Most Anticipated Games of 2015
We look ahead to the exciting year in gaming
Killing Floor 2
In Killing Floor 2 players descend into continental Europe where the outbreak caused by Horzine Biotech’s failed experiment has quickly spread and gained unstoppable momentum, essentially paralyzing the European Union. Set just a month after the events of the original Killing Floor, KF2 drops players into a world where society is in total disarray. Communications are down, governments have collapsed, and military forces are nowhere to be seen.
When: March 24, 2015
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Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an upcoming open world action-adventure stealth video game, and the next chapter in the iconic franchise. The game features new advances made possible by Kojima Productions' FOX Engine, such as new game design, day and night cycles, and weather conditions that will all dynamically affect gameplay. Players will be taking the role of Venom Snake (Big Boss) in a massive collection of open-world environments. Snake can also call on AI companions - including Quiet, a female soldier; and DD, a trained wolf - to assist him in the field. The title will also include the new Metal Gear Online.
When: 2015
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Persona 5
Persona 5 is an upcoming role-playing game and the fifth main title in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei series of video games. The central theme of the game is freedom and how the characters attain it. The thematic color of the game is red, as that of Persona 3 and 4 was blue and yellow respectively, which was meant to convey a harsh feeling. In spite of the changes, the setting is still set within a high school as with previous entries.
When: 2015
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The Division
The Division takes place in New York three weeks after a lethal virus, released on Black Friday, has swept through the city. One by one, basic services have failed. Society has collapsed into chaos. The President invokes Presidential Directive 51, and The Division, a top-secret unit of self-supporting tactical agents, is activated. Leading seemingly ordinary lives, Division agents are trained to operate independently of command in this type of emergency situation. When the lights go out, their mission begins.
When: 2015
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
In Uncharted 4, Nathan Drake will embark on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure. Set three years after the events of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Nathan Drake, now retired as a fortune hunter, has settled into a normal life. His world is turned upside-down when his older brother Sam, long believed dead, suddenly appears seeking Drake's help. Together they embark on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a conspiracy behind a long lost pirate colony and its fabled pirate treasure.
When: Q4, 2015
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the final chapter in the legend of Geralt of Rivia, thrusting players into multi-region, open-world combat. In the game, an ancient evil stirs, awakening. An evil whose name is spoken only in whispers: the Wild Hunt. Led by four wraith commanders, this ravenous band of phantoms is the ultimate predator and has been for centuries. Its quarry: humans. The witcher must bring all his abilities to bear in confronting this ancient force, these ghastly spectral riders who for ages have brought misery to the world. For this time the Hunt seeks just one person: the one individual Destiny itself entrusted to Geralt. The one soul Geralt considers kin.
When: May 19, 2015
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