June is finally here and you know what that means right? More games announcements! Let’s see what they have in store for us this year!
Civilization VII
Although not much information was released for this game, Civilization VII was announced at the Summer Game Fest with a cinematic teaser trailer with no gameplay. The game is going to be launched on PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch in 2025. More information will be provided later.
Star Wars Outlaw
Now, I have previously talked about this game in one of my articles in the past. At the time, they only showed a cinematic trailer of the game and it different terrains. In Ubisoft conference we now get to see the official gameplay of the game, which explores more of the landscape of Tatooine. They’ll also be many regions in the game including Kijimi, Akiva and Toshara. The game is set to be the first fully open world Star Wars that will feature many different combat style to advance the player. Each decision the player makes will effect the storyline completely. The game is set to be release on August 30, 2024.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Metaphor: ReFantazio is a game that has a lot of themes including idealism and reality. The game is created mainly by the Persona series creators including Katsura Hashino, Shigenori Soejima and Shoji Meguro. The gameplay is more of a traditional Atlus game where the combat is turn base exploiting enemies weakness and exploring the overworld to solve certain puzzles. It will be the first original game by Studio Zero and its set to be release on October 11, 2024.
Blumhouse Games
The horror studio that created alot of the hit indie horror movies has now gone into the gaming market. The games they showcased in the trailer includes Crisol Theater of Idols, Grave Seasons, Sleep Awake, Fear the Spotlight, The Simulation and Project C. These games are all experimental projects that is design to give the player a sense of scare factor or have a sense of nostalgic. The games have no release date yet, but stay tune to check out what Blumhouse has in store for us.
Dune: Awakening
For the Dune fans at the Summer Game Fest this trailer of Dune Awakening was released. The trailer is a cinematic trailer that shows what it would be like without Paul Atreides. Although there’s is little information about the game entirely, they’ll be gameplay of the game on August at the Gamescon. Be on the look out for more information in the future.
Slitterhead
The creator of Silent Hill and Gravity Rush Keiichiro Toyama is designing a game for the newly introduce studio Bokeh Game Studio Inc. In Slitterhaed the gameplay is quite unique with the player going into the souls of other humans or animals. You can also create weapons from different parts of your body like using your hands as knives. The player job is to destroy monster like creatures called the Slitterheads that pretend to be humans. More information about the game will be release at a later date. Stay tuned.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake
After getting delay several times, Ubisoft is letting us know that the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is back in production. The trailer is just a teaser showing what’s to come from the game. Right now its too early to tell what the game will be like since there’s is little information about the game. However, we do know that the game is slate to arrive in 2026.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Shadow generations will feature Shadow as the main protagonist who will have to go up against Black Doom who was the villain in Shadow the Hedgehog (2005). The gameplay will borrow many elements from previous Sonic games like Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). The player will get to control Shadow like Sonic, but Shadow can use Chaos Control to freeze objects and get to different areas in the game. The hub world in this game will be 3D and will be like Sonic Frontiers. Set to be release on October 25, 2024.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
The release date for Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero was finally revealed in the Summer Game Fest 2024. Additionally, more gameplay was shown showing recuring playable characters, forms and stages. The game is set to be release in October 11, 2024.
Assassin Creed Shadows
With the premiere trailer launching last month with no gameplay, fans were very skeptically about Assassin Creed Shadows with some criticizing the main protagonist Yasuke for being African. However, in the Ubisoft press conference we got to see gameplay of the game itself introducing new abilities like crawling, going through shallow water and switching between different character utilizing their different playstyles. The game is set to be released worldwide in November 15, 2024.
And there you have it! Which games do you want to play on this list?
