The 20 Biggest New Games for the Rest of 2024 – From Concord to Skate

There are still a few games that we don’t know the dates for, such as Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, but now it’s unlikely that any big new games will be announced this year. This in turn means we now have an almost complete picture of the biggest games of 2024.

In some cases, there’s surprisingly little information about the games, so it’s hard to know whether to be excited about them or not, but these are the most significant releases of the second half of the year. However, there’s no way we can include everything, especially when it comes to indie titles, so if any of your favorites are missing from the list, please let us know via the usual email address.

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August 1 – (PS4/NS/PS5/PC)

The northernmost game ever made has looked amazing since its second announcement, with its first trailer using Lily the Pink as its soundtrack. We’re still not entirely sure how it plays, but it appears to be a puzzle platformer where you take on increasingly odd jobs in a cartoonish Yorkshire town. Matt Berry is also in it.

Black Myth: Wukong

August 20 (PS5/PC)

It’s always a little disconcerting when a game becomes best known for its graphics, but it’s hard not to be blown away by the trailers for this interactive take on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. How it will play out is another matter entirely, especially when the developer is something of an unknown outside of their home country.

Concord

August 23 – (PS5/PC)

Whether you’re looking forward to its arrival or dreading it – and the impact it will have on Sony’s future first-party plans – Concord is undoubtedly one of the most important releases of the year. The initial reveal was extremely overwhelming, but then nobody was looking forward to Helldivers 2 before it came out…

Star Wars Outlaws

August 30 – (XX/PS5/PC)

Another game you’d think the publisher would go out of their way to show off, yet very little has been seen since its announcement last summer. The graphics look fantastic and the scale seems impressive, but whether the gameplay and story has any depth remains to be seen.

STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl

September 5 – (XX/PC)

Repeatedly delayed for very obvious reasons (the developer is Ukrainian), this mix of first-person shooter and survival horror is probably the most interesting Xbox exclusive of the year. The physics engine itself, not entirely dissimilar to the Metro 2023 series, but more open and unpredictable, looks very impressive.

Astro Bot

September 6 – (PS5)

The closest Sony got to a big Christmas exclusive was Light in the Dark with their summer State of Play. Its cartoonish enthusiasm is positively infectious, and while it’s a shame there don’t seem to be any VR options, this could be the best 3D platformer ever that Nintendo had nothing to do with.

The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom

September 26 – (NS)

Speaking of Nintendo, their summer show had a much larger variety of interesting games, but this is probably the most exciting thing they have planned this year. It’s Zelda’s first major title role and features wonderfully imaginative gameplay that involves cloning tables and monsters in order to save Hyrule.

Silent Hill 2

October 8 – (PS5/PC)

Another game that has been talked about a lot this year, but whose final quality remains up in the air. The latest trailer looked better than the first few, but there have been two dumb Silent Hill games recently and it remains to be seen how well developers Bloober Team really understand the old PlayStation 2 classic.

Metaphor: ReFantazio

October 11 – (PS4/XX/PS5/PC)

A new IP is always to be celebrated and this is one from the creators of Persona. It doesn’t seem to stray too far from that template, especially since the combat is still turn-based, but the medieval fantasy setting should hopefully give it its own identity.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6

October 25 – (XO/PS4/XX/PS5/PC)

It’s easy to be cynical about the yearly release of Call Of Duty, but this looks like a significant improvement on Modern Warfare 3, although it wouldn’t be too difficult. Treyarch’s return to the Black Ops universe seems to be channeling the energy of the franchise’s golden era in the early 2010s, and that can only be a good thing.

Life Is Strange: Double Exposure

October 29 (XX/PS5/PC)

One of the best surprises from the Xbox Games Showcase is the return of Max Caulfield from the original Life Is Strange game. It seems to follow the comics, but considering the good work the developer has done on Before The Storm and True Colors, there is every reason to be optimistic.

Mario and Luigi: Brotherhood

November 7 – (NS)

The biggest surprise of the recent Nintendo Direct was a new entry in Paper Mario’s sister series Mario & Luigi, which most fans thought had died along with original developer AlphaDream. It’s unclear who the creator of this game is, but it certainly looks the part, with some fun looking turn-based combat.

Slitterhead

November 8 – (PS4/XX/PS5/PC)

The veterans of Silent Hill and Forbidden Siren are working on this promising looking survival horror game that will hopefully buck the recent trend of horror games that are neither scary nor gory. The visual designs seem suitably disgusting, with what appears to be a heavy influence from The Thing.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

November 15 – (XX/PS5/PC/Luna)

While the historical character Yasuke is an interesting choice as one of the playable characters, it’s the only surprising thing about the latest entry in Ubisoft’s long-running franchise so far. But Assassin’s Creed’s success is built on predictability, and it seems to be giving fans everything they could want from a Japanese adventure.

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TBA – (XSX/PS5/PC)

EA has been unusually tight-lipped about the game so far, especially since it’s been in testing since 2022 and only a few small details have leaked since then. Everything has been positive so far, with the game clearly targeting a hardcore skating audience, which is unusual for a free-to-play game from EA.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

TBA – (XSX/PS5/PC)

Any game without a release date is at increased risk of being delayed until next year, but for all anyone knows, this sequel to the surprisingly successful historical role-player will be released this fall. The graphics look incredible for what must be a low-budget game, and will hopefully be less error-prone than the original.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

TBA – (XSX/PC)

We’re big fans of developers MachineGames and their work on the modern Wolfenstein game, so we’re hoping this game’s success won’t be affected by the (understandably) lukewarm reception of the last film. However, it looks very promising, even if the first-person perspective is a surprising choice.

Plucky Squire

TBA – (NS/XX/PS5/PC)

A game so inventive and clever you’d swear it was made by Nintendo itself, this charming indie game might just have the best visuals of the year thanks to a clever mix of 2D and 3D graphics and gameplay. It’s another one where we wouldn’t be surprised if it got pushed back to next year, but we really hope not.

Open

TBA – (XSX/PC)

The new role-playing game from Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars Of Eternity developer Obsidian should be something to be excited about, but Microsoft has shown so little of the game so far that it’s hard to know what to make of it, but hopefully that the Obsidian family tree will provide an exciting new adventure.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

TBA – (XSX/PS5/PC)

After years of silence, it’s still hard to believe it’s coming out this year even though it doesn’t have a release date yet. Despite the troubling reveal of the trailer, the follow-up footage from BioWare’s fantasy role-playing sequel looks to be exactly what fans were hoping for, and will hopefully be a return to form for both them and the franchise.