What are the best upcoming PC games to keep an eye on this year and next? Hope, anticipation, agony and elation – it’s the endless cycle of emotions we go through during the annual PC release schedule.
Year in, year out, games – via Steam and otherwise – are produced in such varying degrees of quality that no announcement is destined for certain success. Masterpieces are released alongside utter disasters, franchises are born while others dwindle and occasionally – so very occasionally – a game actually lives up to our expectations.
Upcoming PC games Q1 2018
Railway Empire
There are loads of simulation games out there - for cities, planes, and even farms. But train fans have had to wait some time for a upcoming game for them. However, their patience - which has been tested since 2006’s Railroad Tycoon - has recently been rewarded.
Railway Empire, from the team behind Tropico, has 40 different types of train for fans to build their business on, and 300 technologies to research. That, and the building of rail stations, maintenance buildings, and factories, will surely keep railway fans busy once the game pulls up to the station.
Railway Empire release date: January 26, 2018
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dragon Ball is getting a proper fighting game and it looks set to give Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite a run for its money. Only a few characters have been revealed so far but it’s enough to get the FGC excited.
Dragon Ball FighterZ release date: January 26, 2018
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance release date: February 13, 2018
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Few RTS games have been as widely played as Age of Empires. Enjoyed by casual and hardcore fans of the genre alike, all should be itching to dive into this remaster, which will be released to coincide with the original game’s 20th anniversary.
All of the game’s assets have been reworked and the number of poses for each unit doubled. There will also be improved AI and a modernised UI, as well as more commands, lobbies, and other quality-of-life improvements.
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition release date: February 20, 2018
Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom
After a short delay, Ni No Kuni 2 is now the first semi-large release of 2018. If you're unfamiliar, it's a Ghibli-styled JRPG that blew socks off in its first iteration a few years ago on the consoles. This is set hundreds of years later, using similar themes and places, but likely as good a jumping on point as any. Good, too, since the first isn't coming to PC any time soon.
Ever wondered what Skyrim without magic and cat people would look like? Wonder no more, because Warhorse Studios are in the process of making a medieval RPG set in 1403. The game promises to have historically accurate armour, weapons and combat techniques, and is intended to allow the player to become whoever they want - rogue, warrior or bard. Even more so when Kingdom Come mods get going.
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Few RTS games have been as widely played as Age of Empires. Enjoyed by casual and hardcore fans of the genre alike, all should be itching to dive into this remaster, which will be released to coincide with the original game’s 20th anniversary.
All of the game’s assets have been reworked and the number of poses for each unit doubled. There will also be improved AI and a modernised UI, as well as more commands, lobbies, and other quality-of-life improvements.
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition release date: February 20, 2018
After a short delay, Ni No Kuni 2 is now the first semi-large release of 2018. If you're unfamiliar, it's a Ghibli-styled JRPG that blew socks off in its first iteration a few years ago on the consoles. This is set hundreds of years later, using similar themes and places, but likely as good a jumping on point as any. Good, too, since the first isn't coming to PC any time soon.
Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom release date: March 23, 2018
Far Cry 5
Far Cry leaves the mountains and islands behind to head to middle America, Montana to be precise, and deal with some extreme fundamentalists and their very angry dog. Expect more tidbits as we head to release, but here's info on the Far Cry 5 story, setting, and everything else we know.
Far Cry leaves the mountains and islands behind to head to middle America, Montana to be precise, and deal with some extreme fundamentalists and their very angry dog. Expect more tidbits as we head to release, but here's info on the Far Cry 5 story, setting, and everything else we know.
Far Cry 5 release date: March 27, 2018
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
Pillars 2 is on the way and that’s about all we know. Obsidian have been working on it since at least early 2016 according to interviews, but they’ve kept quiet about exactly how it’s changing. We do know it will be in an entirely different section of the world, featuring fresh characters and a different plot. More to follow in early 2018, we guess.
Pillars of Eternity 2 release date: April 3, 2018
The Crew 2
Cars! But not just cars. That’s the concept of The Crew 2 as it adds biplanes and boats to the formula, along with the usual massive collection of cars and other road vehicles. You’ll even switch between them on the fly, weirdly.
Cars! But not just cars. That’s the concept of The Crew 2 as it adds biplanes and boats to the formula, along with the usual massive collection of cars and other road vehicles. You’ll even switch between them on the fly, weirdly.
The Crew 2 release date: Early 2018
Crackdown 3
How do you make explosions even more explosive? You get the cloud to compute them. That’s the plan for Crackdown 3, the seven-years-late sequel to one of the Xbox’s most popular games. Destructible environments in a sandbox city are the setup, but beyond that we haven’t seen much more since the reveal in 2015.
How do you make explosions even more explosive? You get the cloud to compute them. That’s the plan for Crackdown 3, the seven-years-late sequel to one of the Xbox’s most popular games. Destructible environments in a sandbox city are the setup, but beyond that we haven’t seen much more since the reveal in 2015.
Crackdown 3 release date: Spring 2018
Vampyr
The first game for feels-central developer Dontnod to release after Life is Strange is, obviously, about consuming the flesh of the living for sustenance. Vampyr casts you as a recently-vampirised doctor in 1918, just as Spanish Flu is really starting to mess Europe up. London is the setting, dark is the tone, and surviving is the plan, while trying not to destroy all sense of civilisation in Britain’s capital. Good luck.
Vampyr release date: Spring 2018
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - Mars
In case you missed Konami’s adored hack-and-slash and third-person shooter mash-up when it initially launched on PS2 in 2003, Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner is coming to PC in 2018. So, what’s it all about? It is 2174 and your job is to take down the evil BAHRAM military organisation, who are suppressing society across both Earth and Mars. To help you on that mission, you control a powerful mech called Jehuty. The enhanced edition also adds 4K and VR support to the sci-fi action game, so it shouldn’t look too shabby for a 15-year-old console game.
The first game for feels-central developer Dontnod to release after Life is Strange is, obviously, about consuming the flesh of the living for sustenance. Vampyr casts you as a recently-vampirised doctor in 1918, just as Spanish Flu is really starting to mess Europe up. London is the setting, dark is the tone, and surviving is the plan, while trying not to destroy all sense of civilisation in Britain’s capital. Good luck.
Vampyr release date: Spring 2018
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - Mars
In case you missed Konami’s adored hack-and-slash and third-person shooter mash-up when it initially launched on PS2 in 2003, Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner is coming to PC in 2018. So, what’s it all about? It is 2174 and your job is to take down the evil BAHRAM military organisation, who are suppressing society across both Earth and Mars. To help you on that mission, you control a powerful mech called Jehuty. The enhanced edition also adds 4K and VR support to the sci-fi action game, so it shouldn’t look too shabby for a 15-year-old console game.
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - Mars: Spring 2018
Griftlands
Klei’s latest is an RPG, and that should be enough to get you excited on its own. Griftlands is built on the concept of tradable resources, but little else has been revealed beyond the trailer. Klei have basically nailed everything they’ve ever tried though, bringing originality and quality to whatever they touch.
Griftlands release date: Early 2018
Metal Gear Survive
Konami are doing another full Metal Gear game, and this time, they're doing it without Hideo Kojima. Fan reactions are as to be expected, but at least it’s suitably silly – rock zombies, time travel, alternate dimensions, portals through space, time, and structure. It’s co-op in nature and likely won’t bear much resemblance to what’s come before.
Metal Gear Survive release date: Early 2018
Klei’s latest is an RPG, and that should be enough to get you excited on its own. Griftlands is built on the concept of tradable resources, but little else has been revealed beyond the trailer. Klei have basically nailed everything they’ve ever tried though, bringing originality and quality to whatever they touch.
Griftlands release date: Early 2018
Metal Gear Survive
Konami are doing another full Metal Gear game, and this time, they're doing it without Hideo Kojima. Fan reactions are as to be expected, but at least it’s suitably silly – rock zombies, time travel, alternate dimensions, portals through space, time, and structure. It’s co-op in nature and likely won’t bear much resemblance to what’s come before.
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