Collocations for game - noun

ball, board, card
computer, online, PC, video
adventure, role-playing, war
guessing
good, great
This is a good game for getting people to mix.

entertaining, fun
competitive
competitive games in which there is always a winner and a loser

team
How I hated team games at school!

party
children's
children's party games like Musical Chairs

indoor, outdoor
It's hard to find indoor games for children.

learn
Children love learning new games.

create, design, develop, invent
The company is developing games to play on mobile phones.

release

player
designer, developer
games company, games industry
game room (AmE), games room (BrE)

big (= important)
The guys are in training for their big game.

close, tight, tough
It's going to be a close game.

evenly contested, keenly contested (both esp. BrE)
play-off
away, home
championship, league
their first league game of the season

title
exhibition
baseball, basketball, football, soccer (AmE), etc.

have, play
Last night he played the final game of his career.
The team is playing a home game this week.

have, play
Shall we have a game of chess?

lose, win
We won the first game and lost the second.

draw (esp. BrE), tie (esp. AmE)
level (BrE)
The team fought back to level the game.

attend
see, watch
dominate
The early stages of the game were dominated by the home team.

decide, seal
abandon, postpone

game against, game with (BrE)
this week's game against the Titans
next week's game with Liverpool

game of
To pass the time, we played a game of cards.
a game of tennis

fine, good, great, perfect
That girl plays a great game of bridge.

have, play
Trevor had a good game.

pitch, throw (both AmE)
He pitched a perfect game at Atlanta.
Tibble threw a perfect game.

improve, lift, raise
Hendry raised his game to become the champion.

winner (esp. AmE)

Commonwealth, Olympic, etc.

compete in, participate in, take part in (esp. BrE)
She's hoping to participate in the next Olympic Games.

host
Chicago's bid to host the Olympic Games

hold
The Olympic Games are held every four years.

be in
How long have you been in this game?

enter
Lufthansa entered the game with a 25% stake in the company.

game of
the game of life/politics

all part of the game
Getting dirty was all part of the game to the kids.

new to this game
I'm new to this game myself.

little, silly, stupid
dangerous
He was unwittingly caught up in a dangerous game of lies and betrayals.

play
I realized that he had been playing a stupid game with me.

put an end to
I'll soon put an end to her silly little games.

give away
Don't let him talk to anybody or he'll give the game away.