OPEN WORLD ACTION
Open worlds are all the rage at the moment, particularly for big
studios with the budgets to create massive virtual playgrounds. There are some
promising specimens coming in 2015, including the delayed release of Batman:
Arkham Knight. Elsewhere, Assassin's Creed: Victory will give us Victorian
London to explore, GTA 5's Los Santos is sure to amaze and we're getting the
madness of MGS 5: Phantom Pain on PC as well. We're also excited
about The
Witcher 3's open world. You'll find that on our RPG page.
Developer: Rockstar
North
Publisher: Rockstar
Release date: 27 January, 2015
Link: Official site
Took them long enough. Grand Theft Auto 5 first came out late-2013 to critical acclaim and commercial success. Last year, it made it to PS4 and Xbox One, and now, finally, PC is getting its turn. It'll be worth the wait. Not only does the PC version get all the features of the enhanced editions—including amassively expanded soundtrack and first-person mode—it will also boast native 4K support. PC is soon to be the definitive way to travel Los Santos.
Publisher: Rockstar
Release date: 27 January, 2015
Link: Official site
Took them long enough. Grand Theft Auto 5 first came out late-2013 to critical acclaim and commercial success. Last year, it made it to PS4 and Xbox One, and now, finally, PC is getting its turn. It'll be worth the wait. Not only does the PC version get all the features of the enhanced editions—including amassively expanded soundtrack and first-person mode—it will also boast native 4K support. PC is soon to be the definitive way to travel Los Santos.
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Release date: 2015
Link: Official site
Big Boss returns for the sequel to Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, and the prequel to Metal Gear 1. Okay, so the timeline—hell, the entire Metal Gear plot—can be confusing. All you need to know is that The Phantom Pain promises an expansive stealth adventure set across a series of large open-world environments. Not only that, but here you're actually building up Big Boss's mercenary haven.
Publisher: Konami
Release date: 2015
Link: Official site
Big Boss returns for the sequel to Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, and the prequel to Metal Gear 1. Okay, so the timeline—hell, the entire Metal Gear plot—can be confusing. All you need to know is that The Phantom Pain promises an expansive stealth adventure set across a series of large open-world environments. Not only that, but here you're actually building up Big Boss's mercenary haven.
You can capture guards, upgrade buildings and even befriend a
one-eyed wolf cub.
Batman:
Arkham Knight
Developer: Rocksteady
Publisher: Warner Brothers Interactive
Release date: June 2
Link: Official site
The Arkham series is still one of the best interactive realisations of a superhero fantasy ever, and that’s hopefully set to continue with Arkham Knight. It’s already clear from early stealth and combat demos that AK is taking a the-same-but-bigger approach to the latest sequel, but technological advances have allowed for a massive leap in fidelity since Arkham City. The new city is huge, incredibly detailed, and full of criminals to punch, and punch them we will repeatedly in June.
Publisher: Warner Brothers Interactive
Release date: June 2
Link: Official site
The Arkham series is still one of the best interactive realisations of a superhero fantasy ever, and that’s hopefully set to continue with Arkham Knight. It’s already clear from early stealth and combat demos that AK is taking a the-same-but-bigger approach to the latest sequel, but technological advances have allowed for a massive leap in fidelity since Arkham City. The new city is huge, incredibly detailed, and full of criminals to punch, and punch them we will repeatedly in June.
Assassin’s Creed Victory
Image via Kotaku.
Developer:Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release date: TBA
Link: Announcement
A collection of leaked images revealed the setting for the next Assassin’s Creed game: Victorian London! It’s an excellent fit for AssCreed, and we already have very clear opinions about what Ubi should and shouldn’t do with it. Most of all we hope it won’t slip out with all the technical problems that Assassin’s Creed Unity had. Will Ubi’s strict annual launch schedule claim another victim, or will Victory be a rainy, smoggy return to form for the series?
Developer:Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release date: TBA
Link: Announcement
A collection of leaked images revealed the setting for the next Assassin’s Creed game: Victorian London! It’s an excellent fit for AssCreed, and we already have very clear opinions about what Ubi should and shouldn’t do with it. Most of all we hope it won’t slip out with all the technical problems that Assassin’s Creed Unity had. Will Ubi’s strict annual launch schedule claim another victim, or will Victory be a rainy, smoggy return to form for the series?
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