Terraforming in popular culture

Columns: Date | Title | Genre | Notes
2004 | Half-Life 2 | First-person shooter | Earth under terraformation by the Combine Empire for new inhabitants . Examples include the draining of the oceans ( evidence of a receding shoreline can be seen near the coast ) and depletion of natural resources . A Suppression Field prevents humans from reproducing | 2006 | Resistance : Fall of Man | First-person shooter | The Chimera cool the Earth for their purposes , making it snow in London in July | 2007 | Crysis | First-person shooter | An alien ship begins forming an ice sphere around the island it has landed on , affecting weather patterns and ultimately making the Earth more habitable for them | 2008 | Fallout 3 | RPG / First-person shooter | A prototype module capable of terraforming large areas of land and creating life itself from inanimate matter , designed to be used following a nuclear war , is central to the game 's storyline . ( The G.E.C.K . aka Garden Eden Creation Kit ) | 2009 | Red Faction : Guerrilla | RPG/FPS | Mars is in the process of being terraformed to allow colonists and miners to walk the surface of the planet without any advanced protection . Light vegetation can be seen in certain parts of the game | 2013 | Defiance | Shooter/MMO | The entire Earth was subjected to terraforming events , many of which were designed to replicate alien environments . Due to the nature in which these terraforming devices were activated , it created a mostly new world : altering the physical landscape of the world , causing severe and odd weather patterns , and hybridizing plants and animals to create vicious and terrifying replacements | 2013 | Warframe | Third-person shooter | The Orokin were an advanced race of people capable of terraforming the entirety of the Solar System , most notable Venus , which was transformed into a cold planet through a network of coolant liquid rivers . They also deployed terraforming drones en route to the Tau Ceti system , that finally gained sentience and rebelled against their masters | 2017 | Horizon Zero Dawn | Action RPG | After the end of all life on Earth due to the Faro Plague , an AI is responsible to recreate and restore all life on Earth , terraforming it from lifelessness | 2019 | The Outer Worlds | Action RPG | After colony ships depart Earth to colonize Halcyon , they terraform planets to better fit human life . It is explained in the setting that terraforming is a relatively new science for humanity and the results are unpredictable , with the hostile moon of Monarch as an in-universe example of terraforming gone wrong with its hostile creatures and a sulfurous atmosphere that causes chronic health problems . Despite this terraforming allowing genetically modified crops to be grown , it is later discovered that food grown on these terraformed worlds is not nutritious enough to sustain all the colonists , leading to a food shortage crisis

Example questions:
Which company developed the terraforming video game designed to closely simulate real world activities ? | Who created the terraforming computer game where players ' decision-making skills are critical in the outcome of the game ? | Which company released the terraforming video game in the genre that usually features resource gathering and base building ? | For which platform was the video game released that emphasizes strategic , tactical , terraforming and sometimes logistical challenges ?

Answers:
Take 2 Interactive | Ian Bird | Sierra Entertainment | PC