2017: A Year in Preview
With a new year rolling around it is time to look ahead and salivate at what the gaming world has to offer for the next 12 months.
We've narrowed down what we can into months and quarters to make it a bit easier but as we all know changes may happen at any time, if there is any big announcements the plan is to keep this list updated throughout the year.
We've kept it to Console releases at
the moment so as to not create a huge list with PC and early release/different
release times.
Another note is the Nintendo Switch, more details will be released later this month along with what we suspect will be some game confirmations and timing details, keep an eye out for that.
January
There is no mistaking the most anticipated to kick off the year is Resident Evil 7, also available on PSVR (no thank you!) Kingdom Hearts gets closer to that magical number 3 and Gravity Rush 2 will have us inspired once again. Let's not forget The Flame in the Flood finally makes its way to the PS4.
· Hatsune
Miku: Project Diva Future Tone (PS4)
· Rise
& Shine (Xbox One)
· Pit
People (Xbox One)
· Fate/EXTELLA:
The Umbral Star (PS4, Vita)
· Gravity
Rush 2 (PS4)
· Tales
of Berseria (PS4)
· The
Flame in the Flood (PS4)
· Resident
Evil 7 (PS4, PSVR, Xbox One)
· Kingdom
Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (PS4)
· Double
Dragon 4 (PS4)
· Dynasty
Warriors: Godseekers (PS4, Vita)
· Divide
(PS4)
· Call
of Duty: Infinite Warfare Sabotage DLC (PS4) (30 days early)
· Hitman:
The Complete First Season (PS4, Xbox One)
· Yakuza
0 (PS4)
February
Oh February, why do you hate my wallet
so, blockbuster after blockbuster, where do you really start. Ubisoft is taking
us back to the time of Vikings, Knights and the Samurai with For Honour, Halo
gets another chapter in Halo Wars 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn in all its beauty
will take your breath away. If there isn't something this month for you to love
you're a hard one to crack.
· Nioh (PS4)
· For
Honor (PS4, Xbox One)
· Sniper
Elite 4 (PS4, Xbox One)
· Halo
Wars 2 (Xbox One)
· Lego
Worlds (PS4, Xbox One)
· Ys
Origin (PS4, Vita)
· Horizon
Zero Dawn (PS4)
· Torment:
Tides of Numenera (PS4, Xbox One)
· Aaero
(PS4, Xbox One)
March
What do we say about March? Nintendo looks to be releasing the Switch after a bit of a sneak peek last year, the trekie in me is aching for Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Mass Effect has people chewing nails waiting for it, but the big one for me, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, more on that in the show!
· Ghost
Recon: Wildlands (PS4, Xbox One)
· Nier:
Automata (PS4)
· Star
Trek: Bridge Crew (PSVR)
· Danganronpa
1&2 Reload (PS4)
· Mass
Effect: Andromeda (PS4, Xbox One)
· Troll
and I (PS4, Xbox One)
· Dreamfall
Chapters (PS4, Xbox One)
· Kingdom
Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (PS4)
· MLB
The Show 17 (PS4)
· Nintendo
Switch console launch – March
· Ultimate
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Xbox One)
Q1 / early 2017
The first quarter of 2017 is rounded up
with a list of fantastic titles. Keep an eye out for South Park, The Fall Part
2, The Division's final DLC for year one and of course Tekken 7. A bit of a
sleeper I am calling will make a big splash is Blackwood Crossing, been
following this one for a while now.
· Outlast
2 (PS4, Xbox One)
· South
Park: The Fractured But Whole (PS4, Xbox One)
· The
Fall Part 2: Unbound (PS4)
· Syberia
3 (PS4, Xbox One)
· Styx:
Shards of Darkness (PS4, Xbox One)
· Everspace
– full release (Xbox One)
· The
Wild Eight (Xbox One)
· Faeria
(PS4, Xbox One)
· Black
the Fall (PS4, Xbox One)
· Neuro
Voider (PS4, Xbox One)
· The
Division: DLC 3 Last Stand (PS4, Xbox One)
· Shadow
Warrior 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
· Verdun
– (Xbox One)
· Strafe
(PS4)
· Victor
Vran (PS4, Xbox One)
· Tekken
7 (PS4, Xbox One)
· The
Church in the Darkness (PS4, Xbox One)
· Vikings
– Wolves of Midgard (PS4, Xbox One)
· Blackwood
Crossing (PS4, Xbox One)
· Hand
of Fate 2 (PS4)
· Megaton
Rainfall (PS4, PSVR)
· Old
Time Hockey (PS4, Xbox One)
April
April is the start of the yearly
"slow season" when talking about gaming releases, while in the past
few years it has brought us a couple of Game of the Year awards this year is
not shaping up as highly.
· Sniper:
Ghost Warrior 3 (PS4, Xbox One)
· Persona
5 (PS4)
· Bulletstorm:
Full Clip Edition (PS4, Xbox One)
· Yooka-Laylee
(PS4, Xbox One)
· SUDA51’s
The Silver Case remaster (PS4)
· Dragon
Quest Heroes 2 (PS4)
Q2 / Autumn 2017
Q2 is definitely the
"quiet" period in the gaming calendar. E3 is coming up and
everyone is gearing up for the next big thing. But a little gem in Little
Nightmares from Bandai Namco is awaiting, be sure to keep an eye out for more
information as we can get a hold of it.
· Conan
Exiles – Xbox Game Preview (Xbox One)
· Lego
City Undercover (PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
· Little
Nightmares (PS4, Xbox One)
· Get
Even (PS4, Xbox One)
· Sonic
Mania (PS4, Xbox One)
· What
Remains of Edith Finch (PS4, Xbox One)
· Toukiden
2 (PS4)
· Rime
(PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
· Final
Fantasy 14: Stormblood (PS4)
· Cuphead
(Xbox One)
· Celeste
(PS4)
· Agony
(PS4, Xbox One)
· Gas
Guzzlers Extreme – (PS4)
· Elite:
Dangerous – (PS4)
· Valkyria
Revolution – (PS4, Vita, Xbox One)
· Yonder:
The Cloud Catcher Chronicles – (PS4)
· Fallen
Legion – (PS4, Vita)
The rest of 2017
The rest of the year, take these with a grain of salt, the only one I am saying is a definite though is Red Dead Redemption 2, (people will riot with a delay) while I am not happy with the name, or the perceived story I am exciting to be heading into the west again. Check out our show for more info on this one.
· Wipeout
Omega Collection (PS4)
· Yakuza
Kiwami (PS4)
· Berserk
(Omega Force IP) (PS4, Vita)
· Project
Sonic (PS4, Switch)
· Rock
of Ages 2 – (PS4, Xbox One)
· Warhammer
40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr (PS4, Xbox One)
· Marvel
vs. Capcom: Infinite – (PS4, Xbox One)
· Scalebound (Xbox
One)
· Ace
Combat 7 (PS4, PSVR)
· Sea
of Thieves (Xbox One)
· Agents
of Mayhem (PS4, Xbox One)
· Crackdown
3 (Xbox One)
· Detroit:
Become Human (PS4)
· Call
of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game (PS4, Xbox One)
· Monster
Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS4, Xbox One)
· Crash
Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (1-3 remasters) (PS4)
· Overkill’s
The Walking Dead (PS4, Xbox One)
· Gwent:
The Witcher Card Game (PS4, Xbox One)
· Knack
2 (PS4)
· Hellblade (PS4)
· Farpoint
– (PSVR)
· Hob
(PS4)
· Neopolis
(PS4)
· Vane
(PS4)
· PaRappa
the Rapper Remastered (PS4)
· LocoRoco
Remastered (PS4)
· Patapon
Remastered (PS4)
· Nex
Machina (PS4)
· Ni
No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (PS4)
· Dreadnought
(PS4)
· Full
Throttle Remastered (PS4)
· Absolver
(PS4)
· Move
or Die (PS4)
· Uncharted:
The Lost Legacy (Uncharted 4 standalone DLC) (PS4)
· Windjammers
(PS4, Vita)
· Omen
of Sorrow (PS4, Xbox One)
· Games
of Glory (PS4)
· Polybius
(PS VR)
· Below
(Xbox One)
· Space
Hulk: Deathwing (PS4, Xbox One)
· Shovel
Knight: Specter of Torment (PS4, Xbox One)
· Surf
World Series (PS4, Xbox One)
· Guardians
of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (PS4, Xbox One)
· Nidhogg
2 (PS4)
· Dino
Frontier (PS VR)
· Danganronpa
V3: Killing Harmony (PS4, Vita)
· Osiris:
New Dawn (PS4, Xbox One)
· State
of Decay 2 (Xbox One)
· Lady
Layton: The Millionaire Ariadone’s Conspiracy (3DS)
· Gran
Turismo Sport (PS4)
· Pyre
(PS4)
· Final
Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age (PS4)
· Need
for Speed title (PS4, Xbox One)
· Rain
World (PS4)
· Star
Wars: Battlefront 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
· Red
Dead Redemption 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
· Seasons
of Heaven (Switch)
· Fe
(PS4, Xbox One)
· Days
Gone (PS4)
· Injustice
2 (PS4, Xbox One)
· Phantom
Dust Remaster (Xbox One)
· Tokyo
42 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
· The
Last of Us Part 2 (PS4)
· Death
Stranding (PS4)
· God
of War (PS4)
· Spider-Man
(PS4)
· Metal
Gear Survive (PS4, Xbox One)
· Quake
Champions (??????)
· Vampyr
(PS4, Xbox One)
· Raiders
of the Broken Planet (PS4)
· Prey (PS4,
Xbox One)
· Kingdom
Come: Deliverance (PS4)
· The
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U, Switch)
So that's it. A nice little run down of the majority of confirmed and
possible releases for 2017. You'll see this post pop up from time to time
throughout the year as better information comes to hand and hopefully there
will be a few more video's over on our Youtube page to help you get hyped for
your next big hit.
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