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Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII: Square Enix's multimedia expansion of the 1997 RPG, announced September 24, 2004, spanning Before Crisis (mobile), Advent Children (CG film), Dirge of Cerberus (PS2), and Crisis Core (PSP), later feeding the Remake trilogy.
Complica
Complica is a two-player abstract strategy board game by Reiner Knizia, first published in 1985, in which full columns push earlier stones off the 7×4 grid.
Compound bow
Compound bow: modern archery bow invented by Holless Wilbur Allen, patented 1969 (US 3,486,495), using eccentric cams at limb tips for let-off; World Archery bowstyle since the 1990s, Olympic debut at LA28.
Computer bridge
Computer bridge: AI programs for contract bridge. Key engines include Bridge Baron (1997 champion), GIB, Jack, Wbridge5, Ben, and NukkAI's NooK; robots excel at declarer play but no AI consistently beats top human players at full bridge.
Computer chess
Computer chess: programs and machines that play chess, from Shannon's 1949 paper and Bernstein's 1957 IBM 704 program through Deep Blue's 1997 win over Kasparov to today's Stockfish and Leela Chess Zero.
Computer Go
Computer Go: AI research on programming Go (weiqi). From Zobrist's 1968 program and MCTS (2006) to AlphaGo's 2016 win over Lee Sedol, AlphaGo Zero, and today's open-source KataGo.
Computer Space
Computer Space is a space combat arcade game by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, released by Nutting Associates in 1971 and accepted as the first commercially sold coin-operated video game; it led to Atari's founding.
Comrades Marathon
Comrades Marathon is an annual ultramarathon run between Durban and Pietermarburg, South Africa, since 1921; it is known for alternating between Up and Down runs.
Conan Exiles
Conan Exiles is Funcom's open-world survival game set in the Conan the Barbarian universe; released fully May 8, 2018 after 15 months in Early Access, known for thralls, base building, Isle of Siptah, and the 2026 Unreal Engine 5 Enhanced edition.
CONCACAF
CONCACAF (Concacaf), the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, founded 1961, is FIFA's confederation for the region with 41 member associations, Miami headquarters, Gold Cup and Nations League competitions, and president Victor Montagliani.
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship: Concacaf's beach soccer title and FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier, founded 2006. Mexico leads with four titles; El Salvador won the 2025 edition in Nassau, Bahamas.
CONCACAF Champions Cup
Concacaf Champions Cup: Concacaf's annual knockout club tournament for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean; 27 clubs, five rounds, single-leg final; renamed from Champions League in 2024; winner qualifies for FIFA Club World Cup; Cruz Azul defending champion.
CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Concacaf Gold Cup), biennial men's national team championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean, first held 1991; 16 teams, Mexico record 9 titles, USA 7, Canada 1.
CONCACAF League
The CONCACAF League, officially the Scotiabank Concacaf League, was Concacaf's annual second-tier club football knockout competition, running from 2017 to 2022 and qualifying clubs for the Concacaf Champions League.
CONCACAF Nations League
CONCACAF Nations League (CNL), Concacaf's men's national team competition launched in 2018 for all 41 member associations; three leagues (A, B, C) with promotion, relegation, and Gold Cup qualification; fifth edition runs 2026-27.
CONCACAF qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup
CONCACAF qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup runs through the Concacaf W Qualifiers and W Championship, whose 2026 edition sends four semi-finalists directly to the 2027 World Cup.
CONCACAF W Champions Cup
Concacaf W Champions Cup, the annual women's continental club championship of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, launched 2024; first champion Gotham FC; sole Concacaf route to FIFA Women's Club World Cup and Women's Champions Cup.
Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris 2024): opening-ceremony Last Supper backlash, Seine E. coli postponements, Khelif/Lin boxing eligibility row, AIN Russian neutrality, AI surveillance, and €11.8bn cost, 15% over budget.
Conchita Martínez
Conchita Martínez, born 1972 in Monzón, Spain, is a Spanish former tennis player and coach; she won Wimbledon 1994, the first Spanish woman to do so, reached world No. 2, and later coached Muguruza and Andreeva to major titles.
Concord (video game)
Concord was a 5v5 hero shooter by Firewalk Studios, published by Sony for PS5 and PC, launched August 2024 at $40, taken offline September 6, 2024 after ~25,000 reported sales; Firewalk closed October 29, 2024.
Concours Complet International
Concours Complet International (CCI) is the FEI designation for international eventing competitions, in which the same horse and rider complete dressage, cross-country, and show jumping phases.
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Condemned: Criminal Origins is a 2005 first-person survival horror game by Monolith Productions and Sega for Xbox 360, later on PC, Steam, and Xbox One, starring FBI agent Ethan Thomas using melee combat and forensic tools.
Condottiere
Condottiere is a 1995 Dominique Ehrhard card-driven area control board game for 2-6 players set in Renaissance Italy, published by Eurogames, FFG (2007), and Z-Man (2018); battles are won by highest card strength, and Gwent was based on it.
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909–1974), Irish-born British cryptanalyst and chess master; headed Bletchley Park Hut 8 naval Enigma under Turing, led GCHQ cryptanalysis 1949–71, twice British chess champion (1938, 1956).
Confederation internationale de la peche sportive
Confederation internationale de la peche sportive (CIPS), International Sport Fishing Confederation, founded 22 February 1952 in Rome; world umbrella body for sport angling via FIPS-ed, FIPS-Mouche, and FIPS-M, headquartered in Rome.
Confederation of African Football
Confederation of African Football (CAF, Confédération Africaine de Football), African football governing body founded 8 February 1957 in Khartoum by Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Africa; 54 member associations, Cairo-based, runs AFCON and CAF Champions League; president Patrice Motsepe since 2021.
Confederation of Independent Football Associations
CONIFA (Confederation of Independent Football Associations), Swedish-registered non-profit founded 2013 by Per-Anders Blind and Sascha Düerkop, runs World, European and Asia football cups for non-FIFA teams such as Karpatalja, Tamil Eelam and Tibet; 48 members in 2025.
Conker: Live & Reloaded
Conker: Live & Reloaded is Rare's 2005 Xbox remake of Conker's Bad Fur Day, published by Microsoft Game Studios, with redone graphics, animation, and music, added censorship, and a new six-specialist Xbox Live multiplayer replacing the N64 modes; Metacritic 78.
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64, 2001) is Rare's M-rated action-platformer starring a hungover squirrel, retooled from the cutesy Twelve Tales: Conker 64; Metacritic 92, poor sales, cult classic, Xbox remake Live & Reloaded (2005).
Conker's Pocket Tales
Conker's Pocket Tales is a 1999 Game Boy Color action-puzzle game by Rare, starring Conker the squirrel rescuing Berri and his presents from the Evil Acorn; his first solo game, with two cartridge versions for Game Boy and Game Boy Color.