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10-XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a military turn-based tactical alien invasion/planetary defense strategy science fiction video game, developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. The game is a "reimagined" remake of the 1994 cult classic strategy game UFO: Enemy Unknown (also known as X-COM: UFO Defense) and a reboot of MicroProse's 1990s X-COM series.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown was released on October 9, 2012 in North America and three days later in Europe and Australia for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. An "Elite Edition", containing all previously released downloadable content, was released as a Mac OS X exclusive by Feral Interactive in April 2013. In June 2014, Feral released both XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its expansion pack XCOM: Enemy Within for Linux
A port for iOS was released in June 2013 and an Android conversion was released in May 2014. A stand-alone expansion pack titled XCOM: Enemy Within was released in November 2013.
Set in the near future during an alien invasion of Earth, the game puts the player in control of an elite multinational paramilitary organization called XCOM and tasked with defending the Earth. The player commands troops in the field in a series of turn-based tactical missions; between missions, the player directs the research and development of new technologies from recovered alien technology and captured prisoners, expands XCOM's base of operations, manages XCOM's finances, and monitors and responds to alien activity.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown was critically acclaimed, with averaged ratings of close to 90% for all versions at both GameRankings and Metacritic. Upon its release, it was often regarded as one of best titles in its genre. Several reviewers also commented on the game's very high levels of difficulty, replayability, and addictiveness. A number of publications, including GameSpy, GameTrailers and Giant Bomb, named it Game of the Year.
9-Crusader Kings II
Crusader Kings II is a grand strategy game set in the Middle Ages developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Crusader Kings. It was released for Microsoft Windows on February 14, 2012, to positive reviews. A Mac OS X version, Paradox Interactive's first in-house development for Mac OS X, was released on May 24, 2012. A Linux version was released on January 14, 2013. The game contains numerous historical figures such as William the Conqueror, Charlemagne, Harold Godwinson, Robert Guiscard, Harald Hardrada, El Cid, Constantine X Doukas, Harun al-Rashid, Alexios I Komnenos, Alfred the Great, and Saladin
8-Wargame: European Escalation
Wargame: European Escalation is a real-time strategy video game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Focus Home Interactive, released on February 23, 2012. It is set in Europe during the Cold War, most specifically in the years 1975–85 with alternate history scenarios portraying open war between NATO and the Warsaw pact
7-Company Of Heroes 2
Company of Heroes 2 is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sega for the Microsoft Windows platform. It is the sequel to the critically acclaimed 2006 game Company of Heroes.
As with the original Company of Heroes, the game is set in World War II but with the focus on the Eastern Front, with players primarily controlling the side of the Soviet Red Army during various stages of the Eastern Front, from Operation Barbarossa to the Battle of Berlin. Company of Heroes 2 runs on Relic Entertainment's proprietary Essence 3.0 game engine
In January 2013, Sega acquired Relic Entertainmentand along with it the Company of Heroes intellectual property from THQ. The game was released on June 25, 2013 in North America and Europe
6-Sid Meier’s Civilization V
Sid Meier's Civilization V is a 4X video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games, released on Microsoft Windows in September 2010, OS X on November 23, 2010, and Linux/SteamOS on June 10, 2014.
In Civilization V, the player leads a civilization from prehistoric times into the future on a procedurally generated map, achieving one of a number of different victory conditions through research, exploration, diplomacy, expansion, economic development, government and military conquest. The game is based on an entirely new game engine with hexagonal tiles instead of the square tiles of earlier games in the series.Many elements from Civilization IV and its expansion packs have been removed or changed, such as religion and espionage (although these were reintroduced in its subsequent expansion). The combat system has been overhauled, removing stacking of military units and enabling cities to defend themselves by firing directly on nearby enemies. In addition, the maps contain computer-controlled city-states as non-player characters that are available for trade, diplomacy and conquest. A civilization's borders also expand one tile at a time, favoring more productive tiles, and roads now have a maintenance cost, making them much less common. The game features community, modding, and multiplayer elements.
Its first expansion pack, Civilization V: Gods & Kings, was released on June 19, 2012 in North America and June 22 internationally. It includes features such as religion, espionage, enhanced naval combat and combat AI, as well as nine new civilizations.
A second expansion pack, Civilization V: Brave New World, was announced on March 15, 2013. It includes features such as international trade routes, a world congress, tourism, great works, as well as nine new civilizations and eight additional wonders. It was released on July 9, 2013 in North America and on July 12, 2013 in the rest of the world
5-Total War: Shogun 2
is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is part of the Total War series and returns to the 16th-century Japan setting of the first Total War game, Shogun: Total War, after a series of games set mainly in Europe.
Shogun 2 is set in 16th-century feudal Japan, in the aftermath of the Ōnin War during the Ashikaga Shogunate. The country is fractured into rival clans led by local warlords, each fighting for control. The player takes on the management of one of these clans, with the goal of dominating other factions and claiming his rule over Japan. The standard edition of the game features a total of eight factions (plus a ninth faction for the tutorial), each with a unique starting position and different political and military strengths. The limited edition includes an exclusive ninja clan, the Hattori, and a DLC unlocks a tenth clan, the Ikko-Ikki
The game moves away from the European setting of previous Total War games and returns to the first setting in the Total War series, but making significant changes to core gameplay elements of Shogun 2. Compared to Empire which spanned almost the entire globe, the new installment focuses only on the islands of Japan (excluding Hokkaido) and on a reduced number of unit types
Shogun 2 was released on 15 March 2011 and received critical praise from reviewers, often for its simplification and refinement of the series by returning to its roots. A standalone expansion set Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai was released in 2012.
On 31 July 2014, Shogun 2 was released for OS X by Feral Interactive, along with the Total War: SHOGUN 2 Collection, which includes all previously released additional content except "Blood Pack"
4-Europa Universalis IV
Europa Universalis exists in a finite timeline, starting on the 11th of November, 1444 and ending on the 2nd of January, 1821. A player may choose any starting point between these two dates and begin a campaign as any country existing in the world at the time.
The entirety of the geography of Earth is represented and able to be owned, conquered, and colonized - with the exception of regions considered as largely uninhabitable wastelands as is the case with certain vast desert regions in the Middle East, and harsh arctic lands in Siberia.
While players may choose any custom date that they desire, the game features bookmarked starting points with the intention of having the gameplay replicate some of the most dramatic events in human history. Instances of bookmarks are the Discovery of the New World, the European Wars of Religion, and the French Revolution and subsequent reign of Napoleon.
The game is, in short, an interactive world history simulator focusing on the time lapse between the Renaissance and the Napoleonic Era.
While some historical events like the Dutch Revolt or the Protestant Reformation are mandated to occur during gameplay, there is no set course and thus each play through can result in a different outcome
3-Total War: Rome 2
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Total War: Rome II[5] is a strategy game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega, released on 3 September 2013 for Microsoft Windows. The eighth standalone game in the Total War series of video games, Rome II is a successor to the 2004 game Rome: Total War. The game suffered from significant technical problems upon release (some of which were fixed by the Emperor Edition), but was a commercial success, surpassing all other games in the Total War series in both sales and number of concurrent players on its release day
2-Total War: ATTILA
Total War: Attila is an upcoming strategy game developed for the The Creative Assembly and published by Sega, to be released in February 2015 for Microsoft Windows. It is the ninth standalone game in the Total War series of video games.
The game is set in 395 AD, at the beginning of the Dark Ages. While the title character will be able to become the leader of the Huns, he won't yet be in power at the start of the campaign.
1-Hearts of Iron IV
is the sequel to Hearts of Iron III from Paradox Development Studio, part of the Hearts of Iron series of grand strategy games focusing on World War II
During an "Ask Me Anything"-event on Reddit, Paradox staff confirmed that a Hearts of Iron IV is planned, though the team gave no indication as to the priority of the game's development other than that it would likely come before the sequel to Victoria II it was revealed that it would be released "before 2020". This was later clarified as being an intended release date of Q1 2015. It was later postponed to Q2, stated in development
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In the same Ask Me Anything"-event, PDS manager Johan Andersson promised better AI and accessibility compared to HOI3,and that the game would not have a rigid, forced game-progression but would feature sandbox-style gameplay. He also stated that HOI4 would be available on the Linux operating system
Project Armstrong, the recently disclosed codename for a secret project at PDS was revealed on 23 January 2014, as Hearts of Iron IV
