Half of 2018 is already past and we’ve seen some awesome games this year. As for the remaining half, the excitement only doubles because it is a gamers’ heaven. Some of the major players of the gaming industry are releasing their flagships. You need only the best keypad for gamingas all the games on the list except for Red Dead Redemption 2 are also being released for PC. Take a look at the 10 most awaited games of this year:
Forza Horizon 4
Forza Horizon series will be back with the 4thinstallment in October. This game will be set in a fictional world United Kingdom. The seasons are a special addition to the game as the seasons are fixed across the game’s servers and all players will experience the same season at a time. Forza Horizon is an open world racing video game and Forza Horizon 4 will offer racing in a synchronized shared world with up to 72 players per server. That doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to play offline. It will star over 450 cars and a route creator, which means that you can create your own races. Furthermore, you can also buy properties across the map to unlock new items.
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
This is the 7thexpansion of the massivelymultiplayer online RPG. After the eminentrelease of Legion, the Battle for Azeroth is set to launch in August of 2018. It will increase the player level cap up to 120 from 110 of the previous expansion. It will also introduce two new continents; Kul Tiras and Zandalar. Other additions include dungeons and raids, warfronts(20 Player PvE), and uncharted islands. Both Alliance and the Horde will have the opportunity to recruit four allied races each by completing quest chains.
Hitman 2
Hitman 2 is the seventh Hitman game and the sequel to 2016’s Hitman. The gameplay remains similar to the 2016’s Hitman but the game won’t be episodic. Instead,it will feature six missions that are set at six distinct locations around the world. As seen in the trailer, one of the six missions is set at an F1 racetrack in Miami. If you pre-order the game, you’ll be able to get immediate access to Hitman: Sniper Assassin which is a cooperative multiplayer mode. The game is set to be released on 13thNovember.
Red Dead Redemption 2
This is the much-anticipatedprequel to the 2010’s Red Dead Redemption. Arthur Morgan of the Van der Linde gang will be back with other outlaws and gunslingers of the Wild West. The game features both single-player and online multiplayer gameplay. The game will continue to use the Honor system of the previous game. It is set to release on October 26th.
Just Cause 4
The protagonist Rico Rodriguez will be back in Just Cause 4 on December 4th. This time around the game is set in a fictional country called Solis in South America where Rico fights off the recurring paramilitary group called the Black Hand. The game will be difficultas improvements have been made to the game’s AI to make the non-player characters more dangerous. Just Cause 4 will feature extreme weather conditions like blizzards, sandstorms, tornadoes etc.
Fallout 76
Fallout 76 is the ninth game in the Fallout series and the narrative prequel. It is four times bigger than the last Fallout 4. It will be released on November 14th. The game is set in the green and grassy hills of West Virginia and will feature new creatures based on the local folklore. It will be an always-online game as Fallout 76 is ditching NPC interaction for multiplayer base-building survival action.
Battlefield V
Battlefield V will be focusing back on WWII. The game will feature a handful of new multiplayer modes including Tides of War, Battle Royale,andGrand Operations. It will not feature any loot boxes or premium passes. The game will also feature a collection of single-player War Stories.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
COD Black Ops 4 has made some substantial changes to the gameplay and won’t be featuring the traditional single-player campaign. Instead,now it only offers multiplayer, zombies and battle royale mode. It is the first COD game to feature two separate storylines for Zombies; Voyage of Despair which takes place on Titanic, and IX, which takes place in an ancient Rome arena.
Assasin’s Creed Odyssey
The game is set to be released on 5thOctober and offers many new features. It will be taking place in ancient Greece, a few hundred years before the events of Assassin’s Creed Origins. It will feature dialogue options, branching quests, and multiple endings. You can choose the gender of your player (Alexios or Kassandra) and will be able to develop romantic relationshipswith non-playable characters.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
We’ve experienced Lara taking on tropical islands and snow-cappedmountains, but this time around we’ll experience deep and dangerous jungles. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the final edition of the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy and will release on September 14th. The game will take place in South America as Lara faces the evil Trinity Organization and accidentallytriggers an apocalyptic cataclysm by removing a sacred Mayan dagger from its resting place.