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There are a lot of new games for 2022 and beyond that are worth dialling into your wishlist, regardless of what platform you’re on. With E3 2022 delivering a wealth of surprises and updates on upcoming releases, the recent June Nintendo Direct Mini also served up some fresh additions and release date reveals. In the coming months alone, we have so many games to look forward to across all platforms.
Whether you play on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch, or previous-gen consoles, this round of new games for 2022 and beyond brings together all of the most exciting titles on the horizon in release date order to help you put together your wishlist. And if you want an even more comprehensive list, you can check out our guide to video game release dates too.
We’re also keeping track of specific platform releases, so if you’re after something more specific, be sure to head on over to our lists of the most exciting upcoming PS5 games, upcoming Xbox Series X games, and upcoming Switch games.
So, get your calendars and wishlists at the ready as we take you through all of the biggest new games for 2022 and beyond.
2022
Stray
Platform: PS5, PS4, PC
Release date: July 19, 2022
Ever wanted a game where you play as a little street cat? Well, now’s your chance. This is Stray, and as the title suggests, you play as a stray kitty exploring a cyberpunk world filled with robots. Because of your stature, you’ll be able to sneak under cars, clamber over rooftops, and even be a little bit sneaky. Your task is to untangle an ancient mystery to escape this long-forgotten city, enlisting the help of a small drone, known only as B12.
As Dusk Falls
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC
Release date: July 19, 2022
As Dusk Falls is an interactive drama with unusual visuals, where you explore the lives of two families across 30 years. Their stories will intertwine and it all kicks off back in 1998 when a robbery goes horribly wrong in small-town Arizona. You’ll be in control of their lives and their relationships across two “intense books”, according to developer INTERIOR/NIGHT.
Two Point Campus
Platform(s): PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC
Release date: August 9, 2022
It’s time to design and run your very own college, complete with appropriately whimsical and utterly bonkers classes, like Knight School. Get it? Create your perfect campus, shape the lives of your students on a more personal level than with Two Point Hospital, and manage its overall success.
Rollerdrome
Platform(s): PS5, PS4, PC
Release date: August 16, 2022
We’ve played a lot of skating games before, but we’ve never seen one quite like this. Rollerdrome is set to launch later this year from Roll7 and Private Division – the team behind the excellent OlliOlli World. Rollerdrome is a hybrid shooter-skater, a hectic third-person shooter on rollerblades allowing for fluid movement and tricking mechanics amongst all the cel-shaded bloodshed. Rollerdrome is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated games of 2022.
Saints Row
Platfom(s): PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC
Release date: August 23, 2022
Saints Row is coming back with a complete reboot of the series. You’ll be building the Sains from the ground up, playing as the Boss with a small group of friends just starting out. It’ll be your decisions that will shape the newly formed gang, and you’ll be able to make your mark on the fictional city of Santo Ileso by deciding what kind of crime lord you want to be. Drug smuggling? Arms running? You decide. This is the Saints’ origin story, and you get to tell it your way.
Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, and PC
Release date: September 1, 2022
Prepare yourself to become precious with Lord of the Rings: Gollum, a brand new game from Daedalic Entertainment where you play as, unsurprisingly, Gollum. Starting out in Barad-dûr, the Mordor fortress where Gollum is being held captive, the game will take you through plenty of Middle-Earth’s locations. Aesthetically the game is inspired by Tolkien’s own drawings and plays out like a stealth-action-adventure game that takes advantage of Gollum’s dual personalities too.
The Last of Us Part 1
Platform: PS5, PC
Release date: September 2, 2022
As Neil Druckmann described it during the Summer Game Fest, the Last of Us Part 1 is set to be the “definitive version” of the first game. Naughty Dog says its a total overhaul of the original experience for PS5 and PC, with updated visuals and higher fidelity facial animations, expanded accessibility options, and improved controls. The trailer showed off comparisons, where you can see the changes that have been made between the character models and more.
Splatoon 3
Platform(s): Nintendo Switch
Release date: September 9, 2022
It’s time to get ink happy again with Splatoon 3, which is dropping exclusively on Nintendo Switch later this year. It’ll arrive with a new story, weapons old and new, the excellent Salmon Rush co-op mode, and even more. It’s shaping up to be one of the most exciting Switch games launching this year.
Season
Platform(s): PS5, PC
Release date: Autumn 2022
From sunset skies to the grassy fields, what we’ve seen of Season so far in the official trailer (opens in new tab) looks absolutely gorgeous. Following a young woman who leaves a secluded community to explore the world for the first time, you go on a road trip on your bicycle, drawing, photographing, documenting, and recording the life around you. Set to immersive you in a variety of different societies in its “surreal version of the mid-twentieth century, where thousands of years have passed without any progress,” Season’s atmospheric setting and focus on exploration adds to its appeal.
Overwatch 2
Platform(s): PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, Nintendo Switch
Release date: October 4, 2022 (Early Access)
First revealed back at BlizzCon 2019, multiplayer team-based first-person shooter Overwatch 2 is set to focus more on storytelling over its forerunner by virtue of its new Story Missions. As revealed during its segment at the Xbox and Bethesda showcase at E3 2022, Overwatch will launch free-to-play as an early access title on October 4, 2022. And, as you might expect, will do so with some new heroes. Junker Queen is one such debutant – a long-teased, much-anticipated combatant who wields a shotgun as their primary weapon, and a hulking two-handed axe for good measure as their secondary.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch
Release date: October 7, 2022
Firaxis, the developer behind the XCOM series, is bringing us Marvel’s Midnight Suns – a supernatural strategy game featuring 12 iconic Marvel heroes. These Midnight Suns characters are banding together to take on Lillith, the Mother of Demons. But, they’ll also need help from The Hunter – aka you, the first-ever customizable Marvel hero.
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, Nintendo Switch
Release date: October 18, 2022
A Plague Tale: Requiem is the surprise sequel to the original A Plague Tale: Innocence that released in 2019. You’ll be following the same two heroes, Amicia and her younger brother Hugo, who will have to do whatever it takes to survive in the game’s brutal world. Rats will still be a huge problem, but there is more here than just a literal sea of rats to be worried about.
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Platform(s): Nintendo Switch
Release date: October 20, 2022
Ubisoft and Nintendo’s brilliant tactical crossover is back for a second installment. Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope will see our heroes embarking on a galactic adventure trying to stop a new villain called Cursa, who wants to absorb the world’s energy. They’ve got more help this time around, with new faces like Rabbid Rosalina and the titular Sparks (hybrids of Super Mario Galaxy’s Luma and the Rabbids) to assist. The game is also offering players more freedom, both in exploration by opening up the overworld to offer more secrets, free traversal, and more, and in combat by doing away with the grid system in favor of free control within areas of attack.
Scorn
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: October 21, 2022
With an art style heavily influenced by Alien’s H.R. Geiger, Scorn is a horror shooter with an obsession with everything boney, fleshy, and internal organ… y. Guns look like they’re made from gristle and meaty offcuts, so it’s certainly not for the squeamish. Figuring out exactly what’s going on here is part of the appeal, or gross charm, of Scorn, as you’ll be exploring, fighting and solving puzzles to understand the state of things. Prepare yourself.
Gotham Knights
Platform(s): PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: October 25, 2022
WB Games Montreal is working on a brand new Batman game, but there’s a catch – Batman’s been killed. The Gotham Knights are taking over the protection of what the studio is calling the “most dynamic and interactive Gotham City yet”, with unique abilities and skill trees available for each of the four Knights – Red Hood, Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl. It’s a drop-in, drop-out co-op affair, with an open-world action-adventure gameplay style. Expect to see plenty of DC villains try to take control of Gotham in Batman’s absence, meaning the Gotham Knights have definitely got their hands full. But, with combat looking very Batman: Arkham-esque, you’ll have plenty of tricks up your batsleeves.
High on Life
Platform(s): PC, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: October 25, 2022
High on Life is a new comedy adventure from Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland. Taking on the role of a high school graduate who doesn’t really have much going on, you find yourself becoming an intergalactic bounty hunter who takes on an alien cartel that invades earth to use humanity as a new drug. Oh, and you’ll be teaming up with colorful, talking guns.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: October 28, 2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is officially en route from developer Infinity Ward and will see the return of Task Force 141 from the 2019 reboot of the series. It’s narratively going to be a continuation of that story, which ended with Captain Price sitting down with CIA handler Kate Laswell to discuss Victor Zakhaev, along with General Shepherd. Otherwise, for now, details are light, but at least we’ve got a release date.
Harvestella
Platform(s): PC, Nintendo Switch
Release date: November 4, 2022
During the June Nintendo Direct Mini, Square Enix announced a new life sim RPG complete with farming, fishing, dungeons, and more. In Harvestella, you can go about your daily life however you wish, getting to know the locals, exploring the setting of Lethe, and tending to your crops. But as time passes and the seasons change, you’ll have to prepare yourself for a dangerous season known as Quietus. During this time, it’s said that plants will wither away and people can’t go outside because of the emergence of deadly dust.
God of War: Ragnarok
Platform(s): PS5, PS4
Release date: November 9, 2022
God of War Ragnarok broke the internet with its latest trailer, showing Kratos and a much bigger Atreus facing family strife as they take on Freya, Thor, and the impending Ragnarok. Eric Willaims has taken over directing duties from Cory Barlog, and the story will see father and son travel to new realms like Vanaheim, Svartalfheim, and Asgard and meet new characters like Angrboda and Odin. This will be the final part of God of War’s Norse saga.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
Platform(s): Nintendo Switch
Release date: November 18, 2022
There’s another Pokemon game coming in 2022, and it’s a duo. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are arriving towards the end of the year and will deliver a truly open-world adventure. Building on what we got with Pokemon Legends: Arceus, this will be a world with no borders, allowing you to explore freely and catch Pokemon. It’ll also introduce the Gen 9 Pokedex, and be based on Spanish / Mediterranean cities.
The Callisto Protocol
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: December 2, 2022
Fans of survival horror may want to have The Callisto Protocol on their internal motion sensor. Debuting from new studio Striking Distance, the next-gen survival horror game takes place within a maximum security prison on Jupiter’s moon, and promises plenty of gruesome alien nightmare fuel. Devised from Glen Schofield, the man we have to thank for Dead Space, The Callisto Protocol also technically takes place in the PUBG universe – yes, that PUBG universe. See, now you’re interested.
Highwater
Release date: December 2022
Platform(s): PC, Android, iOS
The upcoming indie from developer Demagog Studio is an isometric strategy adventure we first got a glimpse of during Summer Game Fest 2022. With a beautiful artstyle, Highwater takes place in a world hit by a climate catastrophe. In its flooded setting, you’ll follow a character by the name of Niko who sets out on a journey by boat. Joined by friends who Niko picks up along the way, it includes turn-based combat that sees you having to make use of elements in the environment.
Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core Reunion
Developer: Square Enix
Platform(s): PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch
Release date: Winter 2022
Square Enix is finally plucking Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 out of the locked PSP library vault and bringing it to other platforms. Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core Reunion is a beautiful-looking remaster of the Final Fantasy 7 prequel which launched all the way back in 2007. It features HD graphics, new 3D models, updated combat to bring it in-line with the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and so much more. It looks great, and we can’t wait to play it later this year.
Sonic Frontiers
Platform(s): PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC
Release date: Holiday 2022
The famous blue hedgehog is back for a new adventure where you’ll experience what is described as “open-zone freedom”. Taking on powerful foes as you make your way through Starfall islands, you’ll find yourself speeding across forested areas, desertland, and more. The debut cinematic trailer which was showcased during the Game Awards 2021 gave us a look at some of these landscapes, with towering structures and vast waterfalls.
Hogwarts Legacy
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: Holiday 2022
While not a direct adaptation of the Harry Potter books, Hogwarts Legacy is taking all of its inspo straight from the lore. You’ll be playing as a student attending Hogwarts during the 1800s, some hundreds of years before Harry and co were born, but no doubt will get up to plenty of wizardy mischief. It’s an open world RPG, so expect plenty to explore too.
TBC 2022
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed
Platform(s): PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, PC, Xbox One
Release date: TBC 2022
From the team that brought us Friday the 13th: The Game comes Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. It’s another asymmetric multiplayer title, where four players team up to play as the titular Ghostbusters, and then one other player becomes a variety of ghosts. With levels set up across different locales like libraries and hotels, the Ghostbusters must work to hunt down and trap the ghosts, while the ghost player must us all the spirity powers in their arsenal to slow them down and then escape – and yes that includes slime.
Nightingale
Platform(s): PC
Release date: TBC 2022
Nightingale comes from former BioWare boss Aaryn Flynn. First revealed during the Game Awards 2021, Nightingale is described as a “shared-world survival game” that takes place in a Victorian fantasy setting. Sounds intriguing, doesn’t it? You’ll be able to play the survival adventure solo or with friends and other players you meet in the world. According to the official site (opens in new tab), testing is set to go live sometime next year, so it looks like we can expect to see a Beta at some stage.
Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals
Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC
Release date: TBC 2022
The 2016 breakout indie hit Oxenfree is getting a sequel in the form of Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals. Developer Night School Studio is delivering us another supernatural mystery to unravel as heroine Riley returns to her hometown of Camena, but discovers a little more than she expected. Along with Riley, expect a whole new cast of characters, as the developer says it’s a new story that also offers an entry point into the games without having played the first entry. Although, you totally should play it!
Park Beyond
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC 2022
Park Beyond is a brand new theme park sim coming to new-gen and PC, and it’s being made by Limbic Entertainment – the team behind Tropico 6. It might not be trying to reinvent the genre wheel, but it is doing something a little different. Introducing the word “Impossification” as the theme for the campaign and the features at large, you’ll be playing as a visionary brought in to breathe life into an ageing theme park. Classic rides are getting improvements that take them beyond reality, beyond gravity’s pull, and beyond current imagination – hence the word impossification. It’s silly, but it just might be brilliant.
Open Roads
Platform(s): PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC 2022
Get ready for a road trip with Tess Devine and her mother Opal as they set out to uncover their family secrets. After discovering notes and letters tucked away in the attic of their home, the mother-daughter duo journeys to visit old abandoned family properties to learn more about their family history. Revisiting memories that each property holds, Open Roads explores the relationship between Tess and Opal and takes them on “a journey into the past they’ll never forget”. From Gone Home and Tacoma developer Fullbright, this notable upcoming adventure features the voice acting talents of Keri Russel and Kaitlyn Dever.
Slime Rancher 2
Platforms: Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC 2022
Monomi Park’s adorable ranching sim is back with a sequel simply titled Slime Rancher 2. You’ll be back playing as Beatrix LeBeau, but she’s off to a new and rather mysterious rainbow-hued island – called Rainbow Island – where there are new slimes to discover beyond those of the Far Far Range. There are new slimes to discover – cotton slime, angler slime, batty slime, and flutter slime among those revealed so far – all of which you can use to fill your new conservatory farm.
Atomic Heart
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Release date: TBC 2022
Atomic Heart is a weird, atmospheric horror shooter with some of the freakiest looking monsters we’ve seen in recent memory, and we can’t look away. Originally announced in 2020, Mundfish’s vision of a dystopian USSR equipped with robots and holograms is now due to launch on PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, and last-gen consoles.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, Stadia, Luna
Release date: TBC 2022
The long-awaited Avatar game – now officially called Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – finally got revealed at E3 2021, and it’s in development at Massive Entertainment (in collaboration with Lightstorm Entertainment and Disney). The game will be a new standalone story where you plas as a Na’vi and journey across the Western Frontier, which is a brand new part of Pandora not seen in any media before. This is a first-person, action-adventure title, with a living and reactive world that’s fighting against the formidable RDA forces.
2023
Forspoken
Platform(s): PS5, PC
Release date: January 24, 2023
Luminous Production’s team is made up of some of the developers who worked on Final Fantasy 15. As the debut adventure from the studio, Forspoken follows the story of Frey, a young woman from New York who finds herself in the hostile world of Athia. With magic powers, parkour, and lots of other-worldly creatures, Forspoken also boasts a host of established writers such as Gary Whitta, Alison Rhymer, Todd Stashwich, and Amy Hennig.
Dead Space remake
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: January 27, 2023
Motive Studios at EA has revealed that it has been beavering away on a remake of the original Dead Space – one of the best horror games of all time. This version has been “rebuilt” from the source material, but removes loading screens, keeps it micro-transaction free, and may well even add in some additional content that was cut from the original. Arriving on new-gen consoles and PC exclusively, this will no doubt be the best version of the game yet.
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: March 24, 2023
Resident Evil 4 Remake is coming. The much-rumored, highly-anticipated modern take on the iconic survival horror will “preserve the essence of the original game”, but modernize the gameplay, “reimagine” the storyline, and deliver the kind of graphics that the RE Engine has showcased in recent years.
Flintlock: Siege of Dawn
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, PC
Release date: Early 2023
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is an open-world RPG adventure that will see you play as Nor, accompanied by her mysterious companion, Enki. You’ll be trying to master an arsenal of weaponry, magical abilities, and more as you make humanity’s last stand. The Door to the Afterlife has been opened by the gods, meaning the living will have to embrace violence if they’re to stand any chance against the dead.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC
Release date: Early 2023
Blending supernatural and historical elements, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is the latest game from Team Ninja – the same studio responsible for the Nioh ARPG series. The latter games were Soulslike in the truest sense of the Dark Souls-aping genre, and at first glance, it seems Wo Long is walking the same perilous path. Billed as a “dark fantasy action game set in the Chinese Three Kingdoms period”, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is due to land in early 2023 and will arrive on Game Pass at launch. We’ll be keeping a close eye on this one.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: Spring 2023
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League sees you playing as our squad of chaotic semi-heroes. Squad up as Harley Quinn, King Shark, Deadshot, or Captain Boomerang, with bots or other players taking the role of the other four as you play. Set in the Batman: Arkham universe, Rocksteady has already said this is a continuation of the previous games, so prepare to see some existing threads and storylines come to fruition.
Breath of the Wild 2
Platform(s): Switch
Release date: Spring 2023
Breath of the Wild 2 is set to bring us back to Hyrule for another adventure with Link, only this time, Nintendo is expanding it even further by allowing us to explore the skies above. While we got the chance to see some gameplay for the sequel – which doesn’t even have an official title yet – during E3 2021, there’s still a lot of mystery surrounding everything it will include; particularly when it comes to the story. While it was originally slated for release in 2022, Nintendo recently announced that it will now be coming our way in Spring 2023.
Forza Motorsport
Platform(s): Xbox Series X/S, PC
Release date: Spring 2023
Forza Motorsport is set to take the realistic racer into the next-generation. Built to make the most of the power of the Xbox Series X/S, Forza Motorsport features advanced car damage to add to its sense of immersion and simulation along with overhauled physics, ray tracing, and a time of day system. Turn 10 studio looks like it’s setting out to create the most technically advanced racing game in the Motorsport series, with some throwbacks long-time fans will appreciate such as the return of the Maple Valley track.
Final Fantasy 16
Platform(s): PS5
Release date: Summer 2023
Final Fantasy 16 is coming, it’s finally official. Set in the world of Valisthea, the land is studded with what’s known as Mothercrystals. These crystal towers fill the world with aether, which gifts the people magicks. But, the world has also been infested with Blight, and deadly creatures known as Eikons that threaten to destroy the dominions.
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Platform(s): PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch
Release date: TBC 2023 (Early Access beta September 6, 2022)
Disney Dreamlight Valley is a magical new life simulation adventure where you get to live alongside and help a host of beloved Pixar and Disney characters. Set in a once idyllic land, the residents have been affected by a force known as the Forgetting which has severed their memories tied to the land. You’ll be able to befriend the familiar faces, explore, complete quests, and unlock new areas as you try live your best Disney life. The full free-to-play launch is set to come sometime in 2023, with an early access beta coming in September 2022 for those who purchase a Founders Pack or have Xbox Game Pass.
Aliens: Dark Descent
Platform(s): PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: TBC 2023
Announced during the Summer Games Fest 2022, Aliens Dark Descent is described as a squad-based action game set in the Alien universe. Developed by Tindalos Interactive, Aliens: Dark Descent will see you command a team of colonial marines as you try to put a stop to an outbreak of Xenomorphs on Moon Lethe. As you enter into open levels, you’ll have to give your squad orders in real-time to strategically take out enemies. The debut trailer showed off a hoard of Xenomorphs, open face-hugger eggs, and a very unsettling figure who looks set to be a new threat.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Developer: Square Enix
Platform(s): PS5
Release date: TBC 2023
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 is officially titled Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Cloud is set to make his long-awaited return in 2023, with Square Enix teasing quite the shift from the original FF7 plot. Given that Crisis Core’s Zack featured so prominently in the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reveal trailer, you might want to check out the Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion remaster that’s set to later this year to get all caught up on the story. Otherwise, we’ll be waiting until ‘Winter 2023’ before we can get our hands on Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2.
ST.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC 2023
In this one, you’ll be exploring the vast Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in the highly anticipated sequel to the original title. The Zone is a much tougher place to survive than before, especially after the second explosion hit the nuclear reactor. There are violent mutants, deadly anomalies, and warring factions all to contend with – and an incredible power at the center of the Zone that may provide an even more serious threat.
Minecraft Legends
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC
Release date: TBC 2023
In something that looks as much StarCraft as it does Minecraft, Minecraft Legends is a spin-off of Microsoft and Mojang’s long-serving open-world sandbox game that incorporates a tweaked art style and a new direction. To the latter end, expect something far more real-time strategy-leaning than we’re used to, with a greater focus on its narrative trappings. Revealed during the Xbox and Bethesda Games showcase at E3 2022, a mix of gameplay and cinematic footage showed volcanic eruptions, warring factions seemingly in the throes of war, and interdimensional portals.
Diablo 4
Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X
Release date: TBC 2023
Diablo 4 is coming and it’s bringing Necromancers with it. Yes, that’s the fifth and final new class for the title, and we’ve got a vague release date to go with it too. With the title doing everything it can to take what makes Diablo what it is and better it, there will be more monsters, more abilities, Legendary loot, and more. With full cross-play and couch co-op to boot, Diablo 4 will offer up special PvP areas too. Diablo 4 is looking incredible.
Spider-Man 2
Platform(s): PS5
Release date: TBC 2023
Insomniac is cooking up more Spider-Man goodness, and this time Peter Parker and Mile Morales will join forces to fight someone that sounds suspiciously like Kraven the Hunter in Spider-Man 2. We also got a glimpse of Venom – teased in the last game – in the trailer, but it remains to be seen whether he’ll be more of a friend or a foe. The trailer gave us everything you want from a new Spider-Man game, acrobatic combat, webslinging and spandex suits, but now it’s double the fun.
Ark 2
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: TBC 2023
The dinosaur hunting PC hit is back with a bigger, ballsier sequel that features none other than Vin Diesel both in front and behind of the digital camera. Yep, the Fast & Furious star is not only playing a key character in the next-gen survival game, but he’s joined series developer Studio Wildcard as an executive producer, having long been a fan of the original game. Goodness knows what that means for the final product… perhaps the dinosaurs were part of our family all along?
Cocoon
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch
Release date: TBC 2023
Cocoon is the first game from Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer from Limbo and Inside. You’ll be exploring worlds within worlds that are small enough to carry in orbs on your back. Your aim is to figure out how to leap between worlds, and then combine and manipulate them to figure out complex puzzles. There’s a cosmic mystery to be unravelled, and you’re just the bug to do it.
Street Fighter 6
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, PC
Release date: TBC 2023
Street Fighter 6 is coming in 2023 with three distinct game modes. There’s the classic Fighting Ground for old-school Street Fighter action, but then also a new campaign mode called World Tour where you’ve got to work your way up to champion. There’s also the new Battle Hub for multiplayer action too.
Redfall
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC 2023
Arkane Austin is making a brand new open-world, co-op shooter called Redfall. Set in the island town of Redfall, Massachusetts, the place is under siege by vampires who have blocked out the sun and complete access to the island. You’re trapped with a handful of other survivors, who must team up and use innovative weaponry to try to become the ultimate vampire slayers. Think UV blasters and stake guns and you’re getting there.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, PS5, PC
Release date: TBC 2023
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor picks up the story of Cal Kestis and his little droid BD-1 some five years after Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Apparently this game is all about survival, and will be much darker and more menacing in tone. All we’ve had so far is a teaser trailer, but we’re hungry to see more of this one.
Starfield
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC 2023
Bethesda’s first new IP in 25 years, Starfield, is an open-world RPG set in space, and Bethesda has been working on it for years. And from the first gameplay shown off at the E3 2022 Bethesda and Xbox Games Showcase, it’s been worth the wait. With 1,000 planets to explore, however and whenever you want, Starfield is giving you the control to explore space as part of Constellation – a group figuring out what’s going on in space. With the deepest customisation options for a Bethesda game ever, you’ll be able to make your own character, base, and ship too.
TBC
Routine
Release date: TBC
Platform(s): Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Developer Luna Software is back to bring us a new sci-fi horror that was first revealed almost a decade ago. Being built from the ground up, the re-reveal during Summer Game Fest 2022 gave us a look at its 80’s style futuristic setting in an abandoned lunar base. From the sounds of it, it will center around exploration as you navigate through the base in search of answers. Of course, there will be some kind of threat within the base, but what it is remains to be seen.
Fort Solis
Platform(s): PC
Release date: TBC
With an announcement during the Summer Game Fest, Fort Solis is an upcoming third-person thriller from developer Fallen Leaf. Featuring the acting talents of Troy Baker (The Last of Us) and Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2), Fort Solis takes place on far side of Mars where engineer Jack Leary arrives at a base of the same name, which is said to lie dormant with no sign of the staff in sight. Events are said to “spiral out of control”; the mystery surrounding the base and its crew begins to unravel. It all sounds very intriguing.
Alan Wake 2
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Release date: TBC
During The Game Awards 2021, Remedy officially revealed our very first glimpse of the much-hoped-for sequel, Alan Wake 2. While we didn’t get to see all that much of Wake’s return other than a very gruesome crime scene and flashes of the protagonist standing in changing environments, Creative director Sam Lake did confirm it will be Remedy’s first-ever survival horror game.
Slitterhead
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
During the Game Awards 2021, we got to see the very first look at Slitterhead from the director behind Silent Hill, Keiichiro Toyama. Developed by Bokeh Game Studio, trailer opens by saying that Toyama has returned for a “new challenge in horror”, From what we’ve seen, with insect-like creatures and swords made of blood, it certainly looks like we’re certainly in for a creepy experience.
Wonder Woman
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
A Wonder Woman game is officially on the way from Monolith, the developer behind Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, and Gotham City Imposters. So far, we’ve only seen a very brief teaser trailer during The Game Awards 2021, which shows off brief glimpses of the hero’s iconic armor before we first see Wonder Woman appear on screen, it is said (opens in new tab) that “she will fight to unite the warriors of two worlds.”
Marvel’s Wolverine
Platform(s): PS5
Release date: TBC
Ok, so we don’t know much about the new Marvel’s Wolverine game right now, only that it’s being made by Spider-Man studio Insomniac and is a PS5 exclusive. We do know that it served up an absolutely kick-ass teaser trailer for its reveal, featuring our favorite clawed grump sat at a bar in the aftermath of a brawl, trying to enjoy a whisky. He’s rudely interrupted, and that’s when those famous talons make their appearance. We don’t even get to see his face in the short snippet, but we’re excited anyway.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake
Platform(s): PS5, PC
Release date: TBC
The classic RPG is getting a full remake thanks to Lucasfilm Games and Aspyr. If you missed it the first time around, the game is set over 4,000 years before the Skywalker saga. It’s a time when the Jedi and the Sith are at war. Your job is to help stop Darth Malak as he and his Sith armada threaten the Galactic Republic, finding companions and exploring planets like Dantooine, Tatooine, and Kashyyyk along the way.
The Outer Worlds 2
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC
Revealed with a cheeky piss-take out of most game trailers, The Outer Worlds 2 is coming. While info on the game is scarce for now, developer Obsidian says the title will deliver a “new solar system, new crew, same outer worlds”.
Fable 4
Platform(s): Xbox Series X/S
Release date: TBC
Forza developer Playground Games is making a hard pivot into RPG territory with the next iteration of Xbox’s Fable series, which hasn’t seen a mainline entry since 2010’s Fable 3. Developed exclusively for Xbox Series X and S, Fable 4 will utilise the enhanced power of the next-generation hardware for a more magical escape into the fantasy of Albion. Just… don’t expect to be speeding around its medieval towns in a Bugatti 64.
Dragon Age: Dread Wolf
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
The next major project from BioWare, Dragon Age 4 will continue the story left off by 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition. Now the official title of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, our return to Thedas will see the return of former companion Solas, only this time Fen’ Heral or The Dread Wolf will feature as the upcoming RPG’s central antagonist. While we’ve had some concept art teases and a behind-the-scenes look, there’s still a lot of mystery surrounding the direction of the story and what role we’ll have to play.
Mass Effect
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
In addition to Dragon Age 4, BioWare has also confirmed its returning to the final frontier with a new entry in its long-running Mass Effect series. A brief teaser trailer released at the end of 2020 was all that was needed to get us excited, showing the return of a fan favourite character in Liara, who appears older and wiser than the last time we saw her, and is seemingly on the hunt for Commander Shephard’s ship, the Normandy. What could it all mean? BioWare’s staying quiet for now, but we’re already preparing for launch.
Perfect Dark
Platform(s): Xbox Series X/S
Release date: TBC
We’ve long wondered what Microsoft’s newly established first-party The Initiative has been up to for the last few years – turns out the answer was more exciting than any of us could have expected. Resurrecting Rare’s cult classic franchise for the next-generation, Perfect Dark could be the next killer exclusive for Microsoft’s Xbox family, though we’re yet to see anything beyond the intriguing cinematic which debuted in 2020. Here’s hoping the studio doesn’t remain in the dark for much longer.
Sports Story
Platform(s): Nintendo Switch
Release date: TBC
Sidebar is back with another RPG about sports… but that’s not all it’s about. Just like Golf Story, Sports Story lets you get up to a variety of different shenanigans as well as a healthy dose of sports. You can explore dungeons, go fishing, and much more besides. Instead of just playing golf though, you can play all sorts of different sports such as tennis, hockey, football, and baseball. With lots of fun sporty antics and adventuring to be had, Sports Story looks like another entertaining pixelated delight.
Skull and Bones
Platform(s): PC, Xbox One, PS4
Release date: TBC
Sea of Thieves isn’t the only open-world pirate game out there – Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones (opens in new tab) is also setting sail, with a much more realistic take on pirate battles on the high seas. Skull and Bones is basically Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag without the Assassins, as it’s being developed by much of the same team behind Black Flag, and promises a sweeping solo campaign as you vie for control over the 18th-century waters in the Indian Ocean. But the real focus looks to be player-versus-player ship skirmishes online, where each player controls their very own warship in team-based fleet battles. There will also be supernatural elements amidst all the cannon-fire, like the colossal tentacles of a terrifying kraken lurking in the deep.
Everwild
Platform(s): Xbox One, PC
Release date: TBC
Everwild is a new IP from Rare exclusively for Xbox One that has already caught our attention thanks to its wonderful art style and enchanting world. We really don’t know much about this new adventure yet, but the mystery surrounding it just makes it all the more tantalising. Set in a “natural and magical world,” Everwild promises to take us on an unforgettable experience. From the trailer that debuted at X019, it’s certainly shaping up to be one to keep an eye on. We can hardly wait to find out more about Everwild’s world and the many creatures that appear to inhabit it.
Little Devil Inside
Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, PC
Release date: TBC
After starting life as a Kickstarter project, Little Devil Inside actually appeared in the big PS5 showcase in 2020. This is an RPG with survival elements involved, and quite the little sense of humour. It’s set in a Victorian-esque era, where you’re tasked with discovering – and fighting – a range of bizarre monsters. It looks like quite the romp.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC
Release date: TBC
Team Cherry is bringing us another Hollow Knight adventure with Silksong. This time we follow the journey of Princess Hornet – protector of the Hollownest – who’s been captured and taken to a strange and distant world. With over 150 new foes and new moves to master, you’ll get to explore new towns, complete quests, and try out new tools in this unfamiliar kingdom. The interconnected world Team Cherry has brought to life in its beautiful hand-crafted 2D style is filled with a variety of different vistas that all look absolutely gorgeous, and with so many new features and foes to encounter, Silksong is one jam-packed sequel to watch out for.
Indiana Jones
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
Announced with a teenie teaser trailer, there’s a new Indiana Jones game inbound from MachineGames, Bethesda, and Lucasfilm Games. From the clues hidden in the trailer, it looks like we’re looking at an Indy story set in 1937, with our whip-touting hero exploring the standing stones and stone circles of Italy. That date puts it after Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Temple of Doom, and yet before The Last Crusade, which is interesting too. From the hints, it may even be that we’re looking at the story involving a lost race of giant cyclops too.
Ubisoft’s Star Wars game
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
Lucasfilm Games has announced that is working with Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment on an open-world Star Wars game. Now, apart from that, details are quite scarce – beyond that it’ll run on Massive’s own Snowdrop engine. We imagine it’ll take plenty of DNA from Massive’s The Division titles, so expect a game focused on photorealism with an action-adventure focus and added RPG elements when it does arrive. It’s clearly in very stages of development though, so don’t hold your breath for more info on this one any time soon.
Contraband
Platform(s): Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC
Contraband is a brand new co-op game coming from Avalanche Studios – the team behind Just Cause. It’s set in the fictional world of 1970s Bayan, and will be quite the smuggler’s paradise. Not much is known about the game yet, but the studio says it is “pushing the boundaries with the next generation of [its] Apex Engine” for the title.
Bayonetta 3
Platform(s): Switch
Release date: TBC
Thank you Nintendo: first you made Bayonetta 2 (opens in new tab) possible by bankrolling a Wii U sequel, and now you’re giving Platinum fans more of their favourite bullet-blasting witch with Bayonetta 3 (opens in new tab) on the Switch (in addition to Switch ports of the first two games). All we have to go on so far is a brief cinematic teaser, but its implications are dire: Bayonetta is caught in a losing battle under a blood moon, deprived of her guns (and quite possibly her entire legs) by a mysterious enemy bathed in purple flames. Looks like your precision third-person action combat skills are about to be tested like never before.
Project 007
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC
Release date: TBC
In the works at IO Interactive, Project 007 (working title) is a James Bond origin story that’s set to descend on consoles and PC at some point in the future. The game will feature an entirely original James Bond story, but not much is known about exactly what that will be yet. According to MGM’s Robert Marick, IO was chosen because of their position as “masters of crafting living, breathing worlds of immersive storytelling”.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Platform(s): Xbox Series X
Release Date: TBC
The surprise reveal of the Xbox Series X at The Game Awards also came with this first look at a sequel to the affecting Hellblade. While the trailer (opens in new tab) doesn’t give too much away (apart from the fact it’s all in-engine) about what this sequel will entail, don’t expect Senua’s story to have got any lighter since we last saw her. The disconcerting chanting, flashes of foreboding bonfires, and a man seemingly buried in a rock hint at another harrowing journey that will hopefully make as much of an impact as the original.
Metroid Prime 4
Platform(s): Switch
Release date: TBC
You know a series is popular when a teaser showing literally nothing besides a numbered logo can garner 2 million views on YouTube. At E3 2017, Nintendo dropped a bombshell by confirming the existence of Metroid Prime 4 (opens in new tab) – only to later announce that Metroid Prime 4 has been delayed and rebooted as Nintendo passes it to original trilogy dev Retro Studios (opens in new tab). It could be a while before we see this one, but it’ll hopefully be worth the extra wait.
Diablo 4
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
Officially confirmed at BlizzCon 2019, Diablo 4 (opens in new tab) is set to take us to hell and back with what looks like a devilishly good sequel filled with dungeon crawling goodness. Set in the world of Sanctuary, you’ll battle against The Burning Hells in an always online experience that will enable you to fight alongside other adventurers. So far we know of three classes you’ll be able to choose from including Druid, Sorceress, and Barbarian. Oh, and remember Lilith from Diablo 2? Well, she’s returning in the fourth instalment and from the sounds of it, she’ll be causing some trouble for us as one of the game’s main antagonists. Her return “ushers in an age of darkness of misery,” so you better prepare yourselves.
Beyond Good & Evil 2
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
At long last, Michel Ancel and his team at Ubisoft have confirmed one of the most asked-for, anticipated sequels of our time. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (opens in new tab) is actually a prequel to Jade and Pey’j’s journalistic escapades in the original game, taking on a much grander scale in a cyberpunk, Luc Besson-looking future full of high-tech ships and anthropomorphic animals. The lively crew of space pirates in BG&E2’s cinematic reveal trailer (opens in new tab) are just some of many – you’ll be starting from scratch (opens in new tab) with the hopes of one day reaching their level of professional thievery, visiting (and stealing from) the residents of multiple cities on myriad planets.
The Elder Scrolls 6
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
After years of prevaricating, party pooping, and a preposterous number of Skyrim (opens in new tab) re-releases, Bethesda came out at E3 2018 to finally confirm that The Elder Scrolls 6 (opens in new tab) is officially on the way, even releasing a short but exciting teaser trailer to prove it. That trailer in question doesn’t reveal a whole lot, but suggests a number of potential settings for the long awaited sequel, from the long forgotten High Rock to the lost island of Yokuda. Sadly, this RPG is likely to stay in production for quite some time, but the more hopeful adventurers wouldn’t be completely mad for expecting The Elder Scrolls 6 to release before the end of the decade. Fingers crossed.
Atomic Heart
Platform(s): PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Release date: TBC 2022
Atomic Heart is a weird, atmospheric horror shooter with some of the freakiest looking monsters we’ve seen in recent memory, and we can’t look away. Originally announced in 2020, Mundfish’s vision of a dystopian USSR equipped with robots and holograms is now due to launch on PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, and last-gen consoles.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Release date: TBC
Ubisoft is bringing back one of the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube era’s most memorable titles with a fresh remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. It might sound surprising for a studio that’s been around so long, but this marks Ubisoft’s first full-fledged remake, distinct from other titles they’ve simply remastered for newer hardware. That said, The Sands of Time remake is pretty darn faithful to the original, just with modern graphics and gameplay.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Platform(s): PC, Xbox One, PS4
Release date: TBC
After the release of the first Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines in 2004, nothing came as close to a great vampire RPG since. Thankfully, Hardsuit Labs and Paradox Interactive are bringing bloodlines back with a sequel that promises to take us on an immersive role-playing experience as a vampire thrown into the world of bloodsuckers in Seattle. As a newly sired vampire, you’ll find yourself caught up in Blood trade war between competing vampire factions. With dialogue options, alliances to be made, and choices to make, Bloodlines 2 looks like it’s shaping up to fill the void the first game left behind it.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Remake is now a trilogy. There are no further details for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3, just an acknowledgment that Cloud’s journey will continue following the release of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth in 2023. Expect to be waiting a while for more details on this one, folks.
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Platform(s): TBC
Release date: TBC
After a decade of anticipation, Capcom has finally confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma 2 is in-development. This long-awaited sequel will be directed once again by Hideaki Itsuno, and the game is being built in the RE Engine – which powered everything from Devil May Cry 5 to Resident Evil Village. Capcom is yet to confirm a release window or platforms, but it’s just good to know that an iconic RPG is finally getting a sequel after so much time.
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