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The Master of Orion franchise is a series of turn-based, 4X science fiction strategy games where the player leads one of ten races to dominate the galaxy. The game was developed by Simtex and published by MicroProse. It was initially released on September 6, 1993. The game was designed to use MS-DOS and was later ported to the Mac OS in 1995 by Take-Two Interactive and distributed by GameTek. It is the first in its franchise, and the rights are held by Wargaming.

The reboot of the game, known as Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars(2016), was developed by Argentina-based Nimble Giant Entertainment and published by Wargaming. The game was released on Steam Early Access on February 26, 2016, with a full release on Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux later in 2016. In Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars, the player leads one of 11 playable races to galactic supremacy through the exploration and colonization of star systems while utilizing diplomacy, conquest, and technological developments.

Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars is a turn-based strategy game that lets players take control of one of 10 playable races who can compete or coexist with other AI-controlled opponents across vast galaxies. Players can also design a custom race. In the game, players manage their empire, colonies, technological developments, ship design, inter-species diplomacy, and combat. The game begins with a single home world, one colony ship, and two scout ships that can be used to explore nearby stars. The game will sometimes produce random events which can be harmful or advantageous.

StarCraft is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. The series primarily consists of real-time strategy video games, several spin-off titles and a number of novels, short stories and graphic novels.

The original game, StarCraft, was released in 1998. It was critically acclaimed for its balanced gameplay, and it became hugely popular, especially in South Korea. The game’s story revolves around three species fighting for dominance in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy.

The sequel, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, was released in 2010. It was followed by two expansion packs, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm in 2013 and StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void in 2015. Each of these games focuses on one of the three species from the original game.

StarCraft has been praised for its engaging gameplay, immersive storylines, and its impact on the real-time strategy genre. It remains a beloved franchise among gamers worldwide.

The Diablo franchise is a series of action role-playing video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of three core games: Diablo, Diablo II, and Diablo III and most recent Diablo VI.

Diablo, the first game in the series, was released on December 31, 1996. The game is set in the fictional world of Sanctuary, where the player fights through hordes of enemies to defeat the Lord of Terror, Diablo.

Diablo II was released on June 29, 2000. It continues the story of Diablo, but this time, the player pursues Diablo through a series of quests spanning multiple acts. An expansion for Diablo II, titled Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, was released in 2001.

Diablo II: Resurrected is a remastered version of Diablo II and its expansion, Lord of Destruction. It was released on September 23, 2021. The game features remastered graphics and includes quality of life improvements. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S.

Each game in the series builds upon the last, offering new challenges, characters, and lore, making the Diablo franchise a staple in the action role-playing genre.

The Call of Duty (CoD) franchise is a series of first-person shooter video games published by Activision, starting in 2003. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-off and handheld games were made by other developers.

The series originally focused on the World War II setting, with Infinity Ward developing the first two games, Call of Duty (2003) and Call of Duty 2 (2005), and Treyarch developing Call of Duty 3 (2006). Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) introduced a modern setting and proved to be the breakthrough title for the series, creating the Modern Warfare sub-series. Two other entries, Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and Modern Warfare 3 (2011), were made.

The sub-series received a reboot with Modern Warfare in 2019, Modern Warfare II in 2022, and Modern Warfare III in 2023. Infinity Ward have also developed two games outside of the Modern Warfare sub-series, Ghosts (2013) and Infinite Warfare (2016). Treyarch made one last World War II-based game, World at War (2008), before releasing Black Ops (2010) and subsequently creating the Black Ops sub-series. Four other entries, Black Ops II (2012), Black Ops III (2015), Black Ops 4 (2018), and Cold War (2020) were made and still are my favorites.