INCOMING PS5 GAMES

Every game you can expect to play on your new PlayStation 5 together in one handy list

EXPECTED RELEASE KEY: 12+ MONTHS / 6-12 MONTHS / LAUNCH WINDOW

A Rat’s Quest: The Way Back Home

ETA 2021 / PUB HANDY GAMES / DEV THE DREAMERIANS Experience our world as a rat in this narrative-focused platform adventure. Stuart Little’s grubby cousin?

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

ETA 2020 / PUB UBISOFT / DEV UBISOFT MONTREAL

Live out your Viking fantasy without the need to grow a beard, as the famed sci-fi series heads to Dark Ages England.

Battlefield 6

ETA 2021 / PUB EA / DEV DICE

The latest iteration of DICE’s sublime shooter series has been confirmed for PS5. Come back next issue for more info.

Chorus

ETA 2021 / PUB DEEP SILVER / DEV FISHLABS

Play as ex-cultist Nara and a sentient AI starfighter in this epic story-driven shooter, promising 4K at 60fps. See p22.

Cygni: All Guns Blazing

ETA TBC / PUB KEELWORKS / DEV KEELWORKS

Satisfying your itch for Resogun-style action on PS5, this twinstick shooter comes from former Pixar artists.

Dauntless

ETA TBC / PUB EPIC GAMES / DEV PHOENIX LABS

The free-to-play RPG was confirmed for PS5 a while ago. Will Epic Games use this to test Unreal Engine 5?

Dirt 5

ETA 2020 / PUB CODEMASTERS / DEV CODEMASTERS Codies’ rallying expertise piped through an old-school arcade feel: this could be one the launch window’s surprises.

Dragon Age 4

ETA TBC / PUB EA / DEV BIOWARE

It’s been six years since the last game but a sequel is definitely coming, and it will be on Sony’s next-gen console.

Dying Light 2

ETA TBC / PUB TECHLAND / DEV TECHLAND

The ambitious zombie-parkour-RPG has been delayed, but everything we’ve seen points to one of PS5’s best games.

FIFA 21

ETA EA / PUB EA SPORTS / DEV EA VANCOUVER Development is leading on PS5, which is exciting. Could FIFA 21 be the only place we’ll see football next season?

Godfall

ETA TBC / PUB GEARBOX / DEV COUNTERPLAY GAMES Exclusive to PS5, this colourful soulsborne came out of nowhere to become everyone’s day-one game.

Gods & Monsters

ETA TBC / PUB UBISOFT / DEV UBISOFT QUEBEC

The Assassin’s Creed Odyssey team spins its know-how into a colourful, open-world action-adventure in ancient Greece.

Gothic Remake

ETA TBC / PUB THQ NORDIC / DEV PIRANHA BYTES

A next-gen remake of an aging PC roleplayer that has a whiff of The Witcher about its premise and gameplay.

Madden 21

ETA 2020 / PUB EA SPORTS / DEV EA TIBURON

The classic American football sim could be a surprise draw given how DualSense can make every tackle hurt.

MicroMan

ETA TBC / PUB GLOB GAMES / DEV GLOB GAMES

This indie shrinks you to the size of small mouse and throws you into a world of wildlife. Can you survive?

Moonray

ETA SUMMER 2021 / PUB EVERYTHING IS FULL OF GODS DEV EVERYTHING IS FULL OF GODS

Comic artist Grim Wilkins is designing this surreal soulsborne.

NHL 21

ETA 2020 / PUB EA SPORTS / DEV EA VANCOUVER Ray-traced ice? Go on then. This could be the first NHL you ever buy because you’re a sucker for new console shine.

Nth^0 Infinity Reborn

ETA FEB 2021 / PUB KITATUS / DEV KITATUS

This alternate-universe, dimension-hopping RPG promises realistic swordplay that has no health bars. Weird.

Observer: System Redux

ETA 2020 / PUB BLOOBER TEAM / DEV BLOOBER TEAM The Polish horror specialist is remaking its classic cyberpunk detective adventure in 4K at 60fps.

Outriders

ETA 2020 / PUB SQUARE ENIX / DEV PEOPLE CAN FLY

This co-op sci-fantasy shooter delivers on spectacle, and the developer knows how to deliver a solid blast.

Path Of Exile 2

ETA 2020 / PUB GRINDING GEAR GAMES

DEV GRINDING GEAR GAMES

The free-to-play Diablo-alike’s a wallet-friendly PS5 experience.

PsyHotel

ETA TBC / PUB ULTIMATE GAMES / DEV RG CREW

Run a hotel and kill off your unsavoury guests. But don’t forget you still need to keep the ‘nice’ guests happy. See p24.

Quantum Error

ETA 2020 / PUB TEAMKILL MEDIA / DEV TEAMKILL MEDIA Doom meets Control in this dimension-breaking FPS that could be a surprise shot of fun. This indie dev is ambitious.

Rainbow Six Quarantine

ETA TBC / PUB UBISOFT / DEV UBISOFT MONTREAL

An expansion-turned-spin-off that’s heading to next gen, this horror take on Siege’s gameplay could be a blast.

Rainbow Six Siege

ETA TBC / PUB UBISOFT / DEV UBISOFT MONTREAL

The PS4 eSports sensation is transitioning to PS5, and we expect it to make the most of the 60fps PS5 offers.

Redo! Enhanced Edition

ETA 2020 / PUB ROBSON PAIVA / DEV ROBSON PAIVA

Pixel art on your new PS5? Hardly why you’re going next-gen but this post-apocalypse metroidvania has proved popular.

Scarlet Nexus

ETA TBC / PUB BANDAI NAMCO / DEV BANDAI NAMCO Psychic powers like telekinesis add a novel twist to combat in this anime RPG. Better buff up your brain.

Sniper Elite 5

ETA TBC / PUB REBELLION / DEV REBELLION

Details are sparse but we know Karl Fairburne is bringing his X-ray-ted ball-shots to next gen, and we can’t wait.

Soulborn

ETA LATE 2021 / PUB PIXELMAD STUDIOS

DEV PIXELMAD STUDIOS

Explore Midgard at your leisure in this open-world RPG.

Starfield

ETA TBC / PUB BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

DEV BETHESDA GAME STUDIOS

The first new franchise in 25 years from the Elder Scrolls dev.

The Elder Scrolls 6

ETA TBC / PUB BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

DEV BETHESDA GAME STUDIOS

This epic RPG is years away but we know it’ll be worth the wait.

The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum

ETA 2021 / PUB DAEDALIC ENTERTAINMENT

DEV DAEDALIC ENTERTAINMENT

Play both side of the Hobbit-gone-bad’s personality in this RPG.

The Sims 5

ETA TBC / PUB EA DEV MAXIS, THE SIMS STUDIO

A generation-spanning sequel could have online features, as EA has mentioned “social interaction and competition”.

Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2

ETA 2020 / PUB ULTIMATE GAMES / DEV MASTERCODE New fish AI systems! Okay, we’ll take it seriously. This could surprise if the dev can deliver a photoreal experience.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

ETA TBC / PUB PARADOX / DEV HARDSUIT LABS

Live out your blood-sucking fantasies in this long-awaited RPG sequel. It promises some of best writing in videogames.

Warframe

ETA TBC / PUB DIGITAL EXTREMES / DEV DIGITAL EXTREMES This free-to-play game evolved from a so-so shooter into one of PS4’s best. Can it continue to dominate on PS5?

Watch Dogs Legion

ETA TBC / PUB UBISOFT / DEV UBISOFT TORONTO

The delayed open-world adventure puts us in a post-Brexit London and every character in the city is playable.

WRC 9

ETA 2020 / PUB NACON / DEV KYLOTONN

The licensed rally sim is heading to PS5 in an enhanced edition. We’re banking on it running 60fps at 4K.