The world of gaming is expanding vastly nowadays on every platform. Many games have been releasing every day with new concepts, improved graphics, alongside with modern gaming consoles.
Some of the latest consoles that are around the horizon to be released are the Playstation 5 and Xbox series X. These consoles are going to be released in this upcoming year of 2020.
The PlayStation 5 and Xbox series X promotes a lot of power to maintain bigger games than its forerunner. With new consoles, new extravagant games are also ready to burst out.
Some of the upcoming confirmed and rumored top 10 games for PS4/PS5 that are around the horizon are as follows.
1) Ghost of Tsushima
·Release Date: 26 June 2020
·Platforms: PlayStation 4 and 5 platforms, Xbox series, and PC
·Developer: Sucker Punch Productions
·Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Ghost of Tsushima is an action-adventure stealth game based on an open-world concept with an excess amount of abundant terrain to investigate. The game is scheduled to release on PS4, Xbox Series on 26 June 2020.
The gameplay depicts the player controlling one of the last samurai on Tsushima Island named Jin Sakai during the first Mongol Invasion of Japan in the 1270s. It is based on a third-person viewpoint, highlighting a large open world area without any waypoints or guidance. It will emphasize a diverse assortment of areas such as countrysides, fields, churches, old forests, settlements, mountainscapes, and various monuments. Players will meet various characters, friends, enemies, and unlikely allies while adventuring.
Ghost of Tsushima is produced by Sucker Punch Productions and issued by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4 and 5 platforms.
2) Godfall
·Release Date: Holiday 2020
·PS5 Exclusive: Yes
·Developer: Counterplay Games
·Publisher: Gearbox
Godfall is a role-playing action game(ARPG) based on a highly fantastical concept. It is scheduled to premiere exclusively on Playstation 5 and Microsoft Windows in the late fall of December 2020.
The gameplay represents the realms splitting into five major elements: 'Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Spirit.' Players need to take the position of one of the last exalted knight's orders to avert a major apocalyptic disaster. The players can decide to choose one of the three primary character classes, equipped with their own sets of armors and Valorplates.
The game is represented as a "Loot-Slasher," where the players can earn better spoils and rewards for completing various missions and quests. The gameplay of this role-playing genre supports a single-player mode as well as two-three players in a cooperative method.
Godfall is produced by Counterplay Games and issued by Gearbox Publishing for Playstation 5 platforms.
3) Outriders
·Release Date: Holiday 2020
·Platforms: Playstation 4 and 5 platforms, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
·Developer: People Can Fly
·Publisher: Square Enix
Outriders is a third-person shooting game based on RPG elements. The game depicts the players to explore the hostile planet of Enoch as you start on a mission to find the origin of a mysterious signal. The game is scheduled to premiere in Holiday 2020 on Playstation 4 and 5 platforms, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
The gameplay of Outriders is based upon an RPG covered shooting style theme, which can be played from a third-person viewpoint. The players can create their custom characters from four unique classes, each possessing their terminal abilities- a trickster who can manipulate time, a pyromancer who can control flames and Devastator, who can unleash seismic attacks. The fourth one is still not unveiled yet. The skills have short cooldown time and can be used with other abilities for its maximal impacts. The game also highlights a skill tree where players can unlock and upgrade various kinds of skills.
Players can use any weapons and customize them as they seem fit to defeat their enemies. They can explore different hub areas, talk to NPCs, and complete side quests. The game can also be played as a solo or as a three-player COOP in multiplayer mode.
People Can Fly produced Outriders' and issued by Square Enix.
4) Cyberpunk 2077
·Release Date: 17 September 2020
·Platforms: Playstation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Stadia
·Publisher and Developer: CD Projekt Red
Cyberpunk 2077 is a role-playing shooting game based on a first-person perspective. The game is scheduled to premiere on 17 September 2020 on Playstation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Stadia.
The gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 takes place in an open-world based city called "Metropolis Night, California" comprising of six distinct regions. Players can take on the role of a customizable mercenary named V, whose speech, expression, hairstyles, body type adjustments, background, and clothing are customizable, from a first-person perspective. The character classes determine stat sections such as body, intelligence, reflexes, technical, and cool that players assume while procuring skills and abilities in hacking, machinery, and solo concepts.
The players can also use a large variety of an arsenal of ranged weapons, and choices for melee combat. Both fatal and non-fatal playthroughs are conceivable. Experience points are gained from main quests, while side quests generate "street cred" for unlocking abilities, vendors, places, and additional quests. Player choice also influences to different conclusions of this game.
Cyberpunk 2077 is developed and published by CD Projekt Red.
5) FIFA 21
·Release Date: Undetermined Yet (Probably September 2020)
·Platforms: Playstation 4 and 5 platforms, XBOX One, PC, and XBOX Series
·Publisher: Electronic Arts (EA)
FIFA 21 is an upcoming and rumored 28th installment in the FIFA series. It is based upon a football simulation game. It is rumored to be released on 25 September 2020.
The details of the gameplay of this series are not unveiled yet.
Fifa 21 is published by Electronic Arts (EA) and is scheduled to make its debut on Playstation 4 and 5 platforms, and XBOX series.
6) Call of Duty: Black Ops 5
·Release Date: Undetermined Yet (Probably Fall 2020)
·Platforms: PlayStation 4 and 5 platforms, Xbox series, and PC
·Publisher: Activision
Call of Duty: Black Ops 5 is a multiplayer first-person shooting video game. It is an upcoming rumored fifth installment in the Call of Duty sequence. It is set upon the Cold War period.
The details of the gameplay of this series are still not unveiled yet. Call of Duty: Black Ops 5 is speculated to make its debut in the fall of 2020 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox series.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 5 was developed and published by Activision.
7) The Elder Scrolls VI
·Release Date: Undetermined Yet
·Platforms: PlayStation 4 and 5 platforms, Xbox series, and PC
·Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls VI is an upcoming and rumored action role-playing game that concentrates on free-form gameplay in an extremely complicated open-world map style. It is one of the rumored games that is going to make its debut on Playstation 5 platforms.
The release date of The Elder Scrolls VI is still not determined, and the details of the gameplay of this series are also not unveiled yet.
The Elder Scrolls VI is developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
8) Grand Theft Auto VI
·Release Date: Undetermined Yet
·Platforms: PlayStation 4 and 5 platforms, Xbox series, and PC
·Publisher: Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto VI is an extremely prosperous action-adventure video game category, produced by Rockstar North and issued by Rockstar Games.
The release date of the next GTA franchise is not yet determined, and so is the gameplay.
9) Gods and Monsters
·Release Date: Scheduled to make its debut on Holiday 2020 but was Delayed to 2021
·Platforms: Playstation 4 and 5 platforms and Xbox Series, PC, and Stadia
·Publisher: Ubisoft
Gods and Monsters is an upcoming game developed by Ubisoft. The game is like a mixture of Legend of Zelda and Assassins Creed Franchises. The game has gorgeous, stylized visuals based upon ancient Greece of mythological beasts. The game is scheduled to make its debut in 2021. The game is set to make its première in Playstation 4 and 5 platforms, PC, Stadia, and Xbox Series.
The gameplay depicts the players to take command of an unnamed female protagonist and fight against mythological beasts and creatures in Ancient Greece.
10) Watch Dogs Legion
·Release Date: Scheduled to make its debut in March 2020 but was delayed to April 2021
·Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Playstation 4, and 5 platforms, Xbox One. Xbox series X, and Stadia
·Publisher: Ubisoft
Watch Dogs Legion is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Toronto and issued by Ubisoft. It's an upcoming third installment of the WatchDog series.
The gameplay is based on an open-world concept, set with a fictionalized description of London. It emphasizes the capacity to control multiple characters that can be obtained across the game.
Watch Dogs Legion's story concentrates on the struggles of the London branch of a hacker group called DedSec as they oppose a tyrannical regime government that has taken command of the United Kingdom. To aid in opposing the corrupt government officials, the players need to recruits allies from all around the cities to liberate and act as a resistance force to free the citizens from CTOS. Each persona in the game will have their historical background as well as a skillset, which will provide a more powerful impact as the story progresses.
Watch Dogs Legion was scheduled to make its debut on 6 March 2020 but was delayed to April 2021 on Microsoft Windows, Playstation 4, and 5 Platforms, Xbox One. Xbox series X and Stadia.