Annual game title association puzzle[solution posted]

Happy early birthday Zaknazaar!

5,9 & 10 left on 1st stage. I had a good one for 5 but it is not correct ^^
Anyway, happy early birthday !

Can't figure out 5 for the life of me.

Wow, stage 2 is much harder than stage 1! I only managed 3/10 on my first pass (Q1, Q4, and Q10). I have to take a break now but I'll return later. Bump for fun puzzles!

Happy almost birthday!

I'm working on the puzzle, thanks ^^

2nd stage is much harder, I only got 1 & 10. I'm too tired to keep thinking, I'll try again tomorrow ^^

I know what Q5 is, the answer just doesn't work, I tried like 10 different titles

edit: nevermind I got it, was missing the punctuation

Yup, stage 2 is a bitch. Only got 1, 3, 6 and 10 so far, will continue tomorrow, g'night.

I'm still missing 3 and 9 on the first stage but this is fun :D

edit: oh and happy b-day \o/

Thanks for the puzzles. Not too easy, quite some fun :D
Stuck on 1-9 atm :(
I can't wish you a happy birthday yet.. someone told me that this wont bring luck :D

€: woooot, got the first puzzle solved :D

happy bday!

stucked on Q3, can we have an hint please?

thanks :)

Adding my voice to the ones before, puzzle 2 is much harder. Only got 1 and 4 for now :(

Edit: 3, 5 and 8 also done. halfway there! :D

I think it's interesting how different people get stuck on different ones. I got 9 right away, but can't figure out 6.

2, 3, 7 and 9 left on Stage 2, thanks a lot for the fun puzzles, I shall resume solving it tomorrow.

EDIT: 2 and 9 left and these two are hard.

These are so fun, thank you! The 10th is also Mother's Day, so I'll be celebrating on the 10th, too! A very happy (early) birthday to you!

EDIT: I'm missing three on the 2nd puzzle -- These are HARD!

Early happy birthday, zaknazaar! Stage 2
EDIT: 4 left

Happy soon birthday!

I am totally stuck on Q9 of part 2 :P

Edit: For solved, cheers!

Too hard for me...

Alrighty, part 2 is mindbending. I still need 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, so at least I'm halfway through :P

Just cant figure out Q 10, 8 and 5 ... Are those well known games?

No idea what Q3 and Q5 might be. I guess I'll wait for the hints

lack of hints for 2,5,7,9 in second puzzle -_-

It is time to post few hints:

Italics is new or rewritten.

Stage 1 Q3 - It's not about the fight, nor the girls(unless you have a specific mindset).
Stage 1 Q5 - All those abondoned vehicles. As if there is no living creature left. Even the nature look rough.
Stage 1 Q9 - Do you see something unusual on this picture?
Stage 1 Q10 - A classic car game series is coming back to life.
Stage 2 Q2 - One word, two stems. Who is this guy? You do not need to read his biography tho - e.g. it is not about the navy, army, wars, battles or his hat. And that arrow does not mean rotation, nor opposite.
Stage 2 Q3 - I am sure that at the end, all data will be erased.
Stage 2 Q5 - These two looks like a nice pair. I wonder what are they used for and who is using them?
Stage 2 Q7 - They are super.
Stage 2 Q8 - That's not just a random castle, you know. Try to find out more about it.
Stage 2 Q9 - The hardest one. The answer is one word though you will need two stems. Noun-verb . Think a bit outside of the box. The answer does not contain "fire", "stairs", "emergency".
It is something more general - what do you use these for? Find out the verb and you will reveal the noun as well.
Stage 2 Q10 - You either know what this is or not. In case you see this little thing for first time let me tell you that it made a revolution to your daily life. You use millions or even billions of these components every day.

And few general tips:

Google reverse image search may provide you with some ideas or keywords to use with Steam Store search.

Think about what is on the picture and why I chose this image(there should be something unusual or distinctive). This may provide you with some keywords/synonyms for the store search.

Really, just picking a single keyword and searching it in Steam store search may filter out the numerous games to just several potential answers. Once you see the titles of the few results, it will be easy to notice the correct game.

Some of the answers may be part of a game series. Providing just the name of the series will also be accepted. The association itself will be related to the series name, rather than to individual game in the series.

If the answer is a compound word, I have selected a suitable image that will give clues to both stems that the word contains.

Why no hint for Stage 1 Q8 and Q5?

EDIT: OK need only Q8 now :>

Bump for both stages solved! Thanks for all the fish.