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Halo Wars 2
Strategy 17 February 2017
The continuation of the real-time science fiction strategy published in 2009 on Xbox 360 as a spin-off of the FPS franchise Halo. The second installment is co-developed by 353 Industries, which picked up the series after Bungie Software, and Creative Assembly primarily known for the extremely-popular strategy game series Total War. The plot of Halo Wars opens a whole new chapter in the universe, and supplements the original title’s story.
X4: Foundations
Simulation 30 November 2018
A sandbox space simulator developed by Egosoft. It is the fourth full-fledged installment of the popular series X. Similarly to its predecessors, X4: Foundations focuses mostly on giving the players a freedom in how they want to play. At the beginning the player takes control of a cheap space ship with weak specifications. He is being thrown into the middle of an open galaxy.
Control Ultimate Edition
Action 27 August 2020
Control Ultimate Edition is a complete edition of Control by Remedy Entertainment studio (creators of Alan Wake and Max Payne series). The package includes the basic version and all DLCs (The Foundation and AWE).
Command & Conquer: Red Alert Remastered
Strategy 05 June 2020
A remastered version of Red Alert, a classic RTS from the mid-1990s, which is considered one of the fathers of the genre, and the second installment of the legendary Command & Conquer cycle. The game has a completely new audiovisual setting while maintaining the key elements of the original gameplay.
Star Wars: Battlefront
Action 17 November 2015
The third installment in the Star Wars-themed first person shooter series, which comes back after 10-year hiatus and with audiovisuals befitting the eight generation of consoles. After Lucas Arts Studio, who developed the first two parts, was closed, the works on the sequel were handed over to EA DICE. The game once more takes you into the age-old war for the galaxy and lets you choose one of two sides of the conflict.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Strategy 09 October 2012
A science-fiction turn-based strategy game that came out as a reboot of the cult series, UFO: Enemy Unknown, launched back in 1994 by Microprose. This new title was created by Firaxis Games, a studio founded by Sid Meier. The story of XCOM: Enemy Unknown does not follow any of the plotlines started by its predecessors. Instead, it tells a new story of the war between humans and an aggressive alien race.
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Strategy 25 February 2015
Homeworld Remastered Collection is a remastered edition of the space strategy that wast first developed in 1999 by Relic Entertainment. The game was rejuvenated by Gearbox Software, studio known for the game series Borderlands and Brothers in Arms. We follow the history of Kushan, a forgotten race that was attacked by an alien civilization and almost entirely wiped out. However, over six hundred thousand of Kushans survived in the hypersleep chambers of a gigantic Mothership.
Chaos;Child
Adventure 18 December 2014
Chaos;Child is a visual novel sci-fi adventure game. Players are following the story of a high school student working for a school newspaper on the case of mysterious deaths, potentially related to an equally mysterious case that had shaken Tokyo a few years earlier.
Star Wars: Eclipse
Adventure TBA
Star Wars Eclipse is an action adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and Lucasfilm Games, set in the Star Wars universe.
Gears of War 3
Action 20 September 2011
The third installment in the futuristic series of shooters developed by Epic Games. The series is the pride of the Xbox 360 console. After the city of Jacinto, the last stand of humanity, is destroyed, COG coalition persists in its fight against the superior forces of the Locust. Marcus Fenix and his companions set out on a journey to find the protagonist's father, who has knowledge of what might be humanity’s last hope to defeat the enemy.
Gears of War 2
Action 07 November 2008
A continuation of a 2006's third-person shooter by Epic Games. You play as Marcus Fenix, a soldier sentenced for desertion, and face a hostile race called Locust. The action takes place six months after the events of the first installment. Even though the majority of aliens have been crushed, the remnants are still hiding in the underground tunnels while Rustlung – a mysterious, fatal disease – spreads among humans.
Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis
RPG 07 September 2023
Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis is a spin-off/remake of sorts, adapting the story of Final Fantasy VII and other projects in its world, such as Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus and Advent Children.
Live A Live
RPG 22 July 2022
Live A Live is a remake of a 16-bit jRPG that never left Japan. The refreshed version was developed in HD-2D style, combining classic atmosphere with modern realization. The game presents a series of nine stories, describing the fight of heroes from different eras against a single enemy.
Resonance
Adventure 19 June 2012
Resonance is a point & click adventure. which is the responsibility of an independent xii games studio. At the same time it is the first production of this group focused on financial profit.
Overwatch 2
Action 04 October 2022
The sequel to a critically acclaimed 2016 online shooter by Blizzard Entertainment. Overwatch 2 features PvP combat against other players and limited-time PvE events, in which we join forces with others against AI-controlled foes.
Dune 2000
Strategy 30 September 1998
Refreshed, numbered 2000 version of the old hit Dune 2. Again, we can embody in the main commander of one of the three big houses and fight great battles on the surface of the planet Arrakis.
StarCraft: Brood War
Strategy 18 November 1998
An official expansion pack for the excellent real-time strategy by Blizzard Entertainment set in a science fiction setting. The action of StarCraft: Brood War takes place after the events of the base game. Even though the Overmind has been destroyed, the Zerg still pose a threat, and a new danger emerges. The central character of the expansion, around whom most of the story revolves, is Sarah Kerrigan – a Terran infected by the Zerg. She became the most powerful Overmind – the Zerg Queen.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Action TBA
A full-fledged remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a TPP stealth game telling the story of Naked Snake, an operative trying to survive in a jungle and stop the Soviets from changing the course of the world.
Pacific Rim
Fighting 12 July 2013
Game based on the film Guillermo del Toro with the same title. Pacific Rim focuses on the battles between huge robots controlled by humans and gigantic monsters called Kaiju.
Scars Above
Action 28 February 2023
TPP action adventure game, developed by Mad Head Games team and published by Prime Matter. Scars Above takes us on a journey to a planet full of dangers, which we traverse, facing the monsters that inhabit it.
High on Life
Action 13 December 2022
Humorous FPS from Squanch Games studio, co-founded by Justin Roiland - one of the creators of Rick and Morty series. In High on Life we play as a bounty hunter, facing off against space invaders using an incredibly talkative arsenal.
Lost Planet 3
Action 27 August 2013
The third installment in the science fiction action game series. Contrary to its predecessors developed by Capcom, Lost Planet 3 was created by Spark Unlimited (Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, and others). The story presents the events preceding those of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. The protagonist is a civil pilot who takes part in the colonization of Eden III.
Anno 2070: Deep Ocean
Strategy 04 October 2012
An official expansion for the 2011’s economic simulation game, Anno 2070, developed cooperatively, just like the vanilla game, by two German studios: Blue Byte Software and Related Designs. Deep Ocean introduces a new civilization level, thanks to which the technological faction was enriched with a previously unavailable social class of geniuses.
UFO: Enemy Unknown (1994)
Strategy 23 September 1994
A turn-based strategy game, with RPG and simulation elements, developed by Microprose. The story of UFO: Enemy Unknown takes place in an alternate reality of the year 1999, where the players take on the role of the leader of X-COM, an organization created to prevent potential alien threats. When reports from many corners of the world come in about numerous missing people, terrorized cities and hideous genetic experiments - X-COM soldiers have to move in.