There's no denying 2016 was a fantastic year for video games, but 2017 is shaping up to
be even better.
Here's a sneak peek at the top video games of 2017.
Winter
The year kicks off in epic fashion with the January release of the hotly anticipated Resident
Evil 7, the latest entry in the franchise which has been the industry standard in horror
for over two decades.
And things don't slow down from there.
Winter also finally brings gamers For Honor, which has been teased for seemingly an eternity
at this point.
Then there's also the bizarre future dystopia Horizon Zero Dawn and the latest Tom Clancy
game, Ghost Recon Wildlands.
Plus real time strategy fans get a special treat with the release of Halo Wars 2, while
fans of the superhero fighting game Injustice finally get a sequel as well.
But all of that is overshadowed by one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year,
Mass Effect: Andromeda, which is set to blow minds in March as the series leaves Commander
Shepard and the entire Milky Way behind for a galaxy full of new characters, new aliens,
and new moral conundrums sure to test even the bravest of souls.
Heck yeah!
Spring
Fans of the Persona series have waited nearly nine years for the next official installment
to be released, but that wait will finally end in April when Persona 5 hits consoles
with the story a new group of students at Shujin High School who band together to face
down the shadowy group known as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
And Persona isn't the only series to get a sequel in Spring.
Outlast II promises a new round of survival horror and nightmare inducing creepiness,
while Tekken 7 is no doubt full of people punching each other and shouting catchphrases.
Gwent, meanwhile, takes the game-within-a-game from the Witcher franchise and gives it the
full spotlight in a Hearthstone-style collectible card game with a single-player campaign.
Perhaps the most intriguing title of the Spring, though, is Tacoma.
Brought to you by the same minds who created the surprise hit Gone Home, Tacoma takes that
game's investigative mystery feel and moves it to the claustrophobic interior of a derelict
space station — where something has definitely gone wrong.
Players have to try and uncover the mystery of what happened to the crew.
Honestly?
It's so creepy already, we're not sure we even want to know.
Summer and Fall
Considering the gaming industry is full of delays and outright cancellations, it's no
wonder studios are hesitant to give their games firm release dates too far in advance.
But while we don't know for sure when these games are going to come out, here are some
of the other titles you should be able to play sometime in 2017.
Inspired by old Mickey Mouse cartoons, Cuphead has captured the imagination of retro gamers
and sidescroller fans everywhere.
Rumor has it the designers are just putting the final touches on co-op mode, so no further
delays are anticipated.
Besides Cuphead, there are a handful of other new intellectual properties to keep an eye
on this year.
Scalebound is an epic third-person action game where you get to control a freaking dragon…
...which is always cool.
Days Gone features more apocalyptic survival fare, only this time in one of our nation's
national parks, so that's, y'know, nice.
And Detroit: Become Human fights back against urban decline with a futuristic neo-noir story
about androids, where every choice has major ramifications for the storyline.
If sequels are more your thing, though, don't worry, because 2017 has a metric ton of returning
franchises, starting with God of War.
Yes, Kratos is back in a story which sees the older and more grizzled warrior taking
on a new challenge: osteoporosis.
"I've fallen and I can't get up."
Ah-hah, no.
Just kidding, he's fighting the Norse gods and monsters this time.
There are plenty of other fan favorite franchises making a comeback in 2017.
Shenmue 3 makes its long awaited return after getting crowdfunded on Kickstarter.
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild takes the Nintendo classic and adds a dash of
modern gameplay.
Dead Island 2 moves the zombie survival game to Los Angeles and focuses on slapstick multiplayer
gameplay.
Quake Champions is the latest first-person-shooter arena showdown.
Agents of Mayhem is a Saints Row third person shooter spin-off revolving around an anti-terrorist
organization.
Crackdown 3 features an open world sandbox and the ability to level civilizations with
godlike powers.
Then there's also a Spider-Man game coming from the developers of Ratchet & Clank, which
will no doubt somehow tie in to the release of the summer film blockbuster Spider-Man:
Homecoming.
And then there's Super Mario Switch, a game so secret, we don't even know the actual title
yet.
But wait!
That's not all.
Two of the biggest releases of the year are also sequels.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole builds on the surprisingly great RPG elements of
South Park: The Stick of Truth to deliver an even broader and more detailed world, this
time parodying the superhero genre.
And the mere announcement that there would be a Red Dead Redemption 2 was enough to rocket
the game to the top of everyone's wish list for next Christmas.
Here's hoping Santa has a huge sleigh, because he's going to need it to carry all these great
games.
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