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Star Fox Guard
Strategy 21 April 2016
A strategy tower defense game and a spin-off to the popular series of TPP shooters that were available on many Nintendo consoles. The main character of Star Fox Guard is Grippy Toad (uncle of Slippy Toad, one of the series' main protagonists) whose job it is to mine rare minerals. Various enemies are trying to interrupt him and the player is tasked with stopping them.
PolyRace
Racing 24 March 2016
Developed by BinaryDream Studios from France, a futuristic racing game inspired by such productions as F-Zero, Trackmania, and Race the Sun. In PolyRace you control advanced, futuristic hovercrafts, which are competing on procedurally generated levels set in three distinctive environments: arctic, desert, and land. There are four crafts that are different in terms of steering, handling etc.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Eclipse
Action 19 April 2016
The second DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. It is a part of the season pass available only on PCs and eighth generation consoles. As in case of previous installments in the series, the expansion offers two main elements. First one is another chapter of the cooperation zombie mini-campaign called Zetsubou no Shima. During this chapter the heroes who are facing an invasion of living dead are going to a small island on the Pacific Ocean, where secret experiments are conducted.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
Strategy 09 September 2016
Developed by a small studio Massive Damage, a space strategy with RPG elements. Plot in Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander tells a story about an alien invasion on Earth. To stop the threat, humans go to an ancient space station Halcyon 6 which enables them to discover new technologies and to form alliances with other races which can help them to fend off the invaders.
Shadowgun
Action 29 September 2011
Shadowgun is a shooter with a third person view. The production offers only a feature campaign, which takes place in the XXIV century, allowing you to play the role of a head hunter to kill a crazy scientist defended by the army of cyborgs and mutants.
Dawn of Andromeda
Strategy 04 May 2017
Set in science-fiction realities, a 4X strategy developed by independent studio Grey Wolf Entertainment from Portugal. The action of Dawn of Andromeda takes place in the distant future in the titular galaxy that serves as an arena for the rivalry between various civilizations of different cultures.
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness
Adventure 28 May 2015
An adventure game/visual novel developed by 5pb, a Japanese studio known with immense experience with the genre. Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness takes place in the world of Psycho-Pass, a popular science-fiction anime series. We are introduced to a grim version of 2113, in which a complex computer system called Sybil monitors the actions, thoughts, and emotional state of the inhabitants, creating a criminal behavior estimate for every citizen.
Hyperide
Arcade 03 February 2016
A space arcade game from the endless runner genre, developed by Kool2Play. At first sight, Hyperide resembles classic space shooters that were once popular in the arcades. We control a small space ship that keeps flying upwards through levels filled with enemies and dangers. However, the gameplay strays from other similar games with one important feature: our ship doesn’t have any weapons mounted, meaning that our only choice is to avoid collisions with incoming objects.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Arcade 25 August 2016
A sequel to the two-dimensional action game released in 2014. The new game was created by the authors of the previous game, the Inti Creates studio, mostly known for developing the Mega Man Zero miniseries. In Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 the player can experience the further adventures of Gunvolt and the characters known from the prequel, facing the corporation ruling the future world.
Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions
Arcade 26 March 2015
Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions is a mobile and browser platform game based on the Star Wars Rebels animated TV series. The game takes place between the third and fourth episode of the movie saga. While the evil Empire hunts down what was left from the Jedi order, a Rebelion starts to grow. Gameplay in Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions combines elements of platform games and economic strategies.
Project Genom
RPG 12 October 2016
An MMORPG created by Genom Games and set in a science-fiction world. The player is taken to a time in the distant future, when the Earth gets completely destroyed and humanity must find a new home. Avalon is one of the few inhabitable planets mankind has discovered, and one that appears to be an idyllic place. Unfortunately however, as it turns out on arrival, humans have to fight for the planet against the creatures that inhabit it.
Implosion: Never Lose Hope
Action 08 April 2015
A mobile science-fiction hack ‘n’ slash developed by Rayark, a Taiwanese developer specializing in mobile titles. Implosion: Never Lose Hope takes us to a distant future, to a universe where humanity has been invaded by hordes of hostile aliens. The game begins 20 years after the fall of Earth, when a military force from the two remaining human colonies attempts to reclaim the planet and defeat the alien invaders.
Star Wars: Battlefront - Battle of Jakku
Action 08 December 2015
Battle of Jakku is the first DLC pack for the online shooter Star Wars: Battlefront. The pack has been brought by the developers of the Start Wars: Battlefront – the Swedish EA DICE studio – and offered for free to celebrate the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie. The pack features two new multiplayer maps inviting the players to a desert planet Jakku located in the Outer Rim territories.
Vega Conflict
Strategy 08 August 2013
Vega Conflict is a space RTS by Kixeye. Players build space bases, collect raw materials, develop technologies and build starship fleets, which they then use for battles against artificial intelligence or other users.
Xenowerk
Action 18 June 2015
A mobile science-fiction/horror twin-stick shooter game, stylistically similar to Alien Breed. Xenowerk was developed by Swedish studio Pixelbite, the creators of the well-received Space Marshals. The story is set in an Arctic research station, taken over by monsters, which were bred there. You play as a member of a team sent to neutralize the threat. The story campaign gives you missions with various objectives, focused mostly on battling hordes of enemies.
Disney Infinity 3.0
Arcade 28 August 2015
The third installment in a popular action-adventure game series for kids, set in an expansive universe of films and cartoons of The Walt Disney Company. As many as five game developers worked on this title: Avalanche Software, Ninja Theory, Sumo Digital, Studio Gobo, and United Front Games. In accordance with the tradition of the series, Disney Infinity 3.0 lets you synchronize collectible figurines with the game in order to unlock virtual characters.
Decompression
Action 09 June 2016
A science-fiction top-down online shooter intended for mobile platforms, created by a Polish development studio, Sathra Games. The action of Decompression takes us to the near future. We assume the role of a colonial infantry commando entangled in a corporate war for resources. Our task is the neutralization of potential threats on spaceships, planetary mining stations, and other planets’ moons.
Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders From Planet Space
Action 11 December 2014
Refreshed edition of the second part of the series of third-person shootouts, in which the title forces of the Earth's armed forces face the invaders from space. Compared to the original edition of PlayStation 2, the game features better graphics, an additional (third) character class and the ability to play in cooperation mode for max. 4 people.
Nova-111
Adventure 25 August 2015
An unusual adventure game by Funkatronic Labs, combining elements of platformer and turn-based strategy productions. The plot of Nova-111 revolves around the effects of an experiment conducted by 111 ingenious scientists from an alternate world, where time flows in turns. The result of their actions is an anomaly that merged both worlds. As a pilot of the research vessel Nova, we have to find and rescue the scientists and to remove the anomaly to separate the dimensions.
Legions of Steel
Strategy 16 July 2015
A science-fiction tactical turn-based strategy game and a virtual adaptation of a board game. Legions of Steel is set in the far future, in which the allied forces of The League of Aliens and the United Nations of Earth face rebellious robots. Although the battles go on across almost all of the universe, the most important front is an underground tunnel network, where the enemy's machine-building conveyors are located.
Hyper Void
Arcade 10 February 2015
Hyper Void is an arcade shoot’em up game inspired by the classics like Gradius, Salamander, Nemesis, Xeon 2: Megablast and Tempest. The game was developed by two brothers from the independent studio IN|Framez and is their first big production. We play as a spaceship pilot who travels through subspace tunnels. Our ship, which constantly moves forward, is presented from a third-person perspective. Controls are limited to steering right or left as we face numerous enemies.
The Long Journey Home
Action 30 May 2017
A science-fiction sandbox action game with roguelike and strategy game elements, and the debut production from one of Daedalic Entertainment's subsidiaries. The Long Journey Home tells the story of a prototype spaceship, the first one in history to be equipped with an FTL drive. During its maiden flight, an accident happens which results in the ship being thrown into an uncharted region of the galaxy; the player’s task, as the ship’s captain, is to find a way home.
Grow Home
Arcade 04 February 2015
A unique action-adventure game, whose main theme is climbing. The title was developed by Ubisoft Reflections, the studio known for such productions as The Crew, the Driver series, or the classic Destruction Derby. You play as a robot named BUD, whose job is to traverse the galaxy in search for new plant species. During one of his journeys he arrives to a region consisting of multiple floating islands. Fortunately, a fast-growing plant helps him get around this fragmented world.
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
Action 19 January 2016
A TPP action game styled after retro science-fiction titles, created by ACE Team studio – known from games like Rock of Ages, Abyss Odyssey, or the Zeno Clash series. The story features the adventures of three astronauts and their robot companion, whose ship crashes on the alien planet Gravoria, and their only chance to escape is reaching the top of a massive tower.