We continue to publish a selection of promising releases scheduled for 2015. Do not switch to another channel and do not put your calendars far away - there is still a big list ahead!
Part 1
Pillars of Eternity
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Platforms: PC, Mac
Three years ago Studio Obsidian (founded, if anyone forgot, former employees Black Isle Studios , authors Fallout , Planescape: Torment And Icewind Dale ) literally blew up Kickstarter. The “Rain Game of the Old School” announced more than a million dollars in the first couple of days, and over the remaining month, the amount increased four. And no wonder: after the first glance at the screenshots, a rare fan of classic RPG will be able to restrain the tears of nostalgia and sighs of admiration.
The spiritual heiress of the series awaits us Baldur’s Gate - isometry, real time with a controlled pause, a detachment from the protagonist and five of his comrades, spacious locations, a lot of conversations. Add a modern technical level, subtract any attitude to Dungeons & Dragons in general and forgotten kingdoms in particular. However, the role system Pillars of Eternity slightly looks like D&D - is not too inferior to it in depth, but significantly surpasses in convenience.
Closed Beta showed that with the ideological filling of the game, the full order is all that we loved in the classics works fine, all the innovations to the place. But from the technical side of Beta was very far from the ideal - this is probably why the game was delayed twice. But the main thing for us is not to come out on time - and so that it comes out good.
Exit date: March 2015
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Publisher: Inxile Entertainment
Developer: Inxile Entertainment
Platform: PC
Meanwhile Inxile Entertainment , The studio of the notorious Brian Fargo, prepares the spiritual heiress of another cult role - Planescape: Torment. Also without D&D and, as a result, without plans actually - the action will develop in the technopentesy universe of the Numaner's table game of Numenher.
Like Pillars of Eternity , Torment: Tides of Numenera Financed through Kickstarter, tore off the bank and earned more than four million - instead of the required nine hundred thousand. And there is no need to go far for the reason either: Tides of numenera promises almost no more rich plot than Planescape. Almost everything in the game will depend on our solutions, and not only in dialogs, but even in tactical battles. Any conflicting situation (in the numener are called “crises”) will have several options for a denouement, and some ordinary fight with bandits can leave a marked on the character of the character, to come to the plot and influence the story-depending on how the player reacts on changing circumstances of the battle.
Only the inability to feel the game with his own hands is slightly alarming-the declared beta version for depositors has not seen the light, and while it remains to be content with a pair of trailers-but there is a recording of the gameplay, moreover, quite encouraging.
Exit date: IV quarter of 2015
No Man’s Sky
Publisher: Hello Games
Developer: Hello Games
Platforms: PS4, PC
No Man’s Sky - One of those incredibly ambitious games that either become cult, or are unable to fulfill promises. A very modest indie team swung at the cosmic odysseum of unimaginable scale: the figure of 18 446 744 073 709 551 616 (you can generally voice this number?) accidentally generated planets with its own characteristics, each of which can be visited without additional buildings, simply does not fit in the head. The game will be so great that life will simply not have enough life - everyone here will have their own universe and their own individual adventure. It is at the same time great and frightening - and suddenly gets bored?
Nevertheless, gameplay rollers (mounted under the embossed embossing) inspire sound optimism. If No Man’s Sky It will turn out as promised to us, we will disappear in it just as a tiny ship disappears in the abyss of space.
If.
Exit date : somewhere in 2015
Halo 5: Guardians
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: 343 Industries
The second trilogy Halo , Created without participation Bungie , confidently walking through life. Frankly, the fourth part rushed into the soul some doubts: despite the peppy multiplayer and a juicy picture, a single campaign turned out to be corridor and boring. The result is good, but not legendary - therefore, it is time for the master of Chif to rehabilitate in our eyes!
There are all prerequisites for this - like any new part Halo Before the release, Guardians looks the largest, most beautiful and the most pathos. You can no longer worry for the graph: the new iron clearly allows you to take it to a new level. Judging by the recent beta, multiplayer is also on top: he took a few steps towards the popular Call of Duty , but still remained balanced and recognizable. But the solitary regime is still a dark horse-it was almost not shown to us. Maybe because there is nothing special to demonstrate so far.
In any case, Halo is the main series Microsoft and the face of all the consoles of the company, so we simply cannot wait for a new issue. We hope for a powerful intrigue in front of the final chord and hundreds of hours of proprietary multiplayer madness.
Exit date: Autumn 2015
King’s Quest
Developer: The Odd Gentlemen
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment
Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
One of the iconic series of the "Golden Age of Adventure", King’s Quest ended - like many other series from Sierra - in 1998, with a massive transition of games to the 3D fashionable. A variety of people tried to make a ninth part, but each time the idea stalls, and it was thrown. This went on until a couple of years ago Activision , The current owners of Sierra, did not regain their rights to the series and did not say that they had new plans for it. These plans were revealed at the end of 2014 - the development of a new King’s Quest They entrusted the studios The Odd Gentlemen , familiar to us from an excellent puzzle Misadventures of p. B. Winterbottom.
We will see again the brave knight of Graham, the ruler of the fairy -tale kingdom of Davventhi. He is already too old to look for new adventures, but he willingly shares his stories about stormy youth with his granddaughter Gwendolin. The authors do not disclose details of the knightly stories - they limited themselves to a statement that the game would be closely related to the original series, but there will be no directly dependent on it.
But even if we are talking about a complete restart and we are waiting for a completely new fairy tale about the familiar hero - the trailer intrigues very much. Let's hope the adventure will turn out worthy of its famous name.
Exit date: Autumn 2015
Uncharted 4: The Thief’s End
Publisher: Sony
Developer: Naughty Dog
Platform: PS4
Nathan Drake is seen to us by a superpopular actor who stands behind the scenes and listens to deafening applause and screams “BIS!"Coming from the auditorium. The dizzying performance of three acts is already behind, and Nathan is doubtfully looking at the developers from Naughty Dog , And they nod enough: they say, come on, Nate, the audience longs for additives. The show should continue.
Pro Uncharted You can say anything, but try to find another adventure game in which the well done enthusiasm is combined with luxurious directing, entertainment and advanced graphics. The fourth part remains true to the canons of the series, but it brings point changes: here is the climbing “cat”, advanced AI of opponents and even hitherto unknown brother of the main character. And of course, a dozen or two dizzying situations-where without it!
Honestly, we have no doubt that The Thief’s End the smaller one will come out. Therefore, it remains only to wait.
Exit date : 2015
Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Activision Blizzard
Platforms: PC, Mac
The first Starcraft recently performed seventeen years old. During this time, the series went from the flagship to the last bastion of classical strategies - with the base, resources, the production of soldiers - and still serves as the most recognizable illustration to the phrase "asymmetric balance". In a word, long representations of too much - the last part of the trilogy is being prepared for the exit Starcraft 2.
We will find out what happened to Jim Reinor, whether the plan of the supercount of the grains will work and why the galaxy so desperately needs the queen of blades to win over the green Naga. Surely the secrets of Zeratul, who so carefully letting the fog on all his actions are revealed ... although the main character of the new campaign, contrary to expectations, will not be him, but another familiar person - Artanis, the hierarch of Protossov and the commander of the golden armada.
Of course, there will be new fighters, a new balance, new complaints, that now the balance is certainly broken, and the new multiplayer modes. Trying all this will probably succeed quite soon-Blizzard has already opened a beta testing entry.
Exit date : somewhere in 2015
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Developer: Warhorse Studios
Publisher: Warhorse Studios
Platforms: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PS4
Czech studio Warhorse It is mainly known that it was organized by veterans of the gaming industry, who managed to bang with their games all over the world. For example, Daniel Vaurus (whose diaries have already been published on our website) played a key role in the development of dilogy Mafia , And Victor Bokan worked on Operation Flashpoint And Arma. For the past four years, the studio has been engaged in the development of the most realistic and most historically reliable role -playing game in the history of mankind. No magic, no arcade fighting, no almighty heroes. Czech Republic - more precisely, then even Bohemia - 1403, the height of the great Western schism, and we are in the role of a simple soldier who became confused in the political squabbles of the Holy Roman Empire.
A realistic fencing system detailed to the last rivet equipment, a huge game world, drawn with the very real Czech Republic, a branchy plot and a flexible role -playing system - sounds like a role -playing dream game. True, it looks worse - with graphics and animation with modern blockbusters, the project is not to be used. But if Warhorse does not force Cryengine to give a picture worse than in Mount & Blade, This is unlikely to hurt the game.
Exit date: IV quarter of 2015
Blitzkrieg 3
Developer: Nival Interactive
Publisher: Nival Interactive
Platforms: PC, Mac
Announcement of the third " Blitzkrieg"Sounded on the network in the midst of the famous scandal from Company of Heroes 2. At first c Nival Interactive They tried to make innocent faces and say that this is not an announcement, but a real leakage of information, but in the end Sergey Orlovsky said directly - yes, this is our answer to the hype around RELIC , We decided to announce to the whole world that we have long been making a truly historically reliable strategy. Real facts, no "cranberries" - and so on all three playable aspects of the conflict.
But historically reliable campaigns are not the only thing that is interesting " Blitzkrieg 3 ". Nival Interactive plan to cross real -time strategy with an asynchronous multiplayer so that the players do not have to look for rivals and push them into the game. Each of the players will have its own base on which you need to hire troops and place them in positions, establishing the defense. Other players can attack this base, and the presence of the owner is already not necessary here - they are not fighting against the player, but against the defense he built.
The authors decided to refuse Free-to-Play model-the game, like additional campaigns for it, will simply be sold. But it is likely that shortly after the release of Nival will be released a separate game client for multiplayer - without a single mode, but free.
Exit date : somewhere in 2015
Assassin’s Creed: Victory
Publisher : Ubisoft
Developer : Ubisoft
Platforms : PC, Xbox One, PS4
Assassin’s Creed Stable it comes out at least once a year, and we can’t do anything about it. Predicting the quality of the next part is almost hopeless: so, to replace the excellent Black Flag came a rather passing duet from Unity And Rogue , left us in absolute ignorance of what will happen next.
Information about Victory I flowed to the network ahead of time, so so far you can say a little about the game. The action will take place in Victorian England, they will definitely let us get into the Big Ben, and the game is created exclusively for the next generation platforms. By the way, in our reasoning on the topic of new entourage for Assassin’s Creed, we undeservedly missed the UK, but there is clearly where to turn around: take at least a local flavor and the infamous Jack of the Ripper! What else will Ubisoft do? A more advanced cooperative? Mandatory tea drinking at five in the evening? Fundamentally new mechanics? It remains only to guess.
We continue to patiently wait for the moment when Assassin’s Creed will be transformed and finally will grow its illness, and if you are lucky, it will also finally please with appropriate innovations. In this sense, 2015 will not be an exception.
Exit date: Autumn 2015
Magicka 2
Developer: Pieces Interactive
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Platforms: PC, PS4
The main cooperative game of 2011 is returning! Four loser wizards in multi-colored bathrobes are again in the case, again protect the world from evil under the strict guidance of a charming no-no vampire Vlad, again destroy everyone who comes to hand, mostly each other. In place, both the branded system of weaving spells of eight basic components, and “friendly fire”, because of which there are seven killed enemies inadvertently, inadvertently, and merciless absurd humor, wiping his legs about all the stamps of fantasy, high and not very well.
But what should not be on the spot is dozens, hundreds and thousands of bugs, which the first was famous for Magicka. The new engine will immediately be optimized humanly, and the network code will immediately work as it should. And also Magicka 2 It will come out not only on PC, but also on PS4 - according to eyewitnesses, the gamepad radically changes the sensations from the game.
In a word, put on magic raincoats and magic hats - the game should be released in the first half of the year. Ble-E-E-IGH!
Exit date : 2015
Overwatch
Developer: Blizzard
Publisher: Blizzard
Platform: PC
For once Blizzard I https://sister-site.org/jammy-jack/ decided to announce a fundamentally new game. Multipoling shooter? Wonderful! Several of the diverse classes of the characters? What is needed! Cartoon style? Very nice! Wait a minute, somewhere we have already seen something similar ..
Yes, the authors Diablo And Starcraft definitely decided to grab a fat piece from the pie Team Fortress 2. But is it so bad? Despite the similar mechanics, Overwatch It is sufficiently distinctive to consider it as a worthy alternative to the shooter from Valve. Well, in terms of meticulousness and balance, Blizzard has long been an example for many. These guys rarely beat, but aptly - just like a widow from their sniper rifle!
It seems that we have a visual example of the fruitful competition of two large companies, from which players only win. Overwatch He left very pleasant first impressions-and we are looking forward to a beta test to once again make sure that a hit is waiting for us.
Exit date : 2015
Syberia 3
Developer: Anuman Interactive
Publisher: Microids
Platforms: PC, Mac, PS4, Xbox One, iOS, Android
At one time Syberia I inhaled a new life into an adventure genre, which was then buried all who is not lazy. Syberia 2 I had to complete the story-which Benois Sokal, the creator of the dilogy himself repeatedly stated, but fans did not get tired of demanding a continuation and still achieved their. Although the nerves were battered pretty - they started the game, the game was canceled, the game began again ... But in the end, the situation stabilized, and we will probably be waiting for the adventure of Kate Walker - ten years after we had the last time we saw a young lawyer.
Details of the plot are still unknown, but the same people work on the continuation as the dilogy. So, it can be calculated that the adventure will be the same as before: quiet, melancholy, soft ... and also imperceptibly clinging to the soul and not letting go to the finale. Whether our hopes will be justified - we will find out this year.
Exit date : April 2015
Satellite Reign
Developer: 5 Lives Studios
Publisher: 5 Lives Studios
Platforms: PC, Mac
Old Series Syndicate I began to slowly wash out of human memory, and the restart of 2012 did not correct the situation - because the new "" Syndicate"Turned out to be an action movie in the first person, and not at all tactics in real time. Satellite Reign preparing to fix this omission - this is the successor of the case Syndicate , developed with the active participation of one of the authors Syndicate Wars. We are waiting for cyberpunk, globalization and corporate wars, conducted by small forces of professional agents.
In the role of the commander of one of these “small forces” we will speak, and under our beginning a detachment of four diverse specialists will be a detachment. A huge futuristic metropolis will become our "sandbox", where the same task can be performed in a variety of ways - a sort of Deus Ex With four agents instead of one. We want to crank up some business in a quiet way-we will spray by the watchmen, turn off the alarm, break the lock on the door, reprogram surveys, turn on camouflage and paint over the target. But we want - we will arrange a dashing scum in the spirit Shadowrun Returns : arm the to teeth, cut through the guard, open our affairs and break out with the battle before the cavalry arrives.
The game was supposed to be released last year, but, like many of its goods on Kickstarter, stuck in the early access of Steam. However, maybe it is for the better - the bugs in the game are still more than enough, and the authors just have the time and opportunity to catch everything to the release.
Exit date : 2015
Just Cause 3
Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Avalanche Studious
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4
Fans value Just CAUSE For a crazy sandbox, in which, having spat on the laws of physics, to smash everything around, while remaining actually unharmed. The developers are perfectly aware of this, so in the third part to arrange a defeat will become even easier: updated control will allow you to do the most crazy pirouettes from the very beginning. In addition, we are promised now a fashionable vertical gameplay, an expanded arsenal and hundreds of square kilometers of luxurious tropical landscapes. In general, everything is something like it was - only a little better on all fronts.
What is really depressing is the absence of a multi-user regime at the start of the multiplayer, which the players were so successfully screwed to the second part. Let's hope that he will nevertheless appear - if not as an official addition, then at least as an amateur modification, otherwise it will now be frankly dreary without a multiplayer.
Exit date : 2015
Street Fighter 5
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Platforms: PS4, PC
Capcom I was a little deceased about the fact that we will not see a new part Street Fighter in the next few years. The announcement of the fifth issue struck right at the end of last year, with the most sophisticated set of platforms: the game will be released on the PlayStation 4 and PC.
Street Fighter Once upon a time, he ceased to be ordinary fighting and turned into a real cult: this is a compulsory e-sports discipline, without which no self-respecting championship is complete. Lovers will be impaired aimlessly at the buttons hopelessly lose to professional players who remember all combinations by heart: the enthusiastic pros count what is happening before individual frames, have several winning tactics and hone the skills for years. We have no doubt that Street Fighter 5 will become a worthy successor of glorious traditions: after all, there was not a single frankly weak release in the series.
And we are also confident in the output of the most complete “super-ite-edition” year of this year in 2018. Remember our words!
Exit date : 2015
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