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- DirectorKonrad TomaszkiewiczStarsDoug CockleDenise GoughJo WyattThe monster slayer Geralt of Rivia must find his adoptive daughter who is being pursued by the Wild Hunt, and prevent the White Frost from bringing about the end of the world.9.4
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9.2 - DirectorShinji MikamiStarsBeng SpiesBettina BushSam RiegelUsing the power of his new right arm, Gene must eliminate all the mobs who are so dead-set on trying to go after his God Hand.9.3
- DirectorShinji MikamiKuniomi MatsushitaStarsPaul MercierCarolyn LawrenceRino RomanoSix years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.9.3
- DirectorCory BarlogStarsChristopher JudgeSunny SuljicJeremy DaviesAfter wiping out the gods of Mount Olympus, Kratos moves on to the frigid lands of Scandinavia, where he and his son must embark on an odyssey across a dangerous world of gods and monsters.9.2
- DirectorNeil DruckmannBruce StraleyStarsTroy BakerAshley JohnsonHana HayesIn a hostile, post-pandemic world, Joel and Ellie, brought together by desperate circumstances, must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey across what remains of the United States.9.2
- DirectorKo KojimaGenki YokotaTetsuya TakahashiStarsShintarô AsanumaEri NakaoRyô HorikawaIn a world of endless ocean, all life lives on the decaying corpses of two gigantic titans, the Bionis and Mechonis. When the army of Mechonis attacks his home, young scientist Shulk sets out for revenge.9.2
- DirectorShinji MikamiOlivier DeslandesOrine FukushimaStarsKen'ichirô MatsudaChieko HondaTeruyuki TanzawaIn the near future, Sam Gideon and a team of soldiers are hired by the president of the United States to recover a space station that's been taken over by a Russian ultra nationalist.9.2
- DirectorYoshinori KitaseAkihiko MatsuiTakashi TokitaCrono, a young boy, is thrust to adventure by destiny to destroy an oncoming threat that will destroy the world in 1999.9.2
- DirectorDavid SpeyrerStarsRobert GuillaumeMerle DandridgeTony ToddGordon Freeman, along with the help of human and non-human allies, continues his fight against the ruthless alien force known as the Combine.9.2
- StarsEllen McLainMike PattonAlesia GlidewellA test subject wakes up in a scientific facility controlled by a sadistic artificial intelligence and must escape with the help of the only instrument she has--a gun that makes portals.9.2
- StarsRobert GuillaumeRobert CulpLouis Gossett Jr.The Orange Box is a collection of five games. Half life 2, Half life 2: Episode 1, Half life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal.9.2
- Terra is joined by 2 Imperial soldiers in Magitek robot suits. They journey to Narshe where they discover a Frozen Esper. Terra is rescued by Locke and they journey to save the world from Emperor Gesthal and Kefka.9.2
- DirectorYuichi MurasawaA young boy searches for a way to return to his normal life when his small town is transformed into a world of fantasy.9.2
- DirectorMark PaciniStarsJennifer HaleVanessa MarshallA Space Pirate distress signal draws bounty hunter Samus Aran to Tallon IV, a world she discovers is being consumed by a terrible poison.9.2
- DirectorShinji MikamiMitsuhisa HosokiStarsCharlie KraslavskyInezhGreg SmithThe RPD are investigating strange cannibalized corpses on the outskirts of the city. The Alpha squad, Jill and Chris, are sent to locate missing team members. While there, mutated dogs cause them to flee into a supposedly abandoned mansion.9.2
- DirectorHiroyuki ItôWhen bandits try to kidnap the princess, they discover that it's the princess who wants to be kidnapped. But they are chased by an evil queen and an even more powerful entity.9.2
- DirectorMinh LeStarsJess CliffeA tactical FPS game, in which players assume the roles of members of combating teams of the governmental counter-terrorist forces, or various terrorist militants opposing them.9.2
- DirectorFeargus UrquhartStarsDavid WarnerCharlie AdlerDee Bradley BakerJon Irenicus, a sadistic secretive powerful mage bent on revenge, captures Gorion's ward and his/her party for a diabolical experiment.9.2
- DirectorWarren SpectorStarsJay Anthony FrankeBrent AndersonRalph BarbagalloIn a dark cyberpunk future where poverty, disease, oppression and terrorism are widespread, J.C. Denton, a new cybernetically-enhanced special agent, finds evidence of a massive conspiracy when his brother, also an agent, goes rogue.9.2
- DirectorYasuyuki HasebeKenichi IwataStarsJohn ButterfieldDonna Mae WongMike MarxWhen the clash of swords echo, the journey chasing the past ends and the journey to know today begins. A group of warriors led by Dart Feld are caught in a war between Endiness' nations.9.2
- StarsMichael T. WeissRob PaulsenJennifer HaleIn the city of Sigil, the only place from which all realities of the Planescape universe can be reached, an immortal amnesiac, the Nameless One, must uncover his past, the mystery of his immortality as well as who's trying to kill him.9.2
- DirectorYoshitaka MurayamaThree years after the Gate Rune War, the 108 Stars of Destiny once again gather to protect the City-State of Jowston from the invading Kingdom of Highland, led by the demonic Luca Blight.9.2
- DirectorHideo KojimaStarsDavid HayterPatric ZimmermanPeter LurieA crack government anti-terrorist squad takes over an obscure Alaskan nuclear disposal facility. Solid Snake is up for the task to infiltrate the facility, rescue the two hostages and thwart the terrorists' plans.9.2
- DirectorTetsuya TakahashiStarsHikaru MidorikawaTomokazu SekiYumi TômaYoung warrior and artist Fei Fong Wong sets off on a journey that tests his faith as well as courage as he is suddenly thrown into a battle where no one is who they seem.9.2
- DirectorHideki KamiyaStarsPaul HaddadAlyson CourtSally CahillTwo months after the mansion events, the deadly T-virus escapes into the streets of Raccoon City. Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield find the police office left abandoned. In an underground facility the story of Umbrella Corp. gets unfolded.9.2
- DirectorToru HagiharaStarsRobert BelgradeRamsay ScottKimberly ForsytheRichter Belmont has vanished just as Castlevania reemerged from the mists. Meanwhile, Alucard, the bastard son of Dracula, has awakened from his eternal slumber, intent on destroying his evil father once and for all.9.2
- DirectorYoshinori KitaseYasushi MatsumuraMasato YagiA former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.9.2
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoStarsCharles MartinetLeslie SwanWhen the evil Bowser steals 120 power stars and traps Princess Peach within the walls of her own castle, it's up to Mario to save her once again.9.2
- DirectorYoko TaroStarsYui IshikawaNatsuki HanaeAyaka SuwaIn the forsaken wasteland below, the war between the machines and the androids rages on. A war that is soon to unveil the long-forgotten truth of this world.9.1 (Become as Gods Edition)
- DirectorKazumasa IwaoStarsIkue ÔtaniPokemon ultra sun and ultra moon is an alternate take on the original pokemon sun and moon, with new characters, a couple of new pokemon and new areas to explore.9.1
- DirectorJohn JohanasYun M. WatanabeStarsMarqus BobesichMeg SaricksKiara Lisette GamboaThree years after the events at Beacon Mental Hospital, Sebastian Castellanos has left the Krimson City Police Department, but the mysterious organization MOBIUS gives him a chance to save his own thought-dead daughter.9.1
- DirectorKo KojimaGenki YokotaDaiki HayashidaniStarsCaitlin GlassCassandra Lee MorrisChris CasonFollowing the destruction of Earth in a war between two alien factions, the survivors of humanity build a new home on the planet Mira and form new alliances to fight against the hostile Ganglion coalition.9.1
- DirectorTetsuya NomuraTai YasueStarsHaley Joel OsmentDavid GallagherHayden PanettiereAfter the events of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix (2013), a boy named Roxas wakes up in Twilight Town trying to make it through his last days of summer vacation when he finds out that his dreams are actually Sora's memories and he must return them to him.9.1
- StarsBailey Gambertoglio9.1
- DirectorKouhei MaedaGenki YokotaStarsTomokazu SugitaYû KobayashiKana AsumiDuring a turbulent era, Chrom, the prince of Ylisse and descendant of the Hero-King Marth, leads The Shepherds in observing and combating the bizarre activities of the neighboring country Plegia.9.1
- DirectorTakashi TokitaKazuyuki IkumoriStarsYuri LowenthalLiam O'BrienCaroline MaceyDark knight Cecil Harvey goes on a mission to retrieve lost Crystals that a man named Golbez has seemingly stolen.9.1 (The Complete Edition)
- DirectorKoichi HayashidaStarsCharles MartinetDex ManleyScott BurnsMario goes back in the galaxy to save Princess Peach from Bowser.9.1
- DirectorMark PaciniBryan WalkerStarsTroy BakerLainie FrasierGray G. HaddockUpon becoming leader of the Space Pirates, Dark Samus launches meteoric Phazon Seeds at 3 planets crucial to the Galactic Federation. After being infected by phazon, Samus and her fellow bounty hunters set out to counter Dark Samus' forces.9.1 (Metroid Prime Trilogy, Includes First Games Too)
- DirectorMike BoothStarsEarl AlexanderJim FrenchJen TaylorA multi player co-op in post-apocalyptic Pennsylvania, where four immune survivors, Francis, Bill, Zoey, and Louis fight through hordes of zombies and Special Infected as they make their way to extraction zones.9.1
- DirectorJohn CookRobin WalkerStarsGary SchwartzGrant GoodeveNathan VetterleinNine mercenaries, two teams, guns, and hats. Welcome to Team Fortress 2, where psychopaths fight each other with shotguns, rocket launchers, pistols, baseball bats, surgical equipment, laser guns, and wear fancy hats.9.1
- DirectorHironobu SakaguchiThe four "Light Warriors" must fulfill a 2000 year old prophecy, traversing the land in order to restore light to the four elemental orbs and defeat an ancient evil to save their world.9.1
- DirectorHideki KamiyaA cel-shaded action game set in feudal Japan, in which the wolf deity Amaterasu defends the land from evil forces.9.1
- DirectorTetsuya NomuraStarsHaley Joel OsmentDavid GallagherHayden PanettiereSora and friends face mysterious new enemies as they continue their journey to save all worlds, and find Riku and King Mickey.9.1
- DirectorMasayuki SarutaStarsTakashi AkiyamaKeiji FujiwaraKiyotaka FurushimaThis is the fifth installment Suikoden series by Konami, takes place in the Queendom of Falena, six years before the events in the first and nine years before the events in the second one.9.1
- DirectorFumito UedaStarsKenji NojimaKazuhiro NakataKyôko HikamiA young man brings a deceased woman to a forbidden land inhabited by colossal beings said to house the power to revive the dead.9.1
- Day of Defeat is a team multiplayer FPS action and shooter video game set in the European theatre of World War II. Players assume the role of light, assault, heavy infantry, sniper or machine-gunner class, with historical weapons.9.1 (Source Version)
- DirectorHideo KojimaStarsDavid HayterSuzetta MiñetJim PiddockIn 1964, a U.S. government operative codenamed "Snake" must infiltrate mountainous Soviet territory to rescue a scientist building a weapon of terrible power.9.1
- DirectorDavid SpeyrerStarsRobert GuillaumeRobert CulpLouis Gossett Jr.Dr. Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create.9.1
- StarsJames Arnold TaylorDavid KayeJim WardRatchet and Clank return to the Solana Galaxy to combat Dr. Nefarious, a villain from Qwark's shady past, who wishes to turn all organic life into robots.9.1
- DirectorRyota KawadeStarsCharles MartinetJen TaylorScott BurnsMario must find all the seven crystal stars to enter the Thousand-Year-Door and save Princess Peach.9.1
- DirectorMichael E. SimpsonStarsJonathan AthertonGeorge BaladinosAndrew BuchananRome: Total War is a strategy game set during the mid and late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, with the player assuming control of one of three Roman families.9.1
- DirectorYoshito HiguchiEiji KikuchiKiyoshi NagaiStarsKatsuyuki KonishiScott MenvilleHeather HoganLloyd Irving and his childhood friend Colette are destined to go on a journey to save the world of Sylvarant, but doing so may endanger Tethe'alla, a world parallel to theirs.9.1
- DirectorTaeko KanedaKentaro NishimuraThe first Fire Emblem game translated into English. You play in 3 different story modes as Lyn, Eliwood and Hector as they set out with their army fighting in war campaigns and to defeat the dark wizard Nergal.9.1
- DirectorMakoto ShimojoStarsStefan Ashton FrankBlack Hole have launched a large-scale invasion of Macro Land. The four allied armies must work together to drive Black Hole out of their world once and for all.9.1
- DirectorAkihiro HinoStarsRikako AikawaAki AkihaChafûrinMax receives a mysterious red stone and learns that the rest of the world has been wiped out by a creature named Griffon who's looking for the stone. With the help of a girl from the future he sets out to rebuild the world and stop Griffon.9.1
- DirectorDaniel VávraStarsMichael SorvinoWilliam DeMeoGeorge DiCenzoYou play a 1930s mobster as you act out your confession of your rise in the ranks of organized crime.9.1
- DirectorNicholas S. CarpenterStarsMichael BarkenMilton JamesMichael BradberryYears after the fall of the Orcish Horde to the human Alliance of Lordaeron, the remaining humans and orcs find themselves facing a common enemy: the demons of the Burning Legion and their armies of undead monsters.9.1
- DirectorMasahiro SakuraiStarsDean HarringtonCharles MartinetNobuyuki HiyamaSmash Bros. installment for the GameCube with fast-paced, highly competitive and technical gameplay of realtime chess and hype using various Nintendo characters, with simple controls yet deep mechanics.9.1
- DirectorShin IshikawaYu SuzukiTakao YotsujiStarsCorey MarshallAkasha ScholenEric KelsoRyo continues his quest of vengence for his father. In his second outing Ryo must travel to Hong Kong to have a lethal face off with Lan-Di.9.1
- DirectorTohru NarihiroStarsAndyWhen Blue Moon troops enter Orange Star territory, the Commanding Officers of the Orange Star army plan a campaign to expel the enemy from their country.9.1
- StarsJames McCaffreyHaviland MorrisChris PhillipsA troubled NYPD cop is framed for murder and finds himself being hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.9.1
- DirectorToshiyuki ItahanaKazuyuki IkumoriJonathan KleinStarsDarrel GuilbeauCarrie SavageMichael McConnohieImbued with the power of crystals. Layne is a crystal bearer and his love of danger sends him on adventures.9.1 (Final Fantasy Chronicles)
- DirectorRyota KawadeBowser has become invulnerable by imprisoning the seven Star Spirits and using the wish granting powers of the mythical Star Rod from Star Haven. Mario must rescue the Star Spirits, who have been sealed in cards.9.1
- DirectorGregg MaylesStarsGrant KirkhopeSteve MalpassSteve MaylesGruntilda the witch is revived by her two sisters and seeks to steal the life essence of creatures to regain her complete body. Banjo and Kazooie travel various worlds in search of Jiggies to stop Grunty in her plans.9.1
- DirectorEiji AonumaYoshiaki KoizumiStarsFujiko TakimotoSachi MatsumotoKôji TobeAfter becoming the hero of Hyrule, Link stumbles into the enchanted land of Termina, where a falling moon will crush the world in three days.9.1
- DirectorShu TakumiStarsGabriel HoganStephanie MorgensternLisa JaiOne year after the events of the first game, Regina from the S.O.R.T. team and Dylan from the U.S. Army Special Forces T.R.A.T. team are sent on a new rescue mission to the past after the Third Energy causes another catastrophic accident.9.1
- DirectorKen LevineStarsKemal AmarasinghamLaura BaldwinMatt BoyntonAn agent is deployed on a mission to explore a distant planet, but instead wakes up from his cryosleep five months later only to discover that the ship's artificial intelligence has been corrupted and the humans infected by an alien race.9.1
- DirectorEiji AonumaYoichi YamadaYoshiaki KoizumiStarsNobuyuki HiyamaFujiko TakimotoJun MizusawaA young Kokiri boy discovers that his destiny is to free the Seven Sages and save the land of Hyrule from the treacherous sorcerer Ganondorf.9.1
- DirectorGabe NewellRandy PitchfordStarsKathy LevinHarry S. RobinsMike ShapiroDr. Gordon Freeman must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong.9.1
- DirectorTim SchaferStarsTony PlanaMaria Canals-BarreraAlan BlumenfeldManuel Calavera is a travel agent in The Land of the Dead who has stumbled across a ring of corruption.9.1
- DirectorFeargus UrquhartStarsCharlie AdlerRon PerlmanDwight SchultzIn a post-nuclear future, the descendant of an ancient exiled hero must leave his tribe in search of the Garden of Eden Creation Kit, the last chance of survival for his people.9.1
- DirectorGregg MaylesStarsChris SutherlandGrant KirkhopeEveline FischerThe witch Gruntilda has captured Banjo's beloved sister, intending to leech the girl's youth and beauty through black magic and mad science. Banjo and Kazooie set out across nine worlds to get her back.9.1
- DirectorKatsuhiro HaradaMasahiro KimotoStarsIsshin ChibaAlex EasleyBanjô Ginga19 years after the second King of Iron Fist Tournament, Heihachi Mishima hosts the third Tournament to attract Toshin, a God who killed the mother of his grandson, Jin Kazama.9.1
- DirectorMatt SamiaMark SchwarzDuane StinnettStarsGlynnis TalkenMichael GoughPaul EidingIn 2499 in the Koprulu sector, a ferocious collective race known as the Zerg arrives to massacre the exiled human colonies while a highly advanced race, the Protoss, intervenes to exterminate the Zerg.9.1
- DirectorMartin HollisStarsKevin BaylissKen LobbScott HochbergJames Bond must track down agent-turned-terrorist Alec Trevelyan to stop the launch of a powerful satellite. Play the game that set the stage for the First-person shooter genre on the console.9.1
- Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.9.0
- StarsAndy Barnett9.0 (Ride 3)
- DirectorJacob MikkelsenStarsDavid BatesonJane PerryJohn HopkinsAgent 47 embarks on a stealth mission to track down the elusive Shadow Client while learning the truth about his past. The spy thriller takes the assassin across international locations, from vibrant Miami to dangerous rainforests.9.0
- DirectorKazumasa IwaoStarsIkue ÔtaniPokemon ultra sun and ultra moon is an alternate take on the original pokemon sun and moon, with new characters, a couple of new pokemon and new areas to explore.9.0
- DirectorTetsuya NomuraTai YasueStarsHaley Joel OsmentHayden PanettiereDavid GallagherA re-release of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix on the Playstation 4.9.0
- DirectorYoshinori KitaseStarsJames Arnold TaylorHedy BurressJohn DiMaggioA celebrated young athlete is drawn from his futuristic hometown and convenient lifestyle to a harsh and techno-phobic land by a mysterious force only known as Sin.9.0 (Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD)
- DirectorHidetaka MiyazakiStarsEvetta MuradasilovaDes McAleerGrant GillespieIn this DLC for Bloodborne (2015), the player-Hunter is transported to the sinister Hunter's Nightmare, a demented place where hunters who become drunk with blood are sent to.9.0
- DirectorMasahiro SakuraiStarsJason AdkinsIsabella ArevaloLaura BaileyDuke it out in the fourth entry of the Super Smash Bros. series. New features are an eight player-mode, support for Nintendo's Amiibos, custom Miis as playable fighters, post-release DLC and more.9.0
- DirectorKosuke YabukiStarsTomo AdachiNate BihldorffDavid CookeMario and the rest race against each other for the gold cup again. Underwater and air gliding returns. Mario Kart 8 introduces zero gravity, and has a total of 48 race tracks.9.0 (DLC Pack 1)
- DirectorYusuke HashimotoIsao NegishiStarsHellena TaylorMark DaughertyCrispin FreemanWhen Jeanne's soul is dragged into the depths of Inferno after a demon summoning goes horribly wrong, Bayonetta goes on a dangerous quest to Inferno to rescue her friend before its too late.9.0
- DirectorHiromasa ShikataStarsMitsuki SaigaAyumi FujimuraSeiro OginoLink is yet again tasked with restoring peace to the kingdom of Hyrule after a malevolent sorcerer named Yuga captures Princess Zelda and escapes through a rift to the ruined world of Lorule.9.0
- DirectorKan GaoFollows Dr. Eva Rosalene and Dr. Neil Watts (employed by Sigmund Corp.) as they fulfill the lifelong dream of the dying Johnny Wyles.9.0
- StarsEllen McLainStephen MerchantJ.K. SimmonsMany years after "Portal," Chell reawakens at Aperture Science and tries to stop GLaDOS once again with the help of Wheatley, who has his own plans for the historical facility.9.0
- DirectorMitsunori TakahashiStarsGrant GeorgeJohnny Yong BoschAaron SpannThe heroes and villains of the Final Fantasy games are locked in an endless struggle between two gods, fighting to find a way to break the cycle and return to their home worlds.9.0
- DirectorTetsuya NomuraStarsJason DohringWilla HollandJesse McCartneyTen years before Sora held the Keyblade, three young Keyblade wielders bound by friendship, face being torn apart by the sinister monsters terrorizing other worlds and the manipulative mastermind behind them.9.0
- StarsRob WiethoffJosh BlaylockSophia MarzocchiA former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.9.0
- DirectorHiroyuki KanekoStarsAndrew ChandlerBill TownsleyBob CarterThe third and final installment in the Budokai Tenkaichi series that includes the apocalyptic battles and the essence of the Dragon Ball series, following the main story.9.0
- DirectorYoshiaki KoizumiStarsCharles MartinetKenny JamesSamantha KellyWhen Princess Peach is abducted as part of Bowser's galaxy creation scheme, stalwart plumber Mario must leap to her rescue, with the help of new celestial friends and powers.9.0
- DirectorShu TakumiStarsBen JuddSeon KingChristina KatanoPhoenix Wright takes on more personal cases while we see how his late mentor got her difficult start in court.9.0
- DirectorYasumi MatsunoStarsPhil LaMarrRobin Atkin DownesKari WahlgrenThe story of a heretic square religated to the lost pages of history9.0
- DirectorEiji AonumaStarsAkira SasanumaAkiko KômotoHironori MiyataLink, a young man from a small farming village, finds Hyrule is being consumed by an otherworldly twilight. Guided by a strange pixie named Midna, he endeavors to return light to the land and confront the usurper king Zant.9.0
- StarsGerry RosenthalPeter VackMatt BushA troubled teen is dropped off at the worst school in the country and must survive by rising through the rankings of the school system.9.0