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Action games. Wide category of games that require reflex, accuracy and agility. It includes, among other things, shooters (e.g. Call of Duty and Battlefield series) and action-adventure games (Tomb Raider). First and third person perspective (FPP/TPP) is used. In most cases we are playing as a character who has to defeat some enemies and reach a specific point. We can use a wide range of weapons, including pistols, rocket launchers, swords, knives and like. Action-adventure is a particular category within action games genre. Such titles put less emphasis on action and combat, focusing more on story, exploration and puzzles. more

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Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch

Action 26 January 2016

The first story expansion offered as part of the Season Pass to Rise of the Tomb Raider - an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics. Created by the authors of the basic game, the expansion doesn’t change anything when it comes to the graphics or gameplay mechanics, adding only a new adventure of Lara Croft. In the Baba Yaga – The Temple of the Witch expansion, the protagonist journeys to an infamous forest, where she searches for a lost Russian expedition.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Awakening
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Awakening

Action canceled

First of four planned DLC expansions for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, a first person shooter released in November 2015. The expansion, developed by the authors of the basic game at Treyarch studio, is quite similar to the DLCs released for the previous installments of the series. The main element of the add-on are the four brand new maps for the multiplayer mode – Skyjacked, Rise, Splash, and Gauntlet.

Battlefield Hardline: Getaway
Battlefield Hardline: Getaway

Action 26 January 2016

The third DLC pack included in the Season Pass for Battlefield Hardline - a first-person shooter developed by Visceral Games and released in early 2015. Getaway brings neither changes to the gameplay mechanics, nor expanded content to the single player campaign. Instead, just as the two previous add-ons, it focuses on new multiplayer content. The main course are the four new maps: Pacific Highway, Double Cross, Train Dodge, and Diversion.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan

Action 24 May 2016

A third-person action game with brawler elements and another digital adaptation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The title was developed by Platinum Games, an experienced Japanese studio, in cooperation with Nickelodeon.

Battlefield Hardline: Betrayal
Battlefield Hardline: Betrayal

Action 15 March 2016

The fourth and final expansion pack for Battlefield Hardline included in the season pass for this game by Visceral Games studio. The expansion, titled Betrayal, offers a similar content to the three previous DLCs. It adds four new multiplayer maps – Alcatraz, Cemetery, Chinatown, and Thin Ice. Apart from that, the expansion features new vehicles, e.g.

Perfect Dark (2010)
Perfect Dark (2010)

Action 17 March 2010

Perfect Dark is a conversion of the cult FPP shooter created by development studio Rare and released in 2000 for the Nintendo 64 console. The Xbox 360 edition got a few minor improvements - the most important is certainly support for HD TVs (up to 1080p).

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Trilogy
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Trilogy

Action 17 May 2016

A collection comprising of three installments in one of the most popular FPS series. It was created by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. The set includes three games belonging to the subseries developed by Infinity Ward: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (including the additional Stimulus map package), and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom
Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom

Action 20 April 2016

A tongue-in-cheek action-adventure game by Big Ant Studios from Australia, which is a combination of a brawler and a 3D platformer. Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom takes you to a fantasy world invaded by an army of maniacs named Clowns. They want to find Druid Orbs – the mythical artifact granting its possessor the power to rule the world. You assume the role of Jaxx, one of the Clowns, who decides, together with his friend Comedia, to look for the Orbs on his own.

Destiny: House of Wolves
Destiny: House of Wolves

Action 19 May 2015

The second large expansion for Destiny – the multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Bungie Software (creators of the Halo series). This time the players will operate in the asteroid belt of the Solar System known as the Reef. The place is inhabited by the Awoken and has been recently threatened by the Fallen. The player must repel the attacks of the invaders while obtaining as much riches from the new location as possible.

Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations

Action 20 October 2015

A video game based on Adventure Time, a popular animated TV show that aired on Cartoon Network, and developed by Vicious Cycle - the studio responsible for Madagascar 3: The Video Game and Ben 10 Omniverse. In the game, you follow the adventures of a boy named Finn and his magical dog Jake, who is able to freely change his shape and size at will.

The Evil Within: The Executioner
The Evil Within: The Executioner

Action 26 May 2015

The third story DLC included in the Season Pass for the dark survival horror The Evil Within released in 2014. Just like the original game, the expansion is set in the ominous asylum in which a brutal massacre takes place. Interestingly, The Executioner tells the story from the perspective of an enemy of The Evil Within’s protagonist.

Alien: Isolation - Lost Contact
Alien: Isolation - Lost Contact

Action 10 February 2015

The fourth expansion to a first-person survival horror - Alien: Isolation, developed by Creative Assembly. Like the previous expansion to the game (Safe Heaven), the Lost Contact DLC is a variation of the game’s Survivor Mode. However, in this particular DLC, the player returns to the Sebastopol space station and assumes the role of Axel. Gameplay mechanics build on the exploration of a new map, which now includes private Lorenz quarters and the station’s backup power generator area.

Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis
Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis

Action 10 March 2015

Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis is the first story DLC released for the fourth installment of the best-selling FPS series Far Cry. The game takes place in Himalayas, in the titular Yeti Valley, where a helicopter with our hero crashes. In this cold and inhospitable land, Ajay Ghale, known from the base game, will have to face new enemies, spearheaded by the brutal local cultists and mighty Yetis. That, however, is only the beginning of a darker story.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord

Action 24 February 2015

The Bright Lord is the second DLC to Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor developed by Monolith Productions. The expansion takes us to the distant past where we play as Celebrimbor. Remembering how much the Dark Lord hurt his family, Celerbrimor declares war on Sauron and tries to stop him from getting his hands on the Ring of Power. Unlike Talion, the protagonist of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord can use the power of the One Ring.

Alien: Isolation - The Trigger
Alien: Isolation - The Trigger

Action 03 March 2015

Alien: Isolation - The Trigger is the fifth and final DLC for the science fiction horror game Alien: Isolation developed by Creative Assembly. This DLC is available for the game's season pass owners, but can also be bought separately. The expansion takes place prior to the events of the main game. We play as Ricardo, who, along with his supervisor, tries to remove a xenomorph from Sewastopol's deck.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Reckoning
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Reckoning

Action 04 August 2015

The fourth DLC for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the last expansion made available as a part of the season pass. The add-on introduces a fixed number of traditional novelties: new multiplayer maps, a new (final) episode of Exo Zombies, and a number of smaller upgrades.

Battlefield Hardline: Robbery
Battlefield Hardline: Robbery

Action 30 September 2015

The second expansion pack for Battlefield Hardline, developed by Visceral Games. The form of the second expansion remains unchanged; its main feature is the addition of several new multiplayer maps, namely The Docks, Museum, Break Point, and Precinct 7. Apart from that, a new game mode has been added - Squad Heist, which based on the Squad Rush mode from Battlefield 4. In this mode, ten players divided into two teams compete against one another.

Tank Battles
Tank Battles

Action 30 September 2009

Armoured shooting maintained in a slightly humorous tone. It is also distinguished from games like World of Tanks by the way the action is presented (distant isometric projection) and the move away from realism in favour of uncompromising violence.

Shadow Complex
Shadow Complex

Action 19 August 2009

Shooting with the action shown on the side, referring to old hits. We play the role of a hero who has to face a bad organisation and save the United States from civil war.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Supremacy
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Supremacy

Action 02 June 2015

The third DLC included in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s season pass. The add-on offers the next episode of Exo Zombies mode, titled Carrier, which continues the story from the previous expansions. The cast is still trapped on the aircraft carrier belonging to the Atlas company and must face hostile groups of Atlas Strike and Sentinel, not to mention hordes of the living dead.

Destiny: The Taken King
Destiny: The Taken King

Action 15 September 2015

The third, and the largest so far, expansion for Destiny – a multiplayer first-person shooter developed by the creators of the Halo series, Bungie Software. The plot of the expansion focuses on character from the Hive race, Oryx – the father of prince Crota, main antagonist of the first DLC. The new expansion provides a completely new story campaign that consists of 12 missions and a new multiplayer raid during which players are visiting the Dreadnought, Oryx’s powerful fortress of a ship.

Battlefield Hardline: Criminal Activity
Battlefield Hardline: Criminal Activity

Action 30 June 2015

The first official expansion pack for Battlefield Hardline. The DLC was created by the developers of the original Battlefield Hardline - Visceral Games. It focuses mainly on the multiplayer mode. With this expansion, the players receive four new maps: The Beat (an impoverished city district), Black Friday (a shopping mall), Code Blue (a nightclub), and Backwoods (an old sawmill turned into a drug factory). Moreover, the expansion introduces a new game mode called Bounty Hunter.

State of Decay: Lifeline
State of Decay: Lifeline

Action 30 May 2014

The first large expansion to the popular survival game State of Decay. This sandbox title created by Undead Labs takes the player to a post-apocalyptic world overrun by a zombie plague. The player must rebuild the human society. The expansion adds a new campaign, the completing of which takes a few hours. The campaign tells a completely new story. The game takes place in a small city called Denforth, where the protagonist is sent in order to save the scientists that are there.

Batman: Arkham Origins - Cold, Cold Heart
Batman: Arkham Origins - Cold, Cold Heart

Action 22 April 2014

A several-hours long story DLC included in the Season Pass to the action game Batman: Arkham Origins released in 2013. Just like the original game, the expansion was developed by WB Games Montreal. The story of Cold, Cold Heart features Batman’s trying to stop Mr. Freeze — one of the super villains from the original comic books — whose actions threaten lives of guests at the New Year’s Eve "Humanitarian of the Year" gala.