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By Niko Silvester, About.com

Definition: Action is a genre of video game in which the focus is, as the name suggests, on action. Often the action is so intense that the reactions of the player must be almost automatic.

Many gamers consider Action to be a larger category that encompasses fighting games and first person shooters.

Pronunciation: AK-shun
Examples:
Devil May Cry is an example of an action game that is neither a fighting game, nor an FPS.

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