World war survival, furious racing and more
Aiman Maulana lists the new offerings gamers can look forward to next month.
1. CALL OF DUTY: WWII
THE 14th non-spinoff entry to the
series, is a first-person shooter game and the second entry to be set during World War II since The game focuses on the actions of a 12-men squad of the 1st Infantry Division from 1944 to 1945 in Europe during World
War II, covering the occupation of France and Belgium as well as the journey to Germany.
Players will mostly follow two soldiers: Private Ronald “Red” Daniels and Private First Class Robert Zussman. In essence, live the war through their eyes, with additional characters being playable, and making cameo appearances from time to time.
is the first Call Of Duty game since the original to not have health regeneration in the campaign mode. Instead, players will need to rely on medics who will be providing health packs. Furthermore, players can choose a myriad of ways to complete their objective, such as capturing enemies instead of subduing them, and their choices will have an effect on gameplay. will be coming to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC on Nov 3. 3. NEED FOR SPEED PAYBACK
THE 23rd instalment in the
series, is a racing game developed by the folks over at Ghost Games, the team that worked on
The game follows three main characters: Tyler Morgan, Mac, and Jess, in Fortune Valley. Their aim is to take down a cartel that’s controlling Fortune Valley’s underworld, known as The House.
will have an open world environment for players to explore. It has a focus on action driving, which is essentially driving with style such as executing stunts, and these style actions will have movie-like sequences. Unlike the previous game, this one will have a 24-hour day and night cycle.
The game’s creative director William Ho has mentioned (in an interview 4. STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II
FROM the team at EA DICE,
is a multiplayer-focused action shooter game where players can take control of their favourite characters and battle against a vast number of enemies using lightsabers, guns, and everything in between.
Unlike the previous instalment, this one actually comes with a single player with Red Bull Games) that they ditched realism to “give gamers their own action movie fantasy”. Not only was this done to differentiate itself from competitors like Gran Turismo, it has enabled them to include a storyline akin to the series for gamers to enjoy.
will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC on Nov 6. campaign which is focused on Inferno Squad leader Iden Version. The campaign will be happening at the same timeline as the latest mainline movie,
and it will show a different side to the events that transpired in the movie.
will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC on Nov 17.