Franchises

Psychological horror FPS series created by Monolith Productions in 2005 — slow-mo combat against Alma Wade across F.E.A.R., Project Origin, TimeGate expansions, and Day 1 Studios’ F.E.A.R. 3.

Lionhead Studios fantasy action role-playing series, later developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. Set in Albion, it mixes player choice, morality, and a satirical take on British folklore.

Post-apocalyptic role-playing franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky at Interplay. Set after a nuclear war between the United States and China, with 1950s atompunk retrofuturism.

Games based on the animated series. High Voltage's 2006 Xbox game splits Peter, Brian, and Stewie into brawler, stealth, and platform-shooter modes.

Ubisoft first-person shooter anthology of open-world wilderness campaigns. Crytek made the 2004 original on CryEngine; later mainline and spin-off games are developed mainly at Ubisoft Montreal and Toronto on the Dunia Engine, from Far Cry 2 through Far Cry 6.

Tecmo survival-horror series, also known as Project Zero. The Xbox release of Fatal Frame is an updated port of the 2001 game.

EA Sports football simulation series licensed by FIFA, spanning annual releases from FIFA International Soccer (1993) through FIFA 23, plus World Cup spin-offs.

EA Canada arcade street-soccer series published under the EA Sports BIG label, spun off from the FIFA games.

EA Sports boxing series. Round 2, developed by EA Chicago, adds analog-stick punching and Xbox online play.

Japanese science fantasy role-playing franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and published by Square Enix. The numbered series began in 1987.

Capcom’s Metro City beat ’em up series. From the 1989 arcade classic through SNES sequels, Mighty Final Fight, Final Fight Revenge, Final Fight One, Streetwise, and Double Impact—side-scrolling brawls against Mad Gear and beyond, later tied into the Street Fighter universe.

Nintendo and Intelligent Systems tactical RPG series of wars, dragons, and relationships across continents such as Archanea, Jugdral, Elibe, Tellius, and Fódlan.

Demolition-derby racing series from Bugbear Entertainment (later Team6 and Kylotonn), known for destructible tracks and ragdoll windshield stunts across FlatOut through FlatOut 4: Total Insanity.

Forgotten Realms is Ed Greenwood’s Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting—often called The Realms—first published for D&D in 1987 and since adapted into novels, comics, and licensed video games from SSI’s Gold Box era through Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, and later Faerûn titles.

Racing series published by Xbox Game Studios. Turn 10 Studios developed Forza Motorsport as a simulation racer, and the first game released for the original Xbox on 3 May 2005. Playground Games developed Forza Horizon, an open-world festival racer, beginning with the 2012 game set in Colorado. The two lines have continued side by side; Horizon 6, set in Japan, launched on 19 May 2026.

Konami’s arcade action series, published by Sega. It launched in 1981 with Frogger, in which the player guides frogs home across a road and a river.

Pandemic squad-tactics series. The first game puts the player in command of two US fireteams in the fictional country of Zekistan.

Games based on the animated series. Unique Development’s 2003 platformer has the Planet Express crew stop Mom after she buys Planet Express.

Blitz party-game series. The original Xbox game puts up to four players in six arenas and more than 45 mini-games.