

Burying his chained blades - a symbol of a savage history - the antihero faced his biggest battle yet: fatherhood. Where previous games featured overt misogyny and controversial quests, this next chapter served as a soft reboot for the Ghost of Sparta, transplanting Kratos from Ancient Greece to the land of Vikings. hack//G.U.The God of War franchise confronted its troublesome past this year and delivered the most unexpected console entry of 2018. In the interest of keeping records, here are a bunch of other games of importance, for one reason or another, to be released this year, part 3: Songbringer, Knack 2, Hob, Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth, Monster Hunter Stories, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, Tooth and Tail, Marvel VS Capcom Infinite, Project Cars 2, Ruiner, Total War Warhammer 2, Star Fox 2, Battle Chasers: Nightwar, A Hat in Time, Guardians of the Galaxy The Telltale Series, Etrian Odyssey V, Gran Turismo Sport, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Fire Emblem Warriors, Nights of Azure 2, The Mummy Demastered, Call of Duty: WWII.

Finally left early access this December, PUBG is a global phenomenon in ways no-one saw coming this time last year. 1v100, scrounge supplies, survival of the fittest. A beautiful puzzle game that falls perfectly in that “make you feel extremely clever when you figure it out” box.įinally, possibly the biggest success story of the year, PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds. Goragoa is one of those games that simultaneously came from nowhere yet has been in the making for many, many years. Explore a gigantic world with your party of heroes, weaving in a fantastical story along the way. Nintendo finished the year off well with one of the biggest RPG’s yet, a 100 hour epic anime adventure. The game has been reinvented while still remaining true to the core of the franchise, in a game that is likely to be a swan song for the ageing system. The second of which was Samus Returns, a remake of Metroid 2 for 3DS. Nintendo fans had almost given up on a new Metroid game being released, yet amazingly we ended up with not 1, but 2 announcements this E3. No chaos meter is in effect this time around, allowing you to go full wrath if you so choose in this well crafted immersive sim.


Play as Billie, a young assassin with a limited but powerful array of abilities across 5 well crafted levels. Tightening the scope of the main series proved to be an excellent idea. Feel like turning the final boss into a chicken? Go ahead. The sequel to one of the most open RPG’s of the last decade takes the formula and only expands it, giving the player room to play the game exactly how they want it. With a great campaign and a constant feed of loot through your playtime, Destiny 2 stands up in ways the first game never did. While the community surrounding Destiny 2 have seen it’s endgame lacking and it’s push for microtransactions rise aggressively, the very core of the game is the best feeling shooter to ever be released.
