Seems like not a lot of stuff has come out this year, not sure if it’s just me or what.

I wanted to make a list of upcoming titles to look for and it’s kind of dire. Found this:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/2024-upcoming-games-release-schedule/1100-6518504/#March

and this:

https://www.metacritic.com/news/major-new-and-upcoming-video-games-ps5-xbox-switch-pc/

Looking at April:

Maybe Grounded (PS5, Switch) - April 16 if they do a physical edition, which I believe they are.

Stellar Blade (PS5) - April 26

After that…

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Xbox Series X|S, PC) - May 21

System Shock (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One) - May 21

I guess we’ll have to wait for whatever announcements are going to happen in June when we would have had E3 to see how the rest of the year looks…

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    7 months ago

    No. As others have said, there’s just a lack of information about what’s coming out. Basically starting last year, companies got fed up with announcing release dates that they can’t meet, which has a tangible marketing expense on their side, among other problems. So now we basically only hear about games’ release dates when they’re imminent. This year, we’ve gotten:

    • Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
    • Balatro
    • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
    • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
    • Penny’s Big Breakaway
    • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
    • Tekken 8
    • The Thaumaturge
    • Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes

    …and while it’s divisive, I quite liked Alone in the Dark.

    We’ve got the likes of Palworld and Enshrouded in early access, with No Rest for the Wicked to join them shortly.

    There are a couple of games from smaller developers and publishers I’ve got my eye on with likely or confirmed 2024 release dates. They may have a wide spread in quality when reviews hit, but some of them could be winners, especially since they’re in genres currently underrepresented by the wider market:

    • Aero GPX
    • Agent 64: Spies Never Die
    • Big Boy Boxing
    • Broken Roads
    • Conscript
    • Commandos: Origins
    • Core Decay
    • Fallen Aces
    • Kingmakers
    • Phantom Fury
    • The Plucky Squire
    • Streets of Rogue 2
    • Tempest Rising
    • Titan Quest II
    • V Rising (1.0 release)
    • Warside

    Then some other noteworthy games that are likely going to be very good and have a real shot at releasing this year:

    • Avowed
    • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
    • Dragon Age: Dreadwolf
    • Gears 6
    • Hollow Knight: Silksong
    • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
    • Judas
    • Mina the Hollower
    • The Rise of the Golden Idol

    What this year doesn’t have, at least so far, is a clear front runner like Baldur’s Gate 3 or God of War, but there’s more than half of the year left.