Should Age of Empires and Quake be in the 'World Video Game Hall of Fame'? You can vote for them to be inducted this year

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Voting is open for the Strong National Museum of Play's 2025 hall of fame candidates.

The Strong National Museum of Play has announced their annual candidates for induction into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. This year the complete list of nominees includes Age of Empires, Angry Birds, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), Defender, Frogger, Goldeneye 007, Golden Tee, Harvest Moon, Mattel Football, NBA 2K, Quake, and Tamagotchi.

It's a packed field in what is always a packed competition.

Every year the public chooses three games to add to the hall of fame, while a committee of international experts chooses another three—though the public's vote does also count as a member of the committee. 2024's inductees were Ultima, SimCity, Resident Evil, Myst, and Asteroids.

Starting so late in the lifetime of the videogame medium gives The Strong a powerfully diverse range to draw from for each year's slate of nominations. Their choices include not just PC or console videogames, but portable electronic games and arcade cabinets. That may well be why they induct so many games each year—a proper hall of fame is going to require a lot of catching up.

Jonathan Bolding
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Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.

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