Zone of the Enders

Zone of the Enders (ゾーン オブ エンダーズ Zōn obu Endāzu ZONE OF ENDERS), officially abbreviated as Z.O.E., is a third-person shooter hack-and-slash video game that was developed and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2. It was released on March 1, 2001, in Japan, and later that month for North America and Europe. The game is based around mecha combat in outer space. Over the course of the game, the player obtains new weapons and has to protect towns from enemies.