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.hack

.hack is a Japanese cross-media franchise (2002, CyberConnect2/Bandai Namco) built around the fictional MMORPG The World: four PS2 RPGs, the G.U. trilogy, Link, Fragment, anime, and the 2026 revival .hack//Z.E.R.O.

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.hack (video game series)

.hack (dot hack) is CyberConnect2's action RPG series set in a fictional MMORPG, "The World"; spans IMOQ quadrilogy, .hack//G.U. trilogy, .hack//Link, and the Last Recode remaster.

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007 First Light

007 First Light is IO Interactive's third-person James Bond action-adventure game, a standalone origin story of a 26-year-old Bond, announced as Project 007 in 2020 and released May 27, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (十三機兵防衛圏)

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (十三機兵防衛圏, Juusan Kihei Boueiken) is Vanillaware's 2019 PS4 sci-fi adventure/RTS hybrid published by Atlus, with thirteen protagonists across five eras, Sentinel tower-defense battles, and 1 million copies sold by August 2023.

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1943: The Battle of Midway

1943: The Battle of Midway, titled 1943: Midway Kaisen in Japan, is a 1987 Capcom arcade vertical shooter and the second game in the 194X series.

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2005 in video games

2005 in video games: the year the Xbox 360 was revealed on MTV and launched November 22, starting the seventh console generation; Resident Evil 4 won Game of the Year; U.S. sales hit $10.5 billion.

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2021 in video games

2021 in video games: pandemic-affected year when It Takes Two won Game of the Year at The Game Awards and DICE, Resident Evil Village took the Golden Joystick, and Kena: Bridge of Spirits led indie awards.

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2048 (video game)

2048: free open-source sliding tile puzzle by Gabriele Cirulli, launched March 9, 2014, inspired by 1024 and Threes; merge equal tiles on a 4x4 grid to reach the 2048 tile.

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2b2t

2b2t (2builders2tools) is Minecraft's oldest anarchy server, founded December 2010 by Hausemaster, with no map resets, an 80 TB world, a paid priority queue since the 2016 Rusher influx, and Mojang-prompted rules added December 2025.

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2XKO

2XKO (formerly Project L) is Riot Games' free-to-play 2v2 tag-team fighting game with League of Legends champions, launched January 20, 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with rollback netcode and active development ending December 2026.

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33 Immortals

33 Immortals is a 33-player co-op action-roguelike by Thunder Lotus Games, inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy. Announced 2023, Early Access March 18, 2025, v1.0 June 10, 2026 on Steam and Epic, Xbox a day later.

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4X

4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) is a strategy game subgenre coined by Alan Emrich in 1993 for Master of Orion; archetypal titles include Civilization and Stellaris, with mobile 4X revenue exceeding $7 billion in 2025.

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50 Cent: Bulletproof

50 Cent: Bulletproof is a 2005 Mature-rated licensed third-person shooter by Genuine Games and Vivendi Universal Games for PS2 and Xbox, with a PSP G Unit Edition; panned critically (47-52%) yet a million-plus seller.

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7 Days to Die

7 Days to Die, also known as Seven Days to Die, is a zombie survival game by The Fun Pimps featuring a horde attack every seventh in-game night.

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8 Ball Pool

8 Ball Pool is Miniclip's free-to-play online multiplayer eight-ball pool game, launched as a 2010 Flash game, on iOS in 2011 and mobile in 2013, with over 1 billion downloads, coin-stake matches, and collectible cues.

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9S

9S (YoRHa No.9 Type S) is a scanner-type android protagonist of NieR: Automata, specializing in hacking and intelligence gathering; paired with executioner 2B, he becomes a figure of grief and revenge in Routes C–E.

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A Game About Digging a Hole

A Game About Digging A Hole (掘地求财) is DoubleBee's 2025 indie mining game: dig a garden pit, sell ore, upgrade tools, uncover a secret. Released 7 Feb 2025 on Steam, $5, Very Positive, spawned many copycats.

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A Hat in Time

A Hat in Time is a 2017 3D collectathon platformer by Gears for Breakfast, Kickstarter-funded at nearly 10x goal, starring Hat Kid collecting Time Pieces across five worlds; DLC includes Seal the Deal and Nyakuza Metro.

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A Little to the Left

A Little to the Left is a 2022 cozy organization puzzle game by Canadian studio Max Inferno, published by Secret Mode, with 100+ multi-solution household puzzles, a Daily Tidy mode, and a chaotic cat.

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A Plague Tale: Innocence

A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo Studio, Focus, 14 May 2019) is a stealth action-adventure set in 1348 France, following Amicia and Hugo de Rune fleeing the Inquisition and plague-rat swarms of 5,000 rats; Metacritic 81, over 1 million copies sold.

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A Plague Tale: Requiem

A Plague Tale: Requiem, also known as A Plague Tale 2, is a 2022 stealth action-adventure game by Asobo Studio following siblings Amicia and Hugo in plague-ridden medieval France.

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A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a 2024 single-player stealth horror game by Stormind Games and Saber Interactive, set between the first two films, following asthmatic survivor Alex Taylor evading sound-hunting Death Angels, with optional real-world microphone detection.

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A Way Out (video game)

A Way Out (video game): co-op-only action-adventure by Hazelight Studios, published by EA, directed by Josef Fares, released 23 March 2018. Two prisoners, Leo and Vincent, escape in an always-split-screen game with Friend Pass free second-player access.

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Abby (The Last of Us)

Abby (Abigail "Abby" Anderson) is the dual protagonist of The Last of Us Part II (2020), who kills Joel Miller to avenge her father; voiced by Laura Bailey, played by Kaitlyn Dever in HBO season 2, and a lightning rod for the game's review-bombing controversy.

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Abiotic Factor

Abiotic Factor (video game): co-op survival crafting game by Deep Field Games and Playstack, 1-6 players, set in the GATE underground research facility in 1993; early access May 2024, 1.0 July 2025, Half-Life-inspired.

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Absolum

Absolum is a 2025 roguelite side-scrolling beat 'em up by Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, and Supamonks, set in Talamh against Sun King Azra; Metacritic 87, 500,000+ copies sold, Game Awards 2025 indie nominee.

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Ace Attorney (逆転裁判)

Ace Attorney (逆転裁判, Gyakuten Saiban) is Capcom's courtroom adventure series created by Shu Takumi, first released on Game Boy Advance in 2001, starring Phoenix Wright (成歩堂龍一) exposing witness contradictions with "Objection!"; 13–14 million units sold, with 2024 collections and Great Ace Attorney and Investigations spin-offs.

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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is Capcom's 2024 remaster of the two DS Miles Edgeworth spin-offs for Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC, with HD art, the first English release of Prosecutor's Gambit, Mind Chess, and a gallery.

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Ace Combat

Ace Combat: Bandai Namco arcade flight combat series since 1995 (Air Combat, PlayStation), set partly in the fictional Strangereal world; over 20 million sold, latest entry Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve (October 2, 2026).

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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (2019) is Project Aces' arcade flight combat game for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and later Switch, the first series entry on Unreal Engine 4, set in Strangereal's Lighthouse War with Trigger, volumetric clouds disrupting missile lock, and a PSVR mode.