The month of April went by with some cool games here and there, but nothing particularly earth-shattering fell into our hands. However, May looks to change that and holds a fair bit more promise. Hit the video up above to get a rundown of the most exciting games releasing this month, packed with enough action to ensure that you’ll get pumped. Alternatively, the list is down below of our picks.
Watch Dogs
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal (additional work by Ubisoft Reflections)
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Action Adventure, Open World
Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U
Release Dates: 27 May 2014 (Wii U is set for Q4 2014)
In Watch Dogs you play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. Now on the hunt for those who hurt your family, you’ll be able to monitor and hack all who surround you by manipulating everything connected to the city’s network. Use the city of Chicago as your ultimate weapon and exact your own style of revenge.
Watch Dogs is a ground-breaking open-world action-adventure game called designed by a team comprised of industry veterans from blockbuster franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow 6 and Far Cry. Watch Dogs blends cutting-edge technologies and sophisticated game design into a realistic and living open world where players must use any means at their disposal to take down a corrupt system.
Be sure to read our full preview for more information.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Developer: Beenox
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Action Adventure, Open World
Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS
Release Dates: 2 May 2014
Swing into action in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a third-person action-adventure video game that builds on the story of the previous game with an alternative take on the events of the movie sequel, while also giving players an enhanced, free-roaming web-slinging experience through a greatly expanded New York City.
In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, players once again assume the role of the iconic Super Hero. Throughout his journey, Spider-Man will encounter a number of new foes as well as some old friends, as he confronts a new threat to his beloved city. The narrative will give Peter Parker, Spider-Man’s nerdy photojournalist persona, a greater role in the spotlight, as he investigates the complicated motivations and unique personalities behind the menagerie of Marvel menaces threatening Manhattan.
As Spidey, players will be able to free-roam through a greatly-enhanced Manhattan cityscape, one set to offer livelier, more engaging opportunities with which to put his sensational skills to use. Central to the expansive depth and detail being poured into The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game is the new “Hero or Menace” system, which incentivizes Super Hero behavior by rewarding the web-slinger’s crime-fighting efforts, and adds consequences for letting criminality fester. Spider-Man’s personal brand of web-swinging and up-close-and-personal combat will see a variety of new features as well.
Be sure to read our preview for more information.
The Forest
Developer: Endnight Games
Genre: Survival Horror
Platforms: PC Exclusive
Release Dates: 22 May 2014 (Steam Early Access)
The Forest is an open world survival horror game currently in development for PC. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Enter a living, breathing forest with changing weather patterns, plants that grow and die. Tides that roll in and out with the day/night cycle. Below ground explore a vast network of caves and underground lakes. Chop down trees to build a camp, or start a fire to keep warm. Scavenge food to keep yourself from starving. Find and plant seeds to grow food. Build a small shelter or a large ocean side fortress. decorate your home with found items. Lay traps and defenses to keep a safe perimeter.
Explore and build during the day. Defend your base at night. Craft weapons and tools. Bunker down during the evening or bring the fight directly to the enemy. Use stealth to evade enemies, or engage them directly with crude weapons built from sticks and stones. Defend yourself against a clan of genetic mutant enemies that have beliefs, families and morals and that appear almost human.
Be sure to read our exclusive interview with the developers to find out more.
Wolfestein: The New Order
Developer: MachineGames
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Genre: First Person Shooter
Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Release Dates: 20 May 2014
Wolfenstein: The New OrderTMreignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Under development at Machine Games, a studio comprised of a seasoned group of developers recognized for their work creating story-driven games, Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Intense, cinematic and rendered in stunning detail with id Software’s id Tech 5 engine, Wolfenstein sends players across Europe on a personal mission to bring down the Nazi war machine. With the help of a small group of resistance fighters, infiltrate their most heavily guarded facilities, battle high-tech Nazi legions, and take control of super-weapons that have conquered the earth – and beyond.
Transistor
Developer: Supergiant Games
Genre: Action RPG
Platforms: PC, PS4
Release Dates: 20 May 2014
In Transistor, players assume the role of a young woman who gains control of a powerful weapon after a mysterious group of assailants nearly kills her with it. Now she must fight from street to street against forces that will stop at nothing to recover the weapon. During the course of the adventure, players will piece together the Transistor’s mysteries as they pursue its former owners.
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