The following list will detail ten of the most hotly anticipated titles with no concrete launch day we sincerely hope make it into 2020. A couple are long shots, but the way the industry works, a trailer for any one of these could drop tomorrow with a release date set for six months away.
10 Dying Light 2
The sequel to Techland’s surprise hit was supposed to come out in the spring of this year before being pushed back indefinitely. The game’s ambition exceeds its predecessor, making a push back somewhat logical. With Chris Avellone in the head writer’s chair, the narrative will surely be more compelling than the debut.
Player choice is also going to have a dramatic impact on the way the story plays out, leading to numerous branching paths. The team should take all the time they need, but players will be pretty happy if they see it by fall, especially if it fulfills their lofty expectations.
9 Bayonetta 3
Bayonetta’s continued existence is thanks to Nintendo. The third entry was announced way back at the game awards in 2017, and it hasn’t let out a peep since then other than a confirmation of its continued development. With this much time having passed, a trailer is sure to pop up soon.
At least Nintendo fans looking for more mature content have a wider variety of options these days thanks to the Switch’s increased third party lineup, but Bayonetta provides an experience no other game can match. In the meantime, fans of the witch have to hold themselves over by playing as her in Super Smash Bros..
8 Gods And Monsters
Originally set for release on February 25th of this year, Gods and Monsters was pushed back along with Watch Dogs: Legion and Rainbow Six: Quarantine until an unspecified time.
While still an open-world adventure, the title looks significantly different than other Ubisoft AAA titles, feeling like it takes more cues from Breath of the Wild than Far Cry. Instead of being in Hyrule and facing off against Gannon, however, the game is inspired by Greek myths, appropriate seeing as how it comes from makers of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey.
7 Beyond Good And Evil 2
By far the entry with the longest development time, Beyond Good And Evil 2 emerged from its slumber in 2017 to announce development had once again started on the once thought doomed project. Creator Michel Ancel warned fans the title was still years away.
Well, it is now years away from 2017 and the team at Ubisoft Montpellier has been hard at work on the ambitious sequel, so it wouldn’t be surprising to get a new trailer paired with a release date sometime soon.
6 Metroid Prime 4
This is probably the least likely to come out this year, but stranger things have happened. Development essentially restarted early last year after Retro Studios, the developer of the original Metroid Prime trilogy, took over on the project.
Perhaps the team already had a clear vision of what they would like to do with the powerful heroine and hit the ground running, making a late-year release a slight possibility. As nice as it would be to see them make the holiday, we also don’t want them to rush, for both the sake of the game and the creators’ health.
5 Starfield
Bethesda has some making up to do, and what better chance to prove themselves than by coming out the gate swinging in the next generation with Starfield. It was announced as a next-generation title, though people know close to nothing about the project besides a logo.
The company has gotten in the habit of announcing big games at E3 and releasing them the following November, so this game launching alongside the PS5 and Xbox Series X isn’t totally outside the realm of possibility, and there’s always a possibility of it being their big showcase at the next E3. Whatever the case, they need to ensure it is less buggy than their prior releases, as people are less patient about those issues these days.
4 System Shock 3
If System Shock 3 releases next year, it’ll mark twenty-one years between entries in the series, one of the longest gaps gaming has ever seen. Despite the long absence of the cerebral RPG and FPS hybrid, many working on the new title also contributed to either System Shock or System Shock 2.
Additionally, the story is set to be a direct continuation of the plot, featuring a slew of returning characters and further exploring SHODAN, the evil A.I. at the heart of the series.
3 Deltarune
Players already got a taste of Deltarune when Toby Fox released the first chapter as a surprise in 2018, later indicating that a full game was in development. As of June 2019, Fox is still working hard on the project, and no release date is in sight.
The nature of indie development makes it impossible to even estimate a release window, and 2020 is admittedly optimistic. Given the pedigree of his last project, 2015’s Undertale, fans are willing to give Fox all the time he needs to craft the best game possible.
2 Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hollow Knight is hailed as one of the finest Metroidvania titles out there, and that’s saying a lot coming from a genre named after two of the most iconic franchises of all time.
The new character was originally planned as a DLC expansion for the first game until it was decided to flesh out the chapter into a full-blown sequel. Don’t expect just a new set of levels, either, as the new character Hornet has a unique move set and feels different to control than the first game’s protagonist.
1 Breath Of The Wild 2
All fans have to feast themselves on for Breath of the Wild 2 is the enigmatic announcement trailer. The sequel to one of the most celebrated games of all time is set to take place on the same world map, which is large and varied for two adventure games to fit inside without feeling tired or redundant.
As for plot details and gameplay changes, all people have to go on is theories and hints taken from the trailer. Breath of the Wild was released in 2017, so it’s not too far of a stretch to think a new mainline Legend of Zelda title will come out in 2020.
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