Borderlands is a science fiction based first-person shooter with RPG elements that was developed by Gearbox Software. It was released for Windows, Xbox 360 and PS3 in October 2009. The game is set on the barren world of Pandora, filled with run-down settlements. Various corporations have set up mining operations on Pandora, hoping to unearth not only valuable minerals, but also alien technology. Treasure hunters also come to Pandora, seeking the legendary "Vault," which is said to have been left [...]

Originally released as "UFO: Enemy Unknown", X-Com is one of the milestone titles in the history of turn-based tactical combat games, in no small part for the way in which it incorporated its escalating human-vs-invaders combat events into a larger, dynamic strategic arc. When they weren't conducting tense search-and-destroy isometric sorties against a variety of alien nasties, players built and managed and stocked bases, ran research projects, engineered equipment, and struggled to remain solvent under the sometimes miserly funding of an [...]

The latest installment in the post-apocalyptic future of a different past, New Vegas introduces the need to eat and drink to survive, ammo weight, and several other things modded into Fallout 3. In addition to the generic karma meter, New Vegas also tracks faction reputation for a more rounded approach to things.