Video games trivia | 100 did you know facts about famous series (part 6)

Video games have become a part of pop culture. With many titles gaining worldwide recognition and a rapid fanbase.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about famous videogame series.

1. Pro Evolution Soccer is a series of association football simulation video games developed and released annually since 1995
2. The title is abbreviated as PES
3. It is currently branded as eFootball PES, abbreviated as eFootball PES
4. It is known in Japan as Winning Eleven
5. Currently branded as eFootball Winning Eleven in Japan
6. It is being developed and published by Konami
7. It consists of eighteen main instalments and several spin-off style titles and it has seen releases on many different platforms
8. It is itself a sister series of Konami’s earlier International Superstar Soccer
9. It has been released under different names before the name Pro Evolution Soccer was established worldwide
10. The series has consistently achieved critical and commercial success
11. PES has also been used in esports. eFootball.Open is the esports world championship held by Konami annually since 2010
12. It was formerly known as PES World Finals or PES League
13. In association football circles, Pro Evolution Soccer has a longstanding rivalry with EA Sports’ FIFA series
14. As with the FIFA series, PES allows players to perform their own unique goal celebrations
15. It is listed as one of the best-selling video game franchises
16. The series has sold over 107.4 million copies
17. In addition to over 200 million mobile game downloads
18. Konami also created a similar mobile game called PESCM or Pro Evolution Soccer Club Manager
19. Ratchet & Clank is a series of action platformer and third-person shooter video games
20. The franchise was created and developed by Insomniac Games
21. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation consoles, such as PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5
22. With the exclusion of Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank, which were developed by High Impact Games for the PlayStation Portable
23. The series is exclusive to Sony platforms and the intellectual property is owned by Sony Computer Entertainment
24. An animated feature film adaptation produced by Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment and distributed by Focus Features and Gramercy Pictures was released on April 29, 2016
25. The games take place in a science fiction setting and follow the adventures of Ratchet (a feline humanoid known as a Lombax, who is a mechanic) and Clank (a diminutive, sentient Zoni robot) as they travel through the universe, saving it from evil forces that consistently threaten it
26. The series is noted for its inclusion of many exotic, unique and over-the-top weapons and gadgets, a concept that Insomniac Games has expanded into their other games
27. Rayman is a franchise of platform video games
28. It is published by Ubisoft
29. Rayman was conceived by Michel Ancel in 1995
30. The series has produced a total of 45 games across multiple platforms
31. The series is set in a fantastical, magical world which features a wide range of environments that are very often based on certain themes
32. The core games of the series are platformers, but there are several spin-off titles in other genres
33. The protagonist is the eponymous Rayman, a magical being renowned for his courage and determination who, with the help of his friends, must save his world from various villains
34. Resident Evil is a Japanese horror media franchise
35. It is known in Japan as Biohazard
36. It was created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara
37. It is owned by the video game company Capcom
38. The franchise focuses on a series of survival horror games
39. It includes live-action films, animated films, comic books, novels, audio dramas, and merchandise
40. The story follows outbreaks of zombies and other monsters created mainly by the Umbrella Corporation
41. The franchise began with the video game Resident Evil, released in 1996
42. It has grown to encompass numerous sequels of various genres
43. Incorporating elements of action, exploration, and puzzle solving, and storylines inspired by horror and action films
44. Resident Evil has been credited with popularizing survival horror games
45. As well as re-popularizing zombies in mainstream popular culture from the late 1990s onwards
46. Leading to renewed interest in zombie films during the 2000s
47. Resident Evil is Capcom’s best-selling video game franchise
48. With over 103 million units sold worldwide as of June 2020
49. The Resident Evil live-action film series is also the highest-grossing film series based on video games
50. Silent Hill is a horror media franchise
51. It is centered on a series of survival horror video games
52. It is created by Keiichiro Toyama
53. It is developed and published by Konami
54. The first four video games in the series, Silent Hill, 2, 3 and 4: The Room, were developed by an internal group called Team Silent
55. It is a development staff within former Konami subsidiary Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
56. The later six games, Origins, Homecoming, Shattered Memories, Downpour, Book of Memories and P.T. (a Silent Hills playable teaser), were developed by others
57. The Silent Hill franchise has expanded to include various print pieces, two feature films, and spin-off video games
58. Silent Hill is set in the series’ eponymous fictional American town
59. The series is heavily influenced by the literary genre of psychological horror, with its player characters being mostly “everymen”
60. The Sims is a series of life simulation video games
61. It is developed by Maxis
62. It is published by Electronic Arts
63. The franchise has sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide
64. Itt is one of the best-selling video game series of all time
65. The games in the Sims series are largely sandbox games, in that they lack any defined goals
66. Except for some later expansion packs and console versions which introduced this gameplay style
67. The player creates virtual people called “Sims,” places them in houses, and helps direct their moods and satisfy their desires
68. Players can either place their Sims in pre-constructed homes or build them themselves
69. Each successive expansion pack and game in the series augmented what the player could do with their Sims
70. The Sims series is part of the larger Sim series, started by SimCity in 1989
71. SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game series originally designed by Will Wright
72. The first game in the series, SimCity, was published by Maxis in 1989
73. The success of SimCity sparked the creation of several sequels and many other spin-off “Sim” titles
74. Including 2000’s The Sims, which itself became a best-selling computer game and franchise
75. In the SimCity games, the player develops a city from a patch of undeveloped land
76. The player controls where to place development zones, infrastructure like roads and power plants, landmarks, and public services such as schools, parks, hospitals and fire stations
77. The player also determines the tax rate, the budget, and social policy
78. The city is populated by “Sims”, simulated persons, who live in the city created by the player
79. The three development zone types are the major areas in which Sims inhabit: residential zones for houses and apartment buildings; commercial zones for shops and offices; industrial zone for factories, warehouses, laboratories and farms
80. While there is no particular win condition in a game of SimCity, the balancing act of the above-mentioned factors provides the constraints which make gameplay possible
81. To maximize population or profitability, to re-create real-life locations in-game, achieve an aesthetic design or to trigger as many natural disasters as possible are among the many possible goals one can determine for oneself while playing a SimCity game
82. Soulcalibur is a weapon-based fighting video game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment
83. There are seven main installments of video games and various media spin-offs
84. These include music albums and a series of manga books
85. Originally released as an arcade game, Soul Edge, in 1995 and later ported to video game consoles
86. More recent versions have been released for consoles only and have evolved to include online playing modes
87. The central motif of the series, set in a historical fantasy version of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, are mythical swords
88. The evil weapon called Soul Edge and the subsequent sword used to oppose this evil, Soul Calibur
89. Parsed as two words, while the game’s title is written as a single word
90. While it has developed during its various iterations, some of the characters and gameplay elements have remained consistent throughout the series
91. Project Soul is the internal Namco development group responsible for the Soulcalibur franchise after the release of Soulcalibur II
92. Although the games are usually credited to Namco itself
93. The team established its name to draw attention to the group’s combined accomplishments
94. Street Fighter is a fighting video game franchise developed and published by Capcom
95. The first game in the series was released in 1987
96. Followed by five other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and numerous appearances in various other media
97. Its best-selling 1991 release Street Fighter II is credited with establishing many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre
98. Street Fighter is one of highest-grossing video game franchises of all time
99. It serves as one of Capcom’s flagship series
100. With a total sales of 44 million units worldwide as of December 31, 2019

Video games trivia | 100 did you know facts about famous series (part 7)