1. | Right, right, the Xbox One and Playstation 4 launched this year. Nintendo also released something as well. What was it called? | ||
Wii Too | |||
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Nintendo 2DS | ||
Wii U | |||
Nintendo 3DS XL | |||
2. | If you visited Columbia at any point this year, you were playing this game. | ||
Grand Theft Auto V | |||
Tomb Raider | |||
The Last of Us | |||
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Bioshock Infinite | ||
By way of explanation.....
If you haven't played Bioshock Infinite yet then God, Jed, we don't even want to know you. |
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3. | This game surprisingly celebrated its 20th anniversary this year: | ||
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Magic: The Gathering | ||
Metroid | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | |||
Mortal Kombat | |||
4. | Nintendo declared 2013 to be the year of this character: | ||
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Luigi | ||
Link | |||
Zelda | |||
Samus Aran | |||
5. | The gaming world mourned the sudden death of a personality from this gaming site: | ||
Gamespot | |||
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Giant Bomb | ||
IGN | |||
Kotaku | |||
By way of explanation.....
RIP Ryan Davis |
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6. | Apple bestowed their Gaming App of the Year award on this time suck: | ||
Candy Crush Saga | |||
Minecraft: Pocket Edition | |||
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Ridiculous Fishing | ||
Angry Birds Star Wars II | |||
7. | Which game tells the tale of Franklin, Michael and Trevor? | ||
Call of Duty: Ghosts | |||
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Grand Theft Auto V | ||
The Last of Us | |||
Bioshock Infinite | |||
8. | The Year in Nolan North: It was another stellar year for the hardest working man in video game voice acting. He's even branched out into non-games, appearing in Star Trek Into Darkness. Anyway, for which of these games did he not provide his dulcet tones? | ||
Batman: Arkham Origins | |||
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | |||
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Call of Duty: Ghosts | ||
Saints Row IV | |||
9. | In one of the year's worst PR blunders, Microsoft announced and then backtracked on a few claims regarding the XBox One. Which of these was not among them? | ||
It would always require an internet connection. | |||
It would not be backwards compatible with the XBox 360 | |||
Used games would not be playable on the console. | |||
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The Kinect unit is entirely optional and does not need to be connected. | ||
10. | Blizzard, who likes to take their sweet time with things, managed to officially release one game this year. Which one is it? | ||
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft | |||
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls | |||
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Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm | ||
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor | |||
By way of explanation.....
(Sorry, Hearthstone is still in beta, so it was not technically released.) |
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11. | For Madden 25 (what are they going to do in 11 years?), EA went with this Hall of Famer for their cover on the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 editions: | ||
Joe Montana | |||
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Barry Sanders | ||
Jerry Rice | |||
Emmitt Smith | |||
12. | In things that sound completely made up, the United States announced that professional players of this game are considered professional athletes: | ||
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League of Legends | ||
Dota 2 | |||
StarCraft 2 | |||
Halo 4 | |||
13. | The much anticipated new edition of this game was marred by horrific server issues, preventing many players from logging in and playing the game: | ||
Gran Turismo | |||
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SimCity | ||
MLB 13 | |||
Dead or Alive | |||
14. | Buy your tickets now: a film adaptation of this game series is now slated for 2016: | ||
Uncharted | |||
Saint's Row | |||
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World of Warcraft | ||
Grand Theft Auto | |||
15. | If you partook in a game of Bunkers and Badasses, you were in the depths of DLC for this 2012 game: | ||
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | |||
XCOM: Enemy Unknown | |||
Lollipop Chainsaw | |||
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Borderlands 2 | ||