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- DirectorNate FoxStarsDaisuke TsujiEric SteinbergSumalee MontanoSet in 1274 on the Tsushima Island, the last samurai, Jin Sakai, must master a new fighting style, the way of the Ghost, to defeat the Mongol forces and fight for the freedom and independence of Japan.
- DirectorBruce ShelleyLead an ancient culture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, forge a civilisation, and destroy your enemies.
- DirectorPaul DeNigrisStarsGary MoodySpencer ProkopRic SpiegelThe Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations.
- DirectorKris ZimmermanStarsJ. Grant AlbrechtJune AngelaPhilip Anthony-RodriguezAge of Empires III portrays the European colonization of the Americas, between approximately 1492 and 1876 AD. Command one of eight mighty European powers and colonize vast, uncharted territory.
- DirectorStuart ElliottStarsVictoria GayJoseph MillsonDavid AnnenAge of Empires IV takes players on a journey through the ages as they command influential leaders, build expansive kingdoms, and fight some of the most critical battles of the Middle Ages.
- StarsKristen BellPhilip ShahbazNolan NorthA man enters a machine called the Animus that lets him relive the memories of his ancestor, a 12th century assassin named Altair.
- DirectorSylvain BernardShea WagemanStarsRoger Craig SmithKristen BellNolan NorthDesmond Miles is trained to become a modern-day Assassin through the resurrected memories of ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who uncovers a massive Templar conspiracy in Renaissance Italy leading to the new Pope.
- DirectorFrançois DaubetShea WagemanStarsNoah WattsNeil NapierRobin Atkin DownesThe American Colonies, 1775. It's a time of civil unrest and political upheaval in the Americas. As a Native American fights to protect his land and his people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation's revolution.
- DirectorAshraf IsmailStarsStuart MartinRalph InesonKate FleetwoodA video game where you play as sailor, privateer and assassin Edward Kenway exploring on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during the early 17th century.
- DirectorJonathan DumontScott PhillipsSophie Ann RooneyStarsMelissanthi MahutMichael AntonakosLeonidas CastrounisSet in 431 BC during the Pelopenesian War, play as either a male or female mercenary as you embark on your own epic odyssey to become a legendary Spartan hero in a world where every choice matters.
- DirectorEric BaptizatFrançois DaubetBenoit RicherStarsCecilie StenspilMagnus BruunCarlo RotaEngland in the age of the Vikings is a fractured nation of petty lords and warring kingdoms. Beneath the chaos lies a rich and untamed land waiting for a new conqueror. Will it be you?
- DirectorMichael M. SimpsonStarsGreg BaldwinTim BentinckSteffan BojeA diplomatic, strategic war game set between the years 1080 and 1530, focusing on medieval warfare, religion and politics in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
- DirectorSylvain BernardStarsRoger Craig SmithKristen BellNolan NorthDesmond Miles continues to travel the memories of Ezio Auditore, bringing him to turn-of-the-century Rome with Ezio rebuilding the assassin order to bring down the tyrannical Borgia rule.
- DirectorAshraf IsmailLaurent BernierJean GuesdonStarsAbubakar SalimAlix Wilton ReganZora BishopA prequel to the Assassin's Creed Franchise set in Egypt from 48 BC where Bayek, a Medjay, begins the foundation of the Assassin's Brotherhood.
- StarsWilliam Morgan SheppardRick PasqualoneVanessa AspillagaA leader from the golden age of civilization takes their empire from nothing into a mighty Empire.
- DirectorMichael ElyJeffery L. BriggsStarsBrad HowardThomas SeibertSpencer HummTurn-based strategy game Civilization II introduces an isometric view, new concepts such as firepower and hit points, and changes to some units' abilities and strengths.
- Turn-based strategy game Civilization begins in 4000 BC and allows players to expand and develop their empires through the ages from the ancient era until modern and near-future times.
- Third installment of the Sid Meier's Civilization series, which entails building an empire, from the ground up, beginning in 4,000 BC and continuing slightly beyond the modern day.
- StarsSean BeanNatasha LoringFatma NaguibControl a civilization, from the beginnings of life, all the way towards the modern age. All while avoiding barbarians, gathering resources and dealing with the other civilizations. Will your nation thrive?
- DirectorMo DavoudianStarsLeonard NimoySid MeierFourth installment in the turn-based strategy series Civilization, adding new tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and options.
- DirectorYoan FaniseHerve MasseronPaul TumelaireStarsJames BarriscalePolly EachusDave PettittThis is the story of crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. All of them will try to survive the horror of the trenches following their faithful canine companion.
- DirectorKevin ChoteauDavid DedeineStarsCharlotte McBurneyLogan HannanEdan Hayhurst14th century France, Amicia and her little brother Hugo are on the run from the Inquisition's soldiers and survive during their emotional journey unstoppable swarms of rats from the Black Plague.
- StarsWilliam Morgan SheppardCharles de VriesKai WulffTake the role of Lieutenant Jimmy Patterson, a former C-47 Skytrain pilot in the Air Transport Command during World War II.
- DirectorTobias StrömvallBlade ZavierSam McGlynnStarsJeffrey PierceJon BrunoDustin James LeightonA first person shooter developed with the help of Tier 1 military operators depicting violent missions in Afganistan.
- DirectorJennifer ChaRobert CoddingtonBrian WyserStarsChristian MortensenJeffrey PierceJon BrunoRegroup with the SEALs from Medal of Honor, as they take on an international terrorist plot.
- StarsAndreas BeckettAntoinette BoersSteve BulenTake on the role of Lieutenant James Patterson. You are the Allied force's most reliable military special agent. From storming the front lines of Normandy Beach as an infantryman to becoming an elite intel officer.
- DirectorAlexandre AmancioStarsRoger Craig SmithCas AnvarNolan NorthEzio travels to Constantinople, at the peak of the Ottoman Empire to discover the truth behind his Ancestor, Altair, which will help him retrieve a powerful weapon hidden within Masyaf, the ancient assassins' fortress.
- DirectorMotohide EshiroStarsRick WeissScott MenvilleMichael BellAfter Vipsanius was captured for assassinating king of Rome J. Caesar , Agrippa must participate in the Gladiators Grand Games to save his innocent, while having the help Octavious in revealing the truth about the real assassin.
- DirectorDaniel VávraStarsTom McKayMatthew WolfMichael PitthanHenry is thrust into a civil war, watching helplessly as invaders storm his village and slaughter his family. Narrowly escaping the brutal attack, he grabs his sword to fight back.
- DirectorMotohide EshiroStarsJacob BarkerKenji HamadaTakanobu HozumiTen years after Samanosuke slew the demon king Fortinbras, a new hero arrives with the mystic power to incarcerate the souls of evil into a gauntlet. He and a group of samurais set out to destroy remnant demons and defeat Lord Nobunaga.
- DirectorJenean EstigoyStuart LowderJonathan G. MeathStarsBonnie AkimotoDoug BoydBrenda BurkeMaster thief Carmen Sandiego has a time machine called Chronoskimmer and plans to steal historical reaches, such as the Declaration of Independence. Travel to various eras, find out why she's there and stop her plan.
- DirectorYosuke HayashiFumihiko YasudaShinji HiguchiStarsBen PeelMasachika IchimuraToshiyuki MorikawaIt's the 16th century. A western seafarer finds himself in Japan and is met by war and demons on his quest of search and find. Will his path do the unfinished Kurosawa script justice?
- DirectorFrançois DaubetScott PhillipsRamiro BélangerStarsVictoria AtkinPaul AmosKris Holden-RiedSet during the industrial revolution, play as twin assassins Jacob and Evie Frye who fight those who gain from the less privileged.
- DirectorGaspar JanosIskender BingolStarsPano MastiManolis EmmanouelThe player has an opportunity to become a witness and participant in the colossal fall of the Roman Empire.
- DirectorIskender BingolMichael M. SimpsonStarsMark StrongMichael MaloneyRufus JonesSecond installment of the Rome Total War series. This game spans the rise of the Roman empire, and has many different historical factions you can play.
- DirectorMartin CapelStarsSteven PiovesanAndreas ApergisLucinda DavisBridging the gap between Assassin's Creed IV and III, as tragedy and failure force Shay Cormac to question his own Creed. The Assassin turns Templar and embarks on a quest of vengeance and personal revelation, during the Seven Years' War.
- DirectorKentaro MotomuraRitchard MarkelzStarsKari WahlgrenYuri LowenthalRini BellAfter her village is burned to the ground by English troops, a young girl, Jeanne sets out on a quest to save France from English occupation.
- DirectorFrançois DaubetScott PhillipsStarsVictoria AtkinAlec NewmanPaul Amos20 years after the events of Assassin's Creed Syndicate, 'Jack the Ripper' has embarked on a brutal reign of terror that shocks London to its core and threatens the very existence of the Brotherhood of Assassins.
- DirectorDavid JaffeGreg TiernanStarsLinda HuntTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonCarole RuggierAfter 10 years of endless nightmares and servitude to the gods of Olympus, Kratos is assigned with a final task, to kill Ares, the God of War.
- DirectorCory BarlogStarsLinda HuntTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonMichael Clarke DuncanAfter being betrayed by the gods of Olympus and annulled of his divine powers, Kratos must embark on a journey to meet the Sisters of Fate and take his revenge on Olympus.
- DirectorStig AsmussenStarsGeorge BallAdrienne BarbeauSusanne BlakesleeArmed with his deadly double-chained blades, Kratos must take on Greek mythology's darkest creatures to destroy Olympus and the mighty Zeus himself.
- DirectorTodd PapyStarsTroy BakerAdrienne BarbeauSusanne BlakesleeKratos, the former servant of the God of War, Ares, who tricked Kratos into killing his wife and child, renounces Ares, breaking his blood oath to the God. For this act, Kratos is imprisoned by the three Furies.
- StarsSteve BlumArthur BurghardtTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonKratos is still haunted by the visions of his mortal past and decides to explore his origins. In Atlantis, he finds his mother Callisto, who claims that his brother Deimos is still alive.
- DirectorRu WeerasuriyaStarsTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonDebi DerryberryMarina GordonIn an earlier time, when still in service to the gods, Kratos must fight to save the land from a growing darkness.
- DirectorCory BarlogStarsChristopher JudgeSunny SuljicJeremy DaviesAfter wiping out the gods of Mount Olympus, Kratos moves on to the frigid lands of Scandinavia, where he and his son must embark on an odyssey across a dangerous world of gods and monsters.
- DirectorEric WilliamsStarsChristopher JudgeSunny SuljicDanielle BisuttiKratos and his son Atreus face the oncoming Norse apocalypse, Ragnarok.
- DirectorYosuke HayashiFumihiko YasudaShinji HiguchiStarsBen PeelMasachika IchimuraToshiyuki MorikawaIt's the 16th century. A western seafarer finds himself in Japan and is met by war and demons on his quest of search and find. Will his path do the unfinished Kurosawa script justice?
- StarsAdolf HitlerBarry LankJ.S. GilbertCommand the German army during some of the most famous battles of World War II
- DirectorLars GustavssonEric HolmesMarcus KrylerStarsLucas AdamsDeniz AkdenizJeff BergFight your way through battles going from urban combat in a besieged French city to open spaces in the Italian Alps or frantic combats in the Arabic sand dunes. Experience large-scale battles as infantry or piloting vehicles on land, air and sea, from the tanks and bikes on the ground, to bi-planes and gigantic battleships.
- DirectorAkihiro SuzukiStarsYasunori MasutaniMasaya OnosakaHirohiko KakegawaBased loosely on China's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this action game pits the period's greatest personalities against each other in action-based recreations of important battles.
- DirectorRandy PitchfordStarsTroy BakerJeff BroomeEhren ButtlarThe game tells the story of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the famed 101st Airborne Division who were dropped behind German lines on D-Day.
- StarsRichard Ellman KennedyThe player takes on the role of a wagon leader guiding a group of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in the year 1848.
- DirectorGabriel DobrevIvan-Assen IvanovBoian SpasovStarsToby LongworthBecome the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power. Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?
- DirectorJean-Christophe GuyotStarsElias ToufexisTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonDebra WilsonSet during the Stone Age, Far Cry Primal follows Takkar, who rises from an unarmed hunter to the leader of his tribe.
- DirectorEd Del CastilloStarsXander BaileySusanne BlakesleeBrian BloomJason, a Greek king set out for the quest to seek the Golden Fleece to bring back his wife Alceme from death.
- StarsCarlos AlazraquiJack AngelMichael BeattieTitan Quest follows a player-created protagonist as they navigate Ancient Greece, Egypt and China on a quest to defeat the Titans after they escape from their ancient prison.
- DirectorHidetaka MiyazakiKazuhiro HamataniStarsDaisuke NamikawaMiyuki SatôJin UrayamaSet in a reimagining of 1500s Sengoku era Japan. An unnamed shinobi, tasked with protecting a young lord of mystical lineage, who is left for dead when a powerful samurai attacks and chops off his arm.
- DirectorJohan AnderssonHearts of Iron is a strategy game that covers the World War II period at a theater-wide level. Unlike the majority of WW2 games, it focus on global strategy and not on tactical aspects. You play the role of any nation present on the period (not only the major powers of the Axis, Allies or the Komintern), and struggle to make your path over that turbulent years; not only the time of war, but also the years of pre-war (1936-1939), when tensions ran high and hostilities were soon to break out.
- DirectorJohan AnderssonLike the first part, this game situate the gameplay at World War II, but the map spans the entire world and allows you to play one of over 175 countries during the course of World War II, not only the typical countries. This game does not center in battles, instead you have to control the production, research, diplomacy, supply of no communicated regions, the infrastructure and a lot of features that makes this game a long learning curve.
- DirectorThomas JohanssonHearts of Iron III is a global-strategy game with a high focus on realism. Once again the game lets the player take over the control of any nation present from the period 1936-1948 during which the game takes place and do with it what he wants. The game also presents several scenarios that cover different time intervals, allowing the player to choose between preparing for battle or starting in the middle of the affair. Also, the game includes a strong scenario editor to make the situation fit your preferences. Although the game is real-time, the player can speed up and slow down time or even pause to make his decisions.
- DirectorJohan AnderssonStarsSebastian BrandtHearts of Iron IV is a grand sand box strategy video game which is published by Paradox Interactive at 6 June 2016. Game allows players to do political and millitary decisions in WW2 era. Compatible to Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux.
- DirectorCevat YerliPeter GornsteinStarsJohn HopkinsRichard TeversonJamie BallardIt follows a fearless Roman soldier named Marius Titus who joins the army to avenge the slaying of his family and emerges as a hero who must fight to save the Roman Empire.
- StarsChristopher GodwinRuss BainJoseph BalderramaIt inspired by Homer's Iliad, it focuses on the historical flashpoint of the Trojan War, evolving the series with new period-inspired features.
- DirectorMichael E. SimpsonStarsJonathan AthertonGeorge BaladinosAndrew BuchananRome: Total War is a strategy game set during the mid and late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, with the player assuming control of one of three Roman families.
- DirectorDavid LesterThird installment of the Caesar series, in which Caesar plans to retire and is looking for a worthy successor to take his place.
- StarsCrispin FreemanFred TatascioreDaniel RiordanVideogame adaptation of the hit film "300".
- DirectorChris BeatriceStarsGreg BairMarc BiagiGene BogartFourth installment of the Caesar series and the first one with a three-dimensional game engine.
- StarsMark CollinsStephanie GerraGerry KearseyEstablish great cities in the ancient Roman Empire, ensure prosperity among your citizens, and build wonders like the Colosseum, the Great Library, the Great Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Circus Maximus.
- DirectorChris BeatriceStarsJeremiah KisselFrank RidleyBuild glorious cities in ancient Egypt with wonders of the world like the pyramids.
- StarsGil AndrewsMeredith BostonRob BurchetteStrategy game to build a city in ancient Greece.
- StarsWarren BurtonSean DonnellanJean GilpinArkantos, the heroic admiral of Atlantis, looks for a cause of a series of menacing omens, and accidentally intervenes in the titans' dark plan of preparing an uprising against the gods.
- DirectorSteve Langmead
- DirectorStefan MarcinekStarsIan DrysdaleAdam LongworthPeter MarinkerRaise massive armies and embark on epic campaigns to expand the Empire and take control of the known world. Engage in grand-scale city building and create magnificent cities with creativity and control like never before. Intuitive controls make it easy to launch bone-crushing combat missions and manage every aspect of your thriving civilization. After decades in exile, your family name has been all but forgotten in Rome. But the departure of the tyrant Sulla has changed everything, and Rome stands on the brink of a new era. Sides must be chosen as Caesar and Pompey battle for control of the Republic. The stage is set for you to gain power and influence over one of the greatest civilizations in history. Build an Empire worth fighting for.