The PC Games in 2016 are going to rock.
2015 is coming to a close. And while the passage of another gaming year may come with some sadness, all it takes is one look at the games lined up for the upcoming year to bring a huge smile to your face.
Simply put, 2016 looks like it’s going to be stellar. Having doubts? Then why not read on, as we list the 15 Upcoming PC Games in 2016 That Will Be Awesome.
15. Tom Clancy’s The Division
When everything goes to hell courtesy of a country-wide pandemic, a special team of tactical agents called “The Division” becomes the last line of defense against total chaos. As one of these agents, your job is to solve the mystery of how the virus spread, and hopefully restore order to a New York that has fallen prey to sociopathic douchebags who treat every disaster like it’s an excuse to break windows and steal TVs.
The game will be set in a large open world, and will combine the RPG and third-person shooter genres. It will feature dynamic weather, crafting, squad combat, and other features sure to make this one of the most exciting PC games in 2016.
Not the friendliest of neighborhoods!
New York... Concrete jungle where dreams are made of... There's nothin' you can't do!
14. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst
One of the most innovative franchises is back with Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. You play once again as Faith, a ridiculously agile woman who trades the use of guns for sweet parkour skills. In fact, she’s so good at what she does that she’ll never have to pick up a firearm; she can take down opponents with a swift boot to the head, while her speed makes her a difficult target.
Unlike the first game, Catalyst will be set in an open world. This means that every objective can now be reached via several non-linear paths. Gameplay will still involve running, jumping, climbing, vaulting, sliding, and zip-lining. Man, we don’t even want to think about what all this parkour is doing to Faith’s knees. She’ll probably be in a wheelchair before she hits 30!
A gorgeous view of dystopia
He's going to be spitting out teeth in a few seconds
13. For Honor
Knights. Samurai. Vikings. In this hack and slash game, you ally yourself with one of three factions, who represent three of history’s most lethal types of warriors. Medieval badassery ensues.
Multiplayer supports up to eight players, but your team will also consist of a host of AI teammates, ensuring every battle is a bloodbath. There are a variety of classes and ways to customize your character. The combat system, “Art of Battle,” allows players to choose from which direction to attack the enemy, and how much strength to put into each attack. And, just to make things more interesting, you can accidentally injure your allies, so be careful where you swing that weapon. You might just end up embedding your blade in your friend’s skull!
One of the most eagerly awaited PC games in 2016!
Off to war!
A clash of cultures
12. Far Cry Primal
The Stone Age: a savage time rarely visited in games – which is one of Far Cry Primal’s greatest draws. Imagine going head-to-head with megafauna ranging from the sabretooth tiger to the gargantuan woolly mammoth. Or surviving a vast, untamed land teeming with forests, swamps, and rival tribes eager to use your skin to make tents.
Like all Far Cry games, Primal will be about survival in a land where the weak is often some creature’s dinner. Set in the open world of Oros, you’ll also be crafting primitive yet deadly weapons, growing your own tribe, and mastering the element of fire. So, will you rise to become the apex predator? Or will you end up a cute dire wolf puppy’s chew toy?
Prehistory has never been this thrilling!
Now this is a hunt!
Prehistoric butchery
11. Star Citizen
Star Citizen seems to want to be a lot of things: a space trading simulation, a first-person shooter (on foot and in the cockpit of a spaceship), a sandbox game, and an MMO. Trying to cram as many genres into one title is often a recipe for disaster. Thankfully, everything we’ve seen so far looks like every sci-fi nerd’s dream game come true.
The amount of freedom you’re given to do whatever you want to do in this massive, persistent universe – which you can enjoy alone or with thousands of other players – is staggering. Oh, and it looks gorgeous, to boot. We’re willing to bet this will be one of the most epic PC games in 2016.
Dodging laser beams
"Fellas, I don't think this is Mars."
10. Battleborn
Guns, swords, magic, explosives… there’s more than one way to slaughter the opposition, and in the first-person shooter MOBA Battleborn, there’s a character for every playstyle.
And because this is from the creators of the Borderlands series, expect unprecedented levels of mayhem and insanity. We can already see some of that zaniness in the game’s art style, which is as fresh as it is comical (not to mention beautifully colorful). A list of great PC games in 2016 would be incomplete without this gem of a title.
Cartoon violence
Pump 'em full of bullets!
9. Street Fighter V
Capcom is taking their hallowed fighting franchise to the next level with Street Fighter V.
In a move calculated to please all fans, the game’s growing roster is a good mixture of the old and the new. Newcomers Rashid and Laura are a perfect fit in Street Fighter mold, while icons like Cammy and Zangief are looking better than ever. Then you’ve got Karin and Rainbow Mika, whom we all have to agree have been absent from the limelight for too long.
But the best thing about the game is how it changes up the formula to make even the old characters feel new. New moves and mechanics will pave the way for a deeper, more tactical fighting game sure to impress casual and hardcore fighting game fans alike.
Someone's not having a good time
M.Bison's going to be seeing red in three... two...
8. Dishonored 2
Dishonored was one of the best stealth games released in recent years, combining solid cloak and dagger gameplay, cabalistic magic, and conspiracy theories, then wrapping it all up in the grim, plague-ridden package that is the industrial city of Dunwall. Dishonored 2 is set to bring all that back, and more.
In the sequel, you play as either Corvo or Emily Kaldwin, who is no longer the helpless child Empress of the first game, but a bonafide badass in her own right. Her magic will differ from Corvo’s, and will include Far Reach, which is kind of like a supernatural grappling hook. She can also turn into a black mist – a great trick if you need to hurtle through a gauntlet of traps, or if you want to show off at parties!
If you think this is an unfair fight, you don't know Emily...
"Oh, it is ON!"
7. Doom
What’s great about Doom is that it really seems directly inspired by the original 1993 video game of the same name, from the monster design down to the violence. Of course now, the developer has modern technology to make the action more heart-pounding, and the killing even bloodier.
Doom will focus on speed and killing monsters as quickly and mercilessly as possible. As such, it won’t have the cover system that many modern shooters are already doing to death. Imagine a train decked out in all manner of weapons charging through a hundred meat bags, and you’ll get a good idea of what the gameplay is like.
Expect guns, gore, and over-the-top action in what will surely be one of the best PC games in 2016.
Giant demons, skeletons with shoulder cannons... you name it, Doom's got it
You guys look familiar!
6. XCOM 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown introduced us to the joys on blasting alien invaders in the face. XCOM 2 is set to be an improvement of that experience, with new weapons, classes, and aliens.
In XCOM 2, the aliens have conquered Earth. The remains of XCOM, now traveling in their mobile base Avenger, is the humanity’s last hope for freedom.
Like in the first game, you control a squad of soldiers as you try to kill or capture aliens. Success will require the strategic exploitation of the environment, the timely use of your tools, and using the enemy’s own strengths against them. And when not liquefying malevolent extraterrestrials, you’ll be researching technology to give you the upper hand in battle.
With XCOM 2, the PC games in 2016 look very promising indeed!
All decked out
Target sighted!
5. Rise of the Tomb Raider
The 2013 Tomb Raider reboot gave us a more realistic Lara, and a memorable adventure that saw her transform from a frightened girl to a hardened woman who wasn’t afraid of getting blood on her hands.
Rise of the Tomb Raider will continue her story in a quest that will span the globe. Arid deserts? Bone-chilling snowy regions? Wet jungles? She’ll be braving dangers of various types. Not to mention those death-defying stunts will be making a comeback, which will have you wondering once again if Lara Croft is just really lucky, or if she is secretly a mutant with a higher-than-normal tolerance for pain.
Climbing new heights
Death from above
4. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex is one of the best sci-fi franchises of our time, so we can’t be happier about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
The game is set in 2029, two years after Deus Ex: Human Revolution. A tragedy called the Panchaea Incident, in which “natural” people were mindlessly attacked by millions of augmented individuals, has led to the global persecution of augmented people. In the midst of all this, we follow returning anti-hero Adam Jensen as he attempts to foil terrorist plots.
The game has more choices than before, including augmentation upgrades that will allow Jensen to do incredible, super-powered feats. And if you thought the first game was beautiful, Mankind Divided captures the look of a dystopian near future so wonderfully your eyes will pop out.
It’s definitely set to become one of the best PC games in 2016.
Hide and seek
Say hello to the future of security
3. Dark Souls III
Everybody has fallen in love with the Souls series, those excruciatingly difficult fantasy RPG games in which you, a pathetic warrior in some grim fantasy world, has to fend off murderous creatures and boss monsters so hideous they put a smile on Cthulu’s face.
Well, rejoice, masochistic Dark Souls fans, because come 2016, you’ll be dying a whole lot in Dark Souls III. The combat will be faster, like Souls offshoot Bloodborne, and will even come with a new feature called Weapon Arts. This means that every weapon will come with a variety of special attacks, and can even affect your battle stance. The areas also promise to be much larger than those in Dark Souls II.
Rest assured, we’ll be playing Dark Souls III along with all the other great PC games in 2016.
Putting those Weapon Arts to good use
Sharpshooting, Dark Souls style
2. Total War: Warhammer
Total War has been giving us some of the greatest strategy war games in the industry. The latest entry in the series will be set in the dark Warhammer universe, where fantasy races such as lizardmen and elves are locked in constant battle.
At launch, you’ll be able to play as any of four factions: the technology-focused human Empire, the Orcish Greenskins, the stalwart Dwarfs, and the Vampire Counts.
Like other Total War games, Warhammer will combine titanic real-time battles with turn-based empire-building campaigns. Unlike the others, there will be magic and monsters such as dragons and giants. Expect oodles of blood and lots and lots of severed heads.
We simply can’t wait for what will likely be one of the best PC games in 2016!
Quit playing with your food!
Stick 'em with the pointy end
1. Mass Effect: Andromeda
Not much is known about Mass Effect: Andromeda, which will be coming late next year. Still, with Bioware’s amazing pedigree, you can be sure this will be one of the greatest PC games in 2016.
So far, we do know that it takes place many years after the events of the original Mass Effect trilogy. Also – and most intriguing of all – the game will explore an entirely different galaxy: Andromeda. For the non-science nerds out there, that’s a real galaxy – one that’s quite close to our very own Milky Way.
So what does that mean? New worlds. New aliens. New technology. New threats. And the two most important things of all, new stories and new adventures.
2016 can’t come soon enough.
A new horizon
Dessert hgh jinx
So, what do you think? Don’t these games make you look forward to 2016? Tell us which PC games in 2016 you’re already dying to play!
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