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Agent47: Absolution is a 2012 action stealth game developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix Europe. It is the fifth installment in the Hitman series and the sequel to 2006's Hitman: Blood Money. Before release, the developers stated that Absolution would be easier to play and more accessible, while still retaining hardcore aspects of the franchise. The game was released on 20 November 2012 for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. On 15 May 2014, Hitman: Absolution – Elite Edition was released for macOS by Feral Interactive; it contains all previously released downloadable content, including Hitman: Sniper Challenge, a "making of" documentary, and a 72-page artbook. On 11 January 2019, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released enhanced versions of Absolution and Blood Money for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of the Hitman HD Enhanced Collection.

Fallout New Vegas Teaser Trailer: A 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game, which was released for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, is set in the Mojave Desert 204 years after a devastating nuclear war. The player controls a courier who survives an assassination attempt and becomes embroiled in a conflict between different governing factions that are vying for control of the region. Fallout: New Vegas features a freely explorable open world, and the player can engage in combat with a variety of weapons. The player can also initiate conversations with non-player characters in the form of dialogue trees, and their responses determine their reputation among the many different factions.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is an action role-playing game developed by Eidos-Montréal and published by Square Enix. The game is a prequel to the original Deus Ex (2000) and the third installment in the Deus Ex series. The gameplay combines first-person shooter, stealth, and role-playing elements. It features exploration and combat in environments connected to multiple city-based hubs, in addition to quests that grant experience and allow customization of the main character's abilities with items called Praxis Kits. Set in the year 2027, players control Adam Jensen, a security officer for Sarif Industries, a company which develops controversial artificial organs dubbed "augmentations". After an attack on Sarif, Jensen undergoes extensive augmentation and investigates the shadowy organization behind the attack. The story explores themes of transhumanism and the growing power of megacorporations and their impact on social class. It also uses the series' cyberpunk setting and conspiracy theory motif.

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition: A military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the galaxy using technology left behind by advanced precursor civilizations. Each installment is a third-person shooter with role-playing elements. The first three games form a trilogy in which the player character, Commander Shepard, attempts to save the Milky Way galaxy from a race of ancient, hibernating machines known as the Reapers. The inaugural video game in the series, Mass Effect (2007), follows Shepard's investigation of Saren Arterius, one of the Reapers' agents. Mass Effect 2 (2010) begins two years later and sees Shepard's forces battling the Collectors, an alien race abducting human colonies to facilitate the Reapers' return. The original trilogy's final installment, Mass Effect 3 (2012), depicts a war between the Reapers and the rest of the galaxy. A fourth game, Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017), featured a new setting and cast of characters.

Devil May Cry 5 is a 2019 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the sixth installment overall and the fifth mainline installment in the Devil May Cry series. The plot follows returning protagonists Nero and Dante as they are hired by a mysterious stranger named V to stop the Demon King Urizen. Players control Nero, Dante and V, who each feature a different playstyle. DMC5 presents more than stylish combat, It offers a layered exploration of identity, trauma, and self-integration. Dante embodies adaptive coping through humor and mastery, using playfulness as a defense mechanism against loss and existential fatigue. Nero represents identity formation: his struggle with power and abandonment mirrors the psychological tension between autonomy and the need for belonging.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is a 2004 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Ubisoft. The game is the sequel to Splinter Cell and the second game in the Splinter Cell series endorsed by writer Tom Clancy. It follows the covert activities of Sam Fisher, an agent working for a black-ops branch of the National Security Agency (NSA) called "Third Echelon". Michael Ironside returns to voice Sam Fisher, while Dennis Haysbert voices the character Irving Lambert, Fisher's boss, making this the only time he is not voiced by Don Jordan. Lalo Schifrin provides the theme music for the game.

The game is a reboot of the Syndicate series of real-time tactics games developed with union-engine. Set in the year 2069, the narrative revolves around Miles Kilo, a EuroCorp agent who must eliminate important personnel from rival corporations; in the process, he discovers the evil, secret practice used by EuroCorp to recruit agents. The game features a large variety of weapons; from standard pistols to futuristic guns. Kilo is implanted with a computer chip that allows him to access the dataverse and can use hacking to defeat enemies and solve environmental puzzles.

The remote community of Hope County, Montana, has been taken over by the Project at Eden's Gate, a radical religious cult led by Joseph Seed and his siblings.

Following the uploading of several videos exposing Eden's Gate by three bloggers trying to save Hope County, the U.S. Marshal Service issues an arrest warrant for Joseph Seed. Marshal Cameron Burke, along with Sheriff Earl Whitehorse, Deputy Staci Pratt, Deputy Joey Hudson, and a junior deputy arrive in the county to arrest Joseph. The five law enforcement agents exit the helicopter they used to arrive at Seed's secluded compound. They make their way to the compound's church, walking through and past many PEG members with weapons, from baseball bat's with barbed wire to militant flame throwers. "The Father" Joseph Seed himself is giving a church service and delivering a cultist sermon. Marshal Burke reads and presents the arrest warrant to Seed. Seed continues preaching about some apocalyptic event that was coming, and that "God will not let you take me." The Rookie (you) then cuff Seed and begin to lead him towards the exit of the church. More and more members of the group begin to amass within the compound. The group pushed past them, trying to ignore them. Shortly after bringing him to their helicopter, one of Joseph’s followers brings it down, jumping directly into the rotors and crashing the helicopter. Cultists quickly arrive, rescuing Joseph and kidnapping the Sheriff, Hudson, and Pratt, while the Junior Deputy and Burke gain time to escape.

After escaping, the Deputy finds Burke hiding in a nearby trailer house. The two plan to escape to Missoula, hoping to alert the National Guard of the situation, but they are soon found the Cultists. After a shoot out, Burke and the Deputy unsuccessfully attempt to escape in a truck, which results in Burke being kidnapped by cultists while the Deputy is rescued by Dutch. Dutch brings the Deputy up to speed with the situation in the county and asks them to help fight the cult. The Deputy starts by liberating Dutch's Island and then later sets out to reclaim the county from the grip of the militaristic cult along with the help of The Resistance. Assisting the Deputy are several allies with their own personal grudges against Eden's Gate, including local pastor Jerome Jeffries, bush pilot and mechanic Nick Rye, bartender Mary May Fairgrave, and Hurk, a character from several previous games. Some of these allies provide quests, while others will help you in combat. Main missions will direct the player towards the three main sections of Hope County, those including: Henbane River, Whitetail Mountains, and Holland Valley. Each of which directing the player to defeat each of Joseph’s siblings.

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Remember Me is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Capcom. The game's plot focuses on Nilin, a memory hunter working for an underground resistance called the Errorists. When the game starts, she has been stripped of nearly all her memories by megacorporation Memorize. With the help of a mysterious man named Edge, she goes on a quest to bring down Memorize and recover her lost memories. Throughout the story, she is permitted to use her Memory Remix power to ultimately refurbish people's recollections. The combat consists of a modified combo system called Pressen.

Midnight Club: Los Angeles is a 2008 racing video game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. It is the fourth installment in the Midnight Club series before it was discontinued in January 2010. The game features 43 (58 with DLC) cars and 3 (plus one additional with DLC) motorcycles. The open world map of Los Angeles is the size of all three cities from Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition combined.

Dishonored is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, Dishonored follows the story of Corvo Attano, bodyguard to the Empress of the Isles. He is framed for her murder and forced to become an assassin, seeking revenge on those who conspired against him. Corvo is aided in his quest by the Loyalists—a resistance group fighting to reclaim Dunwall, and the Outsider—a powerful being who imbues Corvo with magical abilities. Several actors, including Susan Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Carrie Fisher, Michael Madsen, John Slattery, Lena Headey, and Chloë Grace Moretz, provided voice work for the game.

The metal mask recovered from the Kalmakareh Cave belongs to one of the most mysterious and important historical treasures of Iran, dating back to the first millennium BC, around the 7th to 5th centuries BC. This period coincides with the end of the Elamite period, the beginning of the Median state, and the beginning of the Achaemenid rule. Masks of this type were usually used in funerary, religious, or royal rituals and often belonged to nobles and rulers, as their manufacture required high skill and access to precious metals.

The Kalmakareh Cave was discovered by chance in the mountains of Lorestan in the 1360s (1980s) and quickly became one of the most important historical treasures of Iran; however, due to the lack of official protection, a large part of these works were looted by smugglers and transported to global markets. Similar masks have been found in contemporary civilizations such as Assyrian, Urartian, and even ancient Egypt, indicating the cultural connections and influences between West Asian civilizations of that period.

Examining the artistic style of this mask, with its prominent design and exaggerated facial features such as the nose and eyebrows, leads us to the artistic traditions and religious symbolism of the period. It is possible that these types of masks were used in rituals to communicate with spirits or gods, or even represented a mythical figure or king. In this way, this mask is not only a work of art, but also a living document of the beliefs, rituals, and social structure of ancient Iranian societies on the verge of entering the era of great empires.

Betrayer is a first-person action-adventure video game developed by Blackpowder Games. The game was released for the PC on March 24th 2014. Set in colonial Virginia in the 17th century, the game includes stealth elements, with players stalking their enemies and using colonial weaponry to defeat them. It uses a monochrome art style that Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead described as "undeniably striking". The game has no clear missions or markers for quest objectives, aiming to initially perplex players by not providing a defined sense of direction. Sound plays a central role in exploring the game world, as it is used to lead the player to clues and other points of interest. While progressing, any clues found are meticulously documented in the inventory windows. Similar to The Elder Scrolls series, players can quickly navigate from one location to another by clicking a point-of-interest icon on the game's map.

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Sam Fisher, an agent working for a black-ops branch of the National Security Agency (NSA) called “Third Echelon”

NFS Rivals is a 2013 racing video game developed in collaboration between Ghost Games and Criterion Games, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twentieth installment in the Need for Speed series, and the debut title for Ghost Games, the formally named EA Gothenburg; which would be the main developer of all subsequent non-mobile installments up until 2020

Crysis Remastered Trilogy Teaser Trailer: The remastered version brings together Crysis, Crysis 2, and Crysis 3 in a visually enhanced package. The trilogy still stands out for its open-ended combat, impressive environments, and the unique Nanosuit mechanics that let players approach situations in different ways. The Nanosuit’s abilities are the heart of the experience. Strength Mode boosts physical power and melee attacks, Speed Mode allows rapid movement, Cloak Mode provides temporary invisibility for stealth, and Armour Mode increases protection against incoming damage. Switching between these abilities during combat makes the gameplay feel dynamic and gives players considerable freedom in how they tackle each encounter.

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days follows criminals Adam "Kane" Marcus (Brian Bloom) and James Seth Lynch (Jarion Monroe), now the main playable character, who reunite in Shanghai for an arms deal, having agreed to split the money for their retirement. When things go wrong, the two quickly find themselves fighting to survive and escape when they become targets of the entire Shanghai underworld.

🧧Humankind is a turn-based strategy 4X video game by Amplitude Studios and published by SEGA

Fallout 4 is a post-apocalyptic open-world role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released in 2015. Set in the ruins of Boston, known as the Commonwealth, the game follows the Sole Survivor, who emerges from a nuclear fallout shelter and searches for their missing child. Along the way, players explore a vast wasteland, fight mutated creatures and hostile factions, build settlements, customize weapons and armor, and make choices that can dramatically affect the story and its characters.

Automatron introduces a mysterious robotic army led by the Mechanist. Players can hunt down these robots and build their own customized robotic companions using a large selection of parts, weapons, and armor.

Wasteland Workshop expands the settlement-building system with new structures, decorations, and the ability to capture and tame creatures. Players can also build arenas where captured creatures or settlers can fight.

Far Harbor adds a large new island filled with dangerous wildlife, fog-covered landscapes, and conflicting factions. The story centers around a mysterious case involving a young woman named Kasumi and explores themes of identity, faith, and morality.

Contraptions Workshop adds new machines and construction equipment that allow players to create automated manufacturing systems, sorting machines, elevators, and other elaborate settlement contraptions.

Vault-Tec Workshop allows players to construct and manage their own Vault. It introduces new Vault-themed building pieces, decorations, experiments, and quests involving the residents of the Vault.

Nuka-World takes players to a massive abandoned amusement park that has been taken over by raiders. The DLC introduces new areas, enemies, weapons, and quests while allowing players to lead several raider gangs and establish their own raider settlements.

Red Alert 3 retains the core real-time strategy mechanics of the Command & Conquer series. Warring factions harvest resources using vulnerable collectors and use those resources to construct military bases and forces on-site. Structures form a shallow but wide tech tree with a variety of units and elusive superweapons. Weapon types are specialized to the point where a rifleman can withstand direct hits from an anti-tank cannon.

Hard Reset (2011) is modeled on video games such as Quake and Unreal, which results in more straightforward gameplay than most contemporary first-person shooters. The various stages have secret areas with hidden pick ups such as health and ammunition. The environments are designed similarly, as there are explosive barrels and various vending machines outfitted with electroshock anti-vandalism defenses, that can trigger splash damage by being shot at, scattered throughout the levels, which the player can use by luring enemies near them.

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Namco Bandai Games. As a loose adaptation of the Chinese novel Journey to the West, the game is set 150 years in a future post-apocalyptic world following a global war. Only remnants of humanity survive, along with the still active war machines left over from the conflict. The game's story follows Monkey who is forced to escort a girl named Trip home safely after they survive a ship crash. Players play as Monkey, who must combat enemies using his staff from a third-person perspective, engage in different platforming challenges and solve puzzles.