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Just Cause 3
Action 01 December 2015
The third installment in a popular series of sandbox action games that came out after a five year hiatus thanks to the original creators, Avalanche Studios. The game features new adventures of special agent Rico Rodriguez, who works for a secret branch of CIA, known as The Agency. You travel to the Mediterranean region, specifically a small republic of Medici, which suffers under the iron fist of merciless general Di Ravello.
Doom Eternal
Action 20 March 2020
A full-fledged sequel to the 2016's Doom - a well-received reboot of the famous FPS game series. During their adventure, the players have to descend to hell and face new types of opponents using a wide variety of deadly weaponry.
Call of Duty 2
Action 25 October 2005
A sequel to the bestselling first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward in 2003. The action of the game once again takes place during the World War II, offering three campaigns spanning across 1941-45. During the game the player switches between an American paratrooper dropped in Western Europe, a British commando fighting in Northern Africa and France, and between a Russian infantryman deployed on the eastern front (including Stalingrad).
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Action 20 May 2014
A first-person shooter and the seventh major installment in the Wolfenstein series. This one was developed by Swedish studio Machine Games, founded by former members of Starbreeze Studios. Wolfenstein: The New Order tells an alternative history of the World War II, where the Third Reich won. The game’s main hero is B. J. Blazkowicz, a veteran of the American special forces. After spending 20 years in cryosleep, he has to stand up to the Nazis once more.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Action 19 November 2007
Third-person action adventure game that came out as Sony’s response to the unwavering popularity of the Tomb Raider franchise. The game was created by Naughty Dog, an experienced developer known for such cult game series, as Crash Bandicoot or Jack and Daxter. Uncharted lets you play as a young man named Nathan, a (self-proclaimed) descendant of one of the world’s greatest sailors and wayfarers – Sir Francis Drake.
Crysis
Action 14 November 2007
A futuristic first-person shooter that was initially supposed to be the sequel to Far Cry, the bestselling FPs developed by the German developer Crytek. The action takes place on a remote island where a group of scientists made a breakthrough discovery. Soon, the North Korean army takes control of the isle, isolating it from the rest of the world. The US government sends a special mission to rescue the scientists.
Just Cause 4
Action 04 December 2018
The fourth entry in the series of open-world action games, in which the players assume the role of chaos-wrecking Rico Rodriguez. This time, he is trying to bring order to the fictional country of Solis in South America. Thanks to the Apex technology, Just Cause 4 features high-quality graphics and dynamically changing, frequently extreme, weather conditions.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Action 09 November 2010
A first-person shooter, the seventh installment in the Call of Duty series, and a start of a new sub-series. The game was developed by studio Treyarch, the team responsible for Call of Duty: World at War. The story campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops is presented in the form of flashbacks suffered by the main protagonist, Alex Mason. Having previously worked for the CIA as a field operative, in his memories Mason returns to the age of Cold War.
Metro 2033
Action 16 March 2010
A post-apocalyptic first-person shooter featuring RPG and survival horror elements, based on the bestselling book written by Dmitry Glukhovsky. It was the first game developed by 4A Games, a studio that consists of developers working previously on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. The plot of the game takes place after a nuclear catastrophe that wiped out almost all life on Earth and made the natural environment irradiated and uninhabitable.
Half-Life 2
Action 16 November 2004
A sequel to the Valve Software's best-selling game that set new standards for the FPS genre back in 1998. Half-Life 2 is set several years after the events of the first game. Once again, the player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman – a doctor of physics who used to work in Black Mesa Labs, where an unfortunate incident opened a portal for alien life forms to invade the Earth. This time, the story takes us into a fictional City 17 and its immediate vicinity.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Action 04 June 2021
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 is another part of a series of first-person shooters developed by Polish company CI Games. The game allows us to play the role of the marksman.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Action 22 August 2017
The first story expansion for Uncharted 4: The Thief’s End. The add-on, also created by Naughty Dog, is a stand-alone title. For the first time in the history of the series, we control a different character – Chloe Frazer. The story begins some time after the events of Uncharted 4, and sees the heroine appear in India, where she attempts to find an ancient artifact, supported by Nadine Ross - a local mercenary. Gameplay wise, the game reuses the mechanics seen in The Thief’s End.
Crysis 3
Action 19 February 2013
The third part of the first-person shooter series, created and developed by Crytek studio and powered by their in-house technology - CryEngine. The story has been set in 2047, 24 years after the events of Crysis 2. Players take the role of James “Alcatraz” Rodriguez, the soldier of a Force Recon unit, who, in his futuristic Crynet Nanosuit 2.0, faces off against alien race Ceph and the Cell Corporation.
Pixel Gun 3D
Action 02 May 2013
An FPS game released in free-to-play model with microtransactions. Pixel Gun 3D offers a graphics style similar to Minecraft. We can use a rich arsenal during dynamic battles, completing story campaigns in solo play and joining multiplayer clashes (competition or coop).
Saints Row
Action 23 August 2022
The fifth installment of the famous Saints Row action game series. The production offers an intensive action and a powerful dose of humour. Volition Inc. is responsible for its development. The publisher is Deep Silver.
Witchfire
Action 2024 (early access since 20 September 2023)
The second game of The Astronauts, a studio responsible for The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. Witchfire is a dark fantasy first-person shooter.
Battlefield 1
Action 21 October 2016
Another full-fledged installment in one of the most popular series of war shooters played from the first-person view and developed since 2002, as the effect of cooperation between Electronic Arts and DICE. With its flamboyant title, Battlefield 1 introduces the series to the realities of the First World War. The story campaign depicts this global conflict through the eyes of several independent characters, who participate in twentieth-century's first modern military conflict.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3
Action 25 April 2017
The third installment in a popular first person shooter developed by Polish developer CI Games. Unlike the previous games in the series, most of the development process was done by a second party studio, comprised of creators of game franchises like Sniper Elite, Full Spectrum Warrior, and Killzone. The game features a growing conflict between Russia and the United States.
Quantum Break
Action 05 April 2016
A dynamic, third-person action game, featuring a science-fiction setting inspired by modern theories about time travel. This title is the first next-gen production from Finnish studio Remedy Entertainment, best known for the Max Payne series and Alan Wake. Set in the near future, the story is split into TV-like episodes. The player's point of view alternates between three characters who, as a result of a failed time-travel experiment, gain different time-based abilities.
Valorant
Action 02 June 2020
First-person shooter, where tactics, accuracy and appropriate use of special heroes' abilities are important. The production was developed by the famous Riot Games studio - the authors of the League of Legends.
Call of Duty: World at War
Action 11 November 2008
A spectacular first-person shooter (FPS) set during the Second World War. The game was developed by Treyarch, Activision’s subsidiary. It’s three-chapter campaign spans across the years 1942-1945, being set on Southern Pacific and the Eastern front. We observe the events from the perspectives of three soldier (two Americans and one Russian), and we get to take part in such military operations as the defense of Stalingrad or the Battle of Okinawa.
Metro: Last Light
Action 14 May 2013
A post-apocalyptic survival-horror FPS developed by 4A Games studio from Ukraine. The plot continues the events of Metro 2033, a game published in 2010, while the story loosely alludes to the books by Dmitry Glukhowsky. The action takes place in a world of future, destroyed by nuclear bombing. A handful of Moscow citizens who have survived the explosion hid in the city’s subway network. Divided into several conflicted fractions, people try to fend off waves of mutated animals.
Escape from Tarkov
Action 28 July 2017
A MMO FPP/TPP shooter with RPG and sandbox survival elements, developed by Russian studio Battlestate Games. Players become the members of two rivaling military corporations, fighting on the territory of an abandoned Russian city. Unlike many popular online shooters, this game stands out thanks to interesting story and full freedom of exploration combined with a whole bunch of various additional activities, which you can complete on your own or in cooperation with friends.
Halo Infinite
Action 08 December 2021
The sixth main entry in the very popular series of first-person shooters. The game was developed by 343 Industries. In Halo Infinite, the players once again assume the role of Master Chief, who is tasked with saving humanity.