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Grand Theft Auto Advance
Action 19 October 2004
Pocket version of one of the most popular and controversial games of all time. Grand Theft Auto Advance takes fans of the gangster lifestyle to the city known from the third part of the cycle, i.e. Liberty City.
SimCity (1989)
Strategy 09 June 1989
A classic strategic-economic game in which we play the role of the mayor of a hypothetical city. Whether a small village turns into a thriving metropolis will depend solely on our efficient management and cleverness.
The Sims: Deluxe Edition
Simulation 16 September 2002
Deluxe Edition contains the original game The Sims, along with the first World Life plugin. In addition, a special character editor and completely new, unprecedented elements of home furnishings have been added.
Galactic Civilizations
Strategy 25 March 2003
A type 4X strategy whose action has been placed in space. Take on the role of the leader of the Earth race and ensure its survival and undisturbed development. Both the management of the galactic empire and the fight are played in turn-based system.
The Sims
Simulation 02 February 2000
A bestselling life simulator developed by Maxis, a studio that specializes in the genre (they've created SimCity, SimTown and other titles). The Sims enables the player to take care of a virtual family of Sims. During the game the player must take care of various needs of his characters – starting with typically physiological ones (eating, toilet, hygiene etc.), through social relations, to career.
Far Cry: Vengeance
Action 12 December 2006
Far Cry: Vengeance is the first attempt to transfer a popular brand of FPS games to the Wii platform. People from Ubisoft Entertainment corporation made great use of the wireless remote control and the included Nunchuk.
SimCity Societies
Strategy 13 November 2007
SimCity Societies is another part of the best-selling strategic-economic series, developed since the late 1980s. This time, however, the production process did not involve Maxis, but the Tilted Mill Entertainment studio, from which games such as Caesar IV came out. Along with the change of the traditional developer, the concept of fun has been slightly modified.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!
Strategy 21 June 2005
The first official extension of the third part of the cycle of strategy and economic games, initiated in 1999 by the famous Chris Sawyer (creator of, for example, the memorable brand Transport Tycoon).
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings
Strategy 19 June 2012
The first major expansion for the 2010’s strategy game by Firaxis Games. Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods & Kings offers a myriad of novelties, among which the expanded religion module is probably the most important one. It introduces a new aspect to the game, namely faith, thanks to which we can establish and develop our own religion. This, in turn, allows us to gain useful bonuses and gives us access to specific units (missionaries, inquisitors) or buildings (cathedrals, mosques).
Stalker Online
Action 29 December 2015
A first-person MMO shooter set in the post-apocalyptic setting of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which was based on the motifs from Roadside Picnic, a novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. sZone is the debut production from the Russian studio Cybertime Systems. The players assume the role of stalkers – daredevils brave enough to venture deep inside the restricted area surrounding the destroyed nuclear plant in Chernobyl in search of valuable artifacts.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Teeth of Naros
RPG 17 April 2012
The second expansion for a third-person action RPG set in a fantasy world and developed by 38 Studios and Big Huge Games. The plot of the DLC is centered around a race of mysterious and powerful Kollossae. Along with a group of warriors, a woman called Secandra asks the protagonist for assistance in solving a mystery relating to those gigantic creatures. However, an enigmatic power forces the characters to go the way they would not have chosen otherwise.
Fortnite: Save the World
Action 30 June 2020
A third-person action game focusing on cooperative gameplay. It was developed by the Polish division of Epic Games (formerly known as People Can Fly). The action of Fortnite takes place in a world haunted by zombie-like demons. The players assume the role of operators whose task is to stop the monsters that invade the Earth through a network of portals. The gameplay is divided into two phases — during the day, we have to build a stronghold that repels demon attacks at night.
X Rebirth
Simulation 15 November 2013
The seventh instalment of the X space simulator series, created and developed by German development studio Egosoft. The action of X Rebirth takes place many years after events presented in previous games from the series. As a result of a gigantic supernova explosion many important centers of civilization in the galaxy were destroyed.
Retro City Rampage
Action 09 October 2012
Retro City Rampage is a humorous action game created by Vblank Entertainment studio. The title is a parody of such series as Grand Theft Auto. Players move on until 1980 and take on the role of a mentally unbalanced criminal from Theftropolis. The game is stylized on production from the era of 8-bit computers and contains many references to mass culture.
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - The Da Vinci Disappearance
Action 08 March 2011
The Da Vinci Disappearance is a paid DLC addition to Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the third installment of Ubisoft's best-selling cycle. The plot revolves around the kidnapping of Leonardo DaVinci by the cult of Hermeticists. The extension also offers a new map, the Alhambra, which is located in Grenada.
SimCity Creator
Strategy 28 September 2008
Sim City Creator is another part of an extremely popular series of economic strategies, in which the player is given the opportunity to play the role of the builder and mayor of the metropolis he has created.
SimCity Societies: Destinations
Strategy 24 June 2008
Destinations is the first addition to SimCity Societies, an economic strategy in which we play the role of mayor managing all aspects of the new metropolis.
Miscreated
Action 18 December 2018
A sandbox TPP game developed by the debuting Entrada studio, created with online play and survival in mind. It is set in post-apocalyptic wasteland of a world destroyed by a nuclear war, with players taking roles of survivors who try to survive in this unfriendly environment. During the game we must constantly check our levels of hunger, thirst, and radiation, with the latter being very relevant to the overall condition of our body.
RollerCoaster Tycoon World
Strategy 16 November 2016
RollerCoaster Tycoon World is the fourth installment in the popular economic strategy game series and the first one to be released after an over ten years long hiatus. Atari entrusted the game's development to a relatively new studio, Nvizzio Creations, for which RollerCoaster Tycoon World is the first major production in its portfolio.
State of Decay: Lifeline
Action 30 May 2014
The first large expansion to the popular survival game State of Decay. This sandbox title created by Undead Labs takes the player to a post-apocalyptic world overrun by a zombie plague. The player must rebuild the human society. The expansion adds a new campaign, the completing of which takes a few hours. The campaign tells a completely new story. The game takes place in a small city called Denforth, where the protagonist is sent in order to save the scientists that are there.
Dragon
RPG TBA (early access since 07 November 2014)
Set in a fantastic, open world action RPG game in which we play the role of a dragon and develop it, gaining strength and more and more powerful skills. During the game we have to do more tasks, hunt and eat, fight with other dragons, trolls, orcs, and so on. At the same time, however, we have a lot of freedom in creating the game world. Depending on the preferred style of play, we can build our fame as a friendly benefactor, or a respectable and terrifying monster.
ScreamRide
Puzzle 03 March 2015
A unique simulation game, in which you construct increasingly wacky rollercoasters, and then test them on thrill-seeking people. The game was created by Frontier Development, known for e.g. the latest installment in the Zoo Tycoon and the Thrillville and Rollercoaster Tycoon series. Unlike the latter one, ScreamRide does not feature an economic aspect, and your actions serve science and research on the limits of human beings.
EverQuest Next
RPG canceled
The third installment in the popular MMORPG series, which aims to present a new approach to the franchise. It was developed by Sony Online Entertainment and is distributed in the free-to-play business model. Once again, the players have the opportunity to go the fantasy land of Norrath to learn over 10 thousand years of its history.
The Solus Project
Adventure 07 June 2016
A science fiction survival sandbox game that combines arcade elements with numerous logic puzzles. It was developed by Teotl, a Swedish studio known for such productions as Unmechanical or The Ball. The story of The Souls Project is set in the world of the latter game, although the action takes place in the distant future where the Earth is at the verge of an ecological disaster. In the game, we assume the role of a space colonist, a member of an expedition to find new inhabitable worlds.