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- Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)Konami released Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation in 1998. The game directed by Hideo Kojima required players to navigate a nuclear weapons facility…
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2Capcom Fighting Collection 2 arrived in May 2025 as a digital and physical compilation of eight distinct arcade titles. The collection bridges the gap…
- Capcom Fighting CollectionCapcom released a compilation containing ten arcade games in June 2022. The collection features nine fighting titles and one puzzle game originally developed…
- Final Fantasy Legend IISquare began work on Final Fantasy Legend II in 1989, shortly after the success of its predecessor. Series creator Akitoshi Kawazu returned as director to…
- Street Fighter 30th Anniversary CollectionThe collection arrived in May 2018 to mark thirty years of the Street Fighter series. Digital Eclipse built a package containing twelve arcade versions for…
- Street Fighter Alpha 2In February 1996, Capcom unveiled Street Fighter Zero 2 at the AOU show in Tokyo. The arcade cabinet introduced a new system called Custom Combo that…
- Street Fighter X Mega ManMega Man lies back to relax on the 25th anniversary of his franchise. Ryu and other Street Fighters interrupt this peace with a final battle request.
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy OriginIn 2018, Tetsuya Nomura sat with the concept for an action game that would conquer locations. He had just finished work on Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy and…
- Sid Meier's Antietam!Sid Meier's Antietam! arrived in December 1999 as a real-time computer wargame. The title placed players directly into the American Civil War conflict known…
- Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade EditionOn the 4th of April 2010, producer Yoshinori Ono confirmed an arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV during the Japanese Street Fighter IV finals.
- SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the MillenniumTakashi Nishiyama, a former director at SNK, walked into a meeting with Yoshiki Okamoto, the head of development at Capcom.
- Final Fantasy XV: Pocket EditionSquare Enix rebuilt Final Fantasy XV using the Unity engine to fit mobile devices. The original game relied on the in-house Luminous Engine for its complex…
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred HeroesYoshitaka Murayama directed the original Suikoden games while working at Konami. He left that company in 2002 just before Suikoden III arrived on shelves.
- Metal Gear Solid: Master CollectionKonami announced the first volume of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection in May 2023. This announcement came during a PlayStation Showcase event, occurring…
- Dissidia Final Fantasy NTThe Japan Amusement Expo in Chiba, Japan held its doors open in February 2015. Square Enix stood before the crowd to announce a new fighting game for arcades.
- Sid Meier's Gettysburg!Sid Meier's Gettysburg! arrived in 1997 as the very first game created by Firaxis Games. This real-time wargame emerged from a studio that had never released…
- Final Fantasy IV (2007 video game)Square Enix released a 2007 role-playing video game for the Nintendo DS. Matrix Software developed this remake of Final Fantasy IV, originally known as Final…
- Silent Hill 2 (2024 video game)Bloober Team announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Konami in June 2021. This deal involved jointly developing selected contents and exchanging…
- Star Wars: X-Wing (video game)Until 1992, Broderbund held the license for Star Wars computer games. When that license reverted to LucasArts in early 1993, designer Lawrence Holland…
- Silent Hill 3In September 2001, the development team at Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo began work on a project that would eventually become Silent Hill 3.
- Final Fantasy XIIISquare Enix began work on Final Fantasy XIII in February 2004, shortly after releasing Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission.
- Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsThe second moon rises over the Blue Planet, casting a pale glow on the rebuilt Kingdom of Baron. Cecil and Rosa stand watch as their son Ceodore prepares for…
- Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade ClassicsIn December 2013, Capcom announced that the digital releases of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 were to be delisted due to the expiration of their character…
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VIISeven years before the events of 1997, a young man named Zack Fair stood in the ruins of Wutai. He wore the blue uniform of SOLDIER and carried a heavy…
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (video game)Late 1994 marked the start of work on Shadows of the Empire, a project designed to tell a side story between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
- Heroes of the StormBlizzCon 2010 marked the first public glimpse of a project called Blizzard DOTA, a custom map built for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
- AGEOD's American Civil WarPlayers take the role of military and political leaders during the American Civil War. The game spans the years 1861 to 1865 on a single screen map.
- Quake (video game)John Carmack stood before a blank screen in late 1994, ready to build the future of video games. He began work on an engine that would render full…
- Final Fantasy Legend IIIProduction began in 1990 within Square's newly formed Osaka studio. Series creator Akitoshi Kawazu did not participate because he was busy developing…
- Final Fantasy VSquare released Final Fantasy V in 1992 for the Super Famicom. Hironobu Sakaguchi directed the project and called it his favorite entry before releasing…
- Silent Hill: HomecomingMasashi Tsuboyama announced the game's development in a 2004 interview with Eurogamer. He stated that the project would appear on next-generation consoles…
- Fighter MakerAgetec released Fighter Maker as part of its Designer Series for PlayStation consoles. This 3D-based game allowed users to create custom moves for their…
- Marvel vs. Capcom: InfinitePlayers control two characters instead of three in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. This change replaced the traditional three-on-three format used since 1996's…
- Final Fantasy IIISquare released Final Fantasy III in 1990 as one of the largest games ever built for the Famicom. The cartridge held 512 KB of data, which was the…
- The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimBethesda Game Studios began work on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2006 after finishing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Full development started following…
- Street Fighter AlphaProduction for Street Fighter Alpha began in October 1994 following the release of Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors. Capcom gave its development team only…
- Call of Juarez: Bound in BloodIn August 1864, two Confederate sergeants named Ray and Thomas McCall abandoned their post near the Chattahoochee River.
- Final Fantasy VIIIn 1994, Square began planning a new entry for its flagship role-playing series. The team initially targeted the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as their…
- Dragon Age: OriginsIn the kingdom of Ferelden, savage creatures called Darkspawn dwell within the Deep Roads. These underground highways were created by dwarves long ago…
- Final Fantasy IXIn July 1998, Square began planning a new entry for its flagship role-playing series. Hironobu Sakaguchi envisioned this project as a retrospective return to…
- Final Fantasy VII RemakeSquare Enix announced Final Fantasy VII Remake during Sony's conference at E3 2015. This announcement followed years of speculation and fan requests that…
- Final Fantasy VII RebirthSquare Enix announced the Final Fantasy VII Remake project in June 2022 during a livestream celebrating the original game's twenty-fifth anniversary.
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD RemasterTidus stands atop a cliff overlooking the city of Zanarkand, watching the sky turn from blue to gray as Sin approaches. The creature known as Sin has been…
- Final Fantasy XIII-2Production began in March 2010 and concluded roughly one and a half years later. Square Enix's 1st Production Department led the project, with Motomu…
- Final Fantasy XVIIn the fictional world of Valisthea, two continents named Ash and Storm stretch across a landscape dominated by colossal magical crystals.
- Silent Hill 2In June 1999, Team Silent began work on a project that would become the second installment of the Silent Hill series. The team operated within Konami…
- Star Wars: Dark ForcesIn September 1993, Daron Stinnett began writing code for a game engine that would change how players saw the Star Wars universe.
- Star Wars: SquadronsPlayers sit inside the cockpit of a starfighter on the 2nd of October 2020. The screen displays vital information about weaponry and shields directly in…
- Tokimeki Memorial (video game)Players controlling a male freshman at Kirameki High School face a unique mechanic called the bomb. Neglected girls who are not dated frequently become angry…
- Doom (1993 video game)In November 1992, five people gathered in a dark office building they called Suite 666 to begin work on a new game. John Carmack started technical research…