History MegaCorp / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'' has Atlas Corporation, a PrivateMilitaryCompany that at the beginning of the game was already possessing a single largest military forces in entire world. After single-handedly rebuilt the cities that has been destroyed in a global terrorist attacks [[spoiler: that they helped to orchestrate]], Atlas became so powerful and influential that they were offered a seat in the United Nations Security Council.

* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'':
** Page Industries, a true Mega Corp with major roles in (at least) network communications, space mining, and heavy manufacturing; and its subsidiary Versalife, a massive pharmaceutical company with great political power due to patenting the cure to ThePlague [[spoiler:([[SyntheticPlague which it also produces]])]]. These accumulated their power, technology, and R&D expertise as [[spoiler:arms of TheIlluminati before their owner, Bob Page, splintered off to pursue his own ends]].

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': The Mishima Zaibatsu and the G Corporation.

** [[TheWikiRule The wiki]] [[http://advertcity.wikia.com/wiki/AdvertCity_Wikia has a list of the companies]], linked for the sake of other examples.

* ''VideoGame/AnarchyOnline'': Omni-Tek in this {{MMORPG}}.

* ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' The {{Cyberpunk}} future where Ada and Val come from is basically run by Meyer's Baby Food Corporation ("Your Friend in Nanotech"). They also caused a GrayGoo apocalypse when trying to destroy a rogue agent's hideout, causing [[TheApunkalypse the post-apocaliptic world]] that Barraza comes from.

* ''VideoGame/{{Crackdown}}'': The Shai-Gen Corporation and also [[spoiler:the Agency itself]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Crusader}}'': The World Economic Consortium, bad guys in this series, are ''the'' Mega Corp -- a conglomeration of several economic bodies who themselves rose to power and prominence as traditional governments failed in their area at the end of the twenty-first century. The [=WEC=] extracts everything, refines everything, manufactures everything, packages everything, sells everything, employs everyone. And they brook no [[LaResistance red ink]] in the bottom line.

** [[GameMod Mods]] for ''[=DX=]'' ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod'' and ''[[VideoGame/TwentyTwentySeven 2027]]'' feature [=WorldCorp=] and Human Horizon. In ''TNM'' you can either join or fight [=WorldCorp=]. Human Horizon in ''2027'' is hunting you down for a better part of the game.

* ''VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack'' has streaming service Binjpipe in multiple games starting from pack 5, but mostly ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack: Full Stream''. It openly admits to selling its customers' data (it's even the basis of multiple question types in ''YDKJ:FS''!); has offshoots that aren't even remotely streaming-related, like retail, hotels, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers genetic engineering]] (for a mascot); has vaguely-creepy taglines like "Trust the Algorithm", "The ultimate product is you!", "[[BigBrotherIsWatching The streaming service that watches you back]]" and "Everything is content"; and [[spoiler: is secretly a front for an AssimilationPlot wherein all human life will be [[InsideAComputerSystem "turned into content"]]]].

* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' has Ultratech, a megacorporation that has replaced all world governments. They kidnap an alien to extort his participation in a fighting tournament, bring demons to earth from other dimensions, manufacture evil-looking military cyborgs, and are bioengineering a velociraptor-human hybrid, among other things.

* ''VideoGame/MegamanZX'': The Mechaniloid manufacturing company Slither Inc., despite being run by a [[PresidentEvil president named "Serpent"]] who has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], manages to maintain a perfect cover as the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity defenders]] of the [[CrapsaccharineWorld few populated areas of the game]] against the [[MechaMooks Maverick hordes]] with their security forces, and they also a huge lead in energy production for the whole country. They've built up their PR to the point that even at the very end of the game, none of the civilians you meet would dream of denouncing Slither for any of their numerous shady exploits, such as manufacturing the very same robots that [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters go Maverick]] in the first place, kidnapping innocent people, and sacrificing those people by the hundreds to feed their [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Cyber Elves]] to [[ArtifactOfDoom Biometal Model W]]. However, it seems only [[BigBad Serpent]] himself and the eight Pseudoroid bosses (oh, and [[GreaterScopeVillain Prometheus and Pandora]]) are aware of the conspiracy, even within the company. You can talk to some Slither, Inc. employees, and they genuinely have only good things to say about their jobs. Presumably, Slither Inc. lost this status after they openly firebomb part of the city to harvest more lives for Model W, and then Vent/Aile kill Serpent and unintentionally blow up Slither Inc.'s main office in the aftermath at the very end of the game.

** Based on the fact that Silph Co. is only mentioned in the Hoenn, Johto and Kanto regions, and the fact that Kalos has it's own Poké Ball factory that is not stated to be run by Silph, it's safe to assume that Silph runs stores only the Japanese-based regions (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh), and that Unova, Kalos and possibly Orre have different companies running their stores.

* ''VideoGame/SierraOps'' has Sigil Corporation. The in-game codex describes them as holding "complete market dominance in nearly all sectors", including interplanetary travel and the development of off-world colonies, and they’re the ones bankrolling the development of the experimental ''Sierra'' spacecraft.

* ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfDoubt'' features Starch-Kola, a corporation that got elected as president of the United Atlantic States, and have kept that position for 14 years straight.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': The Mishima Zaibatsu and the G Corporation.

* ''VideoGame/MegamanZX'': The Mechaniloid manufacturing company Slither Inc., despite being run by a [[PresidentEvil president named "Serpent"]] who has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], manages to maintain a perfect cover as the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity defenders]] of the [[CrapsaccharineWorld few populated areas of the game]] against the [[MechaMooks Maverick hordes]]. They've built up their PR to the point that even at the very end of the game, none of the civilians you meet would dream of denouncing Slither for any of their numerous shady exploits, such as manufacturing the very same robots that [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters go Maverick]] in the first place, kidnapping innocent people, and sacrificing those people by the hundreds to feed their [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Cyber Elves]] to [[ArtifactOfDoom Biometal Model W]].
** However, it seems only [[BigBad Serpent]] himself and the eight Pseudoroid bosses (oh, and [[GreaterScopeVillain Prometheus and Pandora]]) are aware of the conspiracy, even within the company. You can talk to some Slither, Inc. employees, and they genuinely have only good things to say about their jobs.

*** ''VideoGame/Command&Conquer3TiberiumWars'' lampshades this in a GDI database entry on the Brotherhood, calling it a bizarre mix of megacorp, nation-state and religious movement.

** Brotherhood of Nod in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn'' is something in between this trope, religious movement, terrorist organization and international alliance between disgruntled anti-western developing countries. The organization is a full blown NGOSuperpower which wields a vast amount of power over the global economy thanks to them controlling 49% of the global [[GreenRocks Tiberium]] supply and they have secret dealings with nearly every major western arms manufacturer. By the time the First Tiberium War starts, the organization is in control of most the Third World and Eastern Europe and wields a standing army large enough to pose a threat to the western world, leading to the creation of Global Defense Initiative. Later entries in the series saw Nod develop into a more state like entity as the world began to unravel due to the spread of Tiberium.

** Due to the in-game clans being referred to as "Corporations," it is entirely possible for players to form one of these, with the in-game Alliances effectively being conglomerates that are capable of holding sovereignty over systems.

* ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' introduces the Haltmann Works Company, an [[GalacticConqueror interstellar megacorporation]] founded by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive president]] [[PunnyName Max Proffit]] [[BigBad Haltmann.]] It comes to Planet Popstar in order to exploit its abundant natural resources, which [[CulturalPosturing it claims it can make much better use of than the native inhabitants]]. At the very least, it has a [[MechaMooks mechanized]] private army, its own internal currency, the Haltmann, and [[spoiler:control of an ancient supercomputer that [[AIIsACrapshoot basically runs]] [[ManBehindTheMan their whole operation]], [[GreaterScopeVillain and made Max into the greedy villain he is]]]].

** [=AdsPlay=] is the player, a [[{{AFGNCAAP}} faceless]] [[YouBastard "small business" that was never]] a game-changing tech start-up, [[{{Hipster}} indie alternative]] or a "Mom and Pop" outfit; it was dedicated from the very beginning towards monopolising all forms of advertising as well as the real estate market and a holdings corporation. The closest thing the game has to an "ending" is when you've bought out all of the former megacoprs and become the ''de facto'' ruler of the city.[[labelnote:Rant on symbolism]] When you think about it, this is what happened with Google [[JustifiedTrope once they realized]] [[EnforcedTrope they needed to turn a profit]], and the rest of the internet followed their wake as a result... They monopolised online advertising, and it wasn't just the guy on the street that didn't see it coming, it was already-established big businesses and organisations like UsefulNotes/McDonalds, Friendster, Apple and Microsoft, [[OldMediaAreEvil Old Media]] such as newspapers and cable news networks, Blockbuster Video, [[VideoGames Nintendo and Sony]], various governmental and religious organisations and even a visible chunk of organised crime. These Mega Corps owned the world and thought they did so without any possibility of being successfully opposed... just like the cyberpunk setting already in place when [=AdsPlay=] starts out, in which the player is immediately locked into huge debt because loans only go through the "Happy Banking Corporation" and are hideously rigged, and for every ''other'' little company that tried to oppose the existing oligarchy that was their death, but [=AdsPlay=] was too fast for the interest rates. Too fast for the old guard of advertising like Blimpy Bros. and [=FriendFACE=] (which despite resembling social media is essentially the "Yahoo!" equivalent here). Too fast for criminals like the Narcotics Cooperative (Silk Road replacing drug rings), Secure Storage Syndicate (old-school mobsters) and even 256 Shades of Hats (Russian and Chinese hackers hacking into huge databases to steal money and identities). Too fast for the entirely-automated construction equipment HiveMind known as The Construct (Detroit and foreign auto manufacturers using robot assembly lines to build cars driven by people) and the Transhumanic League (the existing status quo of IT) and even $MUSIC$ (the "major labels" which are really just recruiting drives for whoever is profitable after iTunes, Google Play and Spotify killed physical media). So fast that, in real life, the companies that survived were the ones who realised they would have to play by Google's Rules, like Apple cultivating a loyal fanbase or Microsoft unifying everyone to Windows 10 and adding ad-services by default in the process. Google doesn't own the world and likely never will, but along with Apple and Microsoft they provide and control the one thing that the old guard can't operate without, ''information''. As Facebook certainly wants to exist, they play by those rules when it suits them and try to be the next one to upset the balance of power with tactics like funding VR devices or launching a casual gamer's Steam, but one illegal move by Google could be their death before it goes to court if too many people stop seeing it in Google.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Videogame/{{Portal}}'':

* The Umbrella Corporation from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''. Their front is a pharmaceutical company, but their real business plan consists of "let's inject this [[TheVirus zombie potion]] [[PlayingWithSyringes into an animal and see what happens]]" while giving [[NoOSHACompliance OSHA]] the finger. Notably, when the government finally had evidence of Umbrella's misdeeds in the TimeSkip before ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome they destroyed the company]] by applying a massive embargo to its activities, crashing their stock prices and eventually running Umbrella out of business. Years later, its SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, TRICELL, suffered much the same fate after the main people behind it were killed in the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' (it's heavily implied that the remainder of the company didn't survive the investigations prompted by the clues Chris and Sheva uncovered in Kijuju).

* ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' The {{Cyberpunk}} future where Ada and Val come from is basically run by Meyer's Baby Food Corporation ("Your Friend in Nanotech"). They also caused a GrayGoo apocalypse when trying to destroy a rogue agent's hideout, causing the DieselPunk post-apocalypse that Barraza comes from.

* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': The Sumeragi Group, with had brought peace and order to the world... by capturing people possessing psychic powers and putting them in concentration camps.

* ''VideoGame/BioFREAKS'' has the "GI-Corps" (short for "'''GI'''ant '''Corp'''oration'''s'''") -- massive tech sector companies who specialize in genetic engineering that grew so big that they overshadowed the United States government and the states where these GI-Corps were headquarted became [[DividedStatesOfAmerica independent territories]]. The increasing arms race between the GI-Corps eventually descended the country into privately-funded CorporateWarfare, termed the "Techno-Industrial Civil Wars". Eventually the bloodshed gave way to the Secret Games Commission (SGC) as a last-ditch effort by the fractured government to ebb the Techno-Industrial Civil Wars. The SGC are charged with substituting the armed conflicts between the states with one-on-one duels between clones bred by the GI-Corps to fight on their behalf, which make up the gameplay of ''[=BioF.R.E.A.K.S.=]''.

* ''VideoGame/BioFREAKS'' has the "GI-Corps" (short for "'''GI'''ant '''Corp'''oration'''s'''") -- massive tech sector companies who specialize in genetic engineering that grew so big that they overshadowed the United States government and the states where these GI-Corps were headquarted became [[DividedStatesOfAmerica independent territories]]. The increasing arms race between the GI-Corps eventually descended the country into privately-funded CorporateWarfare, termed the "Techno-Industrial Civil Wars". Eventually the bloodshed eventually gave way to the Secret Games Commission (SGC) as a last-ditch effort by the fractured government to ebb the Techno-Industrial Civil Wars. The SGC are charged with substituting the armed conflicts between the states with one-on-one duels between clones bred by the GI-Corps to fight on their behalf, which make up the gameplay of ''[=BioF.R.E.A.K.S.=]''.

-->'''Rupe Elkoss:''' If you can arm them and bury them, you never have to fly coach.

* The Corporation in ''VideoGame/ReVOLUTION''. It has taken over every facet of life. Apparently, it performs government duties as well as making products. [[spoiler:It has a project called "New Breed" that will supposedly make people into superhumans. Jack Plummer, a mere janitor working for this group, is chosen as the guinea for this project and without his permission]].