Games
Date | Game | Notes |
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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. |