These games are big, brash and popular. They have big budgets which means the visual and interactive quality is particularly high. They also have strong and wide ranging player communities.
This list includes 10 games from the last 28 years, with 121 likes. They come from a range of different genres and play-styles and are all good games if you want to play popular blockbuster games.
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Fortnite
Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+
Release Date: 25/07/2017, updated in 2018
Price: Free
Platforms: Android, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS
Genres: Action, Fighting, Open World and Shooting
Developer: @EpicGames
Players: You can play with 2 players in the same room and up to 100 players online
Fortnite (sometimes misspelled Fortnight) rose to popularity via its Battle Royale mode where 100 players fight against each other in online battles to the death. While they play, using shooting, evasion and building skills to survive, a storm is...
Genshin Impact
Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN
Release Date: 27/09/2020
Platforms: Android, PC, PlayStation 4 and iOS
Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative, Open World and Role-Playing
Developer: @GenshinImpact
Players: You can play this with 4 players online
Genshin Impact is a role-playing adventure set in a fantastical open world you explore by walking, climbing, swimming and gliding as necessary. Like the Zelda games, you can collect items, and craft new weapons. However, in this game to create a party...
Pokemon Go!
Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB TEEN
Release Date: 06/07/2016
Platforms: Android and iOS
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Open World, Physically Active and Turn-Based
Players: You can play with 2 players in the same room and up to 20 players online
Pokémon Go is a game you play by walking outside. You play on a smartphone so it can use the GPS to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokémon, which appear as if they are in the player's real-world location.
Halo
Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN
Release Date: 15/11/2001, updated in 2020
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Genres: Action, Fighting, Narrative and Shooting
Developer: @Halo
Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room and up to 16 players online
Halo is the longstanding sci-fi shooting video game series that started when Halo: Combat Evolved launched alongside the Xbox in 2001. The franchise has featured on every Xbox platform since then, with Halo 5: Guardians serving as the latest entry in...
Legends of Runeterra
Release Date: 24/01/2020
Platforms: Android, PC and iOS
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy and Turn-Based
Developer: @RiotGames
Players: You can play this with 2 players online
Legends of Runeterra is a collectible card game that takes place in the League of Legends universe. You battle other players using the cards you've collected that bring in champions, creatures, weapons, and powers.
Clash of Clans
Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+
Release Date: 02/08/2012, updated in 2013
Price: Free-to-start
Genres: Action, Fighting and Strategy
Developer: @Supercell
Players: You can play this with 50 players online
Clash of Clans is a cartoony strategy war game played on smartphones and tablets. Set in a fantasy world, you take charge of a village and must build defences against attack from other players. Likewise, you gain resources by attacking others.
FIFA 21
Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE
Release Date: 15/12/1993, updated in 2020
Platforms: Android, Mac, Nintendo 2DS|3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Genres: Action, Simulation and Sports
Developer: @EA
Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room and up to 4 players online
FIFA is one of the two main football video games (the other being Pro Evolution). Each year it's released with improved visuals, more realistic physics and enhanced competitive play. For those that follow the game closely and play it a lot, it offers a...
The Sims 4
Release Date: 04/02/2000
Platforms: Android, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Genres: Narrative and Simulation
Players: This is a single player game
The Sims puts you in charge of a world of characters living normal lives. By providing a home, a job, leisure, friendships and even love interest, you work to make them happy. It’s an open-ended game as well, although the altruism is focused on...
Call of Duty Mobile
Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB MATURE 17+
Release Date: 15/10/2019
Genres: Action and Shooting
Developer: @TimiStudios
Players: You can play this with 100 players online
Call of Duty Mobile is a shooting game where up to 100 players compete on large battlefield maps. To win, players shoot each other, ideally in the head, in a range of modes. Fast 5v5 team deathmatches. Sniper vs sniper battles.
Clash Royale
Release Date: 02/03/2016
Clash Royale is a real-time strategy game where you collect cards to gain units and powers for a player vs. player battle. It's like a simpler version of Clash of Clans.
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