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Video game 2026

ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE

In July 2029, the Central Usean Federation is invaded by the Republic of Sotoa and much of its territory falls within days. Rescued at sea by the aging carrier Endurance after the death of Jan Cope, the pilot known by the callsign Rex receives an unexpected mission: assume the identity of Wings of Theve, an ace who had become a symbol of hope for the population. As the leader of Joker Flight, he must now turn that f…

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Video game 2026

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced takes place within a fictional history built around the millennia-old conflict between the Assassins, who defend peace and free will, and the Templars, who seek to establish peace through control. In the 21st century, the player takes on the role of an Abstergo Industries employee manipulated into uncovering secrets connected to this struggle and to the First Civilization. The…

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Video game 2026

CONTROL Resonant

After years of confinement within the Federal Bureau of Control, Dylan Faden emerges into a Manhattan devastated by a paranatural crisis that has spread beyond the Oldest House. The Hiss, the Mold and a mysterious cosmic force now distort the city and even the laws of reality. With Jesse Faden missing, Dylan must learn to master new powers, confront the creatures invading Manhattan and understand the threat graduall…

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Video game 2026

Marvel's Wolverine

In a world where the existence of mutants remains largely hidden, Bolivar Trask leads a secret campaign to capture, study and eliminate them. James "Logan" Howlett, also known as Wolverine, rejoins Team X after several years away and finds himself alongside Mystique, Sabretooth and Jean Grey in a fight for mutant survival. Torn between fragments of a past he struggles to reconstruct and a rage that remains difficult…

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Video game 2026

Mio: Memories in Orbit

The story of Mio: Memories in Orbit takes place aboard the Vessel, a spaceship originally intended to guide humans known as travelers toward a new planet. After the travelers disappeared, the ship continued to exist solely through the robots that inhabit and maintain it. The minds of certain travelers, preserved through a process called embedding, are growing weaker as the Heart, the presence that gives life to t…

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Video game 2026

My Hero Academia: All's Justice

As the conflict between Heroes and Villains reaches its climax, Izuku Midoriya, his classmates from U.A. High and the Pro Heroes face the forces gathered around Tomura Shigaraki and All For One. The Final War scatters the fighters across several fronts and pushes everyone to use their Quirks to their limits. The story mode follows these battles from both Hero and Villain perspectives, leading to the decisive confron…

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Video game 2026

Saros

Beneath an unsettling eclipse, Arjun Devraj, a Soltari Enforcer, travels to Carcosa, a distant planet where a human colony has been lost. Searching for answers and for someone he refuses to abandon, he explores an unstable world whose environments change across successive cycles. The eclipse corrupts Carcosa, its inhabitants and even the memories of those who venture there. As Arjun progresses through the remains of…

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Video game 2026

Star Fox

The Lylat system is threatened by the armies of Dr. Andross, who is steadily extending his influence from the planet Venom. Faced with the invasion, General Pepper calls upon the Star Fox mercenary team. At the controls of his Arwing, Fox McCloud leads the squad alongside Falco Lombardi, Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare. Their mission takes them from Corneria to Venom across different planets, space zones and battlefields…

• Adventure
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• FPS

Video game 2025

Borderlands 4

For millennia, Kairos remained hidden from the rest of the universe under the rule of the Timekeeper. This leader maintains control over the population through an army of synthetic soldiers and cybernetic implants called Bolts, used to monitor and control its inhabitants. That balance begins to collapse when a catastrophe breaks the planet’s isolation. Several years later, four new Vault Hunters — Vex, Rafa, Amon a…

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Video game 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

In 2035, ten years after the confrontation between David Mason and Raul Menendez, a video resurfaces showing Menendez announcing new attacks. David and his unit, Specter One, are sent to Avalon, a Mediterranean city-state, to investigate the Guild, a technology conglomerate led by Emma Kagan that claims to be protecting humanity. During their mission, the members of Specter One are exposed to the Cradle, a halluc…

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Video game 2025

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Eleven months after helping reconnect a fragmented America, Sam Porter Bridges lives a more withdrawn life alongside Lou. Fragile, however, brings him a new mission: extend the chiral network beyond the borders of the United Cities of America. His journey begins in Mexico before an event takes him to Australia, where he joins Drawbridge and sets out to reconnect isolated communities across the continent. Accompanied…

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Video game 2025

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

During a confrontation with bounty hunter Sylux, Samus Aran is caught in the activation of a mysterious artifact that transports her to Viewros, an unknown planet once inhabited by the ancient Lamorn civilization. Isolated far from familiar territory, Samus must explore the planet's ruins and environments to understand what happened and find a way home. Her journey leads her to master strange psychic abilities, reun…

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Video game 2025

Split Fiction

Mio and Zoe are two writers with completely different creative worlds: one writes science fiction, while the other prefers fantasy. Invited to Rader Publishing in the hope of getting their stories published, they are connected to a machine designed to extract their ideas. An accident traps them inside the same simulation, where their creations begin to merge and come to life. To escape without losing their memories …

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Video game 2024

ASTRO BOT

When the PS5 mothership is attacked by Astro’s long-standing galactic enemy, its systems are severely disrupted and the members of its crew are scattered across space. Astro then sets out on his biggest mission yet, traveling through the different regions where his companions have become stranded in order to rescue them and gradually reunite the crew needed to rebuild the mothership. To accomplish this mis…

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Video game 2024

LEGO Horizon Adventures

In a distant future where nature has reclaimed an Earth inhabited by gigantic machines, Aloy is discovered as a baby and raised by the hunter Rost within the Nora tribe. After becoming a hunter herself, she sets out on a journey to understand her origins and the mystery surrounding her existence. Guided by traces left behind by a scientist from the past named Elisabet, she must also face Helis and his Sun-worshippin…

• Action
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• Comedy

Video game 2024

Nine Sols

New Kunlun, the Solarians’ last sanctuary, has remained silent for centuries. In this vast realm, the ancient gods left mortals a promised land protected by sacred rituals, while the true nature of this world remains unknown to most of its inhabitants. Everything changes when Yi, a long-forgotten hero, is awakened by a human child. He then sets out on a quest for revenge against the 9 Sols, the powerful rulers of…

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Video game 2024

Persona 3 Reload

A new student at Gekkoukan High School, the protagonist discovers the existence of the Dark Hour, a hidden period between two days during which strange creatures known as Shadows invade the city. Able to awaken the power of his Persona, he joins S.E.E.S., a group of students who explore Tartarus, an immense tower that appears in place of the school during this supernatural hour. Over the course of the school year…

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Video game 2024

Stellar Blade

In a future where humanity has abandoned an Earth devastated by the Naytibas and taken refuge in a space Colony, Eve joins the 7th Airborne Squad sent to reclaim the planet. The operation immediately turns into a disaster: most of her unit is wiped out and her commander Tachy falls against an exceptionally powerful Naytiba. Eve survives the attack thanks to Adam, a scavenger who still lives on Earth. He takes her t…

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Video game 2023

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Peter Parker and Miles Morales now protect New York together under the identity of Spider-Man. As each tries to balance his personal life with his responsibilities as a hero, a new threat appears when Kraven the Hunter arrives in the city in search of adversaries capable of satisfying his quest. At the same time, Peter comes into contact with a mysterious symbiote that grants him new powers. This additional force g…

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Video game 2023

Metroid Prime Remastered

After intercepting a distress signal from a frigate orbiting Tallon IV, Samus Aran discovers a Space Pirate laboratory where experiments are being conducted with a mutagenic substance known as Phazon. She encounters Meta Ridley there before pursuing him to the planet's surface. Isolated on Tallon IV, Samus must then explore the remains of the Chozo civilization, follow the Space Pirates' research and uncover the ori…

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Video game 2023

Starfield

In 2330, humanity has left the confines of the solar system and settled in a region of space called the Settled Systems. Several political powers coexist there after a history marked by colonization and conflicts. The player's character first works as a miner when he comes into contact with a mysterious artifact. The object triggers an incomprehensible vision and quickly attracts the attention of Constellation, an …

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Video game 2023

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Some time after the defeat of Calamity Ganon, Hyrule is trying to rebuild. Link and Zelda explore the depths beneath the castle when they discover traces of a forgotten past and a disturbing presence whose awakening triggers a new upheaval. Zelda disappears in the chaos. Link, gravely injured, awakens far above the surface with his right arm transformed and meets Rauru, a mysterious figure connected to the powers h…

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Video game 2022

Horizon Forbidden West

After the events of Horizon Zero Dawn, Aloy discovers that the threat weighing on the world is far from gone. The Earth's biosphere is rapidly destabilizing: violent storms ravage the lands, a strange red contamination invades the vegetation, and the fragile balance that still allows humanity to survive is beginning to collapse. In search of a solution, Aloy undertakes a journey to the Forbidden West, a dangerous a…

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Video game 2021

Metroid Dread

Face off against unrelenting E.M.M.I. robots: once DNA-extracting research machines, the imposing E.M.M.I. are now hunting Samus down. Tensions are high as you evade these E.M.M.I. to avoid a cruel death while finding a way to take them down. Find out what turned these robotic wonders into the scourge of ZDR and escape with your life. Feel Samus’ power grow as you gain maneuvers and abilities: acquire new and famil…

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Video game 2021

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

In the distant future, humanity is threatened by the Black Scrawl and strange creatures known as Shades. A young man lives in an isolated village with his younger sister Yonah. When her illness worsens, he sets out to find a way to save her. Accompanied by Grimoire Weiss, a mysterious talking book, he searches for the Sealed Verses and travels through a ruined world where every region seems to hide its own secrets. …

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Video game 2021

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

While Ratchet and Clank celebrate their many adventures, the Dimensionator, a device capable of opening passages between realities, is accidentally damaged. The rifts that appear across space separate the two heroes and gradually threaten the balance between dimensions. Thrown into a parallel reality dominated by Emperor Nefarious, Clank meets Rivet, a rebel Lombax who has long fought against this regime. Ratchet, …

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Video game 2020

Astro's Playroom

Inside an imaginary PlayStation 5, Astro and his companions inhabit a universe where the console's components become enormous adventure playgrounds. From a central hub, the little robot can access several worlds inspired by different parts of the machine and progress through a succession of courses, obstacles and secrets. There is no grand dramatic quest here. Astro's journey serves primarily as an invitation to di…

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Video game 2020

Cyberpunk 2077

In Night City, a futuristic megalopolis dominated by corporations, gangs, and cybernetic implants, V is a mercenary dreaming of making a name for himself. When a heist targeting experimental technology goes wrong, V ends up with a mysterious chip implanted in his skull. This Relic contains the digitized personality of Johnny Silverhand, former rocker, terrorist, and legendary figure of Night City. Johnny's presenc…

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Video game 2020

Doom Eternal

Earth has been invaded by the forces of Hell. Entire cities have fallen, populations have disappeared and demons continue their conquest under the authority of powers far beyond the creatures previously encountered by the Slayer on Mars. From his Fortress of Doom, the DOOM Slayer sets out to stop the invasion by hunting those responsible for the ritual allowing the infernal armies to ravage the planet. His mission …

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Video game 2020

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot allows players to relive Goku’s story while also experiencing his life beyond the battles that shape his journey. The adventure is not limited to combat: Goku can also explore the world of Dragon Ball Z, fish, eat and train throughout the journey. Progression leads to new regions and new adventures while also allowing bonds to be formed with other heroes from the Dragon Ball Z universe. …

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Video game 2020

Final Fantasy VII Remake

The world has fallen under the control of the Shinra Electric Power Company, a powerful corporation that exploits the planet’s life force in the form of mako energy. Its influence extends throughout the vast city of Midgar, which has become one of the symbols of its domination. In opposition to Shinra, the organization Avalanche intensifies its resistance. Its members seek to fight the company’s activities and th…

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Video game 2020

Watch Dogs: Legion

In the near future, London is struck by a series of coordinated bombings blamed on DedSec. The hacker organization is almost completely dismantled, while the capital responds to the crisis by adopting increasingly extensive systems of surveillance and control. Private military company Albion receives broad powers to secure the city while the Clan Kelley criminal syndicate expands its activities. As DedSec begin…

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Video game 2019

Apex Legends

In the Outlands, the Apex Games bring together fighters from very different backgrounds in a competition that is as spectacular as it is dangerous. Each has their own story, motivations and abilities, but all enter the arena with the same objective: survive the other participants and overcome rival squads. This universe provides the setting for matches in which several teams are dropped onto a large map before sear…

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• FPS

Video game 2019

Control

Jesse Faden arrives in New York with a clear objective: find her brother Dylan, who disappeared during their childhood after an inexplicable event in their hometown. Her search leads her to the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control, a secret government agency responsible for studying and containing phenomena that escape the ordinary laws of reality. Almost immediately after entering the Oldest House, howeve…

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• Horror

Video game 2019

Death Stranding

In the near future, a phenomenon known as the Death Stranding has disrupted the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Supernatural creatures known as BTs now roam certain regions, while explosions caused by their contact with living people have contributed to the destruction of the former American society. A strange rain known as Timefall also accelerates the aging of whatever it touche…

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Video game 2018

ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission

Astro Bot: Rescue Mission follows Astro, the captain of a robot crew whose members have been scattered across space. Taking control of Astro, the player sets out on a virtual reality rescue mission, traveling through the different environments of the adventure in search of the Bots lost during their dispersion. Astro’s objective is therefore to find his companions one by one and bring them back with him in…

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Video game 2018

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Dragon Ball FighterZ builds on what defines the battles of the Dragon Ball series: immensely powerful fighters engaged in spectacular confrontations. The game places the iconic characters of this universe at the center of fast-paced battles where attacks, special techniques and transformations give each fight its spectacular dimension. Dragon Ball FighterZ translates this approach into a fighting game entirely…

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• Fantasy

Video game 2018

Fallout 76

In 2102, twenty-five years after the Great War, the doors of Vault 76 finally open. Its residents were selected before the apocalypse to take part in rebuilding the United States once conditions allowed people to return to the surface. Reclamation Day marks the beginning of that mission. Outside, however, Appalachia presents a strange sight. Cities and infrastructure bear the scars of the catastrophe, but other eve…

• Action
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• RPG

Video game 2018

Metal Gear Survive

After the destruction of Mother Base at the end of Ground Zeroes, a soldier who took part in Big Boss's evacuation narrowly escapes being pulled into a mysterious wormhole. Six months later, he is sent through this anomaly into a hostile and distorted world where the remains of military facilities stand alongside dangerous creatures. To find a way home, he must explore this unknown environment, gather resources, bui…

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Video game 2017

Destiny 2

In the distant future, humanity lives under the protection of the Traveler, a mysterious entity whose arrival once opened a Golden Age before a catastrophe reduced civilization to a handful of strongholds. To defend what remains, Guardians fight across the solar system using powers far beyond those of ordinary humans. The player embodies one of these Guardians, brought back to life and accompanied by their Ghost. T…

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Video game 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn

In the distant future, humanity now lives in tribal societies while enormous animal-like machines roam across plains, forests and mountains. The ruins of a technologically advanced civilization remain scattered throughout the landscape, but its origins and the reason for its disappearance have largely been forgotten. Aloy grows up as an outcast among the Nora under the protection of Rost. Rejected without knowing w…

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Video game 2017

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Around 2185, the Andromeda Initiative embarks on a project to colonize the Andromeda galaxy. Humans, Asari, Turians, Salarians and Krogan board vast arks for a 600-year journey, spending the voyage in cryostasis so they do not age during the crossing. Before departure, the Initiative identified several “golden worlds” in the Heleus Cluster, considered particularly suitable for settlement. Each ark has a team l…

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Video game 2017

NieR: Automata

In the distant future, invaders from another world have deployed autonomous weapons known as machine lifeforms across Earth, forcing humanity to take refuge on the Moon. In an attempt to reclaim the planet, humans send the androids of the YoRHa unit into battle. Combat android 2B is deployed alongside 9S, a scanner model specializing in reconnaissance and hacking. Their mission takes them through the ruins of an aba…

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Video game 2017

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Link awakens inside the Shrine of Resurrection with no understanding of where he is or why his memories are gone. A mysterious voice guides him outside, where he discovers a kingdom of Hyrule deeply scarred by a catastrophe that took place a hundred years earlier. Calamity Ganon devastated much of the kingdom after taking control of the ancient Sheikah technology that had once been meant to fight it. The four Divin…

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Video game 2016

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

In the distant future, Earth’s natural resources have been exhausted and humanity depends on colonies established elsewhere in the Solar System. An alliance oversees trade, travel and space settlement, while a defense organization protects Earth and its interests. The Settlement Defense Front, a militant faction that broke away from Earth several decades earlier, seeks to seize control of these colonies and threaten…

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Video game 2016

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

A few years after the events of the first Dragon Ball Xenoverse, the Time Patrol must once again protect Dragon Ball history from dangerous alterations. A new customizable Time Patroller joins Conton City and travels through different eras to intervene in battles whose outcomes have been changed. Alongside Trunks, the Supreme Kai of Time and many iconic fighters, they must restore the timeline while developing their…

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Video game 2016

Final Fantasy XV

After years of war, the kingdom of Lucis and the empire of Niflheim are preparing to sign an armistice. As part of the agreement, Noctis Lucis Caelum, crown prince of Lucis, is to marry Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, Oracle of Tenebrae. With the blessing of his father, King Regis, he leaves the capital of Insomnia accompanied by his three close companions: Gladiolus, Ignis and Prompto. Their destination is Altissia. The fo…

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Video game 2016

No Man's Sky

A traveler awakens alone on an unknown planet with damaged equipment and only the vastness of space ahead. After repairing their gear and starship, they can leave this first world and begin exploring a galaxy filled with systems, planets, lifeforms and alien civilizations. Mysterious signals and different discoveries gradually draw them into a quest connected to the nature of the universe and the center of the galax…

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Video game 2016

Stellaris

A civilization has just mastered interstellar travel and is preparing to leave its home system to explore a galaxy that remains largely unknown. Science ships set out to chart new systems, investigate anomalies and discover worlds suitable for colonization, while the empire gradually encounters other peoples with different ideologies, ambitions and technologies. Diplomacy, alliances, rivalries and wars then shape th…

• Science fiction
• Simulation
• Strategy

Video game 2016

Watch Dogs 2

Marcus Holloway is a young hacker from Oakland whose life has been directly affected by the predictive algorithms of ctOS 2.0. Wrongly identified as a dangerous individual by the system, he decides to target the infrastructure collecting and analyzing data from millions of people across the San Francisco Bay Area. After proving his abilities, Marcus joins the local DedSec cell, including Sitara, Wrench, Josh an…

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Video game 2015

Assassin's Creed Syndicate

London, 1868. The Industrial Revolution is profoundly transforming the British capital, but behind its economic growth lies the influence of the Templars. Under the authority of Crawford Starrick, their organization controls much of the city through businesses, crime and institutions. Jacob and Evie Frye, twins trained within the Assassin Brotherhood, arrive in London with different priorities. Jacob wants to direc…

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Video game 2015

Call of Duty: Black Ops III

In 2065, advances in military robotics and cybernetic augmentation have profoundly changed special operations. The most advanced soldiers can use a Direct Neural Interface, or DNI, which connects their brains directly to computer systems, tactical data and other soldiers equipped with the same technology. During an operation, a Black Ops soldier is critically wounded and survives only through extensive cybernetic a…

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Video game 2015

Fallout 4

On October 23, 2077, only minutes before nuclear bombs strike the United States, a family living in the suburbs of Boston finds shelter inside Vault 111. What was presented as an evacuation turns into a cryogenic experiment. When the protagonist briefly regains consciousness, they helplessly witness the murder of their spouse and the kidnapping of their son, Shaun, before being frozen once again. By the time they f…

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• RPG

Video game 2015

Fallout Shelter

In a world devastated by nuclear war, Vault-Tec entrusts the player with responsibility for a new underground Vault. As Overseer, the mission seems simple: build a thriving shelter and ensure the happiness of its residents, far from the dangers of the surface. There is, however, no central hero or major imposed quest. The story is the Vault itself. New residents arrive, work in different facilities, develop their …

• Science fiction
• RPG
• Simulation

Video game 2014

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

After the events of the first Borderlands but before Borderlands 2, the Helios space station is attacked by a military force led by Colonel Zarpedon. Jack, still far from the Hyperion ruler who will later dominate Pandora, tries to regain control of the situation and recruits several mercenaries to help him. Athena, Wilhelm, Nisha and Claptrap join his fight. The evacuation of Helios sends them to Elpis, Pandora’s …

• Action
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• Science fiction

Video game 2014

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Between 2054 and 2061, the story follows Jack Mitchell, a United States Marine wounded during a battle in Seoul and subsequently discharged. He is recruited by Atlas, a powerful private military corporation led by Jonathan Irons, which provides him with advanced technology that allows him to return to the field. As a global terrorist group carries out devastating attacks, Atlas grows increasingly powerful until i…

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Video game 2014

Watch Dogs

Aiden Pearce is an experienced hacker whose criminal activities eventually trigger a violent attack against his family. The incident kills his young niece Lena and leaves Aiden determined to find those responsible, even if doing so requires him to return to the criminal world he is trying to understand. Eleven months later, Aiden operates across Chicago as a hacker and clandestine vigilante while watching over …

• Action
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Video game 2013

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag

Caribbean, 1715. Edward Kenway is a young Welsh sailor turned privateer and then pirate, convinced that wealth and freedom can be found on the other side of the Atlantic. After a confrontation at sea, he takes the outfit of an Assassin and discovers the existence of a matter that could earn him a great deal of money. Edward, however, knows nothing about either the Brotherhood or the Templars and does not yet share …

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Video game 2013

Beyond: Two Souls

Since birth, Jodie Holmes has been connected to an invisible presence called Aiden. Nobody around her can see him, but his interventions are real: he can move certain objects, affect people and protect Jodie when she is in danger. Unable to understand what is happening to their daughter, her family eventually places her in the care of researchers specializing in paranormal phenomena. There she meets Nathan Dawkins,…

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• Drama

Video game 2013

Call of Duty: Ghosts

In the near future, a conflict in the Middle East destroys the region’s oil fields and triggers a global energy crisis. Several South American oil-producing nations unite as the Federation of the Americas, a military dictatorship that rapidly conquers Central America and Mexico. The Federation then hijacks an American orbital weapons platform and uses it to devastate several cities across the southwestern United Sta…

• Action
• Science fiction
• Thriller

Video game 2012

Assassin's Creed III

In the mid-18th century, the British colonies of North America enter a period of growing tension that will gradually lead to the American Revolution. The story begins several years before Connor’s involvement and introduces Haytham Kenway, a British man who arrives in the colonies to pursue a mission connected to the secret conflict between Assassins and Templars. Later, the narrative focuses on Ratonhnhaké:ton, a…

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Video game 2012

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

In 1765, Louisiana is going through a period of political transition after shifting from French influence to Spanish control. The American Revolution is developing farther north, but New Orleans has tensions of its own, where colonial rivalries, trade, slavery and the hidden ambitions of the Templars intersect. Aveline de Grandpré is the daughter of a wealthy French merchant and Jeanne, a woman of African desce…

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Video game 2012

Borderlands 2

After the opening of the Vault discovered in the first Borderlands, the exploitation of Eridium radically changes Pandora. Hyperion expands its influence across the planet under the authority of Handsome Jack, who presents himself as its savior while eliminating anyone who resists his rule. Four new Vault Hunters — Axton, Maya, Salvador and Zer0 — arrive on Pandora drawn by the promise of riches. Handsome Jack quic…

• Action
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Video game 2012

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

In 2025, David “Section” Mason leads a JSOC unit facing a new kind of global threat. Raul Menendez, leader of the Cordis Die movement, uses digital networks, propaganda and international tensions to strike at established powers. Behind this confrontation, however, lies a much older story. To understand Menendez, David must look back at the operations carried out decades earlier by his father, Alex Mason, and Frank …

• Action
• Science fiction
• FPS

Video game 2012

Mass Effect 3

After the events of Mass Effect 2 and with the Reapers’ arrival now certain, Shepard is on Earth when the invasion begins. The enormous machines attack several worlds simultaneously and strike directly at the galaxy’s major powers. Shepard leaves a planet already at war aboard the Normandy with an urgent mission: convince the different civilizations to combine their forces before they are destroyed one by one. On M…

• Action
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Video game 2010

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

Following the events of Assassin’s Creed II, Ezio Auditore returns to Monteriggioni with the Apple of Eden, convinced that he has dealt a decisive blow to the Templars. The respite is short-lived. Cesare Borgia’s forces attack the city, destroy part of its defenses and force Ezio to return immediately to the fight. The Apple is lost, and the confrontation with the Borgias becomes personal as well as political. Ezi…

• Action
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Video game 2010

Fallout: New Vegas

In 2281, a Mojave Express Courier crosses the desert to deliver a package to New Vegas. The journey comes to a brutal halt when a man in a checkered suit and several armed men ambush them. The package is stolen, the Courier is shot in the head and left in a grave. Against all odds, they survive. Taken to Goodsprings and treated by Doctor Mitchell, the Courier can then set out in pursuit of their attacker. The inve…

• Action
• Science fiction
• RPG

Video game 2010

Mass Effect 2

Shortly after the Battle of the Citadel, the SSV Normandy is attacked and destroyed by an unknown vessel. Shepard manages to evacuate part of the crew but dies when their armor is damaged in space. The commander’s body is recovered by Cerberus, a radical human organization led by the Illusive Man. For two years, Project Lazarus reconstructs Shepard and brings them back to life. Upon awakening, Miranda Lawson and Ja…

• Action
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• Science fiction

Video game 2009

Assassin's Creed II

Florence, 1476. Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a young nobleman more concerned with his friends, rivalries and adventures than with the secret conflicts running through Italy. His life changes when his father Giovanni and two of his brothers are arrested and executed following a betrayal. Ezio then discovers that Giovanni belonged to a hidden world whose existence his family had kept from him. Forced to flee Florence…

• Action
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• Science fiction

Video game 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman has once again captured the Joker, but the ease of the arrest immediately raises his suspicions. When he accompanies the criminal inside Arkham Asylum, his instincts prove correct: the Joker had planned his return. With Harley Quinn’s help, he takes control of the security systems, releases numerous inmates and turns the institution into a trap. The staff become isolated amid the chaos, while Commissioner Go…

• Action
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• Horror

Video game 2009

Borderlands

Pandora has long attracted adventurers, mercenaries and fortune seekers with promises of resources and wealth. One legend stands above all others: an alien Vault said to open only on rare occasions and contain unimaginable treasures. Roland, Lilith, Mordecai and Brick arrive on the planet determined to find it. Shortly after their arrival, a mysterious woman called Angel begins communicating with them and encourage…

• Action
• Science fiction
• RPG

Video game 2008

Fallout 3

For nearly two centuries, Vault 101 has remained sealed from the outside world. Its residents live under the authority of their Overseer with a belief repeated since childhood: no one enters and no one leaves. The protagonist grows up there alongside their father, James, the Vault’s doctor. Childhood gradually introduces this underground society until the day James disappears without explanation. His departure thro…

• Action
• Science fiction
• RPG

Video game 2007

Assassin's Creed

In 1191, the Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad belongs to the Assassin Brotherhood, based in part at the fortress of Masyaf. Talented but arrogant, he compromises an important mission by ignoring several principles of his order. His failure has serious consequences, and his mentor, Al Mualim, strips him of his rank and the equipment associated with his status. To regain his position,…

• Action
• Adventure
• Science fiction

Video game 2007

Mass Effect

In the 22nd century, humanity has discovered technology left behind by the Protheans, a civilization that vanished thousands of years earlier, and has joined a galactic community organized around the Citadel. Humans still hold a relatively recent position within it and seek greater influence with the Council that brings together the galaxy’s major powers. Commander Shepard serves aboard the SSV Normandy when the Al…

• Action
• Science fiction
• Romance

Video game 2004

Far Cry

Jack Carver, a former soldier turned freelance mariner, agrees to take journalist Valerie Constantine to an isolated tropical archipelago. Shortly after their arrival, his boat is destroyed by armed mercenaries and Valerie disappears, leaving Jack alone on islands whose true purpose remains unknown to him. Guided remotely by a man named Doyle, Jack attempts to find Valerie while crossing positions occupied by t…

• Action
• Science fiction
• FPS

Video game 1998

Fallout 2

In 2241, roughly eighty years after the events of the first Fallout, the tribal village of Arroyo is threatened by a drought that is gradually destroying its crops and supplies. The elders choose the Chosen One, a direct descendant of the Vault Dweller from Vault 13, to search for an ancient device capable of ensuring the community's survival. After completing the Temple of Trials, the Chosen One leaves Arroyo …

• Comedy
• Science fiction
• RPG

Video game 1998

Resident Evil 2

Two months after the mansion incident, Raccoon City is struck by an outbreak that transforms much of its population into the undead. Leon S. Kennedy, a young police officer arriving to begin his first assignment, enters the city at the same time as Claire Redfield, who has come looking for her brother Chris. After meeting amid the chaos, Leon and Claire are quickly separated and each searches for shelter and a …

• Action
• Adventure
• Horror