Alien Isolation
Developer studio Creative Assembly picked up SEGA’s franchise based on Ridley Scott’s classic Alien film after last year’s beyond disastrous Aliens: Colonial Marines. This game takes the series back to its roots. The player assumes the role of Ellen Ripley’s daughter, aboard a desolate ship, attempting to simply escape before the Xenomorph catches you. The game not only boasts stunning next generation graphics, but also captures the feel of the 1979 film in its architecture, sounds, technology and dreadfully dark ambience. This game is genuinely terrifying and stressful, as the player must actively avoid the Xenomorph to reach the next checkpoint, but the Alien is not a scripted enemy. Its AI is random, and therefore its actions are unpredictable. In this game, you can get lucky, or you can get slaughtered, but no one will hear you scream.
Release: October 7th
Rated: M
Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
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Driveclub
Evolution Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment release this stunning motorsport simulating racer as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. Utilizing the PS4 sharing and social technology, Driveclub gives you solo racing options, as well as cooperative and competitive by joining up in clubs with your friends online.
Release: October 7th
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Rated: E
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NBA 2K15
The first wholly next generation NBA game adds a bunch of new technical features to bring you closer to the uncanny valley, and make you truly believe for the first time that you are LeBron James. The game boasts 5,000 new animations, more complex movesets, smart defensive AI, and team play matches.
Release: October 7th
Rated: E
Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Project Spark
Microsoft Studio’s ambitious game works in tandem with Surface tablets, and allows players to create, change and completely terraform their own worlds, and then play with friends within those worlds to combat monsters and collect treasures, boasting a potential for a vast and creative community of worlds akin to those of the Little Big Planet for PlayStation.
Release: October 7th
Rated: E 10+
Minecraft: PS4 Edition
I think this speaks for itself.
Release: October 7th
Rated: E 10+
Platforms: New to PS4 and Xbox One. Also on literally everything else.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (SSB4)
The fourth installment in Nintendo’s now classic crossover brawler series, Super Smash Bros. pits up to four players against one another as their favorite characters, all with unique moves and weapons on fighting stages from your favorite Nintendo games of the past. The goal: hit your opponents with attacks until they’re weak enough to be sent flying off the stage. Kind of like Sumo Wrestling, but with Mega Mushrooms. Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Starfox, Fire Emblem, Megaman, Earthbound and even games from the old disappointment Gyromite to current cult favorite Xenoblade Chronicles are represented here for fans. It’s accessible and simple enough for new players, and capable of complex dodging and combos for competitive veterans, and Nintendo now captures this difference in Smash for 3DS with different modes: For Fun and For Glory. The classic single player modes return, as well as online matches and the 3DS specific Smash Run mode.
Release: October 3rd
Rated: E 10+
Platforms: 3DS (soon for Wii U)
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
You are Talion, a ranger who loses everything, and is saved from the brink of death by the ghost of an ancient Wraith, gifting you enhanced abilities and the task of keeping Sauron’s forces at bay in this time between Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings stories. With the stealth style of Assassin’s Creed, and the quality combat of the Batman Arkham series, Warner Brothers and Monolith give us a quality blending of game styles, in addition to a new, robust Nemesis System, in which your enemies operate in a hierarchy, remember encounters and have randomized strengths and weaknesses, making your experience with Sauron’s Orcs and Uruk-Hai armies in the valley of Udûn unique to your actions.
Release: September 30th
Rated: M
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC (November release PS3 and Xbox 360)
Coming Soon:
Boarderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Bayonetta 2
Sunset Overdrive
Are you excited about any of these games, or new ones coming up soon? Have you played any of them? Feel free to mention in the comments!
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