At And She Games we love all kinds of gaming, and all types of games! So we have been curating some Ultimate Game Lists to show off to you! We have been working our way through the The Ultimate Board Games List for a while now, and would love if you would check that out as well!
We wanted to work on Video Games next. But first, let me say that there are a lot of video games out there. Every type and variety, and I am sure we will miss some a long the way. Also since some games and systems are absolete and "current" can be a relative term, we went with 2005 and newer, and as many as we can find.
We would love your input on any we may miss along the way! We would also love to hear your thoughts of some of these games. If you would like to write a review of the game on our blog (we can link back to your game or business), please email us.
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Back to the Future- The Game
Back to the Future: The Game is an episodic graphic adventure based on the Back to the Future film franchise. The game was developed by Telltale Games as part of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures.Bob Gale, co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of the film trilogy, assisted Telltale in writing the game's story. Original actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd allowed the developers to use their likenesses in the game for the lead characters Marty McFly and Doc Brown, respectively. Lloyd also provides the voice for Doc, while A.J. Locascio plays the role of Marty; Fox later appeared to voice two cameo roles in the final episode, reprising his role as future versions of Marty McFly in addition of playing his forefather William.
The game is split up into five episodes available on multiple gaming platforms, the first episode released for Microsoft Windows and OS X on December 22, 2010.
Platforms: PC, OS X, PlayStation 3, iOS, and Wii
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Backyard Baseball 2007
Backyard Baseball 2007 is the number one baseball video game for
kids! Take the field with National League MVP Albert Puljos and other
MLB superstars as kids in Backyard Baseball 2007, the fifth version of
the best selling kid’s baseball video game of all time. Spectacular new
graphics and environments, interactive backgrounds, older characters,
and realistic gameplay make this the most exciting Backyard Baseball
yet. The only kid’s video game to hold the coveted Major League
Baseball and Major League Baseball Players Association licenses,
Backyard Baseball 2007 features all MLB teams, uniforms, and logos.
Platforms: Mac, PC, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, and iOS.
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Bad Piggies
Bad Piggies is a puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment, and it is a spin-off to Angry Birds. The game launched on Android, iOS, Windows and Mac on September 27, 2012.Unlike previous games in the series, in this entry the player controls the pigs, building devices that travel on land and air to find pieces of a map to find and take away the Angry Birds' eggs.
Platforms: Android, iOS, PC, Mac, Blackberry, and Windows Phone
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Banished
Banished is a city-building strategy game focused on careful resource management and survival as an isolated and growing society.The player guides citizens of a remote community of outcasts to grow and maintain a settlement through a command economy. The game focuses largely on the citizens of the player's town as individuals. As the designer states in a video, "the townspeople of Banished are your primary resource. They are born, grow older, work, have children of their own and eventually die. Keeping them healthy, happy and well-fed are essential to making your town grow as you have to deal with relentless weather conditions, fires, depression, starvation, an aging population and more.
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Baseball Mogul 2015
Baseball Mogul is a series of career baseball management computer games created by game designer Clay Dreslough.The product was first published in 1997. The sixteenth and latest installment, Baseball Mogul 2014, was released March 25, 2013. A proprietary database, included with the game, permits play in any season of historical baseball from 1901 to the present. The early Baseball Mogul games are considered to be influential works in the baseball management simulation genre.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
Face off against Gotham's greatest villains including The Joker, Harley Quinn, Victor Zsasz and Killer Croc.Become the Invisible Predator with Batman's takedowns and unique vantage point system to move without being seen or utilize the unique FreeFlow combat system to chain together unlimited combos and battle with huge groups of the Joker's henchmen.
Choose multiple takedown methods, including swooping from the sky and smashing through walls, and use the predator camera get a closer look at the action.
Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island, presented for the first time ever in its gritty and realistic entirety.
Experience what it's like to be Batman using explosive gel aerosol, the Batclaw, sonar resonator and the line launcher.
An activation key will be provided inside the box for GamesForWindows Live use. Each game (on all platforms) will have its own unique activation key.
Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac
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Batman: Arkham City
Become the Dark Knight in a genuinely authentic Batman experience with advanced, compelling gameplay on every level, epic super-villain encounters and unexpected glimpses into Batman's tortured psychologyPlay as Catwoman with her own storyline in the main game which is seamlessly interwoven with Batman's story arc.
Experience advanced freeflow combat as Batman's melee abilities ratchet up to match that of AI enemies.
Put new gadgets, and new functionality for existing gadgets to work that expand the range of Batman's abilities
Encounter numerous characters from the Batman universe, including Catwoman, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, Penguin, Hugo Strange, Victor Zsasz, Calendar Man, The Joker, The Riddler and others
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
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Batman: Arkham Origins
For Arkham Origins, development duties shifted away from series creators Rocksteady Studios. Written by Corey May, Ryan Galletta and Dooma Wendschuh, the game's main storyline is set five years before that of 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum and follows a younger, less-refined Batman. A bounty is placed on him by crime lord Black Mask, drawing eight of the world's greatest assassins to Gotham City on Christmas Eve. The villains, including the Joker and Anarky, take advantage of the chaos to launch nefarious schemes, while Gotham City police try to apprehend Batman. The game, played from a third-person perspective, focuses on Batman's combat and stealth abilities, detective skills, and gadgets for combat and exploration. Arkham Origins is the first game in the series with multiplayer capability.
While the game received generally positive reviews, it was criticized for replicating previous Arkham games' content and unnecessarily modifying it. A companion game (Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate) was released with Arkham Origins for Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita, and a spin-off mobile game for the iOS and Android platforms was released in October 2013. A successor, Batman: Arkham Knight, is scheduled for release in 2015.
Platforms: Nintendo Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita
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Battlefield
Battlefield is a series of first-person shooter video games that started out on Microsoft Windows and OS X with its debut video game, Battlefield 1942, which was released in 2002. The series is developed by Swedish company EA Digital Illusions CE and is published by American company Electronic Arts.The series features a greater focus on large maps, teamwork and vehicle warfare than traditional first-person shooters. The PC games in the series are mainly focused on online multiplayer. The Battlefield series has served more than 50 million players worldwide as of 2012, across 11 games and 12 expansion packs released since its inception in 2007.
The series has a recognizable 6-beat sting.
Platforms: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PC
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Battlefield Hardline
Battlefield Hardline is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Visceral Games in collaboration with EA Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts.It is due for release in March 2015.
Battlefield: Hardline features new variety of gameplay that breaks away from the traditional Battlefield game modes. The focus of the game has been shifted to police and the "war on crime", breaking away from the military setting that has hitherto characterized the series. As such, the main factions in Hardline are the police Special Response Units and the criminals. Players will have access to various military-grade weapons and vehicles, such as the UH-60 Blackhawk as well as having police equipment such as tasers and handcuffs. Hardline also uses the Levolution mechanic from Battlefield 4. For example, in the map, "High Tension," players can send a construction crane crashing into the building, ripping down debris from the central buildings in downtown, which falls down on the streets of Los Angeles.
Platforms: Playstation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC
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Bayonetta
Bayonetta is a third-person action game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by Platinum Games in cooperation with publisher Sega. The game was released in Japan in October 2009, and in North America and Europe in January 2010. Bayonetta centers on its title character, the witch Bayonetta, who uses firearms and magical attacks to fight against angelic enemies. The game's developers designed its characters with modern style and fashion in mind, and is composed with a largely upbeat soundtrack.Reviews praised Bayonetta for its easily learned yet deep combat, fast pace, boss battles, time slowdown or "Witch Time" mechanic, and character and stage designs. The game has sold 1.35 million units worldwide by March 31, 2010. A sequel, Bayonetta 2, was announced exclusively for the Wii U, to be published by Nintendo. The sequel will also have a special edition that will include a port of the original Bayonetta. An anime film adaptation of the game by Gonzo, Bayonetta: Bloody Fate, was released in Japan in November 2013.
Platforms: PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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Bayonetta 2
Bayonetta 2 is an upcoming Wii U exclusive.This game is the sequel to Bayonetta, which was released in 2009 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 systems. Only the physical release contains the first Bayonetta. It includes extra features that the original release did not, such as having both Japanese and English voice-overs with optional subtitles.
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BEYOND: Two Souls
Beyond: Two Souls is an interactive drama action-adventure video game for the PlayStation 3 console, developed by Quantic Dream.The game features Jodie Holmes, one of the two player characters. The other is a ghost named Aiden; a separate soul linked to Jodie since birth. Jodie is portrayed by actress Ellen Page, who provided voice acting and motion capture performance for the role.
Willem Dafoe co-stars as Nathan Dawkins, a researcher in the Department of Paranormal Activity as well as Jodie's surrogate-father-figure. Beyond: Two Souls was screened at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The game received mixed to positive critical reception upon its release. Sales have reached one million copies worldwide.
Platforms: Playstation 3
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Bejeweled 3
Bejeweled is the name of the series of tile-matching puzzle games created by PopCap Games, first developed for browsers in 2001.Four follow-ups to this game have been released: Bejeweled 2, in 2004, Bejeweled Twist in 2008, Bejeweled Blitz in 2009, and Bejeweled 3 in 2010, all by PopCap Games.
Blitz is a one-minute timed version, which can be played by linking to Facebook or in an offline mode. More than 25 million copies of Bejeweled have been sold, and the game has been downloaded more than 150 million times. An arcade version was released in Q3 2013.
Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, Windows Phone, Mac OS X, iOS, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Java ME, Adobe Flash, Palm OS, Symbian^3, PlayStation Vita, Online, Arcade
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Bioshock - Xbox 360
BioShock is a first-person shooter video game with horror themes developed by 2K Boston (now Irrational Games), and published by 2K Games. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 platforms in August 2007; a PlayStation 3 port by Irrational, 2K Marin, 2K Australia and Digital Extremes was released in October 2008, and an OS X port by Feral Interactive in October 2009. A mobile version was developed by IG Fun. The game's concept was developed by Irrational's creative lead, Ken Levine, and was based on the ideas of Objectivism as highlighted by Ayn Rand, while incorporating influences from other authors such as George Orwell. The game is considered a spiritual successor to the System Shock series, which many of Irrational's team including Levine had worked on previously.Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac, Microsoft Windows, iOS
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Bioshock 2
BioShock 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Marin for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The sequel to the 2007 video game BioShock, it was released worldwide on February 9, 2010. The OS X version of the game was released by Feral Interactive on March 30, 2012.The game is set in the fictional underwater dystopia of Rapture. The game opens with a cutscene set in 1958 then jumps 10 years to when Delta wakes up in 1968, eight years after the events of the first BioShock. The protagonist and player-controlled character is an Alpha series of Big Daddy, a human being that has been mentally conditioned to protect Little Sisters which is amongst the first of its kind.
The player-controlled character Big Daddy, named Subject Delta who was previously paired with a single Little Sister, reactivates with no recollection of the past decade's events and scours the city in an attempt to relocate the Little Sister that he was paired with. Fearing this reunion will ruin her plans for the city, Sofia Lamb, the antagonist, sends out her spliced up followers that she calls "The Rapture Family" and new Big Sisters in an attempt to deter Delta.
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Mac
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BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games.Set in 1912, the game has protagonist, former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the floating air city of Columbia to find a young woman, Elizabeth, who has been held captive there for most of her life. Though Booker rescues Elizabeth, the two become involved with the city's warring factions: the nativist and elite Founders that rule Columbia and strive to keep its privileges for White Americans, and the Vox Populi, underground rebels representing the underclass of the city.
During this conflict, Booker learns that Elizabeth possesses strange powers to manipulate "Tears" in the space-time continuum that ravage Columbia, and soon discovers her to be central to the city's dark secrets. The player controls Booker Dewitt throughout the game, eventually working with the AI-controlled Elizabeth. Like previous BioShock games, the player uses a combination of weapons, Gears, and psychokinetic powers granted through Vigors. Elizabeth's powers can also be used to help fight hostile forces. In contrast to the limited spaces of the underwater city of Rapture, the open air city of Columbia provides for more dynamic combat challenges, including combat that takes place aboard the city's Sky-Line rollercoaster-like rail system. Downloadable content for the game includes a story-based mission, Burial at Sea, that links Infinite's story to that of the original BioShock game.
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Mac
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Birth Of America - PC
Birth of America is a turn-based strategy computer game by SEP BOA, a development team at AGEOD.In Birth of America, the player controls one of the major contenders of the French and Indian War or the American War of Independence, trying to achieve military and political victory. The scope of the game covers all of North America, from Florida to Quebec and New England to Mississippi, from 1755 to 1783.
The game map is divided into more than 700 provinces, with a great diversity of terrain, climates and civilization levels. There are two nations fighting each other in all of the game's ten scenarios. Game turns correspond to one month of historical time. Scenarios vary from a few months to almost 9 years.
Players control mostly the military action of their nation. This includes such activities as drafting forces, building forts and depots, sieges and blockades, raiding enemy settlements and battles, both on land and at sea. Birth of America has two wars, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. The object of the game is to attack and capture objectives, strategic towns, and manage strategies in order to win battles thus gaining edge. Real political events, such as the battle of Bunker Hill and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, will also influence the outcome of morale throughout the game.
Platforms: PC
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Black & White 2
Black & White 2 is a video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts. In the game, the player takes the role of a god called from the void (nothingness) to help those who invoked them. However, the player is not an omnipotent style god, but rather a god who rises and falls with his believers and the player must help develop their nature according to their good or evil desires. The player also has a creature, their physical representation in the world, which takes the form of an anthropomorphic ape, lion, wolf, cow, or tiger. Its physical manifestation can grow to an immense size, and adopt a good or evil persona separate of the player's. They develop their character as the player rewards or punishes their actions. In addition to the god simulation and city-building elements introduced in the original Black & White, Black & White 2 also features elements of real-time strategy gameplay, with the addition of controllable warfare and fighting units.
Black & White 2 also features a more conventional HUD (heads-up display) system than its predecessor. Rather than the experimental HUD-less gameplay seen in the original game, Black & White 2 features HUD notifications that inform players of their creature's state of mind, the effects of their actions on their creature, the status of villages, etc.
The only way the player can interact with this world directly is through the player's hand, with which the player can pick up people, trees, food, and influence the ground. The player can also cast miracles. However, a certain amount of "Prayer Power" (in essence, "Mana") from the player's believers is needed to do this.
Platforms: Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X
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Borderlands
Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter video game that was developed by Gearbox Software for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the first game in the Borderlands series.Borderlands includes character-building elements found in role-playing games, leading Gearbox to call the game a "role-playing shooter". At the start of the game, players select one of four characters, each with a unique special skill and with proficiencies with certain weapons. The four characters are: Roland the Soldier, Mordecai the Hunter, Lilith the Siren, and Brick (a Berserker) "as himself". From then on, players take on missions assigned through non-player characters or from bounty boards, each typically rewarding the player with experience points, money, and sometimes a reward item. Players earn experience by killing both human and non-human foes and completing in-game challenges (such as getting a certain number of kills using a specific type of weapon). As they gain levels from experience growth, players can then allocate skill points into a skill tree that features three distinct specializations of the base character; for example, Mordecai can become specialized in sniping, gunslinging with revolvers, or using his pet Bloodwing to assist in kills and health boosting. Players can distribute points among any of the specializations, and can also spend a small amount of in-game money to redistribute their skill points.
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac
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Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 is an action role-playing first-person shooter video game, developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games on September 18, 2012. It is the second game in the Borderlands series and the sequel to 2009's Borderlands. As with the first game, Borderlands 2 allows players to complete a campaign consisting of central quests and optional side-missions as one of four treasure seekers, "Vault Hunters", on the planet Pandora. Key gameplay features from the original game, such as online collaborative campaign gameplay; randomly generated loot, such as weapons and shields; and character-building elements commonly found in role-playing video games are in Borderlands 2.
The game was well-received by critics and was a financial success, selling 8.5 million copies. Downloadable content for the game has been released, including new characters and storylines. The Game of the Year Edition of the game was released in October 8, 2013 in the U.S. and October 11 internationally, including all the previous downloadable and upgrade packs except for the new campaign. A PlayStation Vita version was released in May 2014, and is developed by Iron Galaxy Studios in collaboration with Gearbox.
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
It is the third game in the Borderlands series, and a prequel to the 2012 game Borderlands 2. It is expected to be released on 14 October 2014.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel combines FPS gameplay with mechanics common to role-playing video games (such as quests, character building and randomly generated "loot"), and collaborative multiplayer campaign gameplay. Similarly to previous Borderlands titles, the game will focus on four playable protagonists—all of whom were featured as NPCs in previous Borderlands games, working as henchmen for Handsome Jack, the antagonist of Borderlands 2. The plot will follow Handsome Jack's descent into villainy, focusing on his escape and capture of the Hyperion company's moonbase. The game will expand upon the engine and gameplay of Borderlands 2 and introduce new gameplay mechanics, including anti-gravity, freeze weapons, and oxygen tanks which can be used to navigate environments and perform special attacks.
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac, Linux
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Brave Frontier
576,000 Legendary Heroes and Beasts Summoners from all across South-east Asia, North-east Asia and North America trying to save Grand Gaia!
Master the elements and your units' Brave Bursts attacks and form your strongest squad to defeat your enemie
Harvest materials in your town and synthesize potions or craft powerful equipment to strengthen your fighting strength
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Very thorough! I'm seeing some old favorites, as well as few I'm unfamiliar with.
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