1. Rainbow Six: Extraction
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Amazon Luna, Google Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: January 20
The Chimera parasite that caused an Outbreak in New Mexico not long ago has suddenly reappeared in multiple sites across the US. This time it’s deadlier and spreading rapidly. Players team up to fight against the parasitic alien threat.
2. Gotham Knights
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: TBA
Batman game without Batman! The story envisions a world where Batman is dead. A new expansive, criminal underworld has swept the streets of Gotham City. It is now up to the Batman Family — Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin — to protect Gotham, bring hope to its citizens.
3. Horizon Forbidden West
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Release date: February 18
Aloy crosses into the frontier of the Forbidden West to encounter tribes both strange and familiar. From the border settlements of the Carja and Oseram, to the blighted fields of the Utaru in Plainsong, to the battle-worn Clan Lands of the Tenakth, new alliances and deadly enemies await. Her mission also has an eco-conscious angle — sending her into gorgeously-rendered underwater environs.
4. Elden Ring
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: February 25
Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of Dark Souls, has teamed with author George R.R. Martin for Elden Ring. The open-world RPG is set in a medieval land filled with dragons and demigods. In the Lands Between ruled by Queen Marika the Eternal, the Elden Ring, the source of the Erdtree, has been shattered. Marika’s offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes, and the mad taint of their newfound strength triggered a war: The Shattering.
5. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: March 18
You take the role of Jack who, along with allies Ash and Jed, sets off on a quest to defeat Chaos. Burning with resolve, and with memories of their struggle deep in their hearts, are they the foretold Warriors of Light? Your journey will take you into a dark and challenging fantasy world, filled with iconic monsters from the Final Fantasy series.
6. Forspoken
Platforms: Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 5
Release date: May 24
Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. The Athian people greet her as a savior who must fight a force of evil terrorising the land. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous creatures.
7. The Day Before
Platforms: PC and more (to be announced)
Release date: June 21
The Day Before is an open-world MMO survival set in a deadly, post-pandemic America overrun by flesh-hungry infected and survivors killing each other for food, weapons, and cars. You shoot human enemies and walk through empty streets of familiar American cities.
8. Starfield
Platform: Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: November 11
Bethesda’s first new IP in 25 years, Starfield is an epic role-playing game should allow Bethesda to flex its muscles on a next-gen console. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.
9. Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: February 4
The Parkour-heavy zombie game is back and it’s bigger. The game is set 15 years after the events of Dying Light where the Harran Virus has spread across the world and have evolved, plunged it into a period known as the Modern Dark Ages.
10. Gran Turismo 7
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Release date: March 4
You know how this racing game works?! With the reintroduction of the legendary GT Simulation Mode, buy, tune, race and sell your way through a rewarding solo campaign as you unlock new cars and challenges. And if you love going head-to-head with others, hone your skills and compete in the GT Sport Mode. The real star of the game will be PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller, with haptic feedback and adaptive trigger features.
