The Surge 2
- Developer: Deck13 Interactive
- Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
- Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO
- Release: 2019
Development studio, Deck13, has been around since 2002 with some of their latest titles being 2014’s Lords of the Fallen and 2017’s The Surge. The latter of the two will be seeing a sequel sometime in 2019 with publishers Focus Home Interactive.
The Surge was a science fiction action RPG which takes place in the future where humanity has used up the various world resources. As a result, humanity becomes strained with most seeking use of technological advances to maintain their daily lives.
Mimicking the Souls series, The Surge franchise is aimed to be a difficult RPG with players encouraged to upgrade their exoskeleton suit for battles. So far, we know that this upcoming sequel will take place in a brand new city environment with larger level designs and a tweaked combat mechanic to offer more tactical strategy.
Despite there being few details released so far for this upcoming sequel, the gameplay footage so far unveiled does put players into the outskirts of a city. Players will be battling a wide range of augmented enemies and robotic hostilities disguised within the forests.
Biomutant
- Developer: Experiment 101
- Publisher: THQ Nordic
- Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO
- Release: 2019
In Biomutant, players take the role of a raccoon-like creature that must save the world. With a poisonous oil springing up from the ground, most the world is quickly infected and dying off. This also has spread to the Tree of Life, a giant tree that brings life to the whole world.
Players must go to each of the six roots of the Tree of Life and stop the oil and defeat each boss. Furthermore, the game will be tossing players a number of decisions that will affect the overall narrative storyline. Likewise, the choices you make will ultimately alter the world itself. Developers have stated that the entire world is open for players to explore with only sections blocked, forcing players to progress the narrative in order to gather the items required to access past unreachable areas.
Regardless, this appears to be a thrilling science fiction based video game with the world filled with unique creatures and high tech gadgetry.
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
- Developers: Double Damage Games
- Publisher: Double Damage Games
- Platforms: PS4, PC, NS
- Release: 2019
If you enjoyed Rebel Galaxy then you’ll want to take note of Rebel Galaxy Outlaw which is coming out in 2019. So far the details are a bit scarce but we do know that the game will take place about thirty years prior to the events of the first game where players will take on the role as Juno Markev.
Juno is a smuggler that ends up in debit with a casino in order to gain a ship so as a result we can expect the ship combat aspect to the game will still be a major component to the video game. However, it seems that the development team is looking to deliver a stronger narrative journey for players to uncover as they progress. Overall, the developers are taking all the aspects that made Rebel Galaxy work and further enhancing them in this upcoming prequel.
Another key aspect to the previous installment to this game series is trading, pirating and bounty hunting. We’re sure that this will carry over into this upcoming installment but we’re still waiting for more details on the game to release.
Hellpoint
- Developer: Cradle Games
- Publisher: tinyBuild
- Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO, NS
- Release: 2019
Hellpoint is a science fiction action RPG. Set in the distant future, mankind no longer fights in brutal wars for resources. Instead, precious resources have become unlimited thanks to interstellar space travel. However, one day a quantum cataclysm occurred which tore a hole through several universe parallels blending most of humanity into mindless creatures. This action RPG also features unique level designs and a real time clock which will creature dynamic events at certain locations.
As mentioned earlier, this game is a science fiction title. The game should feel as if it’s constantly evolving making it a unique journey as you explore your surroundings and attempt to make sense of this newly found madness. Likewise, with the game set in a space station, you’ll likely find yourself roaming the corridors in hope that you don’t end up getting stuck between unknown entities.
Halo: Infinite
- Developer: 343 Industries
- Publisher: Microsoft
- Platforms: PC, XBO
- Release: TBD
We really can’t go into too much detail about Halo: Infinite as there hasn’t been really any information released so far about the game. This will be the next major installment to the Halo franchise which will continue the story for Master Chief. A small teaser was released during E3 2018 and since then the development team over at 343 Industries have yet to give any information regarding just what gamers can expect. Instead, players should prepare for more Master Chief and perhaps another encounter against Cortana but that’s purely speculative..
This has always been a popular science fiction video game franchise since it first released. Players will likely embark to new planets, fight alien species, and as mentioned, there could potentially be the return of Cortana, an artificial intelligence bot that was the main antagonist focus in the fifth installment. Details about the game are slim at the moment but once we have new official information to share we will go ahead and update this post so stay tuned for future updates.