With The Game Awards last week, we got a good flavor for the big games coming next year. And so it’s time to do our most anticipated games of 2021.
With The Game Awards last week, we got a good flavor for the big games coming next year. And so it’s time to do our most anticipated games of 2021. When I asked on social media about audience picks, I got a lot of jokes about how the rerelease of a non-buggy Cyberpunk 2077 would be the best game of 2021. That’s probably true, but I wouldn’t really consider it simply because the company made the poor decision to release a buggy version in 2020. Cyberpunk 2077 could very well be a great game, and I will probably figure that out in 2021. I haven’t played enough to figure out if, in spite of all the bugs, it really is outstanding. In the meantime, let’s table that discussion. Many more games are also in the works, and we don’t have a clue as to whether some of these will make it out the door in 2021. We can assume Ubisoft will have a new Assassin’s Creed and Activision will have a new Call of Duty, and probably a new version of Warzone. I don’t have any better information than most folks on when these games are coming, so keep that in mind. I’ve come up with 15 games. Check out the list below. The links go to our prior coverage on GamesBeat. For fun, here’s last year’s list, as well as my lists from 2019 and my list from 2018. God of War, developed by Cory Barlog and his merry cohorts at Sony Santa Monica, is a God of War game for people who weren’t God of War fans, like me. It had a tight, focused story about a father and a son… who happen to be gods. The gameplay is compelling, the audio and music are good, and the graphics and cinematics are amazing. It was so impressive that it beat out titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 for Game of the Year in 2018, and I have high expectations for the sequel. I don’t know anything about it, but sight unseen, I would play this game because I really want to learn the fate of these characters and hear Christopher Judge perform Kratos again. Developer/publisher: Sony Santa Monica/Sony (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4) Fans panned Master Chief’s reappearance last year, and Microsoft’s developers at 343 Industries went back to the drawing board. Halo veteran Joseph Staten rejoined the team. I’m hoping they can push this game over the finish line and make something that impresses. We want and we expect a Halo for 2021, not the same game we could have played five years ago. And while Halo has its critics out there, the developers have stepped up to deliver outstanding games in the past. Lets hope that one big delay is enough. Developer/publisher: 343 Industries/Microsoft (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S) Perhaps the biggest compliment for the Battlefield series is that Call of Duty has evolved to be more like it, especially on the multiplayer front. No one does battlefield destruction like DICE, and I’m itching like everybody else to see what the environments of war will look like on the next-generation consoles. This year’s Call of Duty had the disadvantage of coming out on so many old and new platforms at the same time. But I’m betting DICE gets to focus on next-gen only, and that should look and play spectacular.
