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Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is Rockstar Games' open-world action-adventure franchise under Take-Two, with over 470 million units sold-in; GTA V (2013) earned $1 billion in three days, and GTA VI launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Grand Theft Auto (video game)
Grand Theft Auto (1997), aka Race'n'Chase, is DMA Design's top-down crime game that started the GTA series, set in Liberty City, San Andreas, and Vice City, controversial in Parliament and later owned by Rockstar.
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV, also known as GTA 4, is a 2008 open-world action-adventure game by Rockstar North set in a fictional Liberty City based on New York City.
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (TLAD) is Rockstar's first GTA IV DLC episode, released 17 February 2009 on Xbox 360, starring biker Johnny Klebitz of The Lost, with 22 missions, six new weapons, and a Metacritic 90.
Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5, GTA V) is Rockstar North's 2013 open-world action-adventure game set in Los Santos, with protagonists Franklin, Michael, and Trevor and GTA Online; it earned $1 billion in three days and remains the third-best selling video game.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is a 2009 action-adventure game by Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, released for the Nintendo DS before coming to PSP, iOS, and Android.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, 2005 Rockstar North/Leeds PSP prequel to GTA III starring Toni Cipriani of the Leone family; Metacritic 88, first GTA online multiplayer, later on PS2, iOS, Android.
Grand Theft Auto: London 1969
Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 is a 1999 mission pack expansion to the original GTA, developed by Rockstar Canada and published by Rockstar Games, set in a 14-area 1960s London with 32 missions, 12 radio stations, and a BAFTA-winning soundtrack.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (GTA SA) is Rockstar North's 2004 open-world action-adventure game starring Carl "CJ" Johnson in Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas; it sold over 12 million copies, scored 95 on Metacritic, and triggered the Hot Coffee rating controversy.
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (TBoGT) is the second GTA IV expansion by Rockstar North, released October 29, 2009 on Xbox 360 and in Episodes from Liberty City, starring Luis Lopez, bodyguard of nightclub owner Tony Prince, with parachutes and over-the-top missions.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is Rockstar's 2021 Unreal Engine remaster of GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas by Grove Street Games, released November 11, 2021 to poor reviews and a public apology over launch bugs.
Guild Wars
Guild Wars is ArenaNet's 2005 instanced online RPG (Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall campaigns plus Eye of the North), known for 8-skill builds, dual professions, PvP, and no subscription fees; relaunched as Guild Wars Reforged.
Half-Life (series)
Half-Life is Valve's first-person shooter series: Half-Life (1998), Half-Life 2 (2004), the Episodes, and VR title Half-Life: Alyx (2020), known for cutscene-free storytelling and long sequel gaps.
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 (HL2) is Valve's November 16, 2004 Source-engine first-person shooter starring Gordon Freeman in City 17, famous for the Gravity Gun, a 2003 source-code leak, Metacritic 96, and the 2024 20th Anniversary Update.
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode One (originally Aftermath) is Valve's 2006 Source-engine first-person shooter continuing Half-Life 2, with Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance escaping City 17; first of a planned trilogy, later in The Orange Box.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (HL2:EP2) is Valve's 2007 Source-engine first-person shooter, second in a planned trilogy after Half-Life 2, set in rural White Forest, released in The Orange Box, scoring 90 on Metacritic.
Halo (franchise)
Halo is Microsoft's military science fiction game franchise begun by Bungie, launched with Halo: Combat Evolved on Xbox in 2001, spanning games, novels, and TV under 343 Industries, later Halo Studios, now built on Unreal Engine 5.
Halo 2
Halo 2 is Bungie's 2004 Xbox first-person shooter sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, known for its Xbox Live multiplayer with matchmaking and skill ranking, dual wielding, and $125 million first-day sales.
Halo 3
Halo 3 is Bungie's 2007 Xbox 360 first-person shooter closing the original Halo trilogy; Metacritic 94, 11 campaign missions, 16-player multiplayer, Forge and Theater, PC release in Master Chief Collection July 14, 2020.
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3: ODST is a first-person shooter, released in 2009 for Xbox 360. This Bungie title is a side story set during Halo 2, where ODSTs search New Mombasa.
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is a 2012 American live-action science fiction web series directed by Stewart Hendler, released to promote the game Halo 4.
Halo Infinite
Halo Infinite is 343 Industries' 2021 first-person shooter: free-to-play multiplayer launched November 15, 2021, open-world Zeta Halo campaign December 8, 2021, on Windows, Xbox One, and Series X/S.
Halo Wars
Halo Wars (2009) is Ensemble Studios' Xbox 360 real-time strategy spin-off of Halo, set in 2531 aboard the UNSC Spirit of Fire; it sold over 2.5 million copies, scored 82 on Metacritic, and gained a 2017 Definitive Edition and sequel Halo Wars 2.
Halo Wars 2
Halo Wars 2 is a 2017 real-time strategy game by 343 Industries and Creative Assembly for Xbox One and Windows 10, set on the Ark against Atriox and the Banished, with the card-based Blitz mode.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is 343 Industries and Saber Interactive's 2011 Xbox 360 remaster of Halo: Combat Evolved, with switchable classic and remastered graphics, Reach-engine multiplayer, and a 2020 PC release in the Master Chief Collection.
Halo: Reach
Halo: Reach is Bungie's 2010 Xbox 360 first-person shooter, a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved about Noble Team's fall on planet Reach. Known for armor abilities, loadouts, the DMR, expanded Firefight and Forge, and a 91 Metacritic score.
I Love Bees
I Love Bees (ilovebees, ILB) was a 2004 alternate reality game by 4orty2wo Entertainment promoting Halo 2, using a hacked beekeeping website, GPS payphone hunts, and an AI named Melissa.
Infamous (series)
Infamous (inFAMOUS) is Sucker Punch's PlayStation-exclusive open-world superhero action-adventure franchise (PS3/PS4), starring Cole MacGrath and Delsin Rowe, known for its karma system; entries include Infamous (2009), Infamous 2, Festival of Blood, Second Son, and First Light.
Jagged Alliance
Jagged Alliance, also Jagged Alliance 2 (JA2), is a Sir-Tech turn-based tactical RPG series of hired mercenaries; JA2 (1999, Arulco) won 16+ awards, and Haemimont's Jagged Alliance 3 (2023, Grand Chien) revived it.
Jill Valentine
Jill Valentine (ジル・バレンタイン) is a Capcom Resident Evil protagonist, first playable in Resident Evil (1996) alongside Chris Redfield; S.T.A.R.S. agent, BSAA co-founder, 'master of unlocking', and lead of Resident Evil 3.