2016 promises a lot of new things on a vast amount of different levels for gaming, from the new installments in key franchises like Call of Duty or Battlefield all the way up to games like Horizon. Gaming is a home to many people, myself included, and there are so many coming this year that I wanted to share with you guys today and see what you guys are stoked for as well. I had a very select few games that really stood out to me as must-plays seeing my big games released recently (ie: Fallout 4 and Star Wars Battlefront) but they were still there. DOOM is the only release of 2016 that will consume a huge portion of my time just because the franchise is nostalgic to me, and come on: it’s Bethesda. I remember turning on my family-owned PlayStation at the age of 5 and throwing in a copy of DOOM after I was explicitly told not to by everyone in the house except my uncle. It introduced me to a whole new genre of gaming that is known as your “FPS” titles, or “first person shooters.” I was granted closed access not too long ago to the alpha tests Bethesda held for the reboot on my PlayStation 4. Even though I was playing online multiplayer and not swinging chainsaw or double barrel shotguns, I felt that same chill down my spine I did when I was a kid. Horror games have always been my soft spot, so the second installment in the Outlast series lands second place on my list. I don’t want to make this article a complete trip down the memory lane, so I’m gonna keep why I’m excited for the new game as brief as I can. Outlast itself was a very short game, hardly four hours as I recall, but it to this day it is still one of the scariest experiences I’ve had. Mount Massive Asylum was a perfect setting for the first game with the perfect level of depth and mystery. Images of the second game have appeared online. They do not show any gameplay or really give us all that much beyond some intriguing concept art showing off a new, spooky, Children of the Corn aesthetic. So, yes, I do plan on shitting myself this year as I venture once more into Red Barrel’s wonderful nightmare. There are a number of others games that i don't doubt will begin to pique my interest as the year goes on, but for now, these two are the ones that I know for sure I'll be preordering to enjoy to their max potential. Stay tuned here in the Gaming Corner for all your gaming needs, and as always, have a great night. - Dakota G.
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2016 is finally here and along with new music this means new games. PSX or PlayStation Experience happened last month along with some games that were announced at E3 last year with a tentative 2016 placeholder date, please keep in mind that none of these predictions stated in this articles are true as they are predictions. Uncharted 4 will be delayed again, even though it just was back to the month of April, I feel as if Naughty Dog will feel the need to take more time with the game and they will be granted it with no hate. Uncharted 4 is the last game in the series so long time fans and even ones that were pulled in with the Nathan Drake Collection on PS4 will be looking for a stellar game and will be more than happy to give Naughty Dog time to make that happen so we don’t get an unfinished product. The Last Guardian was revived at last years PlayStation E3 press conference making a lot of people very happy, at the end of the trailer there was a “2016” placeholder date, after everything that has happened with The Last Guardian and everyone thinking it was cancelled in the last few years I believe Sony would not have said anything about the game unless they were putting the final touches on it at this time. Summer 2016 would be a reasonable expectation for this game to be released. PlayStation VR will probably release in June or July, with anywhere from a $200 to a $400 price tag, which is beyond reasonable because Virtual Reality is not cheap to make, for it to be $200 Sony would have to honestly wait awhile for them to make any kind of profit from it immediately but over time they would make a decent profit because the cheaper price tag the higher the demand. $400 could be good for the company, the people that really want the VR headset would still buy it and the company would make a lot more profit. I also predict that No Man's Sky, EVE, and possibly even the PlayStation port of survival game ARK Survival Evolved will be available with the launch of Project Morpheus. |