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Armored Core
Armored Core is FromSoftware's mecha action series, debuting on PlayStation in 1997, centered on customizable mercenary mechs called Ravens' Armored Cores, spanning 16 main games through Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (2023).
Armored Core (アーマード・コア) (video game)
Armored Core (アーマード・コア) is FromSoftware's 1997 PlayStation mech action game that founded the series: assemble a custom AC from modular parts, run mercenary missions for corporations in a post-Great Destruction world, with PS4/PS5 re-release in 2025.
Armored Core V
Armored Core V (アーマード・コア ファイブ) is a 2012 FromSoftware mech action game for PS3 and Xbox 360, published by Namco Bandai, rebuilt around online team territory conquest; Metacritic 68.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is a 2023 FromSoftware mech action game published by Bandai Namco, the first Armored Core since Verdict Day (2013), set on Rubicon 3 and built around Assembly customization and the ACS stagger system.
Armored Core: Verdict Day
Armored Core: Verdict Day (アーマード・コア ヴァーディクトデイ) is FromSoftware's 2013 mecha action game for PS3 and Xbox 360, a sequel to Armored Core V with UNAC AI companions, faction territory war, and online servers closed March 31, 2024.
Arms (video game)
Arms (ARMS) is Nintendo's 2017 Switch fighting game with extendable, curving arms, Joy-Con motion controls, 10 launch fighters grown to 15, 2.72 million sales, Metascore 77, and a 2025 Switch 2 update.
Army of Two
Army of Two: EA co-op third-person shooter franchise (Army of Two 2008, The 40th Day 2010, The Devil's Cartel 2013) for PS3/Xbox 360, known for the Aggro system, Salem and Rios, and Alpha/Bravo.
Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳) (video game)
Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳, Ryuuko no Ken) is SNK's 1992 Neo Geo fighting game where Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia rescue kidnapped Yuri, introducing the spirit gauge, zoom camera, and first super special move; sequels 1994 and 1996.
Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior
Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior (Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden) is SNK's 1996 Neo Geo fighting game, the series' final entry, set in Glasshill Valley with only Ryo and Robert returning, motion-captured sprites, parries, and a 2026 remaster adding King and Yuri.
Asgard's Wrath 2
Asgard's Wrath 2 is a VR open-world action RPG by Sanzaru Games, released December 15, 2023 on Meta Quest 2/3/Pro; a Cosmic Guardian possesses mortal heroes to hunt Loki. Meta's first AAA standalone Quest title, $59.99, free with Quest 3.
Asgore
Asgore Dreemurr (アズゴア・ドリーマー), king of the underground in Toby Fox's Undertale, plans to take seven human SOULs to break the barrier; his Neutral Route boss fight famously destroys the MERCY button, and he also appears in Deltarune.
Asphalt 8: Airborne
Asphalt 8: Airborne is a 2013 arcade racing game by Gameloft Barcelona, eighth in the Asphalt series, known for aerial-stunt gameplay on a new physics engine, a 91 Metacritic score, 300 million downloads, and updates continuing into 2025.
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed: Ubisoft's historical action-adventure/stealth franchise (2007–), Assassins vs Templars via the Animus; 13 mainline games, over 250 million copies sold, latest entry Shadows (2025).
Assassin's Creed (video game)
Assassin's Creed (2007), Ubisoft's action-adventure launching the Assassin's Creed franchise: Altair in 1191 AD Holy Land, Animus framing, parkour, social stealth, Anvil engine, Metacritic 81-82.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is Ubisoft Singapore's 2026 ground-up remake of 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag on the latest Anvil engine, released July 9, 2026, selling 2 million copies in a day before studio layoffs.
Assassin's Creed Chronicles
Assassin's Creed Chronicles is a trilogy of 2.5D stealth platform games in the Assassin's Creed series by Climax Studios and Ubisoft, covering China, India, and Russia, first released in 2015.
Assassin's Creed Identity
Assassin's Creed Identity (Assassin's Creed: Identity) is Ubisoft Blue Byte's 2016 action-RPG for iOS and Android, set in the Italian Renaissance, with class-based custom assassins, mission-based play, and 2021 store removal.
Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed II is Ubisoft's 2009 action-adventure sequel set in Renaissance Italy, 1476–1499, starring Florentine assassin Ezio Auditore. It added dual Hidden Blades, a notoriety meter, expanded social stealth, and set the series' template.
Assassin's Creed III
Assassin's Creed III (2012) is Ubisoft Montreal's action-adventure game set in 1775 colonial America, starring Connor, a Native American Assassin. It introduced the Frontier wilderness, tree-running, and naval battles on the AnvilNext engine; Metacritic 84.
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (Assassin's Creed Liberation HD) is a 2012 Ubisoft Sofia action-adventure game for PlayStation Vita, set in 1765-1780 New Orleans, starring Aveline and its three-persona Lady, Slave, Assassin system.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013, Ubisoft Montreal) is an open-world pirate action-adventure starring Edward Kenway in the 1715 Caribbean, with seamless naval combat and boarding; remade as Black Flag Resynced (Ubisoft Singapore, July 9, 2026).
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Assassin's Creed Mirage is a 2023 Ubisoft Bordeaux action-adventure game set in ninth-century Abbasid Baghdad, starring Basim of Valhalla; a stealth-focused return to series roots with the History of Baghdad codex and the free Valley of Memory expansion.
Assassin's Creed Nexus VR
Assassin's Creed Nexus VR is a first-person virtual reality action-adventure game by Ubisoft, released in 2023 for Meta Quest headsets, starring Ezio Auditore, Connor, and Kassandra across historical settings.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Assassin's Creed Odyssey, also called AC Odyssey, is Ubisoft Quebec's 2018 open-world action RPG set in ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War, starring Spartan mercenaries Alexios or Kassandra, with dialogue choices, naval combat, and a mercenary bounty system.
Assassin's Creed Origins
Assassin's Creed Origins (AC Origins) is Ubisoft's 2017 action RPG set in Ptolemaic Egypt, starring Medjay Bayek of Siwa and Aya; it introduced the series' RPG formula, Senu the eagle, and the educational Discovery Tour mode.
Assassin's Creed Rogue
Assassin's Creed Rogue, also called AC Rogue, is a 2014 Ubisoft Sofia action-adventure game for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC where ex-Assassin Shay Patrick Cormac hunts his former Brotherhood as a Templar in the Seven Years' War; remastered in 2018.
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows (2025), Ubisoft Quebec's open-world stealth action RPG set in late Sengoku-period feudal Japan, starring shinobi Naoe and samurai Yasuke, with dynamic seasons, light-based stealth, and Anvil engine raytraced lighting.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015, Ubisoft Quebec) is a Victorian London action-adventure with twins Jacob and Evie Frye, rope-launcher traversal, carriage driving, and gang-war borough liberation; Metacritic 76, last 'old-AC' entry before Origins.
Assassin's Creed Unity
Assassin's Creed Unity (AC Unity) is Ubisoft's 2014 action-adventure stealth game set in revolutionary Paris, starring Arno, with four-player co-op, a rebuilt Anvil engine, a buggy 2014 launch, and a free 60 FPS PS5/Xbox Series X|S patch in 2026.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Eivor saga) is Ubisoft's 2020 action RPG set in ninth-century England, developed by 14 studios led by Ubisoft Montreal, with raids, settlement building, the Orlog dice minigame, and three major expansions.