Since the end of last year, video game companies have inundating us with high-tier (and some low-tier) game after game and it shows no sign of letting up now. We have Injustice 2, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, The Surge, Prey, Persona 5, Fire Emblem, Tekken 7 and Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy….and as much as I want all these glorious things, tomorrow is the gameplay reveal for a game I’ve been waiting waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy too long long for.
DESTINY 2.
Everyone’s first person, space-fairing, shoot everything MMORPG about moon wizards and exotic items is FINALLY showing it’s super-polished, next-gen only face tomorrow on Twitch. It starts at 1pm here at B-More time. If you wanna watch somewhere you trust, I’ll link it below.
You ready? I’m ready!! 2017 had a causality or two already when it comes to games, *cough* Scalebound *cough*, but if January is any indicator to the rest of the year in games then we’re gonna have a good year!
JANUARY
Rise & Shine (PC/Xbox One/PS4/Switch) – out now (Switch Version available after launch)
Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star (PS4/Vita) – out now
The Flame in the Flood (PC/PS4) – out now
*One of my favs* Gravity Rush 2 – out now
The Turing Test (PS4) – Jan 23
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – (PC/PS4/PSVR/Xbox One) – Jan 24
Yakuza 0 (PS4) – Jan 24
Rocketbirds 2: Evolution (PC) – Jan 26
Double Dragon 4 – (PS4/PC) Jan 29/30
Hitman: The Complete First Season (PC/PS4/Xbox One) – Jan 31
FEBRUARY
Fire Emblem Heroes (Android) – Feb 2
Ni-oh (PS4) – Feb 7 NA, Feb 8 EU/UK – *Last Chance Demo out now*
For Honor (PC/PS4/Xbox One) – Feb 14 *closed beta Jan 26-29*
Sniper Elite 4 (PC/PS4/Xbox One) – Feb 14
Halo Wars 2 (PC/Xbox One) – Feb 21
Night in the Woods (PC/PS4) – Feb 21
Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4) – Feb 28 US/March 1 EU, UK
How to Survive 2 (PS4/Xbox One) – Feb (sry couldn’t find a date)
MARCH & BEYOND
There’s so much more stuff coming but I’d remiss not to add one of the most anticipated launches ever: the Nintendo Switch. Dropping March 3. Below is all the Switch titles we know are launching with the portable, er, console.
Just Dance 2017 (Switch) – March 3 Super Bomberman R (Switch) – March 3 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U/Switch) – March 3 1-2 Switch (Switch) – March 3 I am Setsuna (Switch) – March Has-Been Heroes (Switch) – March Snipperclips (Switch) – March
Besides all the games launching for this console, we still have Mass Effect: Andromeda, Danganronpa 1&2 Reload, Tekken 7, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Outlast 2, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Friday the 13th: The Game, Injustice 2(with incoming beta), STRAFE, The Church In The Darkness, Call of Cthulhu, Yooka-Laylee, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (w/Duke Nukem) and PERSONA 5!!
Microsoft is bringing some heat to this holiday season with a Xbox One configuration for whatever your pockets desire: the OG Xbox One, the 4K-equipped Xbox One S and its TRUE 4K, 6 TFLOPs supposed PS4 Pro Killer, Project Scorpio. 2 Consoles in one year? I hope your pockets can take it!
An emulator (software to run other software outside their native hardware) for one of the most CLASSIC video game systems of all time was just approved for release on the Xbox One Store.
Lemme repeat this: An emulator for the ORIGINAL NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM was approved, to be released to the public on the WINDOWS/XBOX ONE STORE.
Who decided it was a good day to get fired? Nintendo’s lawyers are probably swarming Microsoft right now!