The Strong announces this year's 12 finalists to be admitted into the National Museum of Play's World Video Game Hall of Fame. The 12 candidates this year include a variety of games that range from a handheld from the 1970s as well as the "edutainment" game with FUT 26 Coins and a music-based game featuring one of the gaming's most famous peripherals.

The Strong is based located in New York, The Strong is a museum which houses, "The world's largest and largest collection of historic material related to gaming," which includes plenty of video games. To be eligible to be considered for inclusion in The Strong's World Video Game Hall of Fame The game must fulfill the requirements of having "enjoyed an extended time" and have a significant impact on the gaming industry, or the general culture of pop culture as a overall. The museum was first able to establish it's Hall of Fame in 2022. The games Super Mario Bros., Tetris and other classics were among the first entries.

The last years World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees featured titles like Bejeweled, Centipede, King's Quest and Minecraft All of them were trailblazing games of their own. Although this year's winners will not be revealed until May 6. The 2021 candidates have elements that were integral to the advancement of the genres they represent. These World Video Game Hall of Fame candidates for 2021 include:

Animal Crossing Call of Duty FarmVille FIFA International Soccer Guitar Hero Mattel Football Microsoft Flight Simulator Pole Position Portal StarCraft Tron Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?Although these games cover many different platforms, eras, and genres, one of the more original games listed are Guitar Hero. It was released in 2005. The Strong applauds the game for pushing gamers to "unleash their inner rock star" by playing music using the guitar made of plastic. The game was later used to create a number of sequels that earned over $2 billion and even produced similar games to Rock Band. Rock Band. The game's creators were of the opinion that the iconic Guitar Hero controller was "goofy," and would be an unwise business move however they didn't make a decision on.

Animal Crossing, the only Nintendo game to be nominated, is yet another solid possibility to be inducted. The game was launched twenty years ago in 2001 on the GameCube the first AC was a hit due to its free-form nature and gentle gameplay style. The most recent installment of the game that is slated for release in 2020. Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to break sales records across the globe and is set to become the top-selling Switch game ever.

The criteria for getting in the World Video Game Hall of Fame is quite challenging and is based on games and other games, the Hall of Fame just recently added a few dedicated gamers. In the fall of this year the Xbox competition offered players the chance of being admitted into the Xbox Hall of Fame, providing everyday gamers with the opportunity to become immortalized within the history of gaming.

One of the most profitable sports franchises in the history of gaming, FIFA has been a popular choice both for console as well as PC players for a long time beginning at the end of the 1990s. In addition to the main games EA's FIFA Ultimate Team often called FUT has been an equally significant expansion to the series to buy Fut 26 Coins over the past year, even with one player dedicating their life to it by calculating the time it would take them to purchase their ideal FUT team.