Shooting based video games have always been popular. From taking on a solider in a great war to a futuristic galactic battle, you really can’t go wrong with picking up a shooter title and 2017 seems to hold a number of big name releases. If you’re looking for an action-filled war narrative or some competitive gameplay against your friends, here are some upcoming shooters you’ll want to keep an eye for in the upcoming year.
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Battalion 1944
Developer: Bulkhead Interactive
Publisher: Bulkhead Interactive
Platforms: PC, PS4, XB1
Release Date: May 2017
Battalion 1944 is an upcoming video game based on World War II, from a development team composed of former AAA developers, Bulkhead Interactive. Developers are hoping that Battalion 1944 will recapture the enjoyment spent from some of the classic multiplayer shooters such as Call of Duty 2 and Medal of Honor.
After a successfully Kickstarter campaign, Bulkhead Interactive has been working on a release that will allow players to fight in real world locations such as the streets of Carentan or the forests of Bastogne. Furthermore, there is no emphasis on grinding, but rather a focus on the players and their skills.
Prey
Developer: Arkane Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Platforms: PC, PS4, XB1
Release Date: TBA 2017
At this point, not too much is known about Prey. Originally, the video game was first set to be a sequel to Prey, which had released back in 2006. However, after the game rights were passed around and ultimately canceled, the video game would be picked up as a re-imagining of the first Prey installment by development team Arkane Studios.
From what has been revealed so far, Prey will take place during an alternate United States timeline. President John F. Kennedy had survived his assassination attempt and as a result, Kennedy continued a push into funding the space program. The start of the game campaign will be taking place on Talos I, a space station that has been built during Kennedy’s term and continues to flourish in the year 2032.
Destiny 2
Developer: Bungie
Publisher: Activision
Platforms: Unknown
Release Date: TBA 2017
Destiny was met with a positive reception from critics and fans alike and now we are gearing closer to its official sequel release. While we’re still awaiting news regarding the title, developers Bungie had confirmed that Destiny 2 will be releasing at some point in 2017.
With the sequel release, it will be interesting to see if past characters from the original Destiny installment will carry over. Likewise, perhaps we’ll find more lore, explore bigger open world environments, along with new multiplayer modes, and weapons. Likewise, it would be nice to see the sequel to Destiny also launch on the PC platform.
Insurgency: Sandstorm
Developer: New World Interactive
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Platforms: PC, PS4, XB1
Release Date: TBA 2017
Fans of tactical first-person shooter video games may want to take notice in the upcoming New World Interactive release, Insurgency: Sandstorm. This is an upcoming video game that is a remake of Insurgency, a title that originally released for the PC back in 2014.
There is plenty of co-op team game modes that released originally for Insurgency and being a tactical shooter, strategy and working together is a must to survive. Unfortunately, the video game doesn’t have an exact release date attached quite yet other than a launch set in 2017.
Strafe
Developer: Pixel Titans
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBA 2017
During the 1990s, first-person shooters were big with releases such as Doom and Quake and now we have a video game title that will attempt to bring homage to those early video game releases. Strafe is a video game currently being developed by Pixel Titans and it’s full of nonstop action.
Strafe puts players into the shoes of a common scrapper, a person set to scrap recyclable materials. You receive a job that will put you into the edges of space where communications are unable to reach. As you board your job site, the spacecraft Icarus, you find that something onboard has gone wrong.
This is a fast-paced first-person shooter with a slew of weapons, endless randomly-generated levels, enemies, power-ups, and secrets. To top it off, there will be VR support for Strafe, allowing players to use an Oculus Rift headset.
Quake Champions
Developer: id Software
Publisher: Bethesda
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBA 2017
Quake Champions was first introduced to the world during E3 2016 and from that debut trailer, it seems that id Software is looking to bring their own spin to the hero type first-person shooter genre. For the most part, there seems to be a wide range of characters with their own unique abilities and skills.
Though we’ll have to wait and see just how well Quake Champions compares to video game titles such as Overwatch, there is already an interest in the title from gamers as this will be the first main entry to the Quake series since 2005’s release of Quake 4.
What is worth pointing out is that while Quake Champions has been confirmed for a release on the PC, developers have announced that they are not ruling out a release for console platforms just yet.
Space Hulk: Deathwing
Developer: Streum on studio, Cyanide
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Platforms: PC, PS4, XB1
Release Date: TBA 2017 (PS4, XB1)
Technically, Space Hulk: Deathwing will be available for gamers in 2016, but only on the PC platform while a console release will not be available until sometime in 2017. This upcoming video game by developers Streum on studio and Cyanide will be based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe, though more specifically, this is a video game based off a board game known as Space Hulk.
Within Space Hulk: Deathwing, players take the role of a Space Marine who will head out and face off against threats in the Space Hulk. These Space Hulks are made of mangled asteroids, shipwrecks, and other debris that end up along the currents of the Warp.
These locations are said to hold treasure and ancient lost technologies, but they are also often flooded with enemy forces leaving it up to a special division of the Space Marines to help clear out and retrieve the loot inside.
Get Even
Developer: The Farm 51
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platforms: PC, PS4, XB1
Release Date: TBA 2017
Get Even’s story by development studio The Farm 51 is still relatively unknown, but at the same time, this first-person shooter is said to have inspiration from the Silent Hill and The Matrix franchises, so we can likely expect a personal and well in-depth narrative.
Overall, players take control of a protagonist who takes on investigations from high profile individuals and even the Government, but this latest job seems to have our protagonist questioning his own reality.
Outside of the game story, one element that gamers may find an interest in is the experimental technology called Thorskan. The Farm 51 development studio has been using this technology to scan real environments in order to recreate them in full 3D for their upcoming video game release.
P.A.M.E.L.A.
Developer: NVYVE Studios
Publisher: NVYVE Studios
Platforms: PC
Release Date: February 2017
P.AM.E.L.A. is a video game currently in development by NVYVE Studios. This particular title is set in a fictional utopian city known as Eden. In this world, mankind strives to become a nation of perfection, though this goal really came at a cost to the people living within Eden.
Players awake from a cryo-sleep in Eden to only find that the world was invested by a bug that has disfigured most of the individuals causing them to act unpredictable and at times hostile. This is an open-world video game where players will have to figure out the story as the explore, gather resources, and adapt to the full day/night cycle present within the game.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3
Developer: CI Games
Publisher: CI Games
Platforms: PC, PS4, XB1
Release Date: April 4, 2017
If you enjoyed the past Sniper installments then you’ll find that the third installment, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3, will look and play better than ever. Developers are really pushing to release a triple AAA video game with their third installment.
Players will take on the role of a retired American Marine named Johnathan North. The nation is in shambles with a Cold War closing in along with a proxy war and civil war taking place in Georgia.
In the video game narrative, players will be heading out to Georgia to take out its intruder though it seems that our protagonist shares a dark past with this unknown individual.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Developer: BioWare
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platforms: PC, PS4, XB1
Release Date: Q2 2017
The next installment of the Mass Effect franchise will be launching during the second quarter of 2017. From what we know so far, Mass Effect: Andromeda will be taking place hundreds of years after the events of Mass Effect 3.
Set within the Andromeda Galaxy, players take on the role of an N7 Special Forces soldier who is set to be a Pathfinder. These Pathfinders are an operative task force that is in charge of discovering new planets for the Human species to colonize.
Days Gone
Developer: SIE Bend Studio
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Release Date: TBA 2016
Days Gone is a video game being developed by SIE Bend Studios and interestingly enough, this will be their first IP creation since their 1999 release of Syphon Filter. Not much has been revealed for Days Gone quite yet, but we do know that this will be an open world zombie post-apocalyptic video game.
Players will be controlling Deacon St. John who was once a bounty hunter. Now that the world has been invested with a disease turning humans into the living undead, Deacon St. John will take to the open road in an attempt to survive another day.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
Developer: Ubisoft Paris
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platforms: PC, PS4, XB1
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands will be the tenth installment in the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon franchise. This time around, the game is set in Bolivia, where the rising power of drug cartels has become a concern to the United States Government.
To deal with this concern, the Government has sent in an elite special operations unit called “the Ghosts” to destroy the cartels within their own country. Unlike previous installments within the franchise, players will have access to an open world environment.
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