PS5, Xbox Series, Switch ... The most anticipated video games of the return | games

After a first calm semester on the video game side, the return rings the arrival of an avalanche of titles. The PS5, Xbox Series X / S, Switch and PC consoles will host the first wave of this end-of-year games, before a Christmas day. Here's what to expect.

The following games are presented according to their dates of exits between August and September.

HumanKind (August 17)

This is probably one of the most ambitious strategy and exploration video games of the year. With HumanKind, French Studios amplitude developers offer nothing less than rewriting the history of humanity as a whole. Planned first on PC, this title invites you to choose from 60 cultures that have shaped the planet to redo the world through six temporal ages. Antiquity in the era of rockets, players will be able to develop their vision, in this title that should please (or even forget them?) To the franchise lovers "Civilizations". Highly anticipated, Humankind could count among the games of the year.

Psychonauts 2 (25 August)

Very nice Xbox Series output, Xbox One, PS4 and PC, Psychonauts 2 will point to the tip of its nose a little before the start of the class. Created by the Double Fine Productions team, this suite arrives nearly 15 years after a first crazy adventure. We find Raz, our little hero, who will alternate between the real world and the disturbed spirit of his enemies. A psychedelic festival scheduled for August 25th.

No More Heroes III (27 August)

Travis TOUCHDOWN will resume service in August next in the 3rd canonical episode of its adventures. Highly anticipated, No More Heroes III will be an exclusive switch. Our crazy hero-assassin will be sent to a floating island above the sea, where all of its fights will have consequences even in the rest of our galaxy. On an absurd and stripping narrative, No More Heroes III should animate the year.

Riders Republic (September 2)

Ubisoft has accustomed us to offering video games in open world of a wealth and sophisticating beauty. Riders Republic should follow this identity by offering a multisport and multiplayer game particularly beautiful and fun. As in Steepp (dedicated to the winter sports), Riders republic we embarks on a valley surrounded by mountain, where extreme sports adipes are got in my heart. Snowboarding, mountain biking and even wingsuit (propelled by rockets) will be at the center of the gameplay of this boosted game at the adrenaline that will propose to be free outings in solo-six-to-six competition sessions, and even giant races to 64 players. All will land on consoles and PCs.

WRC 10 (September 2)

One year after a WRC 9 more than convincing, his suite will arrive at a point named for rally fans. The official game of the World Championship will be at the rendezvous of the return to PS4, Xbox One, PC, but also optimized on PS5 and Xbox Series. WRC 10 will celebrate a little early 50 years of the WRC Championship (which will celebrate them in 2022) and the French of KT Racing hear this time propose a legendary edition that will bring together the great champions that marked the history of the discipline, including Sébastien Loeb, Sébastien Ogier, Carlos Sainz, Peter Solberg, Tommi Mäkinen and Colin McRae, in addition to being able to compete in the current championship. See you on September 2 to settle behind the wheel.

NBA 2K22 (10 September)

No one year has been running for more than 20 years without its version of NBA 2K. WHEREAS on September 10, NBA 2K22 will therefore crisscross the sneakers on the floor on all consoles and PCs. The simulation of 2K should continue to blend sports enthusiasts, with ever more girlfriend graphics, while fans expect some gameplay corrections to enjoy what could become a historic episode on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S.

Tales of Arise (September 10)

Created in 1995 on Super Famicom, the saga "Tales of" has gained its nobility over the last 25 years. Sixteen cannodes later, the players will discover on September 10 Tales of Arise, a brand new opus, that games was able to discover in preview, and which looks very promising for J-RPG fans. A cell-shading production worthy of an animated than Bandai Namco will soon launch on Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 and PC.

Life Is Strange: True Colors (September 10)

Offered by Square Enix and developed by Deck Nine Games, the new installment is titled Life is Strange True Colors (True colors). A video game in line with the power of his heroine, Alex Chen, who is able to perceive the feelings of people she meets observing the colorful aura emanating from them. Investigating the death of his brother, the young woman will explore the bucolic Haven Springs. Scheduled on consoles and PC on September 10, this new album will come with a remastered for Life is Strange 1 and its spin-off Before the Storm.

Deathloop ## (September 14)

Arkane Studios is in control of this temporary exclusivity on SP5 and PC announced for October 14th. Deathloop promises to be an ambitious shooter where killers are sent through different eras to commit murder. Problem, all are caught in a time loop in which it seems difficult to discard.

Rainbow Six extraction (16 September)

After converting a large community of players on Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft launches a new iteration stamped Extraction. Based on a cooperative mode with three players, tactical stealth game puts a team of elite soldiers to the test of an alien invasion. A FPS action packed waited on Xbox, PlayStation, PC and Stadia.

KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS (21 September)

Among the big adventures of the year expected on SP5 (but on PS4 and PC), Kena Bridge of Spirits invites to follow the peregrinations of young Kena responsible for guiding small forest spirits. Powers magical and epic adventure should mark this new game, the first images are proving very promising.

sand (23 September)

With its 3D inspired by the Incal Moebius, Sand shows its plastic a few months of its release on Xbox Series, Xbox One and PC. A title that we planned on a planet which we will have to explore every facet, to discover treasures and explore its mainly desert regions which nevertheless contain many mysteries. Noted for its original artistic direction, Sand could make an impression upon its release, scheduled to accompany the first leaves of autumn.

efootball (in September?)

This is a year of great change for the PES franchise. After a few years of transition with the name eFootball 20XX PES, Konami has chosen to abandon this year the historical name of its flagship licensed for single eFootball. If we still know little about the internal changes to the game including gameplay, we already know that the game will be free, with a business model based on integrated purchases. No official release date has yet filtered at the time of writing (early August). Previous games being released around the 20th of September, we can expect availability in the course of recovery, days before a planned FIFA 22 for its October 1.