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GORGE ON GLORIOUS NOSTALGIA WITH REMAKES AND

SPIRITUAL SUCCESSORS A-PLENTY ADAM BRYANT

FINAL FANTASY VII

PUBLISHER SQUARE ENIX

DEVELOPER SQUARE ENIX DUE 26 MARCH

The truly iconic game that introduced

many to the Final Fantasy franchise and is

considered one of, if not the best, game in

the series will be arriving at the end of the

month. If you’ve never had a chance to play

it then this will be the time. Assume the

role of Cloud Strife, alongside a fellow band

of adventurers, and face off against the

charismatic and downright evil Sephiroth.

JOURNEY TO THE

SAVAGE PLANET

PUBLISHER 505 GAMES

DEVELOPER TYPHOON STUDIOS DUE 2019

First announced at The Game Awards,

Journey To The Savage Planet is being

touted by Typhoon Studios as an “upbeat

first-person adventure game set in a bright

and colourful alien world filled with weird

and wonderful creatures”. You’ll be tasked

with exploring the planet while cataloguing

creatures and the wildlife for interstellar

exploration company Kindred Aerospace.

DANGEROUS DRIVING

PUBLISHER THREE FIELDS ENTERTAINMENT

DEVELOPER THREE FIELDS ENTERTAINMENT

DUE 9 APRIL

If you’ve been scouring the internet for any

sign of a new Burnout game, you’ll be happy

to know that a spiritual successor is on the

way. Criterion cofounders Fiona Sperry and

Alex Ward will be bringing you Dangerous

Driving next month, so it won’t be long until

you’ll be able to take down other cars and

crash your own to your heart’s content.

BLOODSTAINED:

RITUAL OF THE NIGHT

PUBLISHER 505 GAMES

DEVELOPER ARTPLAY DUE SUMMER 2019

Can you hear that? That’s the sound of the

Gothic spiritual successor to Castlevania

marching towards its release date. Cursed

Miriam must fight her way through a

demonic castle and defeat the summoner

Gebel to save humanity. No exact date has

been given yet, but knowing roughly when

we can expect it, after it was funded on

Kickstarter four years ago, is enough.

WORLD WAR Z

PUBLISHER FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE

DEVELOPER SABER INTERACTIVE DUE 16 APRIL

If you get strangely excited about oddly

timed adaptations of a 2013 zombie

apocalypse film, which is also adapted

from a novel of the same name, then the

upcoming World War Z game is the one for

you. Coming next month is this third-person

shooter where you’ll be gunning down

the undead with up to three other friends

across various locations around the world.

SOMEDAY YOU’LL RETURN

PUBLISHER CBE SOFTWARE

DEVELOPER CBE SOFTWARE DUE TBC

Something terrifying this way comes.

CBE Software is tapping into our fears by

bringing a first-person psychological horror

game in the vein of Silent Hill and Outlast.

You’re Daniel, father to missing daughter,

Stela, who you must track down using your

phone’s GPS. The problem is she’s gone into

a place you promised never to return where

all manner of horrors await.

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