The classic sci-fi first-person shooter is getting a remake, this time in HD. As SHODAN, the artificial intelligence of Citadel Station, goes insane and turns your crew into mutants and killer cyborgs, it’s up to you to survive and escape. Dying Light 2 is a survival horror game that combines first person exploration with gunplay and melee weapons. It also allows up to four players to team up together.
System Shock
Set on the sinister space station Citadel, System Shock asks you to thwart the plans of a rogue AI who thinks she is a god. The game respects your intelligence and resourcefulness, not spoon feeding you directions with an overabundance of UI elements or laying out obvious objective markers. Its enormous environments curve over and under each other, with lighting realistically simulated. Its rogue AI and mutants make for tough enemies, but the game offers ample opportunity to bypass combat by reprogramming hostile turrets or shutting down doors.
The First Berserker: Khazan
Publisher Nexon and developer Neople have unveiled The First Berserker: Khazan, a single-player hardcore action RPG from the Dungeon & Fighter universe. Players will clear missions while mastering combat, upgrading character skills and combining weapons and armor to unleash vicious combos and stylish takedowns. After saving the Pell Lost Empire from the Berserk Dragon Hismar and the Dragon Legion, General Khazan is falsely accused of treason and exiled from his home world. Embark on a quest for revenge as you explore a vast world and fight the forces of darkness.
Beneath
The indie Metroidvania Hollow Knight has exploded into a cult classic, so it should be no surprise that a sequel is coming out this year. Called Silksong, it’ll feature the same art style and Upcoming Games and will see you exploring a Victorian fantasy world alongside a cast of unique companions. The fourth Stalker game takes you back into the exclusion zone of the real-life Chernobyl nuclear power plant for survival and combat against mutants and other weird radioactive anomalies. It’ll be developed for the Unreal Engine and should look excellent with ray-tracing technology.
Chrono Odyssey
NPIXEL’s new MMORPG Chrono Odyssey looks like it might be the next big thing in the genre. Built in Unreal Engine 5, it shows off an impressively lifelike world, from fields of tall grass that move with the wind to battles fought in moonlit rivers and magnificent architecture. More importantly, it also showcases a battle system that genuinely looks ahead of its time. The trailer features knights wielding massive swords, mages hurling spells, and rangers firing arrows in real-time combat.
Ikaro: Will Not Die
IKARO Will Not Die from FuturLab and Thunderful is the spiritual successor to the studio’s Velocity series. It’s an action-adventure that combines gravity surfing movement and martial arts combos in a high-contrast sci-fi world. Mouse is a grizzled detective who shoots his way through a 1930s rubber hose-style cartoon world to take down gangs of criminals in a third-person FPS. This is Ghost Story Games’ first game since Ken Levine dissolved Irrational Games. It looks like a big-budget effort that has some Big BioShock vibes.
Judas
The first game from auteur developer Ken Levine since the shutdown of Irrational Games, Judas looks to be a psychological thriller with an interesting twist. This FPS follows a female protagonist as she struggles to survive on a damaged starship. The foes we see in the trailer are mostly automatons – robotic creations hellbent on tearing Judas limb from limb. It seems like these are all under the sheriff’s control, but could one faction go rogue? The trailer was recently revealed at The Game Awards 2022. Expect a release date sometime between now and March of 2025.
Conclusion
Get ready to battle tyrannical dragons in Dragon’s Dogma 2. A prequel to the original cult classic. Obsidian’s hit survival-fantasy game gets a sequel with a new solar system, new crew, and the same outer worlds. Pull off zany heists with the Pickled Gang in this roguelite action-adventure. Expect security guards and elite swat teams.