Call of Duty, or CoD, can be traced back to 2003 and has become a venerable title in the first person shooter genre. It has moved across historical war eras to fictional scenarios and everything in between. Because of CoD’s long running history it has created quite a diverse pool of players representing just about all discernible demographics and provides a very real cross-platform titan. While it’s controversial nature make it quite polarizing to many, the power of what it represents culturally in youth and adults alike is without refute. Our stance on this title is to be where our cultures are and instead of ignore them, influence them to be stronger, professional, and empathetic. Call of Duty is alive and well and our developments reflect that.

Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched two decades ago. CS:GO is a 5v5 competitive multiplayer where teams face off against each other to plant bombs, diffuse planted bombs, and eliminate the other team before a timer runs out.

Counter-Strike took the gaming industry by surprise when the unlikely MOD in Half-Life 2 became the most played online PC action game in the world almost immediately after its release in August 1999,” said Doug Lombardi at Valve. For the past 12 years, it has continued to be one of the most-played games in the world, headline competitive gaming tournaments and selling over 25 million units worldwide across the franchise.

League of Legends (abbreviated LoL or League) is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. League of Legends is often cited as the world’s largest esport, with an international competitive scene. The 2019 League of Legends World Championship had over 100 million unique viewers, peaking at a concurrent viewership of 44 million, with a minimum prize pool of US$2.5 million.

In League of Legends, players form a team of five and assume the role of a champion, characters with unique abilities, generally varying around a type of class, and battle against a team of player- or computer-controlled champions. In the main game mode, Summoner’s Rift, the goal is to destroy the opposing team’s Nexus, a structure that lies at the heart of their base and is protected by defensive structures.

Fortnite represents a cultural movement all in itself. From putting on concerts in game, to helping catapult influencer streaming through gaming, to impacting youth, Fortnite is both iconic and powerful. This 2017 first person shooter title is another wonderful addition to leveling the playfield of inclusion being truly cross-platform with mobile platform consideration. It has helped make gaming and esports energies more accessible to the masses in ways other titles could not.

Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Described as a “hero shooter”, Overwatch assigns players into two teams of six, with each player selecting from a roster of over 30 characters, known as “heroes”, each with a unique style of play that is divided into three general roles that fit their purpose. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map or escort a payload across the map in a limited amount of time.

Madden has its roots as far back as 1998 originally called John Madden Football and has evolved as one of the most venerable sports based video games. It originally was on platforms like Apple II, The Commodore 64/128, and MS-DOS based PC’s. Now it’s a part of Electronic Arts’ most lucrative catalogs and across all major platforms today. While Madden does not represent a flagship esports title on the global scale, its impact culturally and represents a significant socio-economic equalizer. OU’s Madden developments just like all other supported titles spawned from a student advocating for its inclusion, putting in the work to align it with our infrastructure, and ability to personify good professionalism and execution are why we have brought this to our expanding catalog in 2021.

Rocket League is a vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix. Described as “soccer, but with rocket-powered cars”, Rocket League is usually played as a 3v3 match between two teams, using rocket-powered vehicles to hit a ball into their opponent’s goal and score points over the course of a match. Rocket League recently became a free-to-play game in Fall 2020 and is one the titles with full cross-platform online play.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a 2018 crossover fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fifth installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, succeeding Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. The game follows the series’ traditional style of gameplay: controlling one of the various characters, players must use differing attacks to weaken their opponents and knock them out of an arena. It features a wide variety of game modes, including a campaign for single-player and multiplayer versus modes. Ultimate features over 80 playable fighters, including everyone from all previous Super Smash Bros. games, alongside several newcomers. The roster ranges from Nintendo mascots to characters from third-party franchises, with the game being supported with post-release downloadable content that adds more.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, or R6 Siege, is the thirteenth installment in the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Franchise developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is the latest game to be released since Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and is considered a successor to the now-cancelled Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Patriots.

Siege puts heavy emphasis on environmental destruction and cooperation between players. Unlike previous installments, the game features no single-player campaign and offers an online mode, though it does allow players to play offline in single-player tutorials called Situations.

Valorant (stylized as VALORANT) is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed and published by Riot Games. Valorant is a team-based tactical shooter and first-person shooter set in the near-future. Players play as one of a set of agents, characters designed based on several countries and cultures around the world. In the main game mode, players are assigned to either the attacking or defending team with each team having five players on it.