Games - Joan of Arc - (1412 – 1431) (original) (raw)

1989

Joan of Arc – Siege and the Sword / Jeanne d’Arc

Historically based war strategy and action game by Brøderbund for Amiga, ST and PC.

1992

World Heroes series

NeoGeo fighting game. The character Janne D’Arc, a beautiful French swordwoman with pyrokinetic powers, is very much inspired by Joan of Arc.

1995

Soul Edge

Fighting game released by Namco about a sword full of evil spirits. The character Sophitia Alexandra shares a similar story to Joan of Arc. Although they both eventually met and bonds each other in Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate

1999

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

The central character in one of the major campaigns in which she is
depicted as a peasant at first but follows a historically driven plot
leading to her capture and death.

2000

Perfect Dark

Nintendo 64 game. Whilst in no way is the game about Joan, the central character Joanna Dark’s name is a play on Jeanne d’Arc.

2001

Civilization III

The Leader of France’s civilization is Joan of Arc.

2002

La Pucelle: Tactics

PlayStation game. The title is an allusion to Joan of Arc. Most of the character
and place names within the game are French, but the game scenario is
unrelated fantasy.

2004

Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc

PC game, title character.

2006

Age of Empires: The Age of Kings

Nintendo DS game major playable character.

2006

Jeanne d’Arc

PSP game, title character in a fantasy universe loosely based on the historical story.

2006, 2008

Yggdra Union

Game Boy Advance/PSP game. Minor character Monica, a peasant girl
who receives divine inspiration and rises up to defend her country from
invasion, is based on Joan of Arc.

2007

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War

PS3 game, Xbox 360 game, major character and leader of the French troops.

2008

Atlantica Online

PC MMORPG, Hero Mercenary, evolved form of “Lady Knight” Mercenary

2009

Dragon Age

Andraste, a messianic figure in the game world who is both a religious and military leader, is partially based upon Joan of Arc.

2009

Assassin’s Creed II

PS3/Xbox 360/PC action game. It is revealed that she had the 25th Piece of Eden, the Sword, and the Templars burned her alive to gain possession of it.

2010

Bayonetta

PS3/Xbox 360 game contains a character named Jeanne who acts as
Bayonetta’s rival. She also possesses some references to the real life
Joan of Arc, with her trademark red outfit being the product of the
fictional Italian fashion brand D’arc.

2011

Deadliest Warrior: Legends

PS3/Xbox 360 game. Historical warriors engage in one-on-one fighting; Joan of Arc is playable through downloadable content.

2012

Warriors Orochi 3

PS3/Xbox 360 hack and slash game, Joan’s Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War incarnation appears as a special guest character and is involved in the plot to save the world from destruction. In Ultimate update game, this is where Joan and Sophitia met and shares their bonds each other.

2013

Angel Master (エンジェルマスター, Enjeru Masutā)

This iOS and Android card action game contains a character named Jeanne d’Arc (ジャンヌ・ダルク, Jan’nu Daruku), who is one of the game’s three main characters.

2015

Fate/Grand Order

Appears as a summonable servant in the Ruler, Avenger, Lancer, Archer, and Berseker classes. Also appears in the First Singularity: Hundred Years’ War of the First Dragons: Orleans as the main ally (In ruler class) of the player and the antagonist of the singularity, The Dragon Witch (Avenger), who was summoned by Caster (Gilles de Rais) using the Holy Grail.

2021

Age of Empires IV

Microsoft’s Age of Empires IV will be released in 28th October 2021, and the protagonist of the French campaign is still Jeanne d’Arc.

2021

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

A central character in Monstrum Nox, Aprilis, is a clone of a character named Saint Rosavita whose life is a reference to Jeanne d’Arc, having been a young village girl who heard the word of God and joined the Ys equivalent of the French Army to fight as a leader in the One Hundred Years’ War.