Gaming Genres

Genre Name	Genre Description	Genre Example
FPS	This stands for First Person Shooter. This essentially means you have the first person view of the person you are controlling. With this combined the game is also a shooter.	Call of Duty Black Ops 2 was published in 2012 by Treyarch. The Call of Duty series is well renowned for its multiplayer gameplay. It is a FPS with a more simulated approach of gaming rather than being realistic like EA digital illusions do in there series Battlefield. Call of Duty is aimed at people over the age of 18 although it main fan base is teenagers. The online multiplayer has a system of where the more kills and strategy points you get the more you level up and eventually you are enable to prestige.
Survival Horror	A survival horror is game where it aims to scare the person playing the game. The game usual involves traditional dead, the undead, blood and gore.	DayZ is a mod on Arma but is considered its own separate game. The game was released on December 16, 2013. The game has massive map which is constantly online, or better known as MMO. The basic description of the game is that you are a random character that is generated when you spawn, you basically have to survive when there are a mob of zombies patrolling the map. You have eat, sleep, drink, clothe. So it is a proper survival game. Its main target audience is teenagers aged 16 and onwards.
Racing	A racing game is where it simulates driving a vehicle fast usually around a set track.	Forza 5 is produced by Turn 10. It was released on November 22, 2013. It is a realistic driving game that has a very realistic driving engine. The game partnerships with Top Gear. Top Gear producers Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May all read out descriptions and facts about cars. Along with this Forza 5 have the rights to have the Top Gear track on there as well. Its main target audience is children, any age really just anybody that is into cars. Every track on Forza 5 is digitally produced to perfection.
Open World	An Open World game gives you freedom to explore the world you are in, as completely and thoroughly as you want to, whilst there is a main story to complete as well.	GTA 5 is an example of an Open World game. GTA 5 was published by Rockstar North and developed by Rockstar Games. It was released on September 17, 2013 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. GTA 5 has 3 protagonists that are all playable at any time. Each protagonist has a special ability. In simple detail you have to rob banks in able to get money… and furthermore complete the game. This is an excellent game that you can play at your own freedom, for example you can steal any car you see and you can to any specific locations at any given time.
MMO	This stands for Massive Multiplayer Online. This is a game which is capable of holding a large amount of players simultaneously.	The Crew is game set to be released 14 November 2014. This game is published by Ubisoft and coming out on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. The Crew is a racing game based on the whole of America. The game has all of the main cities implemented into the game and furthermore has all of the main attractions in America including the Grand Canyon, Laguna Sega Speedway and many, many more. The map size is 79 real life miles long and will take an age to discover fully. The game is always online and uses only one server for its whole community on each platform. For example Xbox One and PS4 have different servers but there is only one on each.
Vehicle Simulator	This a simulator of driving a vehicle in real-life situations, either just for fun or to learn how that vehicle reacts as you are about to drive it.	Euro Truck Simulator 2 is developed by SCS Software. The game was released in October 19, 2012. The game allows you to be a truck driver in a game. It allows you to complete deliveries all over Europe as realistic as possible. For example you have to fuel up, you can have any damages or you can’t drive erratically and you can speed. The game is aimed at people that are wanting to drive trucks in the near future, but can also be played for fun.
RPG	This stands for Role Playing Games. This is a game which simulates a character in a fictional setting.	Fallout New Vegas was released in October 22, 2010 and was developed by Obsidian Entertainment. The game is an action role-play. In the game you play as a character in a wasteland that has high radiation and is full of creatures that mutated. It is all about survival mixed with quests and mission in order to complete the main story. You can get special attacks using the V.A.T.S system in game. With all of this combined there are many mutated creatures that are hard to defeat and come out at the most horrible and worst moments.
Adventure	An Adventure game is where the player of the game takes the protagonist through an interactive story.	Fable 3 was released on 29 October 2010. It was developed by Lionhead Studios and was published by Microsoft Game Studios.