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Action games. Wide category of games that require reflex, accuracy and agility. It includes, among other things, shooters (e.g. Call of Duty and Battlefield series) and action-adventure games (Tomb Raider). First and third person perspective (FPP/TPP) is used. In most cases we are playing as a character who has to defeat some enemies and reach a specific point. We can use a wide range of weapons, including pistols, rocket launchers, swords, knives and like. Action-adventure is a particular category within action games genre. Such titles put less emphasis on action and combat, focusing more on story, exploration and puzzles.

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Quake Live
Quake Live

Action 24 February 2009

A free-to-play installment of the popular series of first-person shooters developed by id Software. The title is a modified version of the third installment and the Team Arena expansion. The title focuses mostly on multiplayer competitions played in one of the standard game modes on maps that are well known to the fans of the series.

PC

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy

Action 16 September 2011

Graphically refreshed conversion of the trilogy of classic stealth games. The set includes three cycle views. The first one, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, takes place in 2004 and introduces us into the dark world of Third Echelon. In the second part, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow we must stop the inclinations of Indonesian terrorists.

PS3

Jonathan Kane: The Protector
Jonathan Kane: The Protector

Action 16 March 2009

A dynamic action game depicting the story of two heroes fighting against a terrorist organization. Terrorists want to take over a powerful artifact and threaten the whole world. The mechanics of the game includes both impressive fireworks and stealth sections.

PC

Vindictus
Vindictus

Action 12 November 2010

Vindictus is a dark fantasy action game with RPG elements, produced by Nexon studio. The player directs the actions of the hero, who tries to solve the mystery of the world harassed by the monsters and find his way to the mythical, paradise land - Erinn. The title offers a realistic combat model, based on the capabilities of the Source engine.

PC

Armed Forces Corp.
Armed Forces Corp.

Action 27 February 2009

Polish first person shooter, in which we play the role of mercenaries associated in a certain organization. Soldiers are sent to a skyscraper seized by terrorists to retrieve priceless information. The campaign consists of 8 stages. In the game you will find several types of weapons and various accessories (e.g. night vision goggles).

PC

Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja
Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja

Action 07 February 2007

Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja is a typical sneaky, also known under the Japanese name Shinobido: Homura. The title was created together with his bigger brother, Shinobido: Way of the Ninja, released on PlayStation 2.

PSP

PlanetSide 2
PlanetSide 2

Action 20 November 2012

An MMO shooter game played from the first-person view and developed by a studio belonging to Sony Online Entertainment. The game debuted on PCs, but eventually it was also released for PlayStation 4. The game is set on the planet Auraxis, where colonists from Earth are fighting for territory, power, and resources. The players reinforce the ranks of one of the three factions (Terran Republic, New Conglomerate, Vanu Sovereignty).

PCPS4

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms

Action 10 April 2014

Multiplayer action game with a third-person perspective (TPP), branded with the name of a popular writer of thriller novels. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online is another Ubisoft production distributed on a free-to-play basis with the option of micropayments for certain items and facilities. The action of the game takes place in the near future. Players take on the roles of soldiers who equipped with futuristic weaponry take part in a global conflict between superpowers.

PC

Bullet Witch
Bullet Witch

Action 27 July 2006

A third-person perspective shooter action game, in which the players assume the role of a witch that faces a demonic invasion. In Bullet Witch the players are mostly traveling through locations and exterminating enemies. The latter are sent to hell with guns and powerful combat spells.

PCX360

Armored Core 3 Portable
Armored Core 3 Portable

Action 22 October 2009

PSP version of the game Armored Core 3 - the next installment of the popular series, created by the Japanese company From Software.

PSP

Alcatraz: In the Harm's Way
Alcatraz: In the Harm's Way

Action 26 February 2010

An action/FPS game in which terrorists take control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch rockets towards San Francisco. We take on the role of a special forces veteran and seek to foil their plans.

PC

I'm Not Alone
I'm Not Alone

Action 23 February 2010

I'm Not Alone is a survival-horror action game with a third person perspective (TPP), which will be created by developers from Pix Rev and Profenix Studio. The player directs the actions of an intrepid exorcist who intends to free the old alpine estate from impure forces.

PC

World of Tanks: Console
World of Tanks: Console

Action 12 February 2014

A massively popular MMO game, created and administered by Russian developer Wargaming.net. World of Tanks lets players control tanks and take part in exciting battles against living opponents. The game offers over 150 carefully recreated models of tanks and other armored vehicles (including self-propelled guns and tank destroyers) used in armies of several countries since the 1930’s till the Korean War (1950-1953).

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Iron Brigade
Iron Brigade

Action 22 June 2011

Iron Brigade is an action game with strategy elements such as "tower defense", produced by Double Fine studio. Players take on the role of members of the Heavy Robotic Battle Unit, whose task is to stop the evil Monovision army. The game consists of repelling successive waves of enemies using a variety of weapons and defensive structures.

PCX360

Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Rise of the Triad: Dark War

Action 21 December 1994

Rise of the Triad is Apogee Software's FPS, allowing you to become a High-Risk United Nations Taskforce (HUNT) team member who has to go through thirty stages alone and defeat a madman trying to destroy the world.

PC

Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire

Action 17 November 2006

Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire is a game about the battles of giant robots in a futuristic reality. This product is part of a popular brand, including animated films, cartoons and toys. We are therefore in the very middle of an armed conflict, the stake of which is control over the Earth.

PS3

Bet on Soldier: Blood of Sahara
Bet on Soldier: Blood of Sahara

Action 29 June 2006

Bet on Soldier: Blood of Sahara is the first official extension of the 2005 FPS game Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport (Bet on Soldier: Bloody Sport). This is a stand-alone add-on, so having a basic BoS version is not required to run this product.

PC

Smuggler's Run: Warzones
Smuggler's Run: Warzones

Action 08 August 2002

The next installment of the famous action game, this time on the Gamecube console. We play the role of a driver transporting illegal goods. Missions are played on very diverse and at the same time extensive maps.

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Archangel (2002)
Archangel (2002)

Action 04 October 2002

Archangel is an action game with cRPG elements created by the Polish development studio Metropolis Software. The player directs Michael Travinsky's actions. The hero, tragically deceased in a car accident, is summoned from the other world by forces unknown to him. The game combines the conventions of horror, techno-thriller and fantasy.

PC

Forsaken
Forsaken

Action 30 April 1998

Clone of the famous action game series Descent. You take on the role of an all-purpose hunter crossing the destroyed Earth in search of the precious things that survived the disaster.

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Close Quarters Conflict
Close Quarters Conflict

Action 22 January 2007

Close Quarters Conflict is a shooter with tactical elements. The action is presented from the perspective of the first person. The title is primarily focused on multiplayer gameplay. The production was developed and released by Groove Games studio, which already has several titles of this type (including Marine Sharpshooter II: Jungle Warfare and Rally Berlin: Special Branches).

PC

Global Agenda
Global Agenda

Action 01 February 2010

Spy and tactical MMORPG using the Unreal Engine 3 engine, whose action takes place on Earth in the twentieth century. As trained and equipped with the latest gadgets special agents we take part in various missions. The fight is largely arcade and relies more on the player's skills than his character stats.

PC

Deadly Dozen
Deadly Dozen

Action 15 November 2001

Three-dimensional tactical action game in which we take command of the Allied troops. The action was set more or less between 1942 and 1945, and fate will throw us on the hot sands of Africa, the green hills of France or the enemy German land, where we will fight fierce battles with the Third Reich.

PC

JFK Reloaded
JFK Reloaded

Action 22 November 2004

An extremely controversial production by Traffic Games, a Scottish company that will allow you to play the role of Lee Harvey Oswald and recreate the homicide of the US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy at home.

PC