Mostly they are the same game (or at least the same type of game) with a variety of different types of set dressing to try and appeal to various audiences.
In the most recent issue of Game Informer, Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida said the company was working on a free-to-play type game.
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There were also several gesture-controlled models, but one wasn't working and the other was hosting a very basic Kinect-type game.
Quick Hit NFL differs from a Madden-type game in that it more closely resembles a traditional role-playing game typically found in the fantasy genre.
Instead of rehashing what has already happened in a simulation-type game, "Assassin's Creed III" aims for the gray areas of history and focuses on events that may not have a clear-cut explanation.
Soul Sacrifice is the type of game that will challenge you in all aspects.
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Add in manufacturing and management costs, and depending on the type of game, a license fee.
So it's very exciting that Russ could have that type of game and honor his coach like that.
"It was really impressive to have a freshman have that type of game, " Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said.
"This is the type of game that everybody lives for, " said Durand Scott, who scored 12 for the Hurricanes.
But 27 years ago, it was exactly the type of game that caught the imagination and spurred excitement in gamers.
Open World games to me are just cathartic, allowing for more escapism than any other type of game to me.
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And research from the Entertainment Software Association can help you spot trends and figure out what type of game to build.
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"It also helps us at Frontier to validate that there is a market for this type of game out there, " he said.
Really, we approached Buzz because we wanted players and old BARIS fans to immediately recognize what type of game we were developing.
The two experiences are fundamentally different, especially since mobile touch-screens are essentially the most limited and limiting type of game controller on the market.
From a development perspective, how many titles do you plan on making there and will you focus on a particular genre or type of game?
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"'Thief' is the grandfather of that type of game, " said Roy following a demonstration of "Thief" at last week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
"It is our responsibility to protect player safety and the integrity of our game, and this type of conduct will not be tolerated, " Goodell said.
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What is clear from this model is that this type of game-changing corporate philanthropic investment does not occur without substantially rewarding the corporate community through tax incentives.
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Mr Braben said he had turned to Kickstarter to fund Elite because it was the type of game that would be hard to persuade a publisher to back.
Chinese gamers are more likely to spend money on MMORPGs than on any other type of game, with 85% of gamers who play MMORPGs spending money on games.
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And as this type of game it excels, with a a storyline with more twists than a snake ('scuse the pun), strong, believable characters and an underlying moral message.
The fly-half added another penalty as New Zealand went back to basics by driving forward through the pack, but the Wales forwards were also hugely impressive at that type of game.
Sony seems like they were too scared of being called outright thefts by taking the system for their own, but ring-out based play would work much better for this type of game.
Which is a shame, because a finger-based interface is obviously well-suited to games involving pointing at things, and projects like the iPhone version of the classic Broken Sword have shown the possibilities of selling this type of game on mobile formats.
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Too often this type of strategy game gets bogged down in minutia and complicated mechanics, or devolves into simply building the biggest army.
"I wanted to create a type of video game play that would center around a couple's intimacy, " explained Chowdhury who is currently finishing her master's degree at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.
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