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Project Nova
Action canceled
A first-person perspective shooter that takes place in the universe of EVE Online. Project Nova is a free-to-play game focused on multiplayer. Instead of a classic single player campaign, the game offers various multiplayer modes. Most of them take place in narrow corridors of ships and space stations – the developers focused on dynamic encounters instead of battles taking place in large open spaces. Project Nova is more like a tactical shooter than an arcade FPS.
Master Levels for Doom II
Action 26 December 1995
Developed by id Software in collaboration with GT Interactive, this is a set of additional maps for Doom II: Hell on Earth, released in 1994. The pack, entitled Master Levels for Doom II, includes 20 brand new maps (plus one hidden map), prepared under license and supervision of id Software by several independent artists. Due to the specificity of the set, individual levels have not been combined into larger episodes like the parent game, and each of them constitutes a separate whole.
The Collider 2
Arcade 19 April 2016
A dynamic space shooter and a sequel to The Collider - a simple arcade game developed by Shortbreak. Set in a science-fiction world, the game casts the player in the role of a space fighter pilot who has to engage in a fight against powerful space invaders to save the human race. Once it became clear that conventional weapons are ineffective, the only chance of defeating the enemy was to go inside the mothership in order to destroy it from within.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Eclipse
Action 19 April 2016
The second DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. It is a part of the season pass available only on PCs and eighth generation consoles. As in case of previous installments in the series, the expansion offers two main elements. First one is another chapter of the cooperation zombie mini-campaign called Zetsubou no Shima. During this chapter the heroes who are facing an invasion of living dead are going to a small island on the Pacific Ocean, where secret experiments are conducted.
Beacon
Action 15 December 2021
A science-fiction roguelike shooter employing isometric view and created by Monothetic - a studio established by active members of Half-Life 2 modding community. The player assumes the role of Freja - a hired female pilot whose ship crashes on the surface of an unknown planet. Although the protagonist dies, she gets revived by a cloning station which survived the crash.
Shattered Skies
Action 21 July 2016
An online survival game developed by Free Reign Entertainment, a studio established by the creator of Infestation: Survivor Stories and Romero's Aftermath. The action of Shattered Skies takes place on Earth, devastated by a space cataclysm — the Moon was smashed to pieces by a comet, while our planet was infested with an alien life form that degraded the environment and turned people into monsters.
Spareware
Action 18 March 2016
An arcade twin-stick shooter game focused around a co-op experience. It was developed by Rusto Games - a small developer team specializing in production of mobile games. Spareware takes the player to a dystopian, futuristic version of Helsinki, where the machines start a rebellion against humans. The player assumes the role of a robot allied with humanity, whose task is to reach the so-called Core and set free the friendly HelOS AI.
Reagan Gorbachev
Action 24 February 2016
A humorous top-down shooter created by the independent developer team at Team2Bit. The action takes place in 1986 when a mysterious organization kidnaps the leaders of the world's two main superpowers: Reagan and Gorbachev. With both the world peace and themselves being at risk, the two presidents have to put aside their differences and join forces, for only cooperation will allow them to escape and prevent a nuclear apocalypse. The gameplay mechanics are inspired by classic top-down shooters.
IS Defense
Action 19 April 2016
A first-person rail shooter developed by Destructive Creations, a Polish studio known for the controversial Hatred. The action of IS Defense takes us to the year 2020, when Europe is attacked by the Islamic State. The players assume the role of a NATO soldier who operates a heavy machine gun, and their task is to eliminate advancing enemies. As far as gameplay is concerned, the production is inspired by the genre’s classics and such titles as Beach Head 2000.
We Are Doomed
Action 17 April 2015
An old school shooter based on arcade classics from the Canadian team Vertex Op. We Are Doomed doesn’t have any plot, and we control a small group of polygons trying to break through a group of enemy polygons. Our main weapon is a powerful laser cannon, which can be charged to shoot more powerful attack, but at the price of deactivating it for a few seconds. There are two main game modes.
Star Wars: Battlefront - Outer Rim
Action 05 April 2016
The second large expansion pack to an online action game, Star Wars: Battlefront, developed by EA DICE. The Outer Rim DLC introduces four brand new multiplayer maps. They let players fight in the factories and among pipelines and platforms on Sullust, as well as in Jabba the Hutt’s throne room and in his garage on Tatooine. It also expands the game by two new characters: Greedo and Nien Nunba – both are well known to fans of the original movie trilogy.
Tom Clancy's The Division: Underground
Action 28 June 2016
Underground is the first paid expansion that comes as a part of the season pass for The Division, a multiplayer online action game by Ubisoft Massive. Initially, the DLC was made available for Xbox One and after a month-long period of exclusivity, it came out for other platforms: PC and PlayStation 4. The division is a political thriller the action of which takes place in a plague-torn New York.
Tom Clancy's The Division: Survival
Action 22 November 2016
The second paid expansion for Tom Clancy’s The Division, an online action game with RPG elements. Survival, just like the vanilla game, was developed by Ubisoft Massive, a studio experienced with online titles. Similarly to the first add-on, Underground, Survival first debuted on Xbox One and then came out for PC and PlayStation 4 a month later. The Division is a political thriller in which New York is faced with a biological terrorist attack.
Tom Clancy's The Division: Last Stand
Action 28 February 2017
The third and the final add-on released as a part of the season pass for Tom Clancy’s The Division, a popular online action game developed by Ubisoft Massive. In opposition to the two previous expansions – Underground and Survival, Last Stand was released on all three platforms (PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One) simultaneously.
Destiny: Rise of Iron
Action 20 September 2016
Another major expansion to the multiplayer FPS by Bungie Software, published in autumn 2014. Destiny: Rise of Iron is the first expansion available exclusively for the 8th generation of consoles and it requires the previous extension, called The Taken King, to work. The plot revolves around a breach in the wall, located on the southern border of Old Russia, which let hordes of fallen mutants get into the Golden Age graves, filled with valuable artifacts.
Star Wars: Battlefront - Bespin
Action 21 June 2016
Another DLC pack for the 2015 online multiplayer action game Star Wars: Battlefront by DICE. The expansion includes four new maps, which allow you do visit previously unavailable locations, such as Cloud City or the Administrator's Palace on the eponymous planet Bespin, as well as hunt your opponents in the Bioniip Laboratories and carbon-freezing chambers. On those maps, you can encounter e.g. the iconic AT-AT walkers and take to the skies in a new vehicle called the “cloud car.
Tick Tock Bang Bang
Action 09 June 2016
An original, first-person action experience delivered by Dejobaan Games. The player takes on the role of a female stunt performer gifted with an incredible ability to manipulate time. The plot focuses on her newest assignment, which is a film about crazy robots attacking the inhabitants of Boston. The story campaign here consists of a series of relatively short levels requiring the player to survive, eliminate the enemies and reach the designated spot.
Filthy Lucre
Action 16 September 2016
Developed by British studio Fabrik Games, a top-down gangster action game, combining mechanics of a shooter and a stealth game. The action of Filthy Lucre takes place in a slightly exaggerated version of contemporary London. In the game, you assume the role of a thug who works for one of the criminal underworld’s bosses. When he is robbed of almost all of his savings, your job is to get them back.
Verdun
Action 28 April 2015
An online first-person shooter inspired by the greatest battle of the First World War. This is the debut of Blackmill Games - a Dutch team. The game is set in the years 1916-1918. The player takes on the roles of either French or German soldiers fighting on the Western Front, participating in exhausting battles near Vauquois, Argonne, Vosges and Caures. The game offers four modes; in the main one, teams of four players compete against one another.
Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
Action 20 September 2017
A side installment of the series of dynamic and very brutal FPP shooters developed by CroTeam. This installment was created exclusively for virtual reality sets. Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope shows the beginnings of the great war with the forces of series’ main antagonist Mental, who wants to break the resistance of nations by destroying ancient temples and other places of cult.
Galaxy in Turmoil
Action canceled
An action game set in the Star Wars universe, and a fan modification of the unfinished Star Wars: Battlefront III by Free Radical Design. The abandoned production was then adapted by Russian studio Frontwire, basing on their predecessors' accomplishments, although the final product has been visibly modernized and given high-quality visuals utilizing the Unreal Engine 4 technology.
BATTLECREW Space Pirates
Action 10 July 2017
A competition-oriented, online multiplayer action game created by DONTNOD Eleven - a French developer. The players assume the roles of charismatic space pirates fighting over the greatest treasures in the galaxy. The game offers four character classes - each has unique attacks and moves differently. Two teams of eight players at maximum fight one another here. Depending on the game mode, the players' goal is to gather as much gold as they can or eliminate all the enemies.
Diep.io
Arcade 16 April 2016
Another free-to-play game developed by the creator of Agar.io – a minimalistic action game developed for mobile devices and Internet browsers. In contrast to its predecessor, in Diep.io the player doesn’t control a ball, but a small tank in which he fights other players over points. The vehicle can move in all directions and the cannon is controlled independently from the rest of the machine. The gameplay focuses on sending missiles at colorful figures appearing on the map.
Solstice Chronicles: MIA
Action 26 July 2017
A continuation to the well-received game The Red Solstice, created by the Ironward studio. Contrary to the original game though, Solstice Chronicles is a typical twin-stick shooter inspired by games such as Alienation or Helldivers. The player's task is to eliminate hordes of enemies, obtaining new weapons and developing the character. The story revolves around a mysterious virus that turns humans into bloodthirsty mutants.