Hack and slash, also known as hack and slay (H&S or HnS) or slash 'em up, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat with melee-based weapons...
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Hack/Slash is a comic book series, launched from several one shots of the same name, published by Image Comics (previously by Devil's Due Publishing)....
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Hack 'n' Slash is a video game developed by Double Fine Productions. Prototyped during Double Fine's open Amnesia Fortnight 2012, Hack 'n' Slash is a top-down...
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Beat 'em up (redirect from Walk and punch)
emergence of 3D-polygon technology. In the 2000s, a sub-genre of 3D hack-and-slash games emerged (also known as "character action games"), adapting the...
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Sal (August 13, 2022). "Hack-and-slash roguelite Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC". Gematsu. Retrieved...
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a 2025 hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo. The tenth installment in the Dynasty Warriors...
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Soulstice (video game) (category Xbox Series X and Series S games)
is a hack and slash video game developed by Italian studio Forge Reply. It was released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows in 2022 and for...
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Multi-user dungeon (redirect from CD gamedriver and mudlib)
MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat. Players can read or view descriptions...
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game, NetHack features turn-based, grid-based hack and slash and dungeon crawling gameplay, procedurally generated dungeons and treasure, and permadeath...
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Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is a hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Square Enix. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation...
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8 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-27. Harris, Iain (2 May 2018). "Hack and slash: The making of MIHOYO's Honkai Impact 3rd". pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved...
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Darksiders is a hack and slash action-adventure video game franchise created by Vigil Games, now developed by Gunfire Games, which consists of some of...
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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (category Multiplayer and single-player video games)
Three Hopes is a 2022 hack and slash action role-playing game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo in Japan and Nintendo internationally...
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Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (category Multiplayer and single-player video games)
scenarios and mobile suits. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam follows in the style of previous Dynasty Warriors games as an action-oriented hack 'n' slash with some...
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to determine relative strength and abilities. These games often use action game combat systems similar to hack and slash or shooter games. The term "action...
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too short and the hack and slash element becomes "repetitive". Demon Stone was nominated for two awards by the British Academy of Film and Television...
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Shinobi (1987 video game) (category Multiplayer and single-player video games)
Shinobi (忍) is a side-scrolling hack and slash video game produced by Sega, originally released for arcades on the Sega System 16 board in 1987. The player...
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free-to-play hack and slash multiplayer mobile game originally launched in 2012 by Spacetime Studios for Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android and Google Chrome...
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James Gunn (category Children's and Family Emmy Award winners)
Brightburn (2019), and contributing to comedy-anthology film Movie 43 (2013) (directing the segment "Beezel") and the 2012 hack-and-slash video game Lollipop...
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Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (category Multiplayer and single-player video games)
compared Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel to a hack and slash game, due to its emphasis on fast-paced combat and encounters with large groups of enemies. Fallout:...
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Ninja Gaiden is a side-scrolling, hack & slash, platform-action video game developed by SIMS and released by Sega for the Master System in 1992, with license...
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Samurai Warriors 5 (category Multiplayer and single-player video games)
is a hack and slash game by Koei Tecmo, and a reboot of the Samurai Warriors series, part of the long-running Warriors series of hack and slash games...
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abbreviated Q1 (January to March), Q2 (April to June), Q3 (July to September) and Q4 (October to December). Full release of an early access game. The release...
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known in Japan as Shin Sangokumusō (真・三國無双), is a 2000 hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei for the PlayStation 2. It was released...
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Glickman, Ben (April 16, 2024). "Take-Two Interactive to Cut 5% of Jobs, Slash Projects". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April...
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an American electronica/dance band Soulstice (video game), a 2022 hack and slash video game Soulstice (album), a 2006 album by Shapeshifter SoulStice...
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Hades (video game) (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
contains a random series of rooms populated with enemies and rewards. The game features a hack and slash combat system; the player uses a combination of a main...
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Samurai II: Vengeance (category Hack and slash games)
Samurai II: Vengeance is an action Hack and Slash video game for iOS, Android, BlackBerry OS, Microsoft Windows and macOS. It was developed by Madfinger...
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Champions of Norrath (category Multiplayer and single-player video games)
Underworld who also narrates the entire game and Innoruuk, the God of Hatred. The gameplay is a traditional hack and slash with several additional elements. During...
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Arabian Magic (category Multiplayer and single-player video games)
Arabian Magic is a side-scrolling hack-and-slash arcade video game developed by Taito and released in 1992. It was included in Taito Legends 2 for Microsoft...
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