decided to recall and other birthdays 2014 years.
Droider decided not to harass you introductions, so move on to congratulating while remembering the most interesting facts from the life of games-those with birthdays.
Counter-strike
Release date: June 19, 1999 year
Creators: Min Lee, Jess Cliffe
Studio: Valve, Turtle Rock Studios
In June 2014, counter-strike was 15 years old. This milestone in human life is associated with the transitional age and first serious independent decisions. But for games by a very respectable age is almost a pension. Had time to become a legend, "Contra" and to this day remains one of the most popular e-sports disciplines.
Facts:
- Counter-strike is a frequenter of the major esports events. The biggest prize money in the history of the shooter was awarded the Championship Gaming Series 2007 and amounted to 477500 dollars.
- Swedish Player Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg for game career he won more 295000 dollars in counter-strike.
- Counter-strike has experienced 7 remakes. The latest version of the game has become a Global Offensive.
Half-life 2
Release date: November 16, 2004 year
Creator: Marc Laidlaw
Studio: Valve
10 years ago, Valve has released one of their top games-first person shooter half-life 2. It continued the story begun in the debut, though the internal chronology of the series, both games were spaced out in time for many years.
Facts:
- On the development of the sequel half-life Studio took 5 years.
- The best game of the 10-year anniversary on Spike VGA version 10 and PC Gamer.
- Chris Sèlem and Kyle Mazzei of the ad agency McKee Wallwork and Company launched IndieGoGo to raise funds for the campaign, which aims to prove the need for Valve released half-life 3. Enthusiasts like to collect a minimum of $ 3000to start promotional upgrade "we want half-life 3" in Google AdWords, but nothing came of it.
World of Warcraft
Release date: November 23, 2004 year
Creators: Tom Chilton, Jeffrey Kaplan, Rob Pardo
Studio: Blizzard Entertainment
November 23, 2014 years playing World of Warcraft celebrates its 10 years. Blizzard Entertainment celebrates this momentous date in Azeroth and beyond. For example, the company offers special occasions right inside the game universe, where waiting for special tests. Celebrations will be held from 21 November to 6 January.
Facts:
- World of Warcraft is the most petty game of all time, because more than 10 billion dollars as of July 2012 year, beating Call of Duty: Black Ops at 1.5 billion dollars.
- According to the Guinness Book of records, is the most popular MMORPG in the world.
- In January 2014, it was announced that the game was created by more than 100 million accounts.
League of Legends
Release date: October 27, 2009 year
Creators: Tom Kaduèll, Rob Garrett, Christina Norman, Steve Feck
Studio: Riot Games
League of Legends has revolutionized the virtual sports, making it a mass phenomenon. The game owes much to the popularity of exactly what the Riot Games have decided that the major part of the advertising budget is spent to make LoL in sports discipline and shows.
Facts:
- "League of legends" became the most popular computer game of modern times. In January 2014, in more than 27 million play LoL per day and more than 67 million per month.
- World Cup League of Legends, which in 16 languages, gathered 32 million viewers -almost 8 times more than in the year 2013. And more than the NHL League with 8.5 million viewers.
- July 11, 2013, the United States officially recognized the power of the players in the League of Legends as professional athletes.
Minecraft
Release date: May 17, 2009 year
Creators: Marcus, Jens Bergensten Persson
Company: 4J Studios, Mojang AB
Minecraft is a sandbox game ": a kind of Lego bricks in digital form, but only for the adults gone and tetenek. In Minecraft you can do all! Want to build your own Eiffel Tower? There is no problem.
Facts:
- Minecraft has been in development for 7 days.
- In September 2014, Microsoft announced the purchase of the development company for 2.5 billion dollars.
- Players built inside Minecraft 2 full HDDs. Virtual drives are able to read and write information as their real prototypes. Volume in drive a is vertex in 1 and 4 kilobytes.