Top 49 Upcoming Action Games of 2024
Most video games have SOME kind of action in their titles. But if you NEED the best of the best for 2024? We can help with that.
Platform: PS5
Release Date: January 19, 2024
While the sequel may not be as beloved as the original, The Last of Us Part II Remastered will give you plenty of action to delve into. Plus, it might even be more intense than the first game given the subject matter of the plot.
The first game was about Joel keeping Ellie alive long enough to get her to the Fireflies. But in the sequel, Joel’s decision to spare Ellie’s life comes back to haunt them. Ellie is then sent on a mission of revenge that will take her through swarms of foes, both human and monster.
She’ll have to use whatever weapons are available to her to take them out and kill the woman who took her father away.
Some will consider it a bit cheeky that we’re putting Marathon first on this list, given the state of Bungie. But that’s precisely why we’re putting it here. We KNOW that the game won’t be coming out in 2024 barring a miracle because Bungie not only laid off a nice chunk of its staff, but certain “tests” of the game hinted that it wouldn’t be out in the next year, and possibly another year after that!
The game is meant to revive the long-dormant Bungie franchise and be a “sci-fi extraction shooter,” and if they pull it off, it could be good. Then again, given how things are going, that might be a big ask.
Given the popularity of the original title, you might be surprised that Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is so low on our list. The reason for it is simple: the original game was such a mind trip that most people wouldn’t want to play it because of its “side effects.”
The sequel hasn’t been shown off that much, but it’s likely to be
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