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Death Road
Racing 30 March 2012
Death Road is a futuristic race in which we control super-fast vehicles and race against our rivals on spectacularly constructed tracks. The developer has released six game modes, including a multiplayer mode for up to six players. The game was created by Polish Active Zone studio.
Heavy Gear Assault
Action canceled
A modern revitalization of an action game series that sees the player control a bipedal battle mech, taking part in battles in a futuristic environment. Similarly to the previous installments of the series, the game, developed by MekTek, was based on the license of Heavy Gear, a universe encompassing tactical board games and card games.
ORION: Dino Horde
Action 15 April 2013
A sequel to the FPS co-op shooter game series by Spiral Game Studios, and an enhanced version of ORION: Dino Beatdown released one year earlier. The game is set in a science-fiction world, and the players take on the roles of space marines, who are sent to a distant, resources-rich planet, with the task of eliminating the deadly dinosaurs living there.
Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling
Adventure 16 June 2011
A sci-fi adventure that belongs to the visual novel sub-genre. Players follow the fate of a first year student at Tokyo University and a novice inventor. The game is a side title published in 2010 by Steins;Gate. Unlike him, he is not a science-fiction thriller, but a typical romantic comedy in which the protagonists of the original play the main roles.
Consortium
Action 08 January 2014
Consortium is a FPS shooter enriched with very strong RPG elements. The whole campaign takes place on board one aircraft, whose crew reacts dynamically to our actions and choices during dialogues.
XCOM: Enemy Within
Strategy 12 November 2013
First huge add-on to the tactical strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, released in 2012. Created by the developer team at Firaxis Games, the expansion introduces many new features to basic game. One of the most important among them is a new resource – meld, a type of microscopic, robotic organisms that can modify human genotype. This allows humans to improve their body and even integrate mechanical parts into themselves.
Sword of the Stars: Ground Pounders
Strategy 15 July 2014
Ground Pounders is a spin-off of the Sword of the Stars series, a turn-based battle strategy inspired by the cult Panzer General. As the leader of one of the three races, we fight battles on the surface of various planets, using a deck of special cards that produce unique and powerful effects. In addition to three campaigns for a single player, the production also includes multiplayer mode.
Final Horizon
Strategy 02 December 2014
Final Horizon is a real-time tower defense strategy developed by the Eiconic Games team. The task of players is to build defensive structures and watchtowers in a way that will enable them to repel the attacks of successive waves of enemies.
Mighty No. 9
Arcade 21 June 2016
Mighty No. 9 is an arcade platformer developed in 2.5D by the experienced Japanese developer Comcept; the title draws inspiration from the renowned Mega Man series. The storyline is focused on the character of mighty Beck, the only robot who resisted an extremely dangerous virus, which arouses aggression among mechanical beings. It is the task of our protagonist to eliminate the danger and return the order to the world of the robots. The gameplay mechanics in Mighty No.
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD
Action 10 September 2013
A thoroughly refreshed version of the 2010 release of Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter, the first-player hunting game. In the near future, mankind is discovering a technology that allows the exploration of space. On one of the newly discovered planets life similar to that which prevailed on Earth millions of years ago flourishes. The player plays the role of a hunter who has the opportunity to take part in a dinosaur hunt. The title was produced by Vogster Online studio.
Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches
Action 13 August 2013
The second story expansion for Dishonored, a stealth action game created by Arkane. It continues the story of the first expansion - The Knife of Dunwall. Again, we play as the assassin of the empress, Daud, who departs for the lair of a witch by the name of Delilah in order to prevent her from carrying out a ritual that would allow for his final condemnation.
Viscera Cleanup Detail
Arcade 23 October 2015
A lighthearted, science-fiction arcade game that allows the player to assume the role of a cleaner on a space station. Viscera Cleanup Detail starts in a moment that would normally mean that the end credits are about to roll in any typical story. Instead, our hero enters the action moments after somebody got rid of an alien horde. As can be easily imagined, the station is littered with destroyed instruments and body parts of humans and aliens alike. Our task is to clean up the mess.
Strider
Action 18 February 2014
A metroidvania game from Capcom's popular series. The game, developed by Double Helix Games, is set in a grim future where Earth is ruled by a cruel dictator – Grandmaster Meio. As Hiryu, a young warrior who achieved "Super A" rank as the youngest member of the titular organization, we must put an end to Meio's rule and kill him. Even though Strider is implemented in fully 3D visuals we observe the game from a side-view perspective.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode One
Action 12 November 2013
The first official story expansion for BioShock: Infinite, created by Irrational Games. Burial at Sea - Episode One is a nod to the fans of the first two parts of the series, for it brings the players back to one of the alternative dimensions of the underwater metropolis known as Rapture. The player is put in the shoes of Booker DeWitt, a detective whose job, at Elizabeth's request, is to find a girl named Sally - a character from the actual BioShock: Infinite.
Take on Mars
Simulation 09 February 2017
An original simulator of a martian planetary rover, developed by Bohemia Interactive, the Czech developer team also responsible for the helicopter simulator, Take on Helicopters, and two famous military simulation franchises - Operation Flashpoint and ArmA. The game aims at realistically representing a research mission on Mars and simulating the behavior of martian rovers, including an extensive damage model. Take on Mars offers two game modes.
The Longest Journey
Adventure 20 April 2000
The Longest Journey is a classic adventure game produced by FunCom's development team. The main character, April Ryan, must save two twin worlds: Arcadia and Stark. The game uses a point & click interface. Players have the opportunity to talk to 50 NPCs and visit more than 100 locations.
Starlancer
Simulation 27 April 2000
Space simulator, where players can try their hand at the controls of futuristic units. In the twentieth century, two divided factions of people waged an interplanetary war for the primacy of the Solar System.
MechWarrior 3
Action 02 June 1999
Mosses are powerful and armed to the teeth combat robots, led to battle in the BattleTech world by brave pilots. Now you too can become a hero.
Freespace 2
Simulation 01 October 1999
A continuation to the best-selling spaceship simulator developed by Volition company, inspired by such iconic titles as Descent and Wing Commander. Plot of Freespace 2 is set more than 3 decades after events of the original, as the alliance of former enemies, Terran and Vasudan, is forced to confront the militant Shivan race once again. In comparison to the first installment, gameplay mechanics has not changed significantly, offering us more than 30 different missions constituting an epic story.
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Action 14 June 2001
The second, but this time a standalone, addition to the Half-Life game, developed once again by the American studio Gearbox Software under the watchful eye of the original's creators. The next episode is also another look at the same events. This time, they're shown from the perspective of a Black Mesa guardian whose task is to investigate the lab's restricted areas and rescue the surviving scientists.
MDK
Action 21 May 1997
MDK is a well received third-person perspective action game developed by Shiny Entertainment. The player assumes the role of Kurt Hectic, who uses intellect and inventions of doctor Fluke Hawkins to face an alien race that attacks Earth.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars
Strategy 12 June 2001
Space RTS set in the last two seasons of the popular Star Trek series: Deep Space Nine, where we can control one of the four sides of the conflict fighting for Alfa galaxy rule.
Star Trek: Borg Assimilator
Strategy canceled
Guide the greedy Borgas to absorb all the worlds in the Alpha sector, conquering inhabited planets, assimilating their enemies and discovering new technologies.
Wing Commander: Prophecy
Simulation 13 December 1998
Meet your old friends Blair, Maniac and Rachel and fight to defend humanity again. Discover the secrets contained in the dark story by Syd Mead.