History EyeBeams / VideoGames

** C'thun, FinalBoss of the Ahn'Qiraj raid dungeon from is a stock EldritchAbomination boss with a particular affinity for eye beams. During the first phase of the encounter you're fighting an enormous eyeball (the "Eye of C'thun"), which uses an attack called -- you guessed it -- Eye Beam. During the second phase, C'thun will spawn so-called Giant Eye Tentacles. I'll give you three guesses as to what kind of attack these have...

** In the Plague Quarter of the Naxxramas instance there is a gauntlet through trash mobs with Eye Stalks that have a kind of eye beam attack. I'm not sure what the attack does as the guild with which I run Naxxramas makes every effort to not stay around them long enough to find out.
** Players finally get their own in Legion as Demon Hunters.

* VideoGame/ChampionsOnline has the power Eye Beam with the optional modification 20/20 Fission. Some major bosses will also use a devastating eyebeam attack, as do the MegaDestroids.

* In the ''{{VideoGame/Kirby}}'' series, Waddle Doo's got... one of these. Makes you wonder about its biology, considering it is nothing ''but'' a huge eye on a tiny circular body with nubby arms and feet.

** In ''{{VideoGame/Fallout 4}}'', the Assaultron has a WaveMotionGun built into its head that can deal a massive amount of damage even to those wearing [[PoweredArmor power armor]]. [[spoiler:Liberty Prime also makes a comeback if you side with the Brotherhood]].

** In ''{{VideoGame/Fallout 4}}'', the Assaultron has a powerful laser built into its head that can deal a massive amount of damage even to those wearing [[PoweredArmor power armor]]. [[spoiler:Liberty Prime also makes a comeback if you side with the Brotherhood]].

* Invoked in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' via the champions Galio and Cassiopeia. The former is a literal interpretation of the trope, the latter is a Medusa-style gaze.

* C'thun, FinalBoss of the Ahn'Qiraj raid dungeon from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', is a stock EldritchAbomination boss with a particular affinity for eye beams. During the first phase of the encounter you're fighting an enormous eyeball (the "Eye of C'thun"), which uses an attack called -- you guessed it -- Eye Beam. During the second phase, C'thun will spawn so-called Giant Eye Tentacles. I'll give you three guesses as to what kind of attack these have...

* Kano from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has an [[RedEyesTakeWarning artificial eye]] that could shoot a laser in later games of the series.
** [[spoiler:He kills [[BadassNormal Stryker]] with one in ''Armageddon'''s intro.]]
* In a demonstration video for ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'', [[spoiler: Stone Zealots from the Terran campaign are seen firing energy beams from their eyes]].

** Being a [[TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons Beholder]] {{Expy}}, the Gazer boss from Route A of the Lost Woods naturally does this a lot, shooting lasers, magic missiles, and fireballs from its many eye stalks.

* Viy, one of the bosses of ''VideoGame/{{La-Mulana}}'', has a WaveMotionGun version of this from his single eye that he can use as his most powerful attack.

* Liberty Prime from {{VideoGame/Fallout 3}} fires twin eye beams from a visor slot in it's head, which can obliterate entire enemy platoons in one sweep.

** They've become one of his signature moves in all of his appearances in other [[Creator/{{Nippon Ichi}} Nippon Ichi]] games, where they're shown to be ''a lot'' more destructive, [[EverythingMakesAMushroom creating mushroom clouds]] or [[DetonationMoon blowing up the moon]] depending on the game.

** They've become one of his signature moves in all of his appearances in other NipponIchi games, where they're shown to be ''a lot'' more destructive, [[EverythingMakesAMushroom creating mushroom clouds]] or [[DetonationMoon blowing up the moon]] depending on the game.

* Zetta from ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'' has his [[strike:[[GetterRobo GETTER]]]] [[CallingYourAttacks ZETTA BEAM!]] eye lasers, which is about the only way he can actually hurt someone following his unfortunate transformation.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' takes a page out of CelticMythology by making one of the Tuatha's (here an army of evil Fair Folk) deadliest weapons a Balor (here a Greater [[EldritchAbomination Niskaru]]). The game's Balor is similar to the one from myth, right down to having one eye that unleashes a powerful Eye Beam when opened. The Balor also has a rider that keeps its eye shut with a harness to keep it from killing its own army with its gaze.

* In ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'': the ability Doom Gaze was a power that Beholders had, but it was also available as a skill for a new player-created hero. Doom Gaze was a powerful energy beam that came out of the Beholder or special hero's eyes and hit with a power that was comparable to a cannon.

* In ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonder'': the ability Doom Gaze was a power that Beholders had, but it was also available as a skill for a new player-created hero. Doom Gaze was a powerful energy beam that came out of the Beholder or special hero's eyes and hit with a power that was comparable to a cannon.

* If you lose a stage in ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'', it cuts to a scene of the KingOfAllCosmos doing the LoomingSilhouetteOfRage thing while lecturing The Prince (or whichever Cousin you're playing as in the sequels) and shooting EyeBeams at them.