Dying Light: The Following (Techland): 2016
The expansion Dying Light: The Following is set to launch in the first quarter of 2016. Revealed back in August, it promises to be a massive expansion to Dying Light, adding a vast new area, customisable dirt buggy and new story for the game’s protagonist Kyle Crane to experience. The price is set at $14.99 but Season Pass holders receive this expansion for free.
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RIVE (Two Tribes): 2016
Rive is a shooter/platformer combo with a side order of hacking. It says here that “players learn to alter the behavior of their robotic enemies by collecting and uploading hacks.”
Shadwen: 2016
Shadwen is a new IP from Finish developer Frozenbyte and it’s promising to bring the “stealth action genre back to its roots”. Described as a “true stealth game” where staying hidden is key to success, the first trailer released for the game demonstrates how staying in the shadows and manipulating the environment are key components of the gameplay.
Full Throttle Remastered: 2016
As with prior announcements of this type (the released Grim Fandango Remastered and upcoming Day of the Tentacle Remastered), the game is coming to PC as well. That hasn’t been outright stated yet, but the Full Throttle Remastered reveal is using the “console exclusive to PS4” terminology that means “yes, this one will be on PC as well”.
Get Even (The Farm 51): 2016
Get Even is a bit of a looker, and is promising a different style of FPS where they hope to “remove the artificial boundary between modes of single and multiplayer.” In other words, the AI will be replaced with real players in the single player campaign mode. There’s also VR support.
Hellblade (Ninja Theory): 2016
The 2014 Gamescom reveal of Hellblade always made a PC version seem fairly likely, and that’s now official. Ninja Theory’s latest melee-combat focused title will be on our platform in 2015, with confirmed mod support.
Hellraid (Techland): 2016
Anyone who remembers the classic Hexen games (or maybe Dark Messiah) should feel right at home with Hellraid; a game which is promising co-op hack’n’slash fantasy action. Techland delayed this one in 2014 to rebuild it on their new, in-house engine. The game has since been delayed again as they have gone back to the drawing board in May 2015.
Unravel (Coldwood Studio): 2015
Another E3 reveal with no specific release date. This yarn-based puzzle is scheduled for 2016.
Doom (Bethesda): Spring 2016
Those poor demons just never catch a break from that shotgun, do they? The latest attempt to squeeze life out of the Doom name arrives in Spring of 2016. Comes with a level editor, multiplayer, all that jazz.
Adr1ft (Three One Zero): Q1 2016
Floaty space-survival in first-person, which looks tailor-made as a Virtual Reality title. It’s also apparently a metaphor for Adam Orth’s experiences on twitter, after he was fired from Microsoft for running his mouth about the proletariat not being able to afford always-online internet connections. Or something like that. Alternatively, you can ignore all of that and pretend it’s just about space.
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 (Popcap): Q1 2016
Zombies have finally conquered suburbia, which means it’s the turn of the plants to be on the attack. That corn guy above certainly looks pretty miffed about the whole situation.
Mass Effect: Andromeda (BioWare): Holiday 2016
Far too early to be speculating too much about this one, really, but there’s said to be more exploration, more Mako (yay?) and, one can assume, more romances. It is BioWare, after all. You’re not playing as Shepard this time, and it all takes place far, far away from the events of the first trilogy.
Dishonored 2 (Arkane): 2016
As Emily (or Corvo,) you’ll be travelling to Serkonos to dispense Outsider-powered justice to various unpleasant, oppressive types. The E3 trailer gave this a bit of a Thief 2: The Metal Age vibe, which is something I desperately want to be true. New powers, new levels, new protagonist option, voiced main characters, and more new bits you’d expect from a sequel.
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games): 2016
As of E3, Hello Games’ massive space exploration sim is officially confirmed to be coming to the PC at the same time as PS4. That release date hasn’t been issued yet, which suggests it may not show up until 2016. We’ll bump it back into 2015 if necessary.
