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The PlayStation 4 is home to a whole host of brilliant games. Now firmly in its stride, the PS4 is home to some of the best games ever made, from AAA blockbusters, through to smart indie titles, and now innovative PlayStation VR experiences. And - if you're a PS4 owner - it's only going to get better in 2017. What follows is a list of the biggest, brightest games coming to PlayStation. Naturally the big-bucks projects – The Last of Us 2, Horizon: Zero Dawn, God of War – are all represented, but there are many that may have flown under your radar but are just as noteworthy. Yooka-Laylee, Farpoint, and Psychonauts 2 to name a few.Our upcoming PS4 games are listed in chronological order, starting with releases due over the next few days or weeks, and moving further into 2017 and beyond as we go.Release date: January 18, 2017Follow up to up the brilliant Vita anime actioner, where you have the power to control gravity. Why it's so interesting? Weightlessly jumping to the world of Hekseville, and starring a walking anime cliche called Kat, this game is all about messing with gravity to bust enemies and solve puzzles.
You can walk on walls, switch gravity mid-jump, and stroll along ceilings. As is law, it's open-world, and there are light RPG elements too, but its gorgeous anime style will have you purring like Dusty, Kat’s black sorta-cat. Release date: January 24, 2017Meet the Baker family, a clan who are intent on chasing you through their rather grubby home in the revitalised series.RE7 is moving from the action and going full wet-your-pants horror, changing the third person perspective and gung-ho protagonists for a frightening experience. Beginning Hour has already shown it’ll utilise scare tactics from games like P.T., giving players a chance to explore creepy environments, uncover clues that allow them to progress through the story, and try to escape gruesome deaths at the hands of the Baker family. If you’re feeling really brave, it’s fully playable in VR as well.Release date: January 24, 2017What is it? An open-world action game set in 1988 Tokyo that serves as a prequel to the long-running Yakuza series.
Why it's so interesting? There's no better time for newcomers to hop into the ever-expanding cult classic Yakuza series than Yakuza 0. It's the first game in the series to make it to PS4 (in the West, anyway), so there's no need to break out your ancient hardware. It's also set in the late 1980s, acting as an introductory prequel to series protagonists Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima and their first few adventures in the Japanese criminal underworld. Yakuza 0 acts as sort of a cross between Shenmue and River City Ransom, combining hyper-realistic recreations of Japanese cities, stores, and general daily life, along with some of the most over-the-top fist-fights and mini-games you'll ever play. Run a nightclub, play a faithful recreation of OutRun at the arcade, and beat the everloving tar out those who deserve it - just another day in the life of a yakuza.Release date: February 14, 2017 Genre: FighterWhat is it? Ultimate Warrior-esque brawler, where Samurai, Vikings and Knights clash in perpetual war.
A radical departure for Ubi, For Honor sees warriors facing off in one-on-one battles and a real emphasis on single combat as opposed to just mowing through hordes of faceless foes. That’s why multiplayer is a big deal here - teams split into two groups of four and hack at each other until the opposition is crushed. There are AI opponents running around too, but it's very much focused on player vs player scrapping, putting it closer to a beat 'em up than a traditional hack 'n' slash.Release date: February 14, 2017 What is it? Ultra-stealthy, World War 2 sniping with a lone wolf hero and gory X-ray kill cams that follow your bullet to the bitter end.Why it's so interesting? Rebellion's Sniper Elite series has always been a satisfying exercise in super-deadly patience and grizzled hero Karl Fairburne's latest adventure looks like it will scratch that stealth itch even harder. This time the action moves to sun-drenched Italy where individual levels are now sprawling open world terrains full of side objectives and new and imaginative ways to slaughter your unwitting foes.
And yes, the X-ray cam is back and even gorier than ever before. Release date: February 24, 2017What is it? The digital version of what Lego does best: let people build stuff. Minecraft has often been described as "digital Lego," but now you can go right to the source for your block-building needs. The appeal is pretty obvious: monkey around in a procedurally-generated landscapes all made out of Lego. Make a mountain range, make a house. Fly a helicopter, fill your yard with mushrooms. Drop in prefab constructions or let your imagination take shape block by block. Might I recommend a double-decker couch?Release date: February 28, 2017In the far-flung future of Horizon: Zero Dawn, Robots roam the earth like dinosaurs and humans, like Aloy, try to live alongside of them.There’s plenty of positives from Guerrilla’s first new IP since Killzone, but we’re finding its unique open-world to be the most genuinely fascinating. You play as a nomadic hunter named Aloy in a far-future version of earth, filled with lush wilderness, primitive humans and, er, robot animals.
Aloy and her tribe are forced to live off resources provided by strange, robotic creatures that she hunts. All the footage we’ve so far - including Aloy battling a giant robot T-Rex with a high tech bow that has a variety of explosive and robot-stunning arrows - looks great. Release date: March 7, 2017The Ghost Recon team is looking to take out a dangerous cartel in the heart of Bolivia.The freedom to decide what missions to take, and how to accomplish your objectives in Ghost Recon: Wildlands' massive open world. Have a sniper team take out guards while another group infiltrates an enemy base, run in guns blazing, or hijack helicopters for an aerial assault. It's all up to you. You're fighting a war against an oppressive cartel, and in order to take it down, you'll have to interrupt its operations, rescue hostages, and take over its strongholds. Anything goes, and it looks like this'll be a blast in every sense.Release date: March 14, 2017Genre: simulationWhat is it? A VR experience that puts you on the bridge of brand new Starfleetship, the USS Aegis.Why it's so interesting?
Commanding a ship in Starfleet is certainly a cool starting point, but what makes Bridge Crew particularly interesting is that it's a multiplayer VR game. You and three friends adopt the key roles of the bridge crew: engineering, tactical, helm, and the best of all, captain. (Look, every Star Trek fan out there has dreams about yelling "SHIELDS UP! PREPARE TO RETURN FIRE!" and if they say they don't, they're lying.) The crew needs to work cooperatively or your maiden voyage is going to be short, and the VR adds just that extra bit of authenticity as you yell back and forth to each other about scans, defensive maneuvers, and whether or not the engines can take any more, Captain. Release date: March 21, 2017A triumphant return to BioWare’s brilliant series, just without a Shepherd to guide you through this new galaxy...Mass Effect: Andromeda seems to be more about exploration - you will be in the Andromeda galaxy after all - than the frantic action of Mass Effect 3. Don't fret, though: there’ll still be plenty to get your pulse racing.