Paragon
Epic’s MOBA-like shooter promises powerful heroes and will be coming to Steam Early Acesss spring 2016 with a release some time in the summer of 2016.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Square) : 23 August
The classic Deus Ex franchise is back and our old friend Adam Jensen will be returning as the protagonist.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is set in 2029, two years after the end of Human Revolution, and things haven’t gone well since then. Mechanically augmented people are feared and loathed outcasts, many of whom are branded as terrorists, and many of whom are forced to live in aug-only ghettos under heavy police surveillance in what Eidos Montreal are calling “a mechanical apartheid”.
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For Honor (Ubisoft): 2016
Ubisoft’s hot hot third-person viking on samurai on knight multiplayer action title doesn’t have an official release date yet, but it seems fairly safe to drop it in the “some time in 2016” area for now. They’ll no doubt be a beta earlier than that.
South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Ubisoft): 2016
South Park: The Stick of Truth got stuck in mid-publisher limbo for a while after the THQ bankruptcy and purchase by Ubisoft, but things should go a little smoother for The Fractured but Whole. Uh, so to speak. Matt and Trey will be heavily involved once again, so the change from Obsidian to an internal Ubisoft development studio shouldn’t have any significant effect on the writing. It won’t be out in 2015, but 2016 is a distinct possibility.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft): 2016
Ghost Recon goes open world in Wildlands, as part of some sort of unholy union between Ubisoft’s tendencies towards open worlds and anything with the name Tom Clancy on it. You’ll apparently be infiltrating and destroying drug cartels, either solo or with some co-op pals.
Day of the tentacle Remastered (Double Fine): 2016
The classic adventure gets a makeover more than twenty years after the original was released.
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Planet Coaster (Frontier): 2016
Elite developers Frontier returns to their other love, rollercoasters, in this title that I know very little about beyond the reveal trailer at E3. It’s due in 2016, and it’s probably going to be a bit Rollercoaster Tycoon-ey.
Killer Instinct (Iron Galaxy): 2016 – Windows 10 exclusive
Getting Killer Instinct on PC is certainly no bad thing, but it’s being developed by Iron Galaxy (most recently responsible for the Batman: Arkham Knight port) and is exclusively on Windows 10. So that dampens the enthusiasm for this 2016 release a little.
Homefront: The Revolution (Deep Silver): 2016
A game which has changed hands at least twice in the last couple of years. It was first a victim of THQ’s bankruptcy, then sold-on from Crytek to Deep Silver (or, rather, Koch Media) when Crytek ran into financial difficulties themselves. It’s still being developed in Nottingham, and it’s still going to be an open world-ish sequel to Homefront. At least, as far as we know. Maybe North Korea will hack Deep Silver and force them to cancel it. Said to be on-course for 2016 at this point.
Dead Island 2 (Formerly Yager, Currently Nobody): 2016
After Dead Island: Riptide, you could be forgiven for feeling a little tired of Techland’s series. Even Techland themselves seem to have moved on, and are working on Dying Light instead. Dead Island 2 was originally being developed by Spec Ops: The Line studio Yager; which could’ve been interesting. However, after being delayed to 2016, Yager were dropped from the project. At the time of writing, Dead Island 2 now has no developer. Might be a while before we see this one, then.
Telltale Batman Game
It doesn’t even have an official name yet. However, it will be another episodic adventure(ish) series, in the manner of The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and so on. It’s due in 2016.
Published: May 25, 2015 04:51 pm