STACK January 2017 Issue 147

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2015, and we’ve been waiting since
then to play the darn thing. Generally,
most games that feature Tom Clancy
in the title pique our interest, and from the
small amount that we managed to play at E3
last year in the Ubisoft booth, Ghost Recon
Wildlands looks to be fitting that brief nicely.
Mar 7
South Park:
The
Fractured
ButWhole
This one was suppos
to come out in Decemb
but slipped and fell on
its butt. Having been privileged
enough to experience The Fractured But Whole
with the Nosulus Rift, it’s safe to say this sequel
to The Stick of Truth will kick up quite a stink
when it finally launches. Q1 2017
Death
Stranding
You’re lying to yourse
if you think you aren’t
excited about this
one. Death Stranding
is Hideo Kojima’s first
game since departing
Konami and heading up
own studios, Kojima Productions.
Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen both have
starring roles, and that’s pretty much all anyone
knows about it so far. We need
it – yesterday. TBC
Scaleboun
This Xbox exclusive
has been waiting in
the wings for a while
now, and is tentatively
scheduled for a 2017
release. Think Final Fan
meets Monster Hunter meets
another PlayStation 4 exclusive with a buddy
system – it’s got unbelievable scale. You can
even customise you dr
TBC
ass Effec
ndromeda
Ah yes –
thanks to
delays, thi
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48 JANUARY 2017
GAMES
FEATURE
For Honor
The best Valentine’s Day gift anyone could
ever ask for. For Honor lets you play as a
Viking, a knight, or a samurai, and it will even
include a kick-ass multiplayer with a heap of
customisation options. Can’t wait. Feb 14
HaloWars 2
The Halo Wars series
has always been adored
by Halo fans as a
departure from the first-
person shooter formula,
and a haven for those
interested in the story
perhaps not fans of shooters. The second
one is due to come out in Feb, and our new
enemy is a brute nam
Horizon Ze
Dawn
This PlayStation
exclusive stars Aloy –
female huntress that’
taking on the wildern
with nothing but a bo
and arrow. Did we me
the wilderness is full of robot
dinosaurs? It’s an open-world RPG from
Guerilla Games, running on the same engine
as Death Stranding. Mar 1
Tom Clancy’s
Ghost Recon
Wildlands
This is how Ubisoft
closed out their E3
our “Most Anticipated Games” list last year,
but we’re including it again for old time’s sake.
Maybe this time it’ll actual
light of day? TBC
Days Gone
Before you go, “Oh, not
another zombie game,”
Days Gone is running on
the Unreal Engine 4 and
features music composed
Nathan Whitehead, who you’ll
have heard in Gears of War, Infamous, and even
Ratchet & Clank. So it’s like the best bits of
zombie games all rolled into one. TBC
God ofWar
Kratos is back. Need
we say more? This time
he’s stepped away from
the whole God thing,
and is trying his hand at
fatherhood. Wonder how
long that’ll last? TBC
Prey
From the studio that
brought us Dishonored
comes Prey – a revisiting o
the 2006 title of the same
name. Spearheaded by Ra
Colantonio and with music
by an Aussie, you need to
this one a look. It’s set in a
threat.TBC
Red Dead
Redemption 2
This will be the
Magnificent Seven and
Westworld of the video
game world – well, if you
don’t consider the original
is already that. John’s back, and
it looks like he’s brought with him a posse of
sauntering mates. TBC
Sea ofThieves
One of the most left-field
surprises of this year’s
E3, Sea of Thieves was an
outstanding title for most
in attendance. Developed b
Rare, you can take to the h
seas and pillage and plund
you please. Multiplayer included. TBC
Telltale’s
Marvel’s
Guardians of
the Galaxy
Telltale haven’t released
a bad game, so when
you combine their prolific
storytelling with Marvel’s
immersive Guardians of the
Galaxy series, there’s more than an Awesome
Mix full of potential. Absolutely pumped. Come
and get your love. TBC
With 2016 now a distant memory, it's time to casteyes forward to the coming year.
’s on the slate for 2017 – provided
ts delayed, of course. Let's get excited!
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