The Walking Dead: A New Frontier – Telltale Games – PC, PS4, Xbox One (Dec 20)
The third season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead series debuts on Dec 20 with a 2-part premiere and gives us the first look at Clementine who’s now a bit more grown up in her teenage years. If you’ve played the series through so far you’ve likely got a deep affection for Clementine, saving her and taking her under your wing in the first episode of Season One. Season Three takes place four years after the initial outbreak and players will take control of series newcomer Javier, a man struggling to keep his family together in the new world, while also playing as Clementine, now a teenage survivor holding secrets of her past while fighting to protect family of her own.
Dead Rising 4 – Microsoft Game Studios – PC, Xbox One (Dec 6)
Microsoft finishes off its exclusives for the year with the Capcom developed Dead Rising 4. Probably one of the most successful zombie specific franchises in gaming, Dead Rising 4 sees the return of Frank West (all the way back from Dead Rising) as the main protagonist. Taking place in Willamette, Colorado during the Christmas season you can tell that MS really planned out the release of this one. In a change of pace, this installment in the Dead Rising franchise will drop both the co-op story gameplay and the timer based system it has been so famously known for. Microsoft stated that the timer drop made the game a bit more accessible for players of all abilities.
The Last Guardian – Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4 (Dec 6)
There’s no question we’ve saved the best for last with The Last Guardian. This game has been in development so long it was close to becoming vapor-ware but Sony has finally made it happen. Designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, the man responsible for the classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian promises to take players on Ueda’s most magical journey yet. Join a young boy as he befriends a massive creature named Trico in a game 10 years in the making. The duo must work together to escape their captors and despite being shrouded in mystery, The Last Guardian will very likely be one of the best of the year. Now only a few short days away, fans worldwide are giddy with anticipation.
Now the only question left to ask is… what are you picking up?