The Biggest Games Coming in 2024
2023 was heralded as the biggest year in the history of video games to ever video game a game of videos, and as that incoherent word salad would suggest, it was a busy year. That said, 2024 is shaping up to have quite a few big releases to keep you from finishing that massive backlog you piled up last year because you were so busy tormenting Koroks and trying to get to second base with Shadowheart.
Before we get into it, note that video game release dates are about as reliable as weather forecasts at this point so it’s very possible, if not likely, that a few of these get delayed or otherwise moved around. Also, this is by no means a comprehensive list of everything coming out, just a handful of games we thought you’d like to have on your radar – if something you’re excited for didn’t make the cut, it’s nothing personal! If you want a more thorough roundup, every month we put up a new video detailing that month’s upcoming releases, so keep an eye out for that - the January one is already up.
If you’re sitting around checking your enchanted hourglass waiting on that Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, good news! Ubisoft whipped up a nice 2.5D Metroidvania to hold you over. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown goes back to the series’ side-scrolling platformer roots, but with some modern twists. That’s it for basically everything released on January 18th.
On January 26th, hot on the heels of last year’s new installments of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, Tekken enters the fray with its eighth entry, which is putting those new-gen consoles through their paces and really showing what Unreal 5 can do. That’s on PS5, Xbox Series and PC.
That same day, on new- and last-gen, is Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. That’s an expensive
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