards for her vocals, Persona 5 has been praised by
mmunity and the JRPG Community for its long playtime, swindling
been known to be one of the greatest Persona games to be released.