PlayStation<\/a> games Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian. It has those games\u2019 trademark sense of scale, as you pilot gigantic robots from within their detachable heads. I\u2019m expecting Pacific Rim but with delicate emotional nuance.<\/p>\nCrossfire (PC, PlayStation, Xbox)Crossfire<\/p>\n
A military sci-fi narrative action game in the Last of Us mode, from developer That\u2019s No Moon, in which two opposing operators must form an alliance to survive.<\/p>\n
Control Resonant (PC, PlayStation, Xbox) Control Resonant<\/p>\n
In this paranormal action game, you are an operative from the Federal Bureau of Control, a shady US government agency tasked with keeping supernatural threats imprisoned in a brutalist building in Manhattan. Except everything from the parallel realms that they were trying to contain is now loose, and you\u2019ve got to deal with it.<\/p>\n
Guild Wars 3 (2027) (PC, PlayStation)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s high time someone tried to evolve the massively multiplayer online role-playing game in which World of Warcraft still has a near monopoly. The glimmering high-fantasy setting of Guild Wars makes a pleasing contrast to the ravaged worlds of many online games.<\/p>\n
Virtua Fighter Crossroads (PC, Xbox)Virtua Fighter Crossroads<\/p>\n
From Yakuza\/Like a Dragon developers RGG Studio, this resuscitated Sega series sees you running from the Chinese mafia \u2013 half fighting game, half story adventure, with shades of Shenmue (which itself started out as a Virtua Fighter game).<\/p>\n
1666 Amsterdam (PC)1666 Amsterdam<\/p>\n
French designer\/director Patrice D\u00e9silets presents this impossible-to-describe game about witches set in early modern Europe, but these robed women are battling demons rather than consorting with them.<\/p>\n
Final Fantasy VII Revelation (2027) (Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, Xbox)Final Fantasy VII Revelation.<\/p>\n
The long-awaited final part of Final Fantasy VII Remake, in which Cloud and his painstakingly assembled crew of allies finally face off against Sephiroth. The conclusion of a six-year project to breathe new life into a seminal role-playing game.<\/p>\n
Into the Wind (PC)<\/p>\n
Seemingly inspired by both Kiki\u2019s Delivery Service and Pixar\u2019s Luca, in this game you inherit a family delivery service and must fly\/zoom around an island community on a scooter or in a plane to get the goods to their destination.<\/p>\n
Fable (2027) (PC, PlayStation, Xbox)Fable<\/p>\n
Man, this fantasy game has had quite the glow-up. It appears to have ditched the fairytale vibe and fart humour of the classic games for a more ambitious (but no less irreverent) tone.<\/p>\n
Gears of War: E-Day (PC, Xbox)Gears of War E-Day<\/p>\n
Now back to being an Xbox exclusive, this long-awaited prequel covers the day when subterranean aliens arise to wipe out humanity.<\/p>\n
Clutch (PC, PlayStation)Clutch<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been so long since we had a driving game with a story! This is a new cinematic open world driving game, set in Monaco and the French Riviera, a story about a young driver in a seemingly extremely dangerous racing competition run for the entertainment of the super-rich. The opulence of the surroundings matches the cars. Featuring Peter Serafinowicz and Little Simz.<\/p>\n
Until Dawn 2 (PlayStation)Until Dawn 2<\/p>\n
A bunch of young idiots are on a very haunted tropical island making a documentary about horrible things that happened there. Unsurprisingly this does not end well: your choices determine who lives and who dies.<\/p>\n
The Lost Wild (PC, PlayStation)The Lost Wild<\/p>\n
The dinosaur survival game of every young kid\u2019s nightmares \u2013 it looks like you\u2019ll spend a lot of time avoiding extraordinary beasts while cowering underneath things that provide very little protection from their jaws.<\/p>\n
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (2027) (PC, PlayStation, Xbox)Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis<\/p>\n
A remake of the very first Lara Croft adventure, starring Alix Wilton Regan as the next iteration of the storied action-hero. A classic globe-trotting adventure film of a game.<\/p>\n
Threads of Time (PC, PlayStation, Xbox)Threads of Time.<\/p>\n
I was very charmed by this stunning-looking indie tribute to Chrono Trigger and the other Japanese RPGs of the 90s, which its developers obviously revere. Its band of heroes ravel through the eras of human history, from prehistory to the far future.<\/p>\n
Red Kiss (PC)Red Kiss<\/p>\n
Vampires are running amok in 1989 Berlin \u2013 and you are one of them, running a house of sexy undead misfits. A counterculture-inspired underground\/underworld game with a soundtrack to match.<\/p>\n
Exodus (PC, PlayStation, Xbox)Exodus <\/p>\n
From some of the key people behind the sci-fi opera Mass Effect comes a new space-game that looks\u2026 well, a lot like Mass Effect. You\u2019re a traveller venturing across worlds abandoned by an ancient race of aliens, looking for tech that can save your homeworld. It\u2019s difficult to tell at this stage whether it will be as colourfully written as its inspiration, but one of the characters was a sentient octopus and another was an elephant, so there\u2019s hope on that front.<\/p>\n
Silent Hill: Townfall (PC, PlayStation)<\/p>\n
Possibly the most promising of all the many, many horror games shown at the summer showcases, this psychological horror game is set on a Scottish island and looks profoundly (and interestingly) horrible.<\/p>\n
The Wolf Among Us (PC, PlayStation, Xbox)The Wolf Among Us<\/p>\n
After many, many years of development hell, this comic-book adaptation returns from a re-formed Telltale Games<\/a>.<\/p>\nCrazy Taxi: World Tour (2027) (Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, Xbox)<\/p>\n
Sega\u2019s colourfully insane driving game returns after a long, long hiatus \u2013 complete with its original theme track from the Offspring. It\u2019s truly 1999 again.<\/p>\n
Wardogs (PC)Wardogs<\/p>\n
A 100-player battlefield game for those who appreciate online shooters the old way \u2013 ie, not an extraction shooter or a battle royale, but a tactical war game. Old school Battlefield vibes.<\/p>\n
The Lift: Supernatural Handyman Simulator (2027) (PC, PlayStation, Xbox)The Lift- Supernatural Handyman<\/p>\n
Turn screws, assemble modules, rebuild furniture, clean things and find out what on earth went on in a vaguely post-communist-looking facility that it\u2019s your job to renovate.<\/p>\n
Clockwork Revolution (2027) (PC, Xbox)Clockwork Revolution<\/p>\n
InXile\u2019s new game looks really fun, like Peaky Blinders except steampunk \u2013 another game in the Dishonored tradition. Time-travelling rogues flit back and forth in time to mess with the balance of power in their corrupt city.<\/p>\n
Persona 6 (PC, PlayStation, Xbox)Persona 6. Photograph: PR<\/p>\n
There was just the merest glimpse of this upcoming entry in Atlus\u2019s impeccably stylish series of role-playing games, in which teenagers harness manifestations of their psyches to battle (usually adult-controlled) evil. But the previous games\u2019 pedigree is enough to inspire excitement.<\/p>\n
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand (PC, Xbox)There Are No Ghosts at the Grand. <\/p>\n
Restore a crumbling old grand hotel in a dilapidated British town, befriending the local hapless policeman and meeting all the local residents. Also: there are giant shadow-spiders to shoot, and everything gets very weird after dark.<\/p>\n
Vivarium (2027) (PC, Xbox)Vivarium<\/p>\n
A game about summertime memories that looks like a 1970s children\u2019s manga, set in a rural community where humans intermingle with fantastical creatures. The Ghibli comparisons are inevitable, but appreciators of niche Japanese PlayStation games will also notice notes of Boku no Natsuyasumi.<\/p>\n
Penguin Colony (PC, Nintendo)Penguin Colony<\/p>\n
Horror from a new perspective. This adaptation of HP Lovecraft\u2019s novellas At the Mountains of Madness and A Shadow Out of Time has you observing through the eyes of a penguin, as humans come to the Antarctic in search of a cosmically powerful entity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alien: Isolation 2 (Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, Xbox)Alien Isolation 2. Photograph: Sega The sequel to a revered 2014 horror…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-489337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}