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  2. History of games - Wikipedia

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    Middle East and the Mediterranean. Board games likely originate from the ancient Near East, based on archeological findings. A series of 49 small carved painted figures found at the 5,000-year-old Başur Höyük burial mound in southeast Turkey could represent the earliest gaming pieces ever found.

  3. Video game - Wikipedia

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    A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

  4. Genshin Impact - Wikipedia

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    Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Genshin Impact [a] is an action role-playing game developed by miHoYo, published by miHoYo in mainland China and worldwide by Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse. It was released for Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2020, and on PlayStation 5 in 2021. The game features an anime -style open-world ...

  5. 2021 in video games - Wikipedia

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    The following titles were 2021's top ten best-selling premium games by region (excluding microtransactions and free-to-play titles) on PC and console platforms, for Japan, the United States, and Europe. Rank. Japan [10] United States [11] Europe [12] 1. Monster Hunter Rise. Call of Duty: Vanguard. FIFA 22.

  6. Go (game) - Wikipedia

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    Romanization. igo. or. go. Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to capture more territory than the opponent by fencing off empty space. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.

  7. Crossfire (2007 video game) - Wikipedia

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    Crossfire is an online tactical first-person shooter game developed by Smilegate Entertainment for Microsoft Windows.It was first released in South Korea on May 3, 2007.. Due to its popularity in Asia, especially China and South Korea, it has become one of the world's most-played video games by player count, with a lifetime total of 1 billion users in 80 countries worldwide.

  8. Video game content rating system - Wikipedia

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    The Entertainment Software Rating Association ( Persian: اسرا) ( ESRA) is a governmental video game content rating system that is used in Iran. Games that have been exempt from the rating are de facto banned from sale in Iran. +3 – Ages 3 and over. +7 – Ages 7 and over. +12 – Ages 12 and over.

  9. Censorship in China - Wikipedia

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    Censorship in the People's Republic of China is mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is one of the strictest censorship regimes in the world. [1] The government censors content for mainly political reasons, such as curtailing political opposition, and censoring events unfavorable to the CCP, such as the 1989 ...