What is the platform-adventure video game created by independent developer D-Pad Studio, and included in 2016 new intellectual properties releases notable for?
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2016 in video gaming The year 2016 saw releases of numerous video games, including new installments for several well-received franchises, such as "Ace Attorney", "Battlefield", "Call of Duty", "Civilization", "", "Dark Souls", "Dead Rising", "Deus Ex", "Dishonored", "Doom", "Far Cry", "FIFA", "Final Fantasy", "Fire Emblem", "Forza Horizon", "Gears of War", "Hearts of Iron", "Hitman", "Homefront", "Homeworld", "Kirby", "Mafia", "Mario Party", "Master of Orion", "Metroid", "Mirror's Edge", "Persona", "", "Pokémon", "Ratchet & Clank", "Shadow of the Beast", "Shadow Warrior", "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Star Fox", "Star Ocean", "Street Fighter", "Titanfall", "Total War", "Uncharted", "Watch Dogs", "XCOM" and "Zero Escape". In addition, it saw the release of new intellectual properties, including "Overwatch", "Quantum Break", "Tom Clancy's The Division" and "The Last Guardian", and indie titles such as "Abzû", "Hyper Light Drifter", "Inside", "No Man's Sky", "Owlboy", "Stardew Valley" and "The Witness". Many awards went to games such as "Overwatch", "", "Inside", "Doom", "Dark Souls III", "The Last Guardian", "Dishonored 2" and "Titanfall 2".
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Owlboy Owlboy is a platform-adventure video game created by independent developer D-Pad Studio. The game is notable for its long development cycle, which began in 2007, and was released in November 2016.
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Dishonored 2 Dishonored 2 is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The sequel to 2012's "Dishonored", the game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 11 November 2016.
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Techno Kitten Adventure Techno Kitten Adventure is a side-scrolling video game developed by 21st Street Games and published by creative design studio Elite Gudz for the iOS App Store, Xbox Live Indie Games market, Android Market and Windows Phone market. In the game, players control a flying kitten that must avoid obstacles and distractions timed to hardcore music. The game was first released on Xbox Live Indie Games on September 6, 2010 by Nick Kinkade (xMonox). The game was originally developed using Microsoft XNA and is currently available on XBLIG, iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
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Sonic Forces Sonic Forces is an upcoming platform video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. An installment in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series, the game was announced in commemoration of its 25th anniversary, and will be released worldwide in November 2017.
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List of Jurassic Park video games After the announcement of the 1993 "Jurassic Park" feature film, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Michael Crichton, developers Ocean Software, BlueSky Software and Sega of America were licensed to produce games to be sold to coincide with the release of the film on the popular platforms of the time. In 1997, several developers, including DreamWorks Interactive and Appaloosa Interactive, produced various games for nine different platforms to coincide with the release of the film, "".
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is a first-person adventure art video game developed by The Chinese Room and SCE Santa Monica Studio. It is a story-based game, taking place in a small English village whose inhabitants have mysteriously disappeared. It is considered a spiritual successor to "Dear Esther", also from The Chinese Room. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released for the PlayStation 4. The game was released for Windows on 14 April 2016.
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AM2R AM2R, short for Another Metroid 2 Remake, is an action-adventure video game developed by Milton Guasti under the pseudonym DoctorM64, and released in August 2016 for Microsoft Windows, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the "Metroid" series. It is an unofficial, enhanced remake of Nintendo's Game Boy game "" (1991), borrowing the art style and overall feeling of the Game Boy Advance game "" (2004). Shortly after the game's release, Nintendo sent DMCA notices to websites hosting "AM2R"; download links to the game were removed from its official website, but Guasti said that he still planned to continue working on the game privately. In September 2016, he ended the development of "AM2R" after receiving a DMCA takedown request from Nintendo. An official remake, "", was released in 2017.
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Super Mario Run Super Mario Run (Japanese: スーパーマリオラン , Hepburn: Sūpā Mario Ran ) is a side-scrolling, endless runner video game developed and published by Nintendo for iOS and Android devices. It was released for iOS in December 2016 and for Android in March 2017. The game represents one of Nintendo's first games developed for mobile devices, and one of the few instances that a game in the "Mario" series was playable on non-Nintendo hardware.
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Monster Hunter Stories Monster Hunter Stories (モンスターハンター ストーリーズ , "Monsutā Hantā Sutōrīzu" ) is a role-playing video game developed by Marvelous and published by Capcom. It is a spin-off title set within the "Monster Hunter" series. The game was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console on October 8, 2016, and was later released in North America, Europe and Australasia in September 2017. Unlike any of the previous titles in the "Monster Hunter" series, "Monster Hunter Stories" lets players take on the role of a Rider instead of a Hunter, and are now able to battle in an RPG turn-based system. Major additions in this installment include hatching eggs and befriending monsters, battling alongside them, executing special Bond attack moves, and customizing your monsters’ abilities and appearance. The game features support for Amiibo figurines, with a first set launching alongside the game, and a second set launching two months later. A is a loose adaptation of this game.
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Pokémon Go Pokémon Go is a free-to-play, location-based augmented reality game developed by Niantic for iOS and Android devices. The game was the result of a collaboration between Niantic and Nintendo, by way of The Pokémon Company, and was initially released in selected countries in July 2016. The game utilizes the player's mobile device's GPS ability to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokémon, which appear on the screen as if they were at the same real-world location as the player. The game features a freemium business model and supports in-app purchases for additional in-game items.
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Star Ocean: Anamnesis Star Ocean: Anamnesis (Japanese: スターオーシャン：アナムネシス , Hepburn: Sutā Ōshan Anamuneshisu ) is a free-to-play role-playing video game developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix for Android and iOS devices. It was created in celebration of the "Star Ocean" series' 20th anniversary, and features characters from all previous titles in the franchise, as well as music from series composer Motoi Sakuraba. The game was released in Japan on December 7, 2016.
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CID The Dummy CID The Dummy is an adventure video game released for the PlayStation 2, Wii, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation Portable on April 17, 2009 in Europe and July 7, 2009 in North America. The game blends classic platform elements such as timed jumps, collecting pick-ups, defeating enemies, and challenging boss battles with more cerebral elements such as puzzles, clever weapon use, and route-finding.
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Super Castlevania IV Super Castlevania IV is a platform game developed and published by Konami and the first "Castlevania" game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was originally released in 1991 and later re-released on the Virtual Console in 2006 for the Wii, in 2013 for the Wii U, and in 2016 for the New Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo re-released "Super Castlevania IV" in the United States in September 2017 as part of the company's Super NES Classic Edition.
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Necropolis (video game) Necropolis is an action role-playing video game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in July 2016, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One In October 2016.
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Ghostbusters (2016 video game) Ghostbusters is a twin stick shooter video game developed by FireForge Games and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Taking place after the events of the 2016 film, the game features four-player cooperative gameplay where players control new Ghostbusters characters to defeat enemy ghosts. The game had a development cycle of 8 months, and was released in July 2016.
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Stardew Valley Stardew Valley is an indie farming simulation role-playing video game developed by Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone and published by Chucklefish. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2016, with ports for OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One released later that year. A port for Nintendo Switch is also in development and is expected to be released in 2017. In "Stardew Valley", the player takes the role of a character that, to get away from the hustle of an office job, takes over their grandfather's dilapidated farm in a place known as Stardew Valley. The player manages their character's time and energy levels as they clear land, plant and tend crops, raise livestock, craft goods, mine for ores, and engage in social activities, including romances leading towards marriage, with the various residents of the small town, all while earning in-game money to expand their farm. The game is open-ended, allowing the player to take on activities as they see fit.
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D/Generation D/Generation is an arcade adventure computer game with puzzle elements, published for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST by Mindscape in 1991. It was later ported to the Amiga CD32 in 1993, the new version largely based upon the Amiga version but allowing use of the 6-button CD32 gamepad.
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Primal (video game) Primal is an action-adventure horror video game developed by SCE Studio Cambridge and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for PlayStation 2. In May 2016, the game was made available for the PlayStation 4 through the PlayStation Network with slightly improved graphics and trophy support.
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Last Day of June Last Day of June is an adventure puzzle video game developed by Ovosonico and published by 505 Games. The game was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in August 2017.
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Project X Zone 2 Project X Zone 2, known in Japan as Project X Zone 2: Brave New World (プロジェクト クロスゾーン2：ブレイブニューワールド , Purojekuto Kurosu Zōn 2: Bureibu Nyū Wārudo ) , is a crossover tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS developed by Monolith Soft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Despite the game being the official sequel to "Project X Zone", the plot is a homage to the events of its spiritual predecessor: "Namco x Capcom" whilst retaining a standalone story. The game is a crossover between various franchises from Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo. The title was released in Japan in November 2015, and worldwide in February 2016.
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Conan Exiles Conan Exiles is an upcoming open world survival video game developed and published by Funcom for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game is set in the world of "Conan the Barbarian", with the custom playable character being rescued by Conan, beginning their journey. It was originally expected to be released during mid-2016, however, it was delayed. An official release date is still yet to be announced. An early access version of the game was released for Windows in January 2017, on for Xbox One in August 2017, with a full release planned for 2018.