London 2012: The Official Video Game

London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games is a 2012 sports game developed by SEGA Studios Australia and published by SEGA, released for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. As the officially licensed game of the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, it lets players compete in a wide selection of Olympic events spanning athletics, swimming, gymnastics, cycling, archery, weightlifting and more, representing one of many national teams. In the tradition of Olympic and 'track and field' games stretching back to the arcade era, gameplay centres on accessible but skill-testing mini-games, with rhythmic button-tapping, timing-based inputs and motion or analogue controls used to sprint, jump, throw and perform across the varied disciplines. The game offered single-player challenges along with local and online multiplayer for competitive play, encouraging medal-chasing and record-setting. Critical reception was middling; reviewers found it a competent, occasionally enjoyable official tie-in that captured the spirit of the Games and offered solid party-friendly competition, but lacked depth and innovation beyond its licensed novelty. London 2012 is representative of the reliable, event-driven Olympic games SEGA produced to coincide with each Games, aimed at casual players and fans seeking to take part in the global sporting occasion. It followed SEGA's earlier official Beijing and Vancouver Olympic games in the publisher's long line of event tie-ins.