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RiftStar Raiders
Arcade 28 February 2018
A top-down space shooter game designed specifically to deliver a co-op experience. The creators of the game, Climax Studios, were inspired mainly by titles popular long ago in arcades. The player takes on the role of an adventurer-pilot, who lives in the criminal center of the galaxy. The protagonist earns their living by selling valuable pieces of hardware salvaged from destroyed spaceships, oftentimes neutralized by themselves.
Fury Unleashed
Action 08 May 2020
A dynamic action platform game with roguelike features. The game was developed by the Polish studio Awesome Games. In Badass Hero the action is presented from a side perspective. The game focuses on exploration of a randomly generated comic book-like world, avoiding many traps and obstacles, and on combat with encountered enemies. The protagonist can use various shotguns, machine guns, rocket launchers, and grenade launchers.
Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass
Action 28 March 2017
The first paid expansion pack for Battlefield 1 - a popular online shooter game set in the World War I period. They Shall Not Pass brings a new game mode called Frontlines, which combines the Conquest and the Rush modes. Two sides of the conflict fight one another for control over certain, interconnected spots. Once the headquarters and all the outposts controlled by a team, a sequence resembling the Rush mode begins - the teams attack the telegraph posts or defend them against the opposition.
Forward Assault
Action 12 June 2017
An online FPS developed by Blayze Games for mobile platforms. Forward Assault’s lead designer was Lucas Wilde, the man whom the players owe the creation of Bullet Force, released in 2016. Forward Assault takes you to a virtual battle zones, where you take part in dynamic multiplayer combat. The game offers a variety of weapons, including the legendary AK-47 assault rifle as well as the Desert Eagle pistol.
Splatoon 2
Action 21 July 2017
A continuation of a multiplayer-focused TPP shooter from 2015, developed for the Nintendo Switch console. Splatoon 2’s gameplay follows its predecessor and lets the players control Inklings – joyful human octopuses who fight using paint-based weapons. Those can be used not only to attack opponents, but also to paint the map – which is one of game’s objectives and allows increased movement speed and faster ammo regeneration. Major novelties include e.g.
Steel Rain
Action 03 December 2015
A real-world science fiction side-scroll 2D shooter with elements of strategy and RPG. In addition to repelling waves of enemies and fighting powerful bosses, the game also deals with building colonies, conducting research on new technologies and developing skills.
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter
Action 30 March 2017
A new edition of Serious Sam: The First Encounter developed by Croteam for VR device users. The players assume the role of the titular character, who is transported to ancient Egypt using a special time machine. His mission is to change the course of history, and eliminate Tah-Uma – the last of the immortals who travel across the galaxy and destroy encountered civilizations.
Crucible
Action 20 May 2020
An action game focused on online gameplay, enriched with survival elements. Players find themselves in a dangerous alien world, and during dynamic gameplay they can form and break alliances.
The Brookhaven Experiment
Action 05 July 2016
An FPP shooter game for VR headgear. The plot of The Brookhaven Experiment focuses on the eponymous mysterious experiment, which resulted in the creation of a space time portal, letting through hordes of monsters. You play as a man who's trying to stop the ongoing apocalypse and close the portal. Apart from the VR headgear, the game also utilizes motion controllers, which are used to shoot and interact with the environment.
Vertigo Remastered
Action 21 July 2020
A science-fiction first-person shooter intended for virtual reality systems, created by an independent trio called Zulubo Productions. The plot of Vertigo takes place in a world where humanity managed to harness the power of small black holes to produce energy using quantum reactors. Such installations span numerous miles into the ground. During the game, we assume the role of a hero, who inexplicably wakes up in one of such complexes.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - System Rift
RPG 23 September 2016
The first major story expansion for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided by Eidos Montreal. System Rift does not introduce any novelties into the gameplay mechanics, which still allows a lot of freedom of action and choice of one of several alternative ways to achieve a goal. A stealthy approach and careful observation is still the most profitable option, and awarded with numerous secret collectibles. The plot of the add-on is rich in plot twists.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Salvation
Action 06 September 2016
The last, fourth DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, released in November 2015. The expansion called Salvation is a part of the season pass, and similarly to the previous add-ons, it is available only for PC and 8th-generation consoles. As always, the expansion includes four new multiplayer maps: Citadel takes place in a medieval castle. Micro is a wacky map, featuring a picnic table, with the players taking control of miniaturized soldiers.
Onward
Action TBA (early access since 30 August 2016)
A tactical shooter created by the indie developer Downpour Interactive. The game was developed for VR multiplayer matches, where the players use VR goggles and dedicated motion controllers. In Onward, players fight on modern battlefields in different environments, under changing weather conditions, and with the addition of a day-night cycle.
Shadowgun: Legends
Action 22 March 2018
Another major installment of the mobile action game series developed by Madfinger Games, a Czech studio known for Dead Trigger, among other titles. The action of Shadowgun: Legends takes place in the future, and we assume the role of spec ops soldiers whose task is to save the galaxy from an alien invasion. Contrary to its predecessor, the game is a first-person shooter with RPG elements which isn’t very different from other mobile FPSs.
Shadowgun: Deadzone
Action 11 October 2012
Spin-off popular Shadowgun shooter from 2011. Unlike the original, in this case we are dealing with a production focused only on multiplayer fun. The title offers gameplay modes such as Deathmatch and Zone Control.
Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore
Action 08 December 2016
Another full-fledged installment in a series of popular space shooter games developed by Fishlabs Entertainment. In terms of the mechanics, this iteration does not bring any revolutionary features and remains similar to its predecessors in many aspects. Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore is first and foremost a third-person space shooter taking the player to the Neox sector - where they become a bounty hunter and their role is to complete subsequent assignments for adequate rewards.
Robo Recall
Action 01 March 2017
A spectacular first-person shooter offering a virtual reality experience, developed by Epic Games. The players are sent to a futuristic city whose all public service duties are performed by special utility robots. A malfunction causes the robots to turn against their masters and wreak havoc in the city. We assume the role of an experienced liquidator that has to cull the robot population and regain control over the metropolis.
The Bug Butcher
Action 19 January 2016
A two-dimensional shooter set in a science fiction world, developed by Australian Awfully Nice studio. In The Bug Butcher, we play as a guy named Harry, who is a space exterminator of all kind of pests, just as he's received a profitable order to get rid of the vermin overrunning a research lab at a far-away planet, and save the scientists working there. However, it will prove to be more difficult than it seems, as the protagonist will face overgrown and very dangerous creatures.
Killing Time
Action 31 October 1996
FPP Shooting created by 3DO Company. The player plays the role of a former student of Egyptology, whose task is to find and destroy Thoth's Water Clock, turning people into monsters taken out of the nightmares.
Blubber Busters
Action canceled
Action game, including platformer and shoot'em upa features. The task ahead is to cure cosmic whales of dangerous diseases and mutations, and thus to restore the old order in which people and animals providing interstellar transport will live in harmony with each other. The game is presented in a side perspective, and is based on the exploration of different stages and elimination of hostile enemies.
Noblemen: 1896
Strategy 31 August 2017
A mobile strategy-action game by Foursaken Media. Noblemen: 1896 is set in an alternative version of the late 19th century, combining steampunk themes with elements based on World War I and the American Civil War. The game does not feature a typical story campaign; you lead one of the factions during a great conflict. In terms of mechanics, there are two aspects of the gameplay.
Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops
Action 28 October 2014
The next installment of Tina Troopers' series of arcade shooters. Players lead teams of soldiers and fight in different corners of the globe, performing missions that usually boil down to sending all enemies to that world.
The Terminator 2029
Action 15 December 1992
A cyberpunk first person shooter based on the motifs of the Terminator film series. While playing, we play the role of a subordinate Colonel John Connor, who heads a special strike group whose task is to destroy the criminal artificial intelligence of Skynet and the army of robots controlled by it.
The Terminator: Future Shock
Action 15 December 1995
The next installment of Bethesda's series of first-person action games, based on the license of the cult science fiction Terminator movie series. In the game we play the role of a hero freed by the resistance movement, who decides to join the fighting fighters and stop the criminal artificial intelligence of Skynet, which experiments with time. Technically, the game is a big step forward, offering a richly textured 3D environment and the ability to look around freely with the mouse.