2. Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter
video game developed by Rockstar Studios
and published by Rockstar Games. It is the
third title in theMax Payne franchise and was
released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in
May 2012, for Microsoft Windows in June
2012, and for Mac OS X in June
2013. Development is led by
Rockstar Vancouver in collaboration with the
New England, London and Toronto studios.
This is the first game in the series that was not
developed by Finnish game developer
Remedy Entertainment and not written by
series creatorSam Lake.The lead writer of Max
Payne 3 was Dan Houser, who was also the
writer of Red Dead Redemption,
Grand Theft Auto IV and Bully.
3. Sleeping Dogs is a 2012 open world
action-adventure video game developed by
United Front Games in conjunction with
Square Enix London Studios and published by
Square Enix, released on August 14, 2012, for
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox
360. Sleeping Dogstakes place in Hong Kong
and focuses on an undercover operation to
infiltrate the Triads.
The game started development as an original
title, but was announced in 2009 as True Crime:
Hong Kong, the third installment and a reboot
of the True Crime series.As a result of the game’s
high development budget and delays, it was
canceled by Activision Blizzard in 2011. Six
months later, it was announced that Square
Enix had picked up the publishing rights to the
game, but the game was renamed Sleeping
Dogs in 2012 since Square Enix did not purchase
4. Assassin's Creed III is a 2012
action-adventure video game developed
by Ubisoft Montreal and published by
Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360,Wii U,
and Microsoft Windows. It is the fifth
major installment in the Assassin's Creed
series, and a direct sequel to 2011's
Assassin's Creed: Revelations. The game
was released worldwide for PlayStation 3
and Xbox 360, beginning in North
America on October 30, 2012, with a Wii
U and Microsoft Windows release
following in November 2012.
The plot is set in a fictional history of real
world events and follows the centuries old
struggle between the Assassins, who fight
for peace with free will, and the Templars,
5. Batman: Arkham City is a 2011 action-adventure
video game developed by Rocksteady Studios and
released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for
the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles,
and Microsoft Windows. Based on the DC Comics
superhero Batman, it is the sequel to the 2009 video
game Batman: Arkham Asylum and the second
installment in the Batman: Arkham series. It was released
worldwide for consoles, beginning in North America on
October 18, 2011, with a Microsoft Windows version
following on November 22.
Written by veteran Batman writer Paul Dini with Paul
Crocker and Sefton Hill, Arkham City is based on the
franchise's long-running comic bookmythos.
6. Crysis 3 is a first-person shooter
video game developed by the German
game developer Crytek and is published
by Electronic Arts for
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and
Xbox 360. It was released in North
America on February 19, 2013. Officially
announced April 14, 2012, it is the third
main installment of the Crysis series, a
sequel to the 2011 video game Crysis 2,
and runs on the CryEngine 3 game
engine. It was one of the most
anticipated upcoming games of
2013.Crysis 3 has won PC Gamer Most
Valuable Game, Game Informer Best of
Show and Electric Playground Best of E3
7. DmC: Devil May Cry is an
action-adventure hack and slash
video game developed by Ninja Theory
and published by Capcom for
PlayStation 3,Xbox 360 and Windows. It is
the fifth installment of the Devil May
Cry series, serving as a reboot.
Announced in late 2010 during the
Tokyo Game Show, the game is set in an
alternative reality in the Devil May Cry
series. As such, the reboot has no
connection to the canon/chronology of
the main numbered games (3, 1, 4 and 2).
It focuses on the player character Dante,
a young man with supernatural powers
who finds himself under attack by a
seemingly sentient town known as Limbo
City populated by demons
8. Far Cry 3 is an open world
first-person shooter video game
developed mainly by Ubisoft Montreal in
conjunction with Ubisoft Massive,
Ubisoft Red Storm, Ubisoft Shanghai and
Ubisoft Reflections and published by
Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
and PlayStation 3. The game was
originally set for release on September 4,
2012 in North America and September 6
in Europe; however, it was subsequently
delayed until November 29, 2012 for
Australia, November 30 for Europe, and
December 4 for North America due to the
developers tweaking the final release
version of the game. A
stand-alone expansion titled
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon was released on
April 30, 2013.
9. FIFA 12 (titled FIFA Soccer 12 in
North America) is the nineteenth game in
Electronic Arts' FIFA series of
association football video games. It was
developed by EA Canada, and published
by Electronic Arts worldwide under the
EA Sports label. It was released in
September 2011, on consoles for
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and
PlayStation 2; on handhelds for
PlayStation Portable, 3DS, Xperia Play
and iOS; and on computers for
Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A port
of the game entitled FIFA
Football (titled FIFA Soccer in
North America) was released as a launch
title for the PlayStation Vita.
10. God of War: Ascension is a third person
action-adventure video game developed by
Santa Monica Studio and published by
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). The game was
first released on March 12, 2013, for the PlayStation 3
(PS3) console. It is the seventh installment in the
God of War series and prequel to the entire series.
Loosely based on Greek mythology, the game is set in
Ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif. The
player controls the protagonist Kratos, the former
servant of the God of War, Ares, who tricked Kratos into
killing his wife and child. Kratos renounced Ares,
breaking his blood oath to the god. For this act, Kratos
was imprisoned by the three Furies, the guardians of
honor and enforcers of punishment. Helped by the oath
keeper Orkos, and learning that Ares and the Furies
plan to overthrow Mount Olympus, Kratos escapes his
imprisonment, defeats the Furies, and reluctantly kills
Orkos. Although free of Ares' bond, Kratos begins to
suffer the nightmares that will plague him throughout
his adventures.
11. Grand Theft Auto IV (commonly shortened
to GTA 4) is a 2008 open world
action-adventure video game, developed by
Rockstar North and published by
Rockstar Games. It was released for the
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 29 April 2008,
and for the Microsoft Windows on 2
December 2008. It is set in the fictional
Liberty City, based heavily on modern day
New York City.The game follows Niko Bellic, a
veteran of an unnamed war in Eastern Europe,
who comes to the United States in search of
the American Dream, but quickly becomes
entangled in a world of gangs, crime, and
corruption. Like other games in the
series, GTA IV is composed of elements from
driving games and third-person shooters, and
features open world gameplay, in which
players can interact with the game world at
their leisure. Grand Theft Auto IV also features
several onlinemultiplayer modes.
12. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a video game and
sequel to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Warrior
Within was developed and published by Ubisoft, and
released on December 2, 2004 for the Xbox,
PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows. It
picks up whereThe Sands of Time left off, adding new
features, specifically, options in combat. The Prince
now has the ability to wield two weapons at a time
as well as the ability to steal his enemies' weapons
and throw them. The Prince's repertoire of combat
moves has been expanded into varying strings that
allow players to attack enemies with more
complexity than was possible in the previous
game. Warrior Within has a darker tone than its
predecessor adding in the ability for the Prince to
dispatch his enemies with various finishing moves. In
addition to the rewind, slow-down, and speed-up
powers from The Sands of Time, the Prince also has a
new sand power: a circular "wave" of sand that
knocks down all surrounding enemies as well as
damaging them. The dark tone, a vastly increased
level of blood and violence as well as sexualized
female NPCs earned the game an M ESRB rating.
13. Resident Evil 6, known as 'Biohazard 6' is an
action-adventure third-person shooter video game and
the ninth main installment in the Resident Evil series,
developed and published by Capcom. Capcom defines
the game's genre as "dramatic horror", however there
is disagreement among reviewers whether this
installment belongs in survival horror genre. It was
released for thePlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October
2, 2012. The Microsoft Windows version was released
on March 22, 2013.
The story is told from the perspectives of
Chris Redfield, a former member and founder of the
BSAA traumatized by a failed operation,
Leon S. Kennedy, a Raccoon City survivor and agent
for the U.S. government, Jake Muller, illegitimate son
of Albert Wesker and associate of Sherry Birkin, and
Ada Wong, a freelance agent framed for the bio-
terrorist attacks by Neo-Umbrella. They must all
confront the force behind a massive bio-terrorist
attack with the newly developed C-virus in cities across
the world.
14. Watch Dogs (stylised
as WATCH_DOGS) is an upcoming
open world action-adventure stealth
video game, developed by
Ubisoft Montreal and published
by Ubisoft for Microsoft
Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation
4,Wii U, Xbox 360 and the Xbox
One. Watch Dogs centers on the
player's ability to hack into various
electronic systems, either to obtain
and control information or to destroy
those devices completely at specific
times. The game was first unveiled
during Ubisoft's press conference
at E3 2012.