Strange bedfellows
Culture concept
Plays with the proverb "enemy of my enemy is my friend" to a degree or has some other similarly strange alliance, such as two enemies allying to defeat a common but greater enemy.
32
games
11platforms
Alternate names: Enemy of my enemy, Allied with the enemy
PS2 2003-02-27
WIN 2011-06-24
PS3 2011-02
WIN 2000-02-29
WIN 2001-10-10
WIN 2010-01-26
PSP 2005-10-18
PS2 2005-09-20
X360 2010-01-26
PS2 2004-01-22
PS3 2011-01
XBOX 2005-09-20
Commonly this is temporary within a game, though it may cover the entire story arc of a game if background material exists to establish the unusual nature of the alliance (e.g. X-Men and Brotherhood are enemies, but occasionally band together to fight greater threats).
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The first Strange bedfellows video game was released on November 30, 1998.
Activision, Electronic Arts and WB Games published most of these games.