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Happy new year, or almost new year, or just\u2026 whatever time it is when you\u2019re reading this. For me, it\u2019s the very tail end of 2025, and what better time to take a look ahead at some of the games coming out in the new year? Here are 2026\u2019s biggest game releases<\/p>\n
Before we get into it, just a heads up that this is by no means a 100% comprehensive guide to all the games coming out in 2026, as many of those haven\u2019t even been announced yet. Also, as always, release dates are subject to change – I made something very much like this exactly a year ago in which I told you that GTA would be the biggest game of 2025\u2026 assuming it came out in 2025, which it didn\u2019t. So, this is true in our regular monthly game release updates, but it\u2019s especially true when we\u2019re talking about games that are 11 months away, or games that don\u2019t have release dates yet.<\/p>\n
January<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n On January 15, Animal Crossing: New Horizons gets a new lease on life, and also a new mortgage to pay off when the beloved debt, yard work, and interior decoration sim comes to Switch 2 – and if you happen to be one of the 50 million people who bought Animal Crossing on the original Switch, you\u2019ll be happy to hear that you can upgrade to the Switch 2 version for just 5 bucks. Meanwhile, if you\u2019re still playing on Switch 1, you\u2019ll still be getting access to a ton of new features with the 3.0 update, which adds a ton of new features including hotel renovation, and in-game items based on other Nintendo properties, as well as LEGO\u2019s line of Animal Crossing sets. <\/p>\n
You can\u2019t spell \u201cPurchase a Game In January\u201d without JRPG, or a lot of other letters, but this is the time of year when fans of that particular genre are bound to be especially busy. Still on the 15th, there\u2019s The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond The Horizon, which is the seventeenth installment in The Legend of Heroes series, or the thirteenth installment in the Trails series, and a direct sequel to 2022\u2019s Legend of Heroes Trails Through Daybreak II. That\u2019s coming to all the Switches, PlayStations, and PC.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nHighguard is the new PvP game from ex-Titanfall and Apex Legends devs, landing January 26.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
On the 22nd, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade comes to Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series as well as Xbox on PC – this includes the base game, all the visual and technical improvements that it got when it was ported to PS5, a whole side story that follows Yuffie, and this latest release will add a new streamlined mode that maxes out your party\u2019s stats and has all attacks do 9,999 damage so you can just blow through the story.<\/p>\n
Not quite a JRPG, but JRPG-adjacent, Dynasty Warriors Origins also hits Switch 2 that day, alongside the Visions of Four Heroes DLC expansion, which also comes to the other platforms the game\u2019s already on.<\/p>\n
On the 26th, Highguard drops, which is the new PVP raid game from a bunch of ex-Respawn devs who worked on Titanfall and Apex Legends – and while you can see some similar DNA, it\u2019s clearly going a very different direction, and instead of bunch of a bunch of wallrunning dudes and Neil Blomkamp mechs, it\u2019s got more fantasy flair – so if you\u2019ve ever wanted to bear arms while riding a bear, go nuts. That\u2019s free to play on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series.<\/p>\n
Finally, rounding out January\u2019s JRPGs, on the 28th there’s The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, an open-world RPG based on the hit anime series for PS5, PC, and mobile. And then on the 30th, there\u2019s Code Vein 2, the sequel to Bandai Namco\u2019s 2019 vampire anime soulslike, which is on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.<\/p>\n
At some point in January, 2XKO will hit PS5 and Xbox series, which is Riot Games\u2019 2v2 fighting game featuring a roster of characters from League of Legends – that\u2019s been in early access on PC since October.<\/p>\n
February<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n On February 5, Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined hits PS5, Xbox Series, both Switches, and PC. Originally released stateside for PS1 in 2001, and then 3DS 15 years after that, it\u2019s now getting a full modern overhaul. JRPGs aren\u2019t exactly known for being concise, but this one is pretty infamously beefy, and don\u2019t be surprised if you sink 100 hours into this just doing the main quest.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d rather just make a bunch of colorful characters hit each other, My Hero Academia: All\u2019s Justice is a 3v3 arena fighter featuring several dozen characters from the beloved anime series. That\u2019s on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC February 6.<\/p>\n
Also on the 6th is Nioh 3, the third installment in Team Ninja\u2019s tough-as-balls soulslike series that is actually its first true sequel, as Nioh 2 took place before the events of the first game – which probably has no bearing whatsoever on the moment to moment combat that\u2019s the main selling point here. That\u2019s on PS5 and PC.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nNioh 3 promises even more tough-as-balls soulslike action on February 6. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
On February 11, Romeo is a Deadman is the latest whackadoo action game from Suda51 and the fine folks at Grasshopper Manufacture, who gave us such cult classics as Killer7 and No More Heroes – this latest one looks to be as stylish, absurd, and over-the-top as we\u2019ve come to expect. That\u2019s on PS5, Xbox series and PC. I\u2019ve had the pleasure of interviewing a lot of really interesting people in this job, and Suda is one of my favorites – we did one with him years ago where we asked a bunch of really stupid questions rapid-fire and he didn\u2019t skip a beat. So anyway, I\u2019m happy to see he\u2019s keeping busy making weird cool games.<\/p>\n
On the 12th, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties hits everything but Xbox One. Yakuza 3 was originally released for the PS3 back in 2009, and though it was included with the remastered collection in 2019, that version didn’t get any major graphical or gameplay improvements. Kiwami 3, on the other hand, is a full modern overhaul, so this\u2019ll play as great as it looks – and the Dark Ties expansion is a whole new side story. <\/p>\n
Still that day on Switch 2 is Mario Tennis Fever, which may sound like a fun casual sports game, but it\u2019s also a very serious medical condition that can be deadly if not treated immediately. If you develop symptoms of Mario Tennis Fever while playing this game, please consult a Dr. Mario.<\/p>\n
On the 13th we\u2019re getting High on Life 2, the follow-up to the excellent 2022 first-person metroidvania – and between the first game, its High on Knife DLC, and now this, I gotta give the team at Squanch Games credit for shipping two and a half Metroid Prime-likes in half the time it took Retro to get Metroid Prime 4 out the door. Also, High on Life 2 is the only way you can legally purchase the classic 1991 Wisdom Tree platformer Bible Adventures for current consoles.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nEveryone’s favourite Leon is back for Resident Evil: Requiem, out February 27.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
On February 20, Ys X: Proud Nordics is the latest Japanese action RPG rooted in Scandinavian folklore – and it\u2019s actually an enhanced re-release of 2023\u2019s Ys X: Nordics, but with enough added abilities, bosses and levels that it\u2019s apparently very proud of itself. That\u2019s coming to PS5, PC, and Switch 2.<\/p>\n
On the 24th, Tides of Tomorrow hits PS5, Xbox Series and PC, which is set in a vibrant post-apocalyptic ocean world that\u2019s riddled with microplastics, and where the choices made by other players in their game will affect how the narrative in yours unfolds.<\/p>\n
On February 27, Resident Evil: Requiem – or the ninth mainline entry, if you\u2019re keeping count – hits Xbox Series, PS5, PC, and Switch 2. I\u2019m fairly late to the Resident Evil party, but as someone who liked 7, loved 8, and adored the remakes, I\u2019m fairly lukewarm on what I\u2019ve seen of this one so fair – but I\u2019m also willing to give it a shot, since that team has been knocking it out the park with this series.<\/p>\n
Any Switch 2 owners looking to play catchup, Resident Evil 7 and 8 – AKA Biohazard and Village – are also coming to the hybrid handheld that day as well. They got cloud-streamed versions on Switch 1, but this is the first time they\u2019ll be playable locally on Nintendo hardware. <\/p>\n
March<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n On March 5, Pokemon Pokopia comes to Switch 2, which sort of looks like Animal Crossing, except you play as a ditto who is masquerading as a human being, something that will never not be totally unsettling. <\/p>\n
Hitting PC, Xbox Series and PS5 on March 12, John Carpenter\u2019s Toxic Commando is a post-apocalyptic co-op FPS that\u2019s been developed by the World War Z team with some input from the legendary horror filmmaker turned grouchy hardcore gamer, and it looks as though it\u2019ll sit well with anyone wishing the Left 4 Dead franchise hadn\u2019t been\u2026 abandoned in a seemingly deceased state. That\u2019s on Xbox Series, PS5, and PC.<\/p>\n
That same day on PC is Solasta 2, the follow-up to the very well-received 2021 tactical CRPG, which should click with anybody who\u2019s had their fill of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 and needs to kill some time before Divinity.<\/p>\n
Also on March 12, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake hits all the newer consoles and PC, and that\u2019s a modern do-over of the 2003 survival horror game that\u2019s sort of like Pok\u00e9mon Snap but with scary ghosts instead of cute animals.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nMassive open-world action game Crimson Desert saddles up for action on March 19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
If you\u2019d prefer a game about making friends scary animals, on the 13th, there\u2019s Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection for those same platforms, which puts a more conventional turn-based JRPG spin on Capcom\u2019s hit creature clobberer series. <\/p>\n
If you\u2019re more into big huge sprawling open-world RPGs with fast-paced realtime combat, on the 19th there\u2019s Crimson Desert, the single player spinoff of Black Desert Online. That\u2019s on Xbox Series, PS5, and PC.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d rather just shoot olde tymie cartoon criminal critters, Mouse: P.I. For Hire looks to like a boomer shooter with Cuphead aesthetics – that\u2019s on everything<\/p>\n
On March 26, Screamer hits PS5, Xbox Series, and PS5 – I heard about this game a while ago, and was wondering what was taking so long since the gameplay looked like it was in a pretty good state. The trailer that dropped during The Game Awards answered the hell out of that question: in addition to being a racing game, this is also a cyberpunk anime, and it sure looks like those cutscenes took a while. So, if you\u2019ve ever wished for a cross between Redline and Initial D with playable races, here you go!<\/p>\n
April<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n On April 16, yet another game with literary inspirations is Cthulu: The Cosmic Abyss, a first person thriller mired in the unthinkable cosmic horrors of the works of H.P. Lovecraft, so that should be a nice cheerful jaunt. That\u2019s on Xbox Series, PS5, and PC.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nSaros, the successor to Returnal, arrives on April 30.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
On April 24 arrives Pragmata, which is a totally new sci-fi property from Capcom that pairs third-person shooting with some realtime hacking minigames, which seems cool. <\/p>\n
On a similar note, on April 30, the folks who gave us Returnal are back with Saros, a roguelite third-person bullet hell, which stars the wonderful Rahul Kohli and takes place in a sci-fi setting that\u2019s cribbing from Robert W. Chambers’ proto-lovecraftian classic, The King in Yellow.<\/p>\n
May<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n On May 8th, Mortal Kombat 2 hits theaters, the first of two very fun-looking fighting game movies. Something I very much appreciated about the first game is they didn\u2019t make use of the whole roster, and saved some big names for round two – namely, Johnny Cage, who looks to be very much the central focus of the sequel, and he\u2019s being played by the ever-delightful Karl Urban. Very excited to watch him do a split and punch someone in the groin.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nOur Arkham dreams (sort of) come true with LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight on May 29.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
On May 27, we\u2019ll get high speed chases and every other kind of action in 007 First Light, a game I\u2019m trying not to get too excited about, but which i can\u2019t not – after all, it\u2019s from the team behind Hitman: World of Assassinaiton, which is already basically the best James Bond game to date, except this one\u2019s actually about Ian Fleming\u2019s legendary spy. Anyway that\u2019s coming to all the newer consoles and PC.<\/p>\n
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is the closest thing to an Arkham game we\u2019ll be getting anytime soon, and while it might not have quite the massive roster of playable characters as TT Games\u2019 previous LEGO titles, it looks to be making up for it with much tighter combat. That\u2019s on all the newer boxes and also PC on May 29.<\/p>\n
September<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n Illfonic, the studio that gave us asymmetrical multiplayer horror games based on Friday the 13th, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and Predator are giving the granddaddy of all slashers the same treatment with John Carpenter\u2019s original Halloween, which\u2019ll also have a single player mode this time around. That\u2019s coming to Xbox Series, PS5 and PC on September 8.<\/p>\n
On September 12, Phantom Blade Zero hits PC and PS5, which looks like a soulslike or a hack and slash action game, and while it is an action RPG with lots of hacking and slashing, it\u2019s apparently doing its own thing that\u2019s somewhere in the middle – whatever the hell it is, buzz on this one is killer.<\/p>\n
October<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n Not a game, but obviously worth including is the newest Street Fighter movie, which looks like an absolute blast and I\u2019ve been hyping this movie up since the first casting announcements trickled out – it\u2019s directed by Kitao Sakurai, who is best known for his work with Eric Andre on the Eric Andre Show and the film Bad Trip, which has involved a lot of people getting injured in entertaining ways in public places as well as a few cars getting destroyed, so I think this movie is going to kick ass. That hits theaters October 16 and I will be there opening night.<\/p>\n
November<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\nGTA 6 finally, finally arrives on November 19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
And of course, the biggest game of 2026, the 2020s as a whole, and possibly all time, assuming it ever comes out, is Grand Theft Auto 6, which is hitting Xbox Series and PS5 on November 19 – a date which basically every other game in development is steering clear of. At this point we\u2019ve been waiting so long for this game that it\u2019s just stopped seeming like something I\u2019ll ever get to play – but someday, I\u2019ll get to actually play it, I think, and I hope it\u2019s this year!<\/p>\n
Now, that takes us to the very end of games that currently have release dates – but there a whole lot more that just have vague 2026 releases planned, so here\u2019s what we\u2019ve got right now:<\/p>\n
Sometime in 2026<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is expected sometime in the first quarter of 2026, which lets you strategically square off with Cylons on PC.<\/p>\n
At some point in 2026, Starfield is supposedly coming to PS5, and while Bethesda’s dropped a handful of updates post-launch, I feel like players weren\u2019t quite over the moon for this one – but who knows, maybe it\u2019ll get some more tweaks and content alongside its eventual PlayStation version.<\/p>\n
Super Meat Boy 3D adds a whole extra dimension to Team Meat\u2019s beloved indie platformer, and that\u2019s coming to PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.<\/p>\n
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is the latest offbeat and extremely cerebral CRPG from the developers of Disco Elysium. This is clearly a spiritual successor, but rather than take cues from detective fiction, Zero Parades is all about the world of espionage – specifically, the nerve-racking deception-based kind, not the sexy hollywood kind. That\u2019s coming to PC and PS5.<\/p>\n
If you want a game that takes place inside books, but involves a lot less reading, Chronoscript: The Endless End is an exploration based action-adventure sidescroller – or maybe more accurately, page turner. That\u2019s on PS5 and PC as well.<\/p>\n
Thick as Thieves is a PvPvE stealth game from Warren Spector, who was behind the original Deus Ex, and that\u2019s sneaking onto PS5, Xbox Series, and PC at some point in 2026<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re sad we haven\u2019t gotten a brand new Metal Gear Solid game in over a decade, you might want to keep an eye on Mudang: Two Hearts, which looks like like a similar blend of stealth, action, tactical military stuff, and over the top sci-fi nonsense, and that\u2019s coming to PS5, Xbox Series, and PC as well.<\/p>\n
If you like sequels, don\u2019t worry, they\u2019re still making lots of those: if you want to go on a power trip, you can be a tyrannical dictator in Tropico 7. If you\u2019d rather feel utterly powerless, you can get punched so hard your soul flies out of your body in Mortal Shell 2. Those are both on the big consoles and PC. On Switch 2 and PC, you can go dungeon-crawling through even more bullet hells in Enter the Gungeon 2.<\/p>\n
Onimusha: Way of the Sword marks the long-awated return of Capcom\u2019s PS2-era supernatural samurai series, and that\u2019s coming to Xbox Series, PS5, and PC. <\/p>\n
If you want to travel through time and fight some ex boyfriends, there\u2019s Scott Pilgrim EX, the long-awaited follow-up to hit beat-em-up based on Bryan Lee O\u2019Malley\u2019s beloved Canadian manga, which is on basically everything. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWolverine should pop his claws before the end of the year. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
Speaking of Canadians, Marvel\u2019s fan favorite canucklehead finally slices and dices his way onto PS5 sometime in the fall – Insomniac\u2019s long-awaited Wolverine game is clearly not shying away from an M-rating, but hopefully it\u2019s got as much brains and heart as it does blood and guts.<\/p>\n
Two other Marvel games are also in the works expected in 2026 at some point: Skydance\u2019s Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, which features Cap and Black Panther\u2019s grandpa, who is also Black Panther, fighting in World War 2 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC. And then there\u2019s Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls on PS5 and PC, a fighting game from Arc System Works that looks like it could be a proper spiritual successor to Marvel Vs Capcom – just, without the Capcom.<\/p>\n
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is the latest entry in the long running jet pilot sim to try to tempt me into playing it with sequences of stuff happening outside of a jet that are so impressively realistic it makes me forget that I don\u2019t actually enjoy the part where you fly the jet. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I think jets are the coolest thing ever invented and this game looks gorgeous, but aerial dogfighting in video games just never clicks for me. Can I just play the parts where you eat hamburgers and drink beer with your friends on an aircraft carrier? Anyway, that\u2019s on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC <\/p>\n
Remedy\u2019s David Lynchian interconnected universe gets a bit bigger with Control: Resonant, which is a continuation of IGN\u2019s 2019 game of the year, but also connects with Alan Wake 2 and FBC Firebreak – and even if you\u2019re not keeping track of what\u2019s going on, this looks like it\u2019ll still be a good time.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve always wondered why nobody\u2019s made any first-person soulslikes, and the trailer for Decrepit answered that question very loudly: because they\u2019d be too fucking scary. Get this shit outta here. Too scary! Just awful! No thank you! That\u2019s on PC for now, so if you play on console, you\u2019re safe from its horrors for the time being. Did you see that spider? Fuck off!<\/p>\n
Less scary looking, but from a studio with some major horror chops is Ontos, which is from the folks behind Amnesia and SOMA and takes place in a hotel where a lot of weird stuff is happening, which is to be expected from a hotel that\u2019s on the moon<\/em>.<\/p>\nIf you want something nice and cute in space, there\u2019s the two-player co-op adventure Oribitals on Switch 2 which looks just gorgeous. Lots of games look like anime, but this one specifically looks like a bubble era OVA, which has not just a specific aesthetic, but a certain VHS graininess and poppy sound quality as well, and that\u2019s such a pretentious delineation but as a reformed weeaboo whose formative years were filled with badly dubbed \u201cJapanimation\u201d from Manga Video, I applaud this attention to detail.<\/p>\n
Another co-op adventure coming this year is Out of Words, which is all stop-motion featuring handcrafted puppets. I have this theory that Geoff Keighley really loves puppets, and if you make a game with puppets in it, he\u2019s more likely to feature it prominently in one of his shows – Out of Words was one of two puppet-centric games that debuted at Summer Game Fest, the other being Felt That: Boxing, and it showed up again at The Game Awards in between Miss Piggy appearances. Anyway that\u2019s coming to the new consoles and PC.<\/p>\n
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is hitting PS5, Xbox Series, and PC at some point in 2026, and I am stoked<\/em> – like 10 years ago, when it was announced that EA had the Star Wars license, I was like, “Get the people who do Burnout and Need for Speed to do a podracing game.” -And well, it took a minute, but we\u2019re getting something even better: a studio founded by a bunch of ex-Criterion devs is making a game like that and EA has nothing to do with it! Also, this isn\u2019t straight podcasting – it\u2019s got a bunch of other speeders and stuff, which reminds me of the criminally underrated 2000 vehicular combat game Star Wars Demolition.<\/p>\nIf you thought that was a stupid joke, well, bad news because Stupid Never Dies – which is the name of a video game that\u2019s coming out at some point on PC and PS5. This is a dungeon crawler action game that has some major Lollipop Chainsaw vibes, but it\u2019s actually from a new studio founded by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who, among other things, worked on Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, and Dragon\u2019s Dogma.<\/p>\n
Tankrat is a game where you drive a cool tank around and shoot stuff while also exploring and finding new stuff to make your tank even cooler – and it reminds me of modern version of Blaster Master. You guys remember Blaster Master? No? Well it sort of looked like this except really old. Tankrat is coming to PS5 and PC. <\/p>\n
To Be Announced<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n A whole lot of games just have a vague \u201cTBA\u201d release window, which means that they\u2019ll probably come out someday. And while 2026 seems like a safe bet for most of these, some might even be further down the road, while others might never come out. <\/p>\n
If you ever wished they\u2019d do a Star Wars XCOM… well, they\u2019re doing it! Zero Company, or ZCOM for short, is from a studio of ex-Firaxis devs, and looks like a turn-based tactical good time. That\u2019s coming to Xbox, PS5, and PC.<\/p>\n
Cinder City is an open-world MMO tactical shooter that looks like it has literally everything in it, and that\u2019s coming to PC at some point – though looking at this game in action, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it was a 2027 game.<\/p>\n
Lords of the Fallen 2 is the sequel to the 2023 soulslike, which was itself the reboot of a game already titled Lords of the Fallen, so this is technically the third Lords of the Fallen game, but who\u2019s keeping track? That\u2019s on the newer non-Nintendo consoles and PC.<\/p>\n
All we\u2019ve seen of Road Kings is a cinematic trailer where a dude drives his 18 wheeler straight toward a tornado, but that seems like it was enough to get people hyped. And it\u2019s from Saber, the studio that gave us Mudrunner and Snowrunner and the recent Road Craft, and as a very casual truck game enjoyer, I\u2019m curious to see what their spin on a long-haul trucking sim is like. That\u2019s on PC, Xbox Series, and PS5.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nLoads of Space Marines are going to be vaporised by Necrons in Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 is the first installment in the fan-fave RTS series in almost a decade, and while it\u2019s not from Relic, the studio that made the first three games, it is from the team behind another well-received RTS, Iron Harvest. That\u2019s coming to PC.<\/p>\n
Tomodachi Life might not have quite the same name-brand recognition as Animal Crossing, but the original mii-centric social game released in 2014 was the 11th best-selling 3DS game of all time, so it\u2019s a surprise it\u2019s taken Nintendo this long to make another one. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will be on Switch.<\/p>\n
Somebody put The Elder Scrolls 6 on our list of upcoming game releases, and while that\u2019ll probably come out someday, I would be shocked if it dropped in 2026. However, if you\u2019re after a big pretty fantasy RPG from Xbox Game Studios, Fable seems a lot more likely for a fall release. This one is from Playground Games, the studio that gave us Forza Horizon, so I\u2019m stoked to see how they tackle wizard stuff.<\/p>\n
Speaking of Forza Horizon, the sixth entry is expected sometime in 2026, and though there have been rumblings it might launch in the first half of the year, nothing official on that front aside from the fact that it\u2019s set in Japan this time around. Fable and Forza Horizon are both hitting Xbox Series and PC, with PS5 versions probably arriving later on, if recent Xbox release strategy is anything to go on.<\/p>\n
Gears of War turns 20 in 2026, and to mark the occasion we\u2019re hopefully getting a brand new installment with E-Day. This is a prequel set 14 years before the first game and will follow Marcus Fenix during the events of Emergence Day, when the big scary guys you\u2019ve been shooting at and chainsawing into pieces in all the other installments first started coming out of holes in the ground. That\u2019ll be on Xbox and PC for sure, and again, maybe PS5 at some point too. <\/p>\n
Another major franchise celebrating a big anniversary is Tomb Raider, which turns 30 – To celebrate, we\u2019re getting Legacy of Atlantis, a full ground-up Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original Tomb Raider. It certainly looks pretty, but I\u2019m curious how much it plays like the originals. That\u2019ll be on Xbox Series, PS5, and PC. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\nLara’s finally back in action in 2026 with Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
If you ever wished for a distant prequel to the Plague Tale games that swapped the medieval European setting for an ancient Greek one, well\u2026 you\u2019re in luck! Because that\u2019s exactly what Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is – and that\u2019s coming to Xbox Series, PS5, and PC<\/p>\n
The Adventures of Elliott: The Millennium Tales is the latest game from the folks behind Bravely Default and Octopath Traveller, and hopefully you won\u2019t have to wait a thousand years to play – that one\u2019s coming to all the newer consoles and PC.<\/p>\n
Usually it\u2019s bad when a game freezes, but sometimes that\u2019s a feature, not a bug – like the bleak frigid survival game Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2, or Frostrail, a survival game that\u2019s also bleak and frigid, but at least you have a train – those are both coming to PC – and there\u2019s also Ikuma: The Frozen Compass, a coming of age story set in the arctic, which seems frigid, but less bleak – which is on PC, as well as Xbox Series and PS5.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like to try your hand at surviving while submerged in melted ice, ie: water, Subnautica 2 is hitting early access on PC and Xbox any day now. And by \u201cnow\u201d I mean at some point in the coming year.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d rather go on adventures above the waves, Sea of Remnants is a bright and colorful ocean-world RPG, which is slated to hit PC and PS5 at some point. If you prefer rails to sails, there\u2019s also Denshattack, which looks like Jet Grind Radio, except you play as a train. Sure why not! That\u2019s on PC as well as Xbox Series and PS5.<\/p>\n
At some point The Duskbloods is coming out, which is FromSoftware\u2019s Switch 2 exclusive foray into the world of PvE multiplayer, and I know I\u2019m not the only one who\u2019s disappointed that something that looks so much like Bloodborne isn\u2019t an action RPG. Still, as arcane as this game looks, my intelligence is high enough that I\u2019ll pump a few points into having faith that Hidetaka Miyazaki and company know what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n
If you ever wished Hotline Miami was about actual animal men and not just men in animal masks, well, get a load of Kusan: City of Wolves – it\u2019s exactly what I just described. That\u2019s coming to PC as well as Switch, Xbox Series and both PlayStations.<\/p>\n
The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been in development for several dumptrucks worth of hourglass-grade silica powder, but at some point this year, that\u2019s supposedly coming out – and hopefully it\u2019s worth the wait.<\/p>\n
Another Ubisoft remake we\u2019ve been hearing about for almost as long is Assassin\u2019s Creed 4: Black Flag, which isn\u2019t even officially announced, but will presumably come to modern consoles and PC if and when it ever gets released.<\/p>\n
Valor Mortis is another first-person action soulslike from the studio behind Ghostrunner, which seems like a novel enough idea and hopefully has less spiders than Decrepit – and it\u2019s coming to Xbox Series, PS5, and PC.<\/p>\n
Originally slated for a fall 2025 release, Directive 8020: A Dark Pictures Game is the latest cinematic choose-your-own-adventure game from the folks at Supermassive, which is coming to Xbox Series, PS5, and PC. <\/p>\n
Dune: Awakening has been going strong on PC for a while now, and at some point in the foreseeable future, it\u2019ll be getting Xbox Series and PS5 versions as well.<\/p>\n
And last but not least, 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Pok\u00e9mon series. In addition to Pokopia, we\u2019re also getting the strategy game Pokemon Champions – I have a hunch those aren\u2019t the only two Pok\u00e9mon games that\u2019ll be dropping this year, but they\u2019re the only two we officially know about right now.<\/p>\n
So, there you go! That\u2019s a look ahead at the biggest games coming in 2026 that we know about right now. Some of these might not actually come out in the next 12 months, but a whole lot more that I didn\u2019t mention here that definitely will. If you want regular and slightly more accurate breakdowns of what games are coming on a more timely basis, keep an eye out for our monthly big game release videos – in fact, we should have one about January\u2019s games, including a few that didn\u2019t make it into this video.<\/p>\n
I have no doubt in my mind that there\u2019s some big huge obvious game coming out in 2026 that we forgot to mention, so please, whatever we forgot, share it in the comments. But also, and I always say this and very few people pay attention – tell us what the games we left out are about! Why should people care? Sharing a cool recommendation is one of the best feelings in the world, so if there\u2019s a game you\u2019re stoked on, tell us about it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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