Rage 2, A Plague Tale: Innocence, and Team Sonic Racing are some of the many May 2019 games players can pick up soon. Check out our list to see what titles need to be on your radar.
The video game industry has already seen a diverse array of quality software release this year. Fighting games like Dead or Alive 6 and Mortal Kombat 11 have launched alongside blockbuster titles like Days Gone and Kingdom Hearts 3. Platformers like Yoshi’s Crafted World have seen the light of day alongside surprise hits like Apex Legends and Tetris 99. If May serves any indication, there’s plenty more in store for everyone. Even virtual reality fans have a few releases to look forward to, as next month promises the arrival of both Everybody’s Golf VR and Trover Saves the Universe. The following are all the best May 2019 games that PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC users should keep on their radars.
A Plague Tale: Innocence promises to immerse players in a period in history that video games seldom explore when it launches on May 14 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Set during the outset of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Plague, the title tasks fans with navigating through puzzles that usually involve scores of menacing rats. Protagonists Amicia and her younger brother, Hugo, can utilize fire to scare rodents away or interact with environments in order to create escape routes.
That’s not to say that these rats can’t be used to one’s advantage, as Amicia can direct them to human enemies that may be blocking the path ahead. A Plague Tale isn’t the type of game that comes to mind when one thinks about medieval warfare, but its uniqueness may be what separates it from its action-oriented peers this May.
When Rage 2 was leaked by Walmart Canada last year, many fans dismissed the listing as an error. To their surprise, Bethesda confirmed the game’s existence a few days later with a trailer that showcases a noticeably different tone from the original 2011 title. While Rage 2 is set in the same post-apocalyptic open world as the first entry, it’ll encourage players to wreak more havoc by giving them access to a host of new Nanotrite-based powers and an arsenal of explosive firearms from the get-go.
