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Vincent Valentine

Vincent Valentine (ヴィンセント・ヴァレンタイン) is an optional playable character in Final Fantasy VII (1997), an undead ex-Turk with monster-transforming Limit Breaks, later protagonist of Dirge of Cerberus and a party member in Final Fantasy VII Revelation.

Virtua Fighter (video game)

Virtua Fighter (バーチャファイター) is Sega AM2's 1993 arcade fighting game, the first with full 3D polygon graphics, built on the Model 1 board under Yu Suzuki; three-button combat, nine fighters, Smithsonian-honored, and the origin of the 3D fighting genre.

Virtua Fighter (バーチャファイター)

Virtua Fighter (バーチャファイター) is Sega's 3D fighting game series, debuting in arcades December 1993 as the world's first polygonal 3D fighter, created by AM2 under Yu Suzuki; latest entry Virtua Fighter Crossroads due 2027.

Virtua Fighter 5 (バーチャファイター5)

Virtua Fighter 5 (バーチャファイター5) is Sega AM2's 3D fighting game, arcade 2006, revised as Final Showdown, Ultimate Showdown, R.E.V.O., and World Stage (2025) with rollback netcode and crossplay.

Virtua Fighter Crossroads

Virtua Fighter Crossroads (バーチャファイター クロスロード) is an upcoming fighting adventure game by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega, due in 2027 as the first new Virtua Fighter entry in over 20 years.

Visage (video game)

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game by Quebec's SadSquare Studio, Kickstarter-funded in 2016, in Steam Early Access 2018, fully released October 30, 2020 on PC, Xbox One, and PS4; a P.T.-inspired haunted-house game with a sanity system and four chapters.

Visions of Mana

Visions of Mana (聖剣伝説 VISIONS of MANA) is a 2024 action RPG by Square Enix and Ouka Studios, the first mainline Mana game in over 15 years, released August 29, 2024 on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, following Val escorting the Alm of Fire Hinna to the Mana Tree with an Elemental Vessel class system.

Viva Piñata

Viva Piñata (Viva Piñata) is a 2006 Rare garden-simulation and creature-collecting game for Xbox 360, published by Microsoft Game Studios, where players attract over 60 piñata species; it spawned a 4Kids TV cartoon and sequels.

Voices of the Void

Voices of the Void, abbreviated VotV, is a free first-person simulation-horror game by developer EternityDev on itch.io, in which the player plays a scientist gathering signals from space in Switzerland.

Void Stranger

Void Stranger is a 2023 sokoban-style puzzle game by Finnish studio System Erasure for Windows, starring Gray descending a monochrome Game Boy-style labyrinth; 91% positive Steam reviews, layered secrets, metroidbrainia design.

Voltorb (ビリリダマ)

Voltorb (ビリリダマ, Biriridama), also known as Biriridama, is the Ball Pokémon, No. 0100, an Electric-type Gen 1 spherical Pokémon resembling a Poké Ball that self-destructs easily and evolves into Electrode at level 30.

VRChat

VRChat: free social virtual reality platform by VRChat Inc., founded 2014 by Graham Gaylor and Jesse Joudrey, Steam release 2017, Unity-based user-created worlds and avatars, Udon scripting, Creator Economy, peak concurrency near 160,000.

VVVVVV

VVVVVV is Terry Cavanagh's 2010 indie platformer (Distractionware) where Captain Viridian cannot jump but flips gravity floor-to-ceiling through spike-filled rooms, with checkpoints, no lives, Magnus Pålsson's chiptune score, and source code released in 2020.

Waluigi

Waluigi (ワルイージ) is a Nintendo character created by Camelot, debuting in Mario Tennis 64 as Wario's partner and Luigi's rival; playable only in Mario spinoff sports and party games, never a mainline title.

Wanderstop

Wanderstop (Ivy Road, Annapurna Interactive, March 11, 2025) is a cozy tea-shop management and narrative game starring fallen fighter Alta, with no fail states, on PC, PS5, Xbox, and Epic at $24.99.

War Thunder

War Thunder is Gaijin Entertainment's free-to-play cross-platform vehicular combat MMO (formerly World of Planes), with over 2,500 aircraft, tanks, ships, and helicopters, Arcade, Realistic, and Simulator modes, and a module-based damage model.

Warcraft

Warcraft is a fantasy media franchise created by Blizzard Entertainment, starting with the 1994 real-time strategy game Warcraft: Orc's Humans and evolving into MMORPG, card game, and novel series.

Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans

Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, a cancelled 1996-1998 Blizzard point-and-click adventure about Thrall's origin, outsourced to Animation Magic, cancelled May 22, 1998; its story became Christie Golden's novel Lord of the Clans and shaped Warcraft III.

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) is Blizzard Entertainment's real-time strategy sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, with Horde and Alliance campaigns, land-sea-air combat, fog of war, seven-player multiplayer, and the Beyond the Dark Portal expansion.

Warcraft III: Reforged

Warcraft III: Reforged is Blizzard's 2020 PC remaster of Warcraft III and The Frozen Throne, with overhauled graphics and Battle.net features. Its launch drew a record-low 0.5/10 Metacritic user score; later patches, Patch 2.0, and the 2026 Forsaken Kingdom DLC followed.

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002), Blizzard's RTS for PC/Mac, introduced heroes, four races, and the World Editor; it sold over 1 million copies, scored 92 on Metacritic, and spawned DotA and the MOBA genre.

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (TFT) is Blizzard Entertainment's July 1, 2003 expansion to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, adding a fourth hero per race, new units, naval units, an expanded World Editor, and selling over 7 million copies.

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, the first game in the Warcraft franchise, is a 1994 real-time strategy game by Blizzard Entertainment that sold about 400,000 units and helped define the genre.

Wardogs (video game)

WARDOGS is a 100-player, three-faction King of the Hill FPS by Bulkhead and Team17, Steam Early Access 10 September 2026 at $39.99, with a persistent cash economy, Control Zone mode, and Season 2 bonuses for the blue Lonestar team.

Warface

Warface (later Warface: Clutch) is Crytek's free-to-play class-based online FPS, announced 2010, launched on PC October 21, 2013 on CryEngine 3, ported to consoles and Switch, and shut down internationally by MY.GAMES in 2026 while the Russian version survived.

Warframe

Warframe is a free-to-play cooperative third-person looter shooter by Digital Extremes, in open beta since March 2013, with 80M+ players, cross-platform play and save, and 2025's The Old Peace update leading to a Tau expansion.

Wargame: Red Dragon

Wargame: Red Dragon is a 2014 real-time tactics game developed by Eugen Systems, the third Wargame title and the first set in Asia rather than Europe.

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, also Dark Heresy cRPG, is an upcoming Owlcat Games turn-based party RPG announced May 2025, set in the Calixis Sector, where an Inquisition acolyte investigates heresy with a detective system and morale-based combat.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a four-player first-person co-op action game by Swedish studio Fatshark, a spiritual successor to Vermintide set in the hive city of Tertium.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is Relic Entertainment's 2004 PC real-time strategy game set in Games Workshop's 40K universe, with Blood Ravens campaign, squad combat, Strategic Point capture, three expansions, a 2025 Definitive Edition, and Dawn of War IV due 2026.