Man Of Medan
Developer
Supermassive GamesPlatforms
PS4, Xbox One, PCRelease date
2019If Sony’s teen horror exclusive Until Dawn ticked all your decision-based gameplay boxes,
it’s time to get your sea legs on. The first of developer Supermassive’s Dark Pictures Anthology,
Man Of Medan follows a group of attractive young people as they hunt down the titular World
War 2 wreck in the South Pacific. Of course, all doesn’t go according to plan and they end up
stuck on the ghost ship itself. Just like Until Dawn, expect fixed cinematic camera angles, scarily
realistic faces, jump scares, and deaths so sudden and regrettable you’ll want to pull the PS4
plug out of the wall to stop it from saving.Anthem
Developer: BioWare
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Release date: 22 February 2019Mass Effect developer BioWare’s upcoming
MMO RPG shooter sees you taking on role
of a Freelancer, an exosuit-clad hero in an
alien world. Like Destiny, you can jump
into Anthem with friends or on your own
as you quest to save the world. It’s a mash
up of genres but it looks beautiful and the
emphasis on finding your perfect Javelin
(exosuit) looks like a lot of explosive fun.Days Gone
Developer: SIE Bend Studio
Platforms: PS4
Release date: 26 April 2019Zombie games, like the creatures
themselves, just won’t die. Biker Deacon
St. John is a grizzled survivor of the end
of the world and must battle swarms of
‘Freakers’ to survive. The big difference here
is scale. Freakers horde in their hundreds,
making every interaction like battling walls
of the undead. Throw in your motorbike
best friend, and this looks like a enjoyably
gruelling addition to 2019’s line up.w w w.SCi fi nOw.CO.u k |^033
Resident Evil 2
Developer: Capcom
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Release date: 25 January 2019Are you ready to return to Raccoon
City? For gamers of a certain age, even
thinking about Re si 2 ’s journey into
infection will reawaken those slumbering
nightmares of staggering undead and
arms relentlessly grabbing through
boarded up windows. Well, the good
news – or perhaps bad – is that all of that
horror and nasty is being repackaged into
this Resident Evil 2 remake. But this doesn’t
mean tank controls and an, err, Licker
of HD paint. Resi 2 has been completely
rebuilt for 2019 in the engine of last year’s
Resident Evil 7.
The plot remains essentially the same
but the scares and puzzles have been fully
remixed to make sure that even die hard
fans will get a freshly horrific experience.
And yet, going hands-on, it still feels like
old school Resi. Whether you’re Leon,
Claire, or even newly playable, Ada
Wong, save typewriters are scarce and
inventory slots are dangerously limited as
you’re hunted down by T-virus victims, and
whatever else lurks in those sewers. And
yes, you’re going to want to keep an eye
out for herbs once again. Getting puzzle
piece A to point B is never going to be a
walk in the zombie-infected park. Mind
those curtains, Leon.Showrunner
Remedy EntertainmentCast
PS4, Xbox One, PCRelease date
2019Alan Wake developers? Check. Supernatural action adventure? Check. We’re in.
Remedy Entertainment’s mysterious Control was only announced at E3 in June and information
is scarce but what we know already is exciting enough. We’ll be playing as a woman called
Jesse Faden who, as well as wearing an excellent leather jacket, becomes the director of an
organisation known as the Bureau of Control when the previous director is murdered by an
otherworldly group called the Hiss. With rooms of floating bodies, telekinetic powers that mean
flattening enemies with furniture, and a customisable gun that looks a lot like a murderous Rubix
Cube, Control has us fully intrigued.Control
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