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Resident Evil 2

Resident Evil 2 is a remake of the 1998 horror classic, rebuilt by Capcom in their proprietary RE Engine previously used for Resident Evil 7 and Devil May Cry V. The company promises a fresh take on the original cult-classic, bringing it up to date with photorealistic visuals, immersive audio, a new over-the-shoulder camera, and a modernized control scheme.

The game stars rookie police officer Leon Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield, who find themselves in the middle of a zombie outbreak in Raccoon City. Both of these fan-favorite characters have their own playable campaigns, allowing the players to experience the story from different perspectives.

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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is a combat flight simulator developed and published by Bandai Namco. It is the first installment in the Ace Combat series to use the Unreal Engine 4, and is said to boast the most engaging aerial battles in the franchise’s history. Some of the game’s missions are developed exclusively for the PlayStation VR.

Like its predecessors, Ace Combat 7 features modern and near-future weapons, but is set in an alternate universe, where a war has broken out between the Osean Federation and the Kingdom of Erusea. The player takes on the role of an Osean pilot bearing the callsign “Trigger”, who fights against against Erusea’s drones.

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The Grand Tour

The Grand Tour is an episodic racing game developed by Amazon Game Studios that is based on the company’s Prime Original show sharing the same name. It features the same cars, locations, and challenges as the first episodes of the show’s Seasons 1 and 2, as well as all of the upcoming Season 3. In other words, new episodes of the game will be released alongside the new season of the show.

The Grand Tour game also includes seamless transitions from clips of the show to gameplay, as well as original voice acting by the three hosts. Four-player split-screen mode is included for replayability.

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Just Cause 4

Just Cause 4 is an open-world action-adventure game developed like its predecessor by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix. It takes the rogue agent Rico Rodriguez to a conflict-ravaged South American country of Solis, where he has to face the Black Hand – the world’s most powerful private military organization headed by the unpredictable Gabriela Morales.

The game is said to offer 100 square kilometers of exotic locations to explore, including bustling cities, rural grasslands, rainforests, desert, and snowy mountain peaks. There is a variety of new vehicles to play with including military jets, helicopters, turbo-fueled sports cars, and construction machines. Just Cause 4 also introduces extreme weather conditions such as massive tornadoes, blizzards, and tropical lightning storms – which a savvy player can harness to their advantage thanks to the enhanced in-game physics.

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Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight is a rhythm game developed and published by Atlus. Like the name suggests, it features the cast of Persona 3, who perform to fan-favorite tracks in locations from the original game. As the player progresses, they unlock new costumes and other items, and deepen the social bonds between characters through conversation and mini-events.

The counterpart to Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight is the simultaneously-released Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, which stars the characters of Persona 5 and uses realistic dance routines.

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Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight

Developed by Atlus following the success of Persona 4: Dancing All Night, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight has the members of the Phantom Thieves tearing up the dance floor in stages based on the original title. It features both fan-favorite tracks and brand new remixes, and a variety of unlockable costumes and accessories to make the dances even flashier.

The game will launch alongside its P3 counterpart, Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, which stars the characters of Persona 3 and features acrobatic dancing.

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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is a Wonder Boy-inspired side-scrolling action-adventure game developed by Game Atelier and published by FDG Entertainment, with the retail release of PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions handled by Sega.

Players step into the shoes of the titular Monster Boy, who can transform into six different creatures – each with their own unique abilities – and set out to explore the game’s colorful world, find powerful equipment, and battle huge bosses in 15 hours of adventure.

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Darksiders III

Darksiders III is a hack-and-slash action-adventure game developed by Gunfire Games and published by THQ Nordic. The upcoming title’s protagonist is Fury, the most unpredictable and enigmatic of the Four Horsemen. Tasked by the Charred Council to restore balance to the world, this whip-wielding mage sets out on a quest to destroy the Seven Deadly Sins and their degenerated servants that have overrun the Earth.

Fury possesses magic that allows her to assume different forms, each granting access to new weapons, moves, and traversal abilities which come in handy when navigating the game’s expansive world.

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Battlefield V

Battlefield 5 is an upcoming first-person shooter developed and published by EA. Set during World War II, it focuses heavily on squad-based gameplay, scarcity of resources, and extensive player character customization.

The game introduces several new multiplayer modes. One of these is Grand Operations, a tweaked version of Operations seen in Battlefield 1. Based on real historical battles, it is a multimatch mode which spans four days, with the player’s performance during the first mission affecting the resources received at the start of the next one. Another mode is Firestorm – developed by Criterion Games, it is Battlefield V‘s take on the ever-popular battle royale genre, featuring a shrinking battlefield with 64 players in 16 squads.

A notable addition is the Tides of War system, or Battlefield V‘s online campaign, which will deliver new narrative content over time with themed rewards for completing each event. Unlike in Battlefield 1, there’s no Premium Pass, so the post-launch content in Tides of War will be available to every player who purchases the base game.

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Farming Simulator 19

Farming Simulator 19 is developed by GIANTS Software and published by Maximum Games. It is said to feature the series’ most extensive vehicle roster to date, including the largest agriculture machinery company in the world, John Deere, as well as Case IH, New Holland, Challenger, Fendt, Massey Ferguson, Valtra, Krone, Deutz-Fahr, and many others. The graphics engine is overhauled to offer more immersive visuals.

The game offers three distinct American and European environments in which to develop and expand farms, and introduces new farming activities including new machinery and crops. The players may, for the first time in franchise’s history, explore their lands on horseback. There is also online play for up to 16 players.

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  • Genre
    Survival
  • Platform
  • Release date
    Nov 14, 2018

Fallout 76

Fallout 76 is a multiplayer survival game set in West Virginia in year 2102, well before the events in the previous installments. It centers around Vault 76, the inhabitants of which are tasked with rebuilding society a quarter-century after the nuclear apocalypse.

The game is fully online, with a dozen or so players gathering resources and building bases in a shared world that is said to be four times larger than that of Fallout 4. It is possible to work at surviving alone, or in a party with up to four friends. If cooperation ain’t your thing, it is possible to collect launch codes and nuke other players’ bases. Progress isn’t lost upon death, however, and the characters can be freely transferred between servers.

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Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a collection of three fully remastered games following the titular purple dragon Spyro – namely Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. Besides the modernized visuals and mechanics, the game also features a remastered score and voice acting redone by Tom Kenny.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is developed by Toys For Bob and will be out on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles.

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  • Genre
    , Stealth
  • Platform
  • Release date
    Nov 13, 2018

Hitman 2

Hitman 2 is a stealth assassination game developed by IO Interactive and published by Warner Bros. It is a direct sequel to the 2016 reboot of the series, and has Agent 47 embarking on a mission to hunt the elusive Shadow Client and learning the hidden truth of his own past.

The official announcement promises a wealth of improvements in the upcoming installment, including NPC vision, better crowd fidelity, and new items such as concussion gadgets. The game features six initial maps, each which living and breathing environments that a player can use to their advantage and take out their targets in creative ways. Hitman 2 will launch as a full game, dropping the episodic nature of its predecessor, albeit there are at least two future expansions in the works.

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Overkill’s The Walking Dead

Overkill’s The Walking Dead is a four-player co-op shooter developed by Starbreeze-owned Overkill Software and published by 505 Games. Set in a post-apocalyptic Washington D.C., the game centers around characters Aidan, Heather, Maya and Grant, each of whom has their own skill tree, squad role, play style, and background story. Taking role of one of the four, the players will have to work as a team to survive as they fend off the dead – as well as the living.

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GRIP: Combat Racing

GRIP: Combat Racing is an arcade combat racer developed by an indie studio Caged Element. The gameplay is inspired by the 90s title Rollcage, and it is worked on by one of its original programmers. Of course, technology has come a long way since then, and so GRIP runs on the latest-and-baddest Unreal Engine 4.

The game’s tracks are set on a variety of exotic planets, and feature destructible structures that can be used against one’s opponents. The pickups include not only power-ups, but all sorts of heavy weaponry as well. GRIP: Combat Racing offers both split-screen and online multiplayer.

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Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an action-adventure game developed by Rockstar Games. Like its award-winning predecessor, it is set in the Old West, and features an open world the player can roam freely on horseback or on foot. According to Rockstar, RDR 2 is biggest game it has ever created in terms of sheer size.

Time-wise, Red Dead Redemption 2 starts in year 1899 – or about a decade before the events in the previous title – and follows a new protagonist: Arthur Morgan, a member of the notorious Van der Linde gang. After a robbery gone wrong, the gang is forced to free across the rugged heartland of America, with nation’s best bounty hunters and federal agents on their heels.

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My Hero: One’s Justice

My Hero: One’s Justice is an anime-style fighting game developed by Byking and published by Bandai Namco. Based on the popular manga and anime series My Hero Academia, it allows the players to step into the shoes of either heroes or villains, experience the story from each perspective, and unleash powerful Quirks upon their enemies.

The game features destructible environments based on various locations from the original series. A sidekick system lets the player pick two helpers to perform powerful combos with, albeit the game is still one-on-one and not a tag team fighter. The roster includes a large number of fan-favorite characters like All Might, Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, Tomura Shigaraki, and others, with one available as a pre-order bonus (details after the jump).

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Crayola Scoot

Crayola Scoot is a family-friendly game involving – you’ve guessed it – scooters and paint. Players customize their character, perform tricks and splash their colors across the stage, upgrade their scooters, and challenge the Scoot Legends for the Crayola Color Cup on 12 parks across 3 worlds. The game supports four-player split-screen battles.

Crayola Scoot is developed by the British Climax Studios, and published by Outright Games for current-gen consoles and PC.

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Soulcalibur VI

Soulcalibur VI is a fighting game developed by Project Soul and published by Bandai Namco. It is a reboot of the series that takes place in the 16th century and retells the events of the original Soulcalibur. Unreal Engine 4 is utilized for the first time in the franchise, promising 4K visuals with beautiful 3D character models and stages.

The game includes a number of new and returning fighters, as well as guest character Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher series. There are some changes to the gameplay, most notably the introduction of Reversal Edge: a mechanic which, when timed right, allows the player to execute a counter-attack with one button press.

Soulcalibur VI is now available on GamerSaloon – Where Gamers Play for Real Money.

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LEGO DC Super-Villains

LEGO DC Super-Villains is a third-person action-adventure game developed by Traveller’s Tales and published by Warner Bros for modern consoles and PC. It drops the player into the shoes of a custom-created rookie villain, who will wreak havoc alongside renowned DC supervillains like The Joker, Harley Quinn, and Lex Luthor – and perhaps even save the Earth from a sham Justice League from a parallel universe, who call themselves the “Justice Syndicate”. The game can be played solo or in a local co-op for two players.

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