Unconfirmed 2019 Games We re Excited To See

24 Entertainment took inspiration from a few different genres and concepts when crafting this release, resulting in a surprisingly refreshing experience. Naraka: Bladepoint features an assortment of heroes who each come with unique abilities, and they take a bit of practice to master. Solo runs are an option , but players can also form teams if they wish to add cooperative play. The combat takes hints from hack and slash juggernauts like Devil May Cry , making the game a great pick for people who prefer that type of sys


Halo Infinite will definitely be a flex by Microsoft to bring back old 360 players who jumped to Sony over the next generation, and we think it could — if they fix a few things. With that in mind, there's a lot we'd like to see stay, too, so we're going to look at both sides of the argum


One thing that really sets Halo apart from other shooters is its unique weaponry. Yet, even with many newly-imagined guns, developers have found ways to make players feel like their shot will hurt. This is something that dates back to the original title from 2001, but it's a nice touch that we appreci


Nyland would sadly only return once more to the series following his initial two works, but Ghosts of Onyx is quite the sendoff. While his first two novels focused on Master Chief's birth as a Spartan and his trip home following the events of Combat Evolved , Ghosts of Onyx shifts away from John-117 and focuses on the Spartan-III program. When John's wave of Spartan soldiers was mostly declared missing in action, the UNSC replaced them with a new program that recruited minors orphaned by the ongoing war. Onyx covers the beginnings of that program and the discovery of a Forerunner artifact that would narratively help bridge the gap between Bungie's work on Halo __ and the story 343 Industries wanted to tell. All three books feature throughlines and story beats that serve as the backbone for every future story told in Halo 's unive


That said, there’s a touch of hesitancy about _Beyond Good & Evil 2 _ . Games that have spent this long in development hell rarely come out of the other side unscathed, and some are therefore wondering if _Beyond Good & Evil 2 _ will be everything that fans want it to be. It still doesn’t have a release date, but with development forging ahead and a beta planned for this year , there’s every chance a 2019 launch is in the wo


The universe of Halo beyond the games is vast, with many characters and stories that wouldn't fit into the confines of a first-person shooter. Halo: Fractures is a short story collection that reads like a primer on the greater universe. Each bite-sized story is written by a different author and serves as a gateway to a whole other branch of novels and extended fiction. Several of the stories, like Into the Fire and Promises to Keep , serve as connective tissue between other novels and introduce characters that have years of stories ahead of them. Because of this, the book serves as the ultimate sampler platter, a season of variety TV all about introducing someone to every corner of a franchise that is about much more than just shooting Halo's aliens in their weak poin


Launching on PC in August 2021 before making its way to the Xbox Series X/S a year later, Naraka: Bladepoint was originally a premium product, but the game went free-to-play in July 2023. This transition breathed new life into the battle royale title, hopefully ensuring it will last for quite a few years longer. While this genre is oversaturated and dominated by a few key names, Naraka: Bladepoint offers a reasonably fresh take on the battle royale blueprint, primarily thanks to its focus on melee action rather than shooter gamep


Halo Infinite looks to buck this trend by returning to many things that nostalgic fans of Halo: Combat Evolved might remember. However, it's likely that 343 will also continue to reference the stories told outside the game, especially if Infinite hopes to fill a map the size of a Halo ring . To catch up on the best stories already told in the world of Halo novels, click here are the best selections from across the long history of Master Chief fict

This is one I've personally been looking forward to for ages. Like The Medium, Kena: Bridge of Spirits also has to do with blending our world with the spirit world, but in this case Kena is tasked with helping the recently deceased traverse lands plagued by wretched evils. She uses a staff to wallop said wretched evils in their wretched skulls, and the staff can also become a bow - because why not? If Ori taught us anything, it's that spirit weapons don't follow the same rules as regular ones. I'm all for a magic staff-bow in a weird world-but-not-the-real-world.


League of Legends is one of the biggest and most engaging MOBAs available on the market, alongside DOTA 2 . These two top-down-style PvP releases can be a ton of fun but players won't be able to enjoy them on Xbox. Instead, players seeking a MOBA experience can download Smite for free on their Xbox console, giving them access to MOBA-inspired access that plays much better on a console than LoL or DOTA 2 would. The third-person over-the-shoulder perspective works insanely well for consoles, giving players the ability to aim their skill shots and abilities better, while also allowing them to move easily across the battlefield via thumbstick contr