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A tactical, online, third-person shooter, based on the gameplay mechanics of Metal Gear Solid 4. The game's servers were shut down in June 2012.
The fourth game in the popular Capcom action franchise, Devil May Cry. Take on the role of new playable character Nero, as he uses his swanky demon arm to beat the hell out of a demon invasion in the castle town of Fortuna.
The fourth main Call of Duty game ditches the World War II setting of the past games to tell a story set in contemporary times, and backs it up with a breakthrough multiplayer mode.
Released in Korea in 2007, Crossfire made its mark by being a ranked-based, online First Person Shooter that could run on virtually any machine. It has since become one of the highest-grossing online games, earning a billion dollars every year, mostly in Asia.
A PSP compilation of five Gradius games.
The first Advance Wars game for the Nintendo DS brings dual COs, battle modes and seven new units into the mix.
The third game in Capcom's popular action adventure series. This is a prequel to the original Devil May Cry and the first game of the franchise's storyline chronologically. The game saw a re-release in Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition, which added a new character, among other things.
This expansion adds perks
The sixth entry, and first straight-to-console iteration, in the fast-paced sci-fi space shooter series, Gradius V implemented 3D models and backdrops, simultaneous multiplayer, online scoreboards, "revival start," and advanced control schemes. It is the only Gradius game not developed exclusively by Konami.
Samanosuke returns to battle Nobunaga, but this time in present day Paris.
A top-down shooter where the goal is for players to defend themselves from waves upon waves of enemies, using an assortment of increasingly powerful weapons.
Devil May Cry 2 is the sequel to the 2001 critically-acclaimed Devil May Cry from Capcom. The game follows returning protagonist Dante and new playable character Lucia as they hack and slash their way through hordes of demons. Fans consider this to be the weakest in the series.
A 3D action game for the PS2 that reimagines the 2D sidescroller Rygar.
Return to Sengoku-era Japan and battle the demon forces of Nobunaga Oda as new warrior Jubei in this expanded sequel, which also adds a friendship system that can unlock extra story scenes and playable characters.
Xbox Version of the hit Onimusha Warlords. You follow the young samurai Samansosuke as he searches for Princess Yuki in Inabayama Castle.
Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura is an isometric RPG following in the footsteps of Fallout 1 & 2 in which the magic of a high fantasy world is enmeshed with the steampunk technology of an industrial revolution in a Victorian Era setting.
Killed in his attempt to unify Japan under his rule, Nobunaga Oda makes a pact with the demon king Fortinbras and returns with a vengeance. The Princess of Inabayama Castle is caught in the crossfire and kidnapped... but not before sending a plea for aid to her friend, the samurai Samanosuke Akechi. This man will fall and rise again as an Oni Musha - a demon warrior!
Squaresoft's first PS2 release, The Bouncer is a beat'em up that features RPG mechanics and a branching story path. It tells the tale of three bouncers that fight to rescue a girl from the clutches of a megalomaniacal CEO. The game was known for its production values, introducing a juggling physics engine and graphical techniques such as bloom lighting and depth-of-field effects.
A compilation for the PlayStation 2, containing both Gradius III and Gradius IV.
Fallout 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed post-apocalyptic RPG.
A critically acclaimed role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios and Tim Cain in 1997, Fallout established itself as a prominent post-apocalyptic universe with a dark sense of humor.
Night Slave is a side-scrolling action game, a run & gun role-playing shooter, in the tradition of Assault Suits Valken. It also has visual novel cutscenes with eroge content.
Contra Force is the third game in the Contra franchise, but has nearly no ties to the main franchise, and is often considered a spin-off.
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault is the second Gradius game for the Game Boy. It is the sequel to 1990's Nemesis and is known as Nemesis II in Japan.
This Konami-developed/Ultra Games-published horizontal space shooter, borrows the name of the European version of Gradius, as well as some elements from Gradius 1 and 2. The end product is a game that has some new content, as well as some old. This game was only released in North America and Japan.
The third installment of the Gradius series, pitting the Vic Viper against Bacterian forces yet again. It introduces the "Edit Mode" system, allowing players to fully-customize their weapon loadout.
An arcade game released by Sega in 1988, Last Survivor is the earliest known free-roaming, three-dimensional, third-person shooter, and one of the first shooters with a network multiplayer deathmatch mode.
The direct follow-up to Konami's arcade shoot-'em-up classic Gradius, introducing customizable Power Meters with new power-ups. It had no official release in North America for 18 years.
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