History Unperson / VideoGames

* The ending of "Tirailleur" in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' (pictures) [[spoiler:shows Deme Cisse and his fellow tirailleur comrades erased from the photo, covering up their involvement due to the French Army's discrimination.]]

** In the backstory of [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI the first game]], Gwyn's firstborn, an unnamed WarGod, had his name stricken from history and his altars destroyed for unknown reasons. ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' all but states that [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss the Nameless King]] is Gywn's son, and his offense was siding with the dragons in the war that lead to the Age of Fire]]. It's implied that he was [[ProudWarriorRace Forossa]]'s war god, Faraam, but if he is, that's most likely not his original name.

* ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}'' has the forced disappearance and the deletion of all the records of anyone that had something to do with alien artifacts. Juni finding this out is the moment that kickstarts the UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheory plot.

* In ''VideoGame/HiFiRush'', Kale Vandelay does this to [[spoiler:his sister Peppermint]] so he can take over Vandelay Technologies unopposed. His PropagandaMachine claims that Kale is an only child that developed the idea of Project Armstrong all on his own, when in reality, [[spoiler:his mother and founder of the company, Roxanne Vandelay, came up with the idea after making Peppermint a robotic leg to replace one she lost in an accident]].

* In ''VideoGame/HiFiRush'', Kale Vanderlay does this to [[spoiler:his sister Peppermint]] so he can take over Vanderlay Technologies unopposed. His PropagandaMachine claims that Kale is an only child that developed the idea of Project Armstrong all on his own, when in reality, [[spoiler:his mother and founder of the company, Roxanne Vanderlay, came up with the idea after making Peppermint a robotic leg to replace one she lost in an accident]].

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': It's revealed during the climax of the game that this is ComicBook/TheJoker's greatest fear: that he will fade into obscurity and be forgotten by everyone in Gotham. The novelization reveals that even his ''ashes'' were dispersed via Gotham's sewer system.

* An interesting aspect of ''VideoGame/TheYouTestament'' as if you end up dying, your save file is erased completely. No matter how far along you are, once you're dead, that's it.
* Hardcore Mode in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' does the same thing, although it forces you to press the button to do it...or just spectate the spot where you died from a fixed camera angle until you do.
* It never actually happens, but in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris2'', Ringo and her friends are threatened with being erased from existence [[spoiler:by Squares, who sees them as hinderances in keeping his idea of "order"]].

** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'''s final DLC, ''The Ringed City'', reveals [[spoiler: this wasn't Gwyn's only use of the trope - the whole mess that was the Undead Curse began with the Pygmy Lords, loyal servants of Gwyn who participated in the dragon slaughter. However, they and their knights wielded the power of the Dark Soul, which Gwyn feared. To keep them sealed, Gwyn had the splendid Ringed City built to house the Lords and the Knights, branded them all with the flame sigil that would become the Darksign, used his youngest daughter Filianore to seal the city in a bubble of frozen time, expurgated their memory, taught a sanitized version of history to the Pygmies' descendants, humanity, and taught them to fear the dark, robbing them of the knowledge they could have used to master the Abyss and overthrow him. All of this ultimately contributed to the creation of the Undead Curse and aided in the death of the First Flame Gwyn so feared.]]

* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'', Gwyn's firstborn, an unnamed WarGod, had his name stricken from history and his altars destroyed for unknown reasons. ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' all but states that [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss the Nameless King]] is Gywn's son, and his offense was siding with the dragons in the war that lead to the Age of Fire]]. It's implied that he was [[ProudWarriorRace Forossa]]'s war god, Faraam, but if he is, that's most likely not his original name.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'''s final DLC, ''The Ringed City'', reveals this wasn't Gwyn's only use of the trope - the whole mess that was the Undead Curse began with the Pygmy Lords, loyal servants of Gwyn who participated in the dragon slaughter. However, they and their knights wielded the power of the Dark Soul, which Gwyn feared. To keep them sealed, Gwyn had the splendid Ringed City built to house the Lords and the Knights, branded them all with the flame sigil that would become the Darksign, used his youngest daughter Filianore to seal the city in a bubble of frozen time, expurgated their memory, taught a sanitized version of history to the Pygmies' descendants, humanity, and taught them to fear the dark, robbing them of the knowledge they could have used to master the Abyss and overthrow him. All of this ultimately contributed to the creation of the Undead Curse and aided in the death of the First Flame Gwyn so feared.]]

* In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', [[spoiler:Brotherhood Paladin Danse]] is discovered to be a synth (artificial human with mechanical innards), and you are dispatched to execute him, since the Brotherhood views synths as an example of gross misuse of technology. If you convince Elder Maxson, the commander in chief of the Brotherhood to spare [[spoiler:Danse]], he is unpersoned by the Brotherhood, declared officially dead and all his belongings including his PoweredArmor are transferred to you. You even get his rank and his position in the Brotherhood command structure.