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Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 2 is BioWare's 2010 sci-fi action RPG, the trilogy's second chapter, directed by Casey Hudson. Released January 26, 2010 on Xbox 360 and PC; Metacritic 96, 120+ awards, team-building story ending in a suicide mission.
Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect 3 (2012), BioWare's action RPG concluding the Mass Effect trilogy, has Commander Shepard unite the galaxy against the Reapers; its three-choice ending sparked the Retake Mass Effect 3 controversy and the free Extended Cut DLC.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a 2021 remastered collection of the Mass Effect trilogy, released by BioWare and Electronic Arts for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Mass Effect: Andromeda is a 2017 BioWare/EA action RPG, the fourth Mass Effect game, following the Ryder Pathfinders to the Andromeda galaxy; it received mixed reviews (Metacritic ~70) and no story DLC.
Massively multiplayer online game
Massively multiplayer online game (MMO, MMORPG): persistent online worlds for hundreds or thousands of simultaneous players, from MUD1 (1978) and EverQuest to World of Warcraft (12 million subscribers, ~$9.2 billion revenue); covers sharding, instancing, virtual economies, gold farming, and subscription versus free-to-play models.
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game): persistent online role-playing worlds descended from MUD1 (1978), Ultima Online, EverQuest, and World of Warcraft; known for guilds, subscription and free-to-play monetization, and client-server architectures.
Master Chief (Halo)
Master Chief, also known as John-117, is the protagonist of the Halo franchise, a Spartan-II supersoldier who has been the face of Xbox since 2001.
Master Hand
Master Hand (マスターハンド) is a hand-like entity who serves as the main antagonist and recurring final boss of the Super Smash Bros. series, fought at Final Destination.
Master of Magic
Master of Magic is a 1994 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by Simtex and MicroProse for DOS, set on Arcanus and Myrror, where wizards research spells, command races, and win by conquest or the Spell of Mastery; remade in 2022 by Slitherine.
Master X Master
Master X Master (MXM, 全职大师) was NCSoft's free-to-play dual-hero action MOBA for PC, released June 21, 2017; its Tag System let players swap two Masters mid-combat. Servers closed January 31, 2018 after about seven months.
Masters of Albion
Masters of Albion is a god game by Peter Molyneux's studio 22cans, in Steam Early Access on PC since 22 April 2026. Players build towns by day with the God Hand and defend them at night; set in Fable's Albion universe but not a Fable game.
Mawile
Mawile (クチート, Kucheat), #303, the Deceiver Pokémon, a Steel/Fairy species introduced in Generation III. Its Mega Evolution via Mawilite gains Huge Power, doubling Attack; Mawilite was banned from Smogon OU in 2014.
Max Payne
Max Payne: third-person shooter series by Remedy Entertainment (2001, 2003) and Rockstar (Max Payne 3, 2012), known for bullet time slow-motion gunplay and noir storytelling; remakes in production.
Max Payne (video game)
Max Payne (2001), Remedy Entertainment's third-person neo-noir shooter published by Gathering of Developers and Rockstar Games, popularized bullet time slow-motion gunplay in a blizzard-bound New York revenge story.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a 2003 film-noir third-person shooter by Remedy Entertainment, published by Rockstar Games, released October 14, 2003 on PC and later PS2 and Xbox, known for Bullet Time and Havok physics.
Max Payne 3
Max Payne 3 is a 2012 third-person shooter by Rockstar Games, the first Max Payne not made by Remedy, set in São Paulo. Released May 15, 2012; Metacritic 86; about 3 million sold-in; Dan Houser later called it a failure.
Maze game
Maze game: video game genre of navigating branching, dead-end-filled labyrinths, defined by Pac-Man (1980) and peaked in the early 1980s; spans top-down, first-person, and procedurally generated mazes.
Meccha Chameleon
Meccha Chameleon (めっちゃカメレオン) is a 2026 Steam hide-and-seek party game by lemorion_1224 and Haganeiro where Hiders paint their bodies to blend in and Seekers find them; sold 15 million copies in under a month.
MechWarrior 5: Clans
MechWarrior 5: Clans is a 2024 mech-combat video game. It follows a rookie five-mech Star of Clan Smoke Jaguar, and holds a Metacritic rating of 79.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (Piranha Games, December 2019) is an open-world BattleTech mech simulation where players run a mercenary company from 3015 through the Clan Invasion, with nine DLC packs, 4-player co-op, and Steam Workshop mod support.
Medabots
Medabots (Medarot, メダロット) is a Japanese robot-battle media franchise begun with Imagineer's 1997 Game Boy RPG, featuring Tinpet-frame robots with medal brains, 3-vs-3 Robattles, a 1999 Bee Train anime, GBA RPGs Metabee/Rokusho, and recent titles Medarot S and Card Robattle RB.
Medal of Honor (1999 video game)
Medal of Honor (1999) is a DreamWorks Interactive PlayStation first-person shooter published by EA, from Steven Spielberg's concept, set in WWII Europe; it founded the Medal of Honor franchise and led to Allied Assault and Call of Duty.
Medal of Honor (2010 video game)
Medal of Honor (2010) is EA's reboot of the Medal of Honor shooter series, set in Afghanistan in 2001-2002, developed by Danger Close (Unreal Engine 3) and DICE (Frostbite multiplayer), with Tier 1 operator consultants and a Taliban-to-OpFor renaming controversy.
Medal of Honor (video game series)
Medal of Honor is EA's first-person shooter series created from Steven Spielberg's 1999 concept, a WWII shooter that spawned the genre, launched Call of Duty via Allied Assault, rebooted in Afghanistan in 2010, and ended with Warfighter and Above and Beyond.
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is a virtual reality World War II first-person shooter developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Oculus Studios, released in 2020.
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Medal of Honor: Airborne (EA Los Angeles, 2007) is a WWII first-person shooter for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 where Boyd Travers of the 82nd Airborne parachutes into six open arena missions, from Sicily to a flak tower in Essen.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, 2002 PC WWII first-person shooter by 2015, Inc. and EA on the Quake III engine; Lt. Mike Powell, OSS missions, Omaha Beach level; spawned Infinity Ward and Call of Duty.
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Medal of Honor: Frontline (2002), EA Los Angeles WWII first-person shooter for PS2, Xbox, GameCube; Lt. Jimmy Patterson steals the HO-IX flying wing; Metacritic 88 on PS2; PS3 HD remaster in Medal of Honor (2010).
Medal of Honor: Underground
Medal of Honor: Underground, also released in Europe as Medal of Honor: Resistance, is a 2000 DreamWorks Interactive PlayStation first-person shooter starring French Resistance operative Manon Batiste, scored by Michael Giacchino, with a poorly received 2002 Game Boy Advance port by Rebellion.
Medic (Team Fortress 2)
Medic (Team Fortress 2): the Support healing class from Stuttgart, Germany, in Valve's 2007 class-based shooter. Heals via Medigun, overheals to 150% health, deploys ÜberCharge; limited to one per team in competitive 6v6.