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In the video game industry, AAA (Triple-A) is an informal classification used to classify video games produced or distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher, which typically have higher development and marketing budgets than other tiers of games. [1] In the mid-2010s, the term "AAA+" was used to describe AAA type games that generated additional revenue over time, in a similar fashion to ...
In the history of video games, the fourth generation of video game consoles, more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era, began on October 30, 1987, with the Japanese release of NEC Home Electronics ' PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America). Though NEC released the first console of this era, sales were mostly dominated by the rivalry between Sega and Nintendo across most ...
The majority of AO-rated games are adult video games, typically those with pornographic or strong sexual content. Four games have been given the rating solely due to extreme levels of violence: the canceled Thrill Kill (1998), the initial cuts of The Punisher (2005) and Manhunt 2 (2007), and Hatred (2015). The only game to receive the rating ...
The Nintendo Switch [m] is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch succeeded the Wii U and competed with Microsoft 's Xbox One and Sony 's PlayStation 4; it also competes with the ninth-generation consoles, Microsoft's Xbox Series X/S and Sony's PlayStation 5.
E3 (short for Electronic Entertainment Expo) [a] was an annual trade event for the video game industry organized and presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). [2] It was held principally in Los Angeles from 1995 to 2019, [b] with its final iteration held virtually in 2021. The event hosted developers, publishers, hardware manufacturers, and other industry professionals who ...
F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon is a 2005 first-person shooter psychological horror video game for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Developed by Monolith Productions and published by Vivendi Games, the Windows version was released worldwide in October 2005. The Xbox and PlayStation versions were ported by Day 1 Studios and released ...
ISO 3166-1 ( Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It is the first part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization .
Electronic Arts Inc.(EA) is an American video game companyheadquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by former Appleemployee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computergame industry and promoted the designers and programmers responsible for its games as "software artists".