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Top 5Â Most Anticipated Video Games of the Year
January 10, 2021
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS
Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
The long-awaited Animal Crossing Switch debut begins with our old friend Nook giving the player a ticket to a deserted island. From there, the player-created character begins the job of creating a settlement by seeking out resources, doing chores, inviting friends, and otherwise being a good neighbor. Animal Crossing: New Horizons expands the franchise’s personalization features; skin color can be changed at any time in the game, while gender neutral characters are available. More good news: Isabelle is in the game too. It’s out on March 20.
2.BLEEDING EDGE
Bleeding Edge is the newest game from Ninja Theory, one of six studios scooped up by Microsoft in 2018 to make Xbox and Windows PC games. Ninja Theory is the studio behind well-regarded titles including Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and DmC: Devil May Cry. The new game is a melee-based multiplayer title in which teams of stylized combatants go head-to-head in 4-vs-4 battles, featuring a vicious array of weapons. It’s out on March 24.
3.CARRION
Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital
Carrion is a horror game where you play the monster. It’s a metroidvania game in which you take on the role of a slithering tentacled monster that moves from room to room, eating scientists and growing, blob-like. We saw the game at E3 and enjoyed its premise, as well as its satisfying monster animation. It’s coming out on Xbox One and Windows PC via Steam some time in 2020.
4.CRUSADER KINGS 3
Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive
The next installment in Paradox Interactive’s 15-year-old grand strategy franchise is arriving next year on Windows PC. Once again, players scheme and strategize as they build a medieval dynasty. This time, we’re promised a map four times more detailed than the one in Crusader Kings 2 and 3D-rendered characters. Crusader Kings 3 takes place from the Viking Age through to the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul. As in the real medieval world, leaders can create cadet branches of their dynasty, usually via marriage negotiations and the placement of a favored love child. These can be brought to heel, when necessary.
5.CYBERPUNK 2077
We’ve been waiting a long time for this one; the very first teaser trailer showed up back in 2013. Developed by CD Projekt Red, the team behind The Witcher 3, it’s a neon tale of greed, technology, and deception. The first-person game is set in a future megacity, run by various factions of militarized corporations and criminal gangs. It stars a class-based customizable mercenary with upgradeable combat abilities. It’s out on April 16 for Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. Anyways, it's up and running...or is it?