Medel of Honor
European Assault, the eighth game in the
series, was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube in 2005.
Medal of Honor:Medal of Honor (MoH) is a series of first-person shooter video games. The first game was developed by DreamWorks Interactive (now known as EA Los Angeles, formerly Danger Close Games) and published by EA Games for the Play Stationgame console in 1999. Medal of Honor spawned a series of follow-up games including multiple expansions spanning various console platforms and the PC and Mac. The first twelve installments take place during World War II, while the more recent games focus on modern warfare.
History
The series first began in 1999 with Medal of Honor. The game was developed by Dreamworks Interactive, with a story by filmmaker Steven Spielberg. The game was released for the PlayStation on October 31, 1999.[2]
In 2000, Medal of Honor: Underground, the second game in the series, was released for the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, the third game in the series, was developed and released for the PC in January 2002. Also has Extension Packs titled Spearhead (released in 2002) and Breakthrough (released in 2003).
Medal of Honor: Frontline, the fourth game in the series, was developed and released for the PlayStation 2 in May 2002 and the Nintendo GameCube and Xbox in November 2002. It was later remastered in High-Def and released in 2010 with the PlayStation 3 version of Medal of Honor (2010).
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, the fifth game in the series, was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube in 2003 (a planned sequel was cancelled due to the game's mixed reviews).
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator, the sixth game in the series, was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003.
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, the seventh game in the series, was released for the PC in 2004.
Medal of Honor: Heroes, the ninth game in the series, was
developed and released for the PlayStation Portable in 2006.
Medal of Honor: Vanguard, the tenth game in the series, was
released for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii in 2007.
Medal of Honor: Airborne, the eleventh game in the series,
was developed and released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC September 4,
2007. It was the first game in the series to be nonlinear.
The twelfth game in the series; Medal of Honor: Heroes 2,
was released for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Portable on November 13,
2007.
Medal of Honor (2010), the thirteenth game in the series,
was announced in 2008 as Medal of Honor: Operation Anaconda. The game was
developed by Danger Close Games, a video game development team formerly known
as EA Los Angeles merged in 2008. Medal of Honor (2010) was released for the
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 12, 2010.[3][4] Its multiplayer
component was developed by the creators of the Battlefield franchise. It is the
first Medal of Honor game to be set in the modern day rather than during World
War II. Medal of Honor received generally positive reviews from critics,
praising the game's engaging multiplayer, audio and voice acting but criticized
the level designs, minor technical issue, and resemblance to other similar
games like the Battlefield series. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and
Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version 74.97% and 75/100,[5][6] the Xbox 360
version 73.11% and 74/100,[7][8] and the PC version 70.82% and 72/100.[9][10]
The game was also a big commercial success with video game sales of over 5
million.[11]
The fourteenth installment in the series and the direct
sequel to the 2010 game; Medal of Honor: Warfighter was released for the
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 23, 2012.[12] The game's storyline
was written by real U.S. Tier 1 Operators, inspired by actual events. It is the
first game in the series to run on EA Digital Illusions CE's Frostbite 2 game
engine. Warfighter was both a critical and commercial failure, sold just over
300,000 copies in its first week in US.[13] Aggregating review websites
GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox 360 version 55.79% and 53/100,[7][8]
the PlayStation 3 version 55.40% and 55/100[5][6] and the PC version 51.43% and
55/100.[9][10]
In January 2013, COO Peter Moore of Electronic Arts
announced that the Medal of Honor series was taken out of rotation due to the
poor reception and sales of Medal of Honor: Warfighter.[14]
1999 Medal of
Honor DreamWorks
Interactive PS
2000 Medal of
Honor: Underground DreamWorks Interactive
Rebellion Developments PS GBA
2002 Medal of
Honor: Allied Assault 2015, Inc. Windows Mac OS X
2002 Medal of
Honor: Frontline EA LA PS2
PS31 Xbox GameCube
2002 Medal of
Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead2 DreamWorks
Interactive Windows Mac OS X
2003 Medal of
Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough2 TKO
Software Windows Mac OS X
2003 Medal of
Honor: Rising Sun EA LA PS2 Xbox GameCube
2003 Medal of
Honor: Infiltrator Netherock Ltd. GBA
2004 Medal of
Honor: Pacific Assault EA LA Windows
2005 Medal of
Honor: European Assault EA LA PS2 Xbox GameCube
2006 Medal of
Honor: Heroes Team Fusion PSP
2007 Medal of
Honor: Vanguard EA LA
Budcat Creations PS2 Wii
2007 Medal of
Honor: Airborne EA LA PS3 Windows,
360
2007 Medal of
Honor: Heroes 2 EA LA
EA Canada PSP Wii
2010 Medal of
Honor Danger Close Games
EA Digital Illusions CE PS3 Windows, 360
2012 Medal of
Honor: Warfighter Danger Close
Games PS3 Windows, 360