What year saw releases of numerous video games including an action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix?
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2015 in video gaming The year 2015 saw releases of numerous video games, including new installments for some well-received franchises, such as "Anno", "Assassin's Creed", "", "Battlefield", "Call of Duty", "Disgaea", "Dirt", "Fallout", "Fatal Frame", "Five Nights at Freddy's, Forza Motorsport", "Guitar Hero", "Halo", "Heroes of Might and Magic", "Hotline Miami", "Just Cause", "King's Quest", "Kirby", "Magicka", "Mario Party", "Mario vs. Donkey Kong", "Metal Gear", "Minecraft", "Mortal Kombat", "Need for Speed", "OlliOlli", "Resident Evil", "Rock Band", "StarCraft", "", "Tales", "The Witcher", "Tomb Raider", "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six", "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater", "Total War," "Toy Soldiers", "Xenoblade Chronicles", "Yakuza" and "Yoshi". In addition, it saw the release of many new intellectual properties, including "Dying Light", "Evolve", "Life Is Strange", "Bloodborne", "Until Dawn" and "Splatoon", and indie titles such as "Her Story", "Ori and the Blind Forest", "Rocket League", and "Undertale". Many awards went to games such as "Bloodborne", "", "", "Fallout 4", "Rocket League", "Ori and the Blind Forest" and "Rise of the Tomb Raider".
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Rise of the Tomb Raider Rise of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. It is the sequel to the 2013 video game "Tomb Raider", a reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise. It was released for Xbox One and Xbox 360 in November 2015 and for Microsoft Windows in January 2016. A special edition of the game, titled Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, was released worldwide for PlayStation 4 in October 2016.
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Square Enix Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス , Kabushiki gaisha Sukuwea Enikkusu Hōrudingusu ) is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, and distribution company that is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include "Final Fantasy", "Dragon Quest", and "Kingdom Hearts". Several of its franchises have sold over 10 million copies, with the "Final Fantasy" franchise selling over 115 million, and the company as a whole made over ¥150 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2014. The Square Enix headquarters are in the Shinjuku Eastside Square Building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company employs over 3800 employees worldwide.
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Cross Gate Cross Gate (クロスゲート , Kurosu Gēto ) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by Dwango and published by Square Enix (originally Enix). It has been released in Japan, Taiwan, and mainland China since 2001.
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Jurassic Park Interactive Jurassic Park Interactive is an action video game based on the 1993 movie "Jurassic Park". It was released in North America on May 10, 1994 exclusively for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer by Universal Interactive Studios. The game was later released in Japan on December 2, 1994. It is Universal Interactive's first ever videogame released.
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List of best-selling Game Boy Advance video games The best-selling video games of all-time on the Game Boy Advance (GBA) are "Pokémon Ruby" and "Sapphire". First released in Japan on November 21, 2002, the games went on to sell over 16 million units worldwide. "Pokémon FireRed" and "LeafGreen", enhanced remakes of the original "Pokémon Red", "Green" and "Blue" games, are the second best-selling titles on the platform with sales in excess of 12 million copies. "Pokémon Emerald", the enhanced version of "Ruby" and "Sapphire", is third with sales of more than 7 million units. The top five is rounded out by "" and "", each of which sold over 5.5 million units.
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Project Eden Project Eden is a 2001 action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2. A Dreamcast version was planned but cancelled. The plot sees a squad of four law enforcement agents investigating disappearances by working their way downwards through layers of a towering mega-city. Gameplay emphasises puzzle-solving, requiring the player(s) to control each of the four characters and use their individual abilities to progress. A single player can control any of the characters and jump between them at will; up to four players can play simultaneously, taking control of team members.
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Mother (video game) Mother (Japanese: マザー ) , later released outside Japan as EarthBound Beginnings, is a role-playing video game developed by Ape and published by Nintendo for the Famicom. The game is modeled on the gameplay of the "Dragon Quest" series, but is set in the late 20th-century United States, unlike its fantasy genre contemporaries. "Mother" follows the young Ninten as he uses his great-grandfather's studies on psychic powers to fight hostile, formerly inanimate objects and other enemies. The game uses random encounters to enter a menu-based, first-person perspective battle system. It is the first game in the "Mother" series and was followed by two sequels, "EarthBound" in 1994 and "Mother 3" in 2006.
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Music of Nier "Nier" is an action role-playing video game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix in 2010. The music of "Nier" was composed by Keiichi Okabe with members of his studio, Monaca, Kakeru Ishihama and Keigo Hoashi, and Takafumi Nishimura of Cavia. The soundtrack has inspired the release of four official albums by Square Enix—an official soundtrack album and three albums of arrangements—along with two mini-albums included as pre-order bonuses for the Japanese versions of the game and two licensed EPs of jazz arrangements.
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Terraria Terraria is a 2D action-adventure sandbox video game developed by Re-Logic. The game was initially released for Microsoft Windows in May 2011, and has since been released for various other platforms and devices. Gameplay of "Terraria" features exploration, crafting, building, and combat with a variety of creatures in a procedurally generated 2D world. "Terraria" received generally positive critical reception upon release, with direct comparisons to "Minecraft" and praise given to its sandbox elements. By February 2017, the game had sold over 20 million copies across all platforms.
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Secret of Evermore Secret of Evermore is an action role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released by Square in North America on October 1, 1995. In February 1996, it saw release in the PAL territories of Europe and Australia. A Japanese release was planned to follow the North American release by a few months, but was ultimately cancelled.
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Tomb Raider III Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft, or simply Tomb Raider III, is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows platforms in 1998. "Tomb Raider III" is the third title in the "Tomb Raider" video game series and a sequel to "Tomb Raider II". The story of the game follows archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft as she embarks upon a quest to recover four pieces of a meteorite that are scattered across the world. To progress through the game, the player must explore five locations (India, South Pacific, London, Nevada, and Antarctica) and complete a series of levels that involve solving puzzles, jumping over obstacles, and defeating enemies.
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Bastion (video game) Bastion is an action role-playing video game developed by independent developer Supergiant Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. In the game, the player controls "the Kid" as he moves through floating, fantasy-themed environments and fights enemies of various types. It features a dynamic voiceover from a narrator, and is presented as a two-dimensional game with an isometric camera and a hand-painted, colorful art style. "Bastion"' s story follows the Kid as he collects special shards of rock to power a structure, the Bastion, in the wake of an apocalyptic Calamity.
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Final Fantasy Tactics Final Fantasy Tactics (ファイナルファンタジータクティクス , Fainaru Fantajī Takutikusu ) is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (later changed to Square and now Square Enix) for the Sony PlayStation video game console. It is the first game of the "Final Fantasy Tactics" series and was released in Japan in June 1997 and in the United States in January 1998. The game combines thematic elements of the "Final Fantasy" video game series with a game engine and battle system unlike those previously seen in the franchise. In contrast to other 32-bit era "Final Fantasy" titles, "Final Fantasy Tactics" uses a 3D, isometric, rotatable playing field, with bitmap sprite characters.
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Evasive Space Evasive Space is an action video game developed by High Voltage Software and published by Akinai Games. It is one of several video games released as WiiWare through the Wii Shop Channel. It was released in North America on February 16, 2009 and in Japan on April 7, 2009.
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Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy is a series of games within the "Final Fantasy" video game franchise. It was primarily developed by series creator and developer Square Enix, which also acted as publisher for all titles. While featuring various worlds and different characters, each "Fabula Nova Crystallis" game is ultimately based on and expands upon a common mythos focusing on important crystals tied to deities. The level of connection to the mythos varies between each title. The series title translates from Latin as 'The New Tale of the Crystal'. Each development team was given the freedom to adapt the mythos to fit the context of a game's story.
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List of Enix games Enix was a Japanese video game publishing company founded in September 1975 by Yasuhiro Fukushima. Initially a tabloid publisher named Eidansha Boshu Service Center, it was renamed to Enix in 1982, and shortly thereafter ventured into video game publishing for Japanese home computers such as the PC-8800 series, the X1 series, and the FM-7. Enix initially found games to release by holding contests for programming hobbyists and publishing the winners, with the first titles appearing in February 1983. Enix continued to hold contests and publish the winners through 1993. When Enix moved into traditional publishing for video game consoles in 1985, it began with ports of two of its more successful games, "Door Door" (1983) and "The Portopia Serial Murder Case" (1983). From that point onward, Enix served as a publisher for both video games developed independently by other companies as well as for titles in franchises owned by Enix and created by licensed developers. Enix's flagship franchise was the "Dragon Quest" series of console games, developed primarily by Chunsoft; some of the games, such as "Dragon Quest VII" (2000), have sold millions of copies, and the series as a whole has sold over 68 million copies as of 2016.
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Seiken Densetsu 3 Seiken Densetsu 3 (聖剣伝説3 , lit. "Legend of the Sacred Sword 3") is a 1995 action role-playing video game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Super Famicom. It is the sequel to the 1993 game "Seiken Densetsu 2" (released as "Secret of Mana" outside Japan), and is the third installment in the "Mana" series. Set in a high fantasy world, the game follows three heroes as they attempt to claim the legendary Mana Sword and prevent the God Beasts from being unleashed and destroying the world. It features three lengthy main plotlines and six different possible main characters, each with their own storylines, and allows two players to play simultaneously. "Seiken Densetsu 3" builds on the gameplay of its predecessor with multiple enhancements, including the use of a time progression system with transitions from day to night and weekday to weekday in game time, and a wide range of character classes to choose from, which provides each character with an exclusive set of skills and status progression.
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Quest 64 Quest 64 is the game's title in North America. It was released as Holy Magic Century in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and as Eltale Monsters (エルテイル モンスターズ , Eruteiru Monsutāzu ) in Japan. The game is a single-player role-playing video game developed by Imagineer and published by THQ. It was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 and was the first role-playing video game released for the system in the United States.
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Dragon Quest II Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line is a role-playing video game (RPG) developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix (later merging with Square to become Square Enix) in 1987 for the Family Computer (or Famicom) as a part of the "Dragon Quest" series. Enix's U.S. subsidiary published the American version of "Dragon Quest II" for the Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES) in 1990. "Dragon Quest II" is set one hundred years after the events of the first game.
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Paper Mario Paper Mario is a role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 game console. It was first released in Japan on August 11, 2000, in North America on February 4, 2001, and in Europe and Australia on October 5, 2001. "Paper Mario" was re-released for Nintendo's Wii Virtual Console in July 2007 as well as Wii U Virtual Console in 2015.
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Omikron: The Nomad Soul Omikron: The Nomad Soul (known as The Nomad Soul outside the United States) is an adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 1999 and the Dreamcast in 2000. Versions for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 were in development for a short time, but were ultimately cancelled after the commercial failure of the Dreamcast version.