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It sure looks familiar, but the sequel to 2008's tower defense classic dares to do things a bit differently.

W(h)ether you call it GOATY or just another sheepish hype train, here's as a rare example of an indie project going viral and hitting its release window without turning to crowdfunding.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! is a first-person shooter, and is the third FPS entry into the Borderlands series. The storyline of The Pre-Sequel focuses on Jack (who would be the antagonist in Borderlands 2), an employee of the Hyperion corporation; after the company's Helios space station is captured by a military operation known as the Lost Legion, he leads a group of four playable characters—all of whom were NPCs and bosses in previous Borderlands games—on an expedition to re-gain control of Helios and defeat the Lost Legion.

Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops is a third-person shooter set in 2025. The player takes the role of two special agents who hunt a mysterious arms dealer. Their quest leads them to places all over the world, e.g. Cuba and Dubai.

Dragon Age: Inquisition is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. It is a sequel to Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II, making it the third major game in the Dragon Age franchise. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of dictator Pagan Min. (Source: Steam)

A joint iOS/PC release, the new Depth Hunter is even more relaxed and accessible than its predecessor. No more evasion maneuvers or line tension to worry about: every fish shot is automatically bagged, thus making the "hunt" as effortless and cheerful as flower picking... until you get too close to a crab or jellyfish, at least.

Here's your chance to get locked inside a mental asylum during a stormy night. With no weapon or torchlight, only your journalist's thirst for answers and a battery-powered camcorder to rely on, you're prepared to run and hide from trouble... but can your mind endure Mount Massive's darkest secret ?

Lichdom puts the crafter back in spellcrafter. Through a spell-centric loot system and extensive crafting and casting mechanisms, wielding magic has never felt so remote from the usual shooting frenzy with mana for ammo.

A futuristic "parkour shooter" built for speedruns, DeadCore is the commercial culmination of indie project Deadlock.