The 3rd Birthday

Square Enix / December 22, 2010 / Rated Mature

Data last updated August 27, 2026

Released

2010

Publisher

Square Enix

Time to beat

~84 hrs

Community

131

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Hideous creatures descend on Manhattan. Ground reports from the squad tasked with containing the pandemonium refer to these life forms as 'the Twisted.' An investigatory team known as the CTI is formed within the year.
The Overdive system emerges as a means of opposition, but only one viable candidate exists—Aya Brea. A gift as she awakens from a lost past on this, the occasion of her third birth.
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CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA
THE 3RD BIRTHDAY is a registered trademark or trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd. SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

The 3rd Birthday is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by HexaDrive and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable. It was released in Japan in 2010 and in North America and Europe in 2011. The game is the third entry in the Parasite Eve video game series, based on the titular Japanese novel, and a spin-off, having only a loose connection to events from past games. The game features a third-person shooter-based combat system with role-playing mechanics. A key mechanic is the Overdive ability, which allows the player to possess pre-positioned human allies and inflict damage upon enemies.

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