The Legend of Heroes is a series of role-playing games developed by Nihon Falcom Corporation.

Gears of War is a third-person shooter video game franchise created and owned by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Studios. The three games that currently make up the series take place on the fictional earth-like planet Sera and focus on a war between humans and creatures known as Locust and Lambent.

The Pokémon, or Pocket Monsters, series began in Japan in March 21,1996 on the original Game Boy with Pokémon Red and Green, with versions Red and Blue arriving in North America on September 30th, 1998.

Naruto: Clash of Ninja (known as Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! in Japan), is a series of 3D cel-shaded fighting games based on the popular manga and anime series of the same name. They are developed by Eighting and appear on both the GameCube and Wii.

The Star Fox franchise is a successful, but underused franchise owned by Nintendo. The series has since seen many innovations, most prominently the implementation of a Super FX chip in the first game.

After Burner is a combat flight simulation video game series, developed by Sega and published for a wide range of platforms since it's first appearance in the late 80's; such as the Amiga, Atari ST, NES, and more.

Animal Crossing is a series of life simulation games created by Nintendo EAD. First released in Japan on the Nintendo 64 in 2001 (under the alternate title Animal Forest). The game immediately stood out for its open-world feel and the lack of conventional video game tropes such as points, combat or levels.

The Prototype series of games are open world action-adventure games that were developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. Prototype was released in North America on June 9, 2009 and in Europe on June 12, 2009 for Playstation 3, XBox 360 and PC. Prototype 2 was released in North America on April 24, 2012 for the Playstation 3 and XBox 360, and on July 24, 2012 for PC.

Hitman is a series of stealth-oriented third-person shooters developed by Io Interactive and published first by Eidos Interactive and then Square Enix when it acquired the latter.

Crysis is a series of futuristic first-person shooters developed by Crytek and published by Electronic Arts.

Developed by Valve Corporation, the Half-Life franchise is a highly celebrated series of award winning first-person shooter titles which have consistently influenced future FPS development with their unique storytelling methods, such as a constant first person perspective, and gameplay mechanics such as Half-Life 2's Gravity Gun.