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Bloody Roar
Bloody Roar (ブラッディロア) is Hudson Soft and Eighting's 3D fighting game series, begun in arcades in 1997, where fighters transform into animal beast forms using a beast gauge; four main sequels ended with Bloody Roar 4 (2003).
Bloons Tower Defense
Bloons Tower Defense (Bloons TD 1) is Ninja Kiwi's free Flash tower defense game released August 16, 2007, with one map, fifty rounds, and five towers (Dart Monkey, Tack Shooter, Ice Tower, Bomb Tower, Super Monkey); first of the Bloons TD series.
Blue Archive
Blue Archive (ブルーアーカイブ, 블루아카이브) is a Nexon/NAT GAMES free-to-play tactical gacha RPG launched in Japan February 2021 and globally November 2021; players are a Sensei guiding students in Kivotos, with 200-pull pity and a disputed 2026 gacha revision.
Blue Dragon (video game)
Blue Dragon (ブルードラゴン) is a 2006 role-playing video game for the Xbox 360, designed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi with characters by Akira Toriyama and music by Nobuo Uematsu.
Blue Prince
Blue Prince (2025) is a roguelike puzzle adventure by Dogubomb, published by Raw Fury, released April 10, 2025 on PC, PS5, and Xbox. Players draft rooms from three choices in the 45-room Mt. Holly manor, which resets daily, seeking hidden Room 46.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance (星痕共鸣) is a free-to-play anime MMORPG by Tencent-backed Shanghai Bokura, published by A Plus Japan, reviving Bandai Namco's cancelled Blue Protocol IP; launched China July 2025, West October 9, 2025, PC/mobile, ~95k Steam peak then steep decline.
Bluey: The Videogame
Bluey: The Videogame is a 2023 Artax Games/Outright Games action-adventure based on the Bluey TV show, released 17 November 2023 on PC, PS4/5, Xbox, and Switch; four-episode Heeler treasure hunt, four-player local co-op, Metascore 56.
Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen
Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen is a Halfbrick-developed, PM Studios-published family adventure platformer with a story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm; launched on mobile December 2025, consoles and PC May 2026, with nine hand-drawn worlds.
Blur (video game)
Blur is a 2010 arcade racing game by Bizarre Creations and Activision for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, mixing licensed cars with Mario Kart-style power-ups; critically acclaimed (Metacritic 82) but a commercial failure that led to the studio's 2011 closure.
Bob (ボブ) (Tekken)
Bob (ボブ), Robert Richards, is a Tekken fighting game character introduced in Tekken 6, a Freestyle Karate fighter built on the 'Speed & Weight' concept, returning as Tekken 8 Season 3 DLC as the 'Onigiri Savior'.
Bobby Prince
Bobby Prince (Robert Caskin Prince III, 1945-2026) was an American video game composer and former lawyer who created the MIDI metal soundtracks of Doom, Doom II, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D for id Software and Apogee.
Bodycam (video game)
Bodycam is a tactical multiplayer FPS by French studio Reissad Studio, in Unreal Engine 5, Steam Early Access June 7, 2024, body-camera view with no HUD, modes including Wingman, Body Bomb, and Zombies.
Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (Zoku Bokura no Taiyō) is Konami's 2004 GBA action RPG sequel with a cartridge solar sensor, day-night clock, melee weapons, and a Metascore of 78.
Bomberman
Bomberman (Bomber Man, Dynablaster) is Hudson Soft's grid-based bomb-placement action-puzzle franchise, begun as a 1980 tech demo, famous for plus-shaped blasts, chain reactions, and multiplayer up to 64 players, now owned by Konami with 70+ titles.
Bomberman (ボンバーマン) (1985 video game)
Bomberman (ボンバーマン) is a single-player maze action game developed by Hudson Soft for the Famicom, released in Japan in 1985; the player bombs through 50 floors to find hidden exits.
Bonk (series)
Bonk (PC Genjin, ＰＣ原人) is a video game series of 2D platformers starring a big-headed caveman mascot of NEC's PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, beginning with Bonk's Adventure (1989) by Red Company, Atlus, and Hudson Soft.
Boom Beach
Boom Beach is Supercell's free-to-play combat strategy game (soft-launched November 2013) set in a tropical archipelago where players fight the Blackguard, run Task Force Operations, and since April 2026 play on Windows PC.
Borderlands (series)
Borderlands: Gearbox Software and 2K's looter-shooter FPS/RPG series begun in 2009, known for procedural billions of weapons, cel-shaded art, Pandora, Handsome Jack, Borderlands 3's 5-million-unit launch, and Borderlands 4 (2025) on Kairos.
Borderlands (video game)
Borderlands is Gearbox Software's 2009 shooter-looter for 2K, set on Pandora, blending FPS combat with Diablo-style procedural weapon loot; it founded a four-game, roughly $1 billion franchise.
Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 (2012) is Gearbox Software's shooter-looter sequel on Pandora, pitting four-player co-op Vault Hunters against Handsome Jack and Hyperion; Metacritic 89, over 30 million units sold, highest-rated mainline Borderlands game.
Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 is Gearbox Software's 2019 looter-shooter, the fourth main Borderlands entry, released September 13, 2019 on PS4, Xbox One, and Epic Games Store PC, with four Vault Hunters, dynamic co-op scaling, and a Metacritic of 81.
Borderlands 4
Borderlands 4 is Gearbox and 2K's looter shooter, released September 12, 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Set on the open-world planet Kairos, it features four new Vault Hunters, 4-player co-op, Metacritic 84, and notable launch performance issues.
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is a 2015 Gearbox/2K compilation for PS4 and Xbox One bundling Borderlands 2 and The Pre-Sequel with all DLC, four-player split-screen, cross-save, and a 1080p60 patch 1.02.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a 2014 looter-shooter by Gearbox Software and 2K Australia, set on Pandora's moon Elpis between Borderlands and Borderlands 2, with Oz kits, low gravity, laser and cryo weapons, and Handsome Jack's origin story.
Borislav Slavov (Борислав Славов)
Borislav Slavov (Борислав Славов), Bulgarian video game composer born 1973 in Sofia; composer of Divinity: Original Sin II and Baldur's Gate 3, winner of the 2024 BAFTA Games Music Award, now scoring Larian's Divinity.
Bowser
Bowser (クッパ, Kuppa), King of the Koopas, is the main antagonist of Nintendo's Super Mario franchise; debuted in Super Mario Bros. (NES), kidnaps Princess Peach, breathes fire, and is voiced by Jack Black in the films.
Bowsette
Bowsette (クッパ姫, Koopa-hime) is a fan-made gender-swapped Bowser created via the Super Crown by artist ayyk92 in a September 19, 2018 comic; unofficial, viral in Japan and the West, never adopted by Nintendo.
Bradley the Badger
Bradley the Badger (獾獾闯天关) is an upcoming action-adventure game by Day 4 Night Studios, published by Focus Entertainment, revealed at The Game Awards 2025. Evan Peters voices the mascot Bradley, who uses developer tools (the Kit) in unfinished game worlds.
Braid (video game)
Braid (2008) is Jonathan Blow's indie puzzle platformer, first on Xbox 360, where Tim rewinds and bends time differently in each world to collect puzzle pieces; remastered as Braid, Anniversary Edition (2024) with 15 hours of commentary.
Bravely Default
Bravely Default (ブレイブリーデフォルト), also Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, is a 2012 Silicon Studio/Square Enix turn-based 3DS JRPG with the Brave/Default Brave Point battle system, 23 jobs, a Metacritic 85, and a 2025 Switch 2 HD Remaster.