More hints to catch up:
#40: Songs of Conquest as guessed by The_Liquid_Laser.
#39: (not Earth Defense Force, XCOM)
The monsters come out on friday, but the Earth Defense Force (ok, my memory was wrong here, looked it up, it actually is the Space Defense Department) will protect us!
Or Laundry Cleaner Man might also help.
That's just Frank.
Sohta, S-Chan, Akebi, A Plus, Megami-chan, Ramen, Officer Kobayashi, Emily and Frank.
#38: (not Wasteland)
Another recent-ish game that is the spiritual successor of an much older game, this time made by the original creator of the first game.
Fight the mutants caused by the extraterrestrial virus that was freed by climate change and the melting permafrost.
Turn-based tactical battles with base building.
#37: Resident Evil: Revelations as guessed by Machina.
How many cruise ships are there?
Returns to the two main protagonists from the first game in the series, but they are partnered up with different people and are played in different episodes.
#36:
Antonio, Imelda, Porta, Poe, Poppea, Suor Clerici, ...