Elden Ring

The dream collaboration of Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin feels so close and yet so far. Set in an open world with combat on horseback and ruins to explore, Elden Ring is touted as a “natural evolution” to the Dark Souls series. If you’ve missed that kind of dark fantasy world, then this is good news indeed. Elden Ring is currently in development for PC, Xbox One and PS4 with a rumored release of June 2020.

Cyberpunk 2077

CD Projekt RED’s next big title eschews the medieval fantasy and third person action of The Witcher for a first person sci-fi romp in Night City. Developed on REDengine 4, Cyberpunk 2077 boasts screen space reflections, dynamic lighting effects, global illumination and realistic textures. The detail of the world adds further to its fidelity, and that’s without ray-tracing thrown in. Cyberpunk 2077 is out on April 16^th for Xbox One, PS4 and PC with a release later for Google Stadia.

Yakuza: Like A Dragon

Yakuza: Like A Dragon is officially the seventh mainline game in the series. However, along with shifting to a new protagonist in Ichiban Kasuga, it adopts turn-based RPG gameplay. Don’t let that dissuade you – you can still expect the same over-the-top Yakuza action with Summons, crafting, Jobs, and much more. That’s not even counting the new minigames like Dragon Kart, a Mario Kart-like racing mode, or staying awake at the movies. Yakuza: Like A Dragon releases later this year in the West for PS4.

Cygames’ action RPG Project Awakening has looked like a very intriguing title ever since we first found out it even exists, but the problem is that the developers have been very quiet about their game on all fronts. It was announced more than two years ago, which was followed by complete radio silence, and then at last year’s Tokyo Games Show, we got to see an excellent looking teaser trailer for the game, which gave us a taste of what to expect from the final project.

Other than that, though, we’ve heard or seen nothing, and have no idea when the game might launch. That might be about to change, though. The game has been rated by the Korean ratings board, the Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea, under the name Project Awakening: Arise. Though this doesn’t come through the developers themselves, a game being rated by a board usually implies that it’s nearing its release- though that might still be a bit of a stretch with Project Awakening, given how little we’ve heard of it, we can hopefully expect this to mean that more information on the game, including a concrete release date, isn’t too far away. The Arise subtitle mentioned in the rating is also interesting, and could be suggesting a demo or beta for the game prior to release.

Either way, stay tuned to GamingBolt, and we’ll keep you updated in case there’s any new developments.