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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

• Fantasy
• OpenWorld

Its main story focuses on the player's character, the Dragonborn, on their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The game continues the open-world...

Lost Odyssey

• Strategy
• TurnBased
• RolePlaying

The story follows Kaim, one of a select group of "immortals" who have lost their memories: while confronting threats generated by the world's approaching magical industrial revolution, he must also face the pain brought by his returning memories. The story was written by Hironobu Sakaguchi...

Grand Theft Auto V

It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV, and the fifteenth instalment overall. Set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on Southern California, the single-player story follows three protagonists—retired bank robber Michael De Santa,...

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

• FirstPerson
• Shooter

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. Teasing of the game began in March 2009, which short trailers being release for the game. The game's playable characters are Gary "Roach" Sanderson, of the 141, and James...

Bayonetta

• Action
• Action

All three games star the title character as their protagonist. The first game in the series was directed by Hideki Kamiya, who created the Devil May Cry franchise when he was working in Capcom. It was the third title in Platinum's four-game contract with Sega. Although it was Platinum's most commercially...

Resident Evil 4

• adventure
• survival
• Horror
• Shooter
• adventure
• survival
• Horror
• Shooter

Traveling to a rural area of Spain, Leon fights hordes of violent villagers and reunites with the mysterious spy Ada Wong. Initially developed for the PlayStation 2, the first attempt was directed by Hideki Kamiya after producer Shinji Mikami requested him to create a new entry in the Resident Evil series....

Minecraft

• indie
• adventure
• building

Multiple gameplay modes are available, including survival mode where the player must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health, a creative mode where players have unlimited resources to build with and the ability to fly, an adventure mode where players can play custom maps created by other...

Star Trek

• adventure
• Action
• Shooter

Four spin-off television series were eventually produced: Star Trek: The Next Generation followed the crew of a new starship Enterprise set a century after the original series; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, set contemporaneously with The Next Generation; and Star Trek: Enterprise,...

Counter-strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that the franchise pioneered when it was launched 12 years ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS:GO introduces...

Dragon's Dogma

• Action
• HackAndSlash
• RolePlaying

Dragon's Dogma is a 2012 action role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom. The player is able to select between various vocations: Fighter, Strider, Mage, Warrior, Mystic Knight, Ranger, Assassin, Sorcerer, and Magic Archer. Gender choice and appearance settings are also available. The...

Rocksmith 2014

• music

It has been described as a replacement to the 2011 rhythm video game Rocksmith rather than a sequel. Rocksmith 2014 requires the use of the "Hercules" adapter, a USB cable that connects to the standard 1⁄4 in output jack of most electric and bass guitars. It now includes the ability...

Quake 4

• FirstPerson
• Shooter

Quake 4 is a first-person shooter video game, the fourth title in the series of Quake series. Plotwise, the game is a sequel to Quake II and takes place during the same war as [game]Enemy Territory: Quake Wars[/game]. Players at QuakeCon reported the multiplayer gameplay to include elements similar to...

Fallout 3

• Shooter
• RolePlaying

When the player character's father disappears under mysterious circumstances, the player is forced to escape from the Vault and journey into the ruins of Washington, D.C., now known as the "Capital Wasteland", to track their father down. Fallout 3 was well received by critics and received a...

Titanfall 2

• Shooter
• Shooter

Titanfall 2 is a first-person shooter video game, the sequel to Titanfall. In addition, the game features platform elements, which task players to make use of Cooper's parkour abilities to solve environmental puzzles, and access the previously inaccessible areas. Matchmaking is also enhanced, with the...

Portal 2

Sequel to the acclaimed Portal (2007), Portal 2 pits the protagonist of the original game, Chell, and her new robot friend, Wheatley, against more puzzles conceived by GLaDOS, an A.I. with the sole purpose of testing the Portal Gun's mechanics and taking revenge on Chell for the events of Portal. As...

Titanfall

• Shooter

Titanfall is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. The game's development team began work on the title in 2011, and their Titan concept grew from a human-sized suit into a battle tank exoskeleton. Reviewers praised its balance,...

Assassin's Creed

• adventure
• Action
• RolePlaying
• adventure
• Action
• RolePlaying

Assassin’s Creed is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that will redefine the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin’s Creed merges technology, game design, theme, and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos...

Mortal Kombat

• Fighting

Following Midway's bankruptcy, the Mortal Kombat development team was acquired by Warner Bros. The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but as that idea fell through, a fantasy-horror themed...

Diablo III

• HackAndSlash
• RolePlaying

It is the third installment in the Diablo franchise and was released in the Americas, Europe, South Korea, and Taiwan on May 15, 2012, and Russia on June 7, 2012, for Microsoft Windows and OS X. Diablo III set a new record for fastest-selling PC game selling over 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours...

Mass Effect

• Shooter
• Scifi
• RolePlaying

Mass Effect is a science fiction action role-playing third person shooter video game series developed by the Canadian company Bioware and released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows, with the third installment also released on the Wii U. The first game sees Shepard investigating Saren,...

Call Of Duty 2

• Shooter
• Shooter

Call of Duty 2 is a 2005 first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Konami in Japan and Activision in the rest of the world. The game is set during World War II and the campaign mode is experienced through the perspectives of four soldiers: one in the Red Army, one in...

The Walking Dead

• Zombie

Life Is Strange

Reunited with her former friend Chloe, the pair will attempt to uncover the uncomfortable truth behind the mysterious disappearance of fellow student Rachel Amber. With high quality production values and a unique hand-drawn art style, LIFE IS STRANGE is a compelling, story-driven experience where choice...

Tomb Raider Anniversary

• adventure
• Action

Using the Legend engine, the team rebuilt the gameplay and levels, and series cocreator Toby Gard expanded the narrative. While it reached high positions in sales charts, the game would become the worst selling entry in the franchise, selling just 1.3 million copies worldwide compared to the original...