10 most anticipated games of 2024

2024 looks really promising in the field of video games, with big upcoming releases. 2024 will hardly beat 2023 with its new entrants, but who knows? We’ll see. And now let’s take a look at the most anticipated video games of this year.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Nintendo confirmed the release of several Mario franchise games in 2024. One of them is the remake of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong game, originally released in 2004.

Release date: February 2024
Plot
Mario owns a toy company, and Donkey Kong falls in love with the toys after seeing a TV advertisement. He breaks into the factory and steals the toys. So, Mario starts to chase Donkey Kong in order to battle him and get the toys back.

In the new 2024 version, Nintendo made some enhancements to the graphics and local co-op multiplayer.

Princess Peach: Showtime!

Another Mario franchise game Princess Peach: Showtime! is expected to be released this spring. Nintendo steps back from making Mario the main character of all the franchise games and gives the crown to Princess Peach, making her the main protagonist for the first time since 2005.

Release date: March 2024
Plot
One day, a Toad from the Mushroom Kingdom receives an advertisement for a show and decides to go see it together with Princess Peach and some other Toads. Suddenly, the theater is invaded, and Princess Peach has to stop the villains.

Tekken 8

A new series of the classic Tekken franchise is coming soon with completely redesigned characters and drastically improved graphics.

Release date: January 2024
Plot
The action takes place 6 months after the death of Heihachi Mishima. The gamers will bear witness to the final confrontation between the main characters, Kazuya Mishima and his son Jin Kazama.

The Tekken creators added up new characters that will play a certain role in the main plot.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

A Ubisoft action-adventure game diving the players into a cursed Persian-inspired world.

Release date: January 2024
Plot
Sargon, a young warrior, goes to the cursed city of Mount Qaf to rescue the kidnapped prince.
Unisoft claims an epic adventure with high-quality graphics and the possibility to manipulate the boundaries of time and space.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

A new release from Rocksteady Studios, the creators of the Batman Arkham series, with the main goal to save the world by killing the Justice League.

Release date: February 2024
Plot
Amanda Waller, A.R.G.U.S. director, sends the Suicide Squad on a special mission in Metropolis city. On the mission, it turns out that the situation is not that simple: the Earth is invaded, and its population is being brainwashed. The Squad will have to stop the invaders and save the world before Metropolis is taken over.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

The second part of PlayStation’s Final Fantasy VII trilogy remake series with enhanced graphics, a captivating plot, all-out battles and a highly detailed game world.

Release date: February 2024
Plot
The main characters run away from the totalitarian Migdar city and follow the former elite soldier Sephiroth who aims to achieve greater power.

Avowed

An upcoming role-playing game for Windows and Xbox where the main character has multiple useful tools to defeat enemies: spells, magic, cold arms and firearms.

Release date: the second half of 2024
Plot
Avowed takes gamers to the Living Lands, a part of the Eora world with numerous locations, including forests, deserts, caves and valleys. The acting character comes from the Aedyr Empire and has the goal of investigating a mysterious plague in the Living Lands.

Black Myth: Wukong

The game by a Chinese developer based on the classic XVI century Chinese novel Journey to the West. The main character is Monkey King Sun Wukong, born from a stone.

Release date: August 2024
Plot
Sun Wukong, known in the game as the Destined One, can transform into an insect or a monster. The King will have to fight numerous enemies to reveal the greatest mystery.

Dragon’s Dogma 2

A sequel to Dragon’s Dogma (2012)

Release date: March 2024
Plot
The main character, Arisen, is marked by a dragon that the player will have to defeat. The mysterious outerworld beings Pawns will join to help explore the world, solve the quests and defeat monsters.

By the way, the developers let gamers rule everywhere and even choose their Arisen appearance, vocation and party, as well as define the character’s attitude towards different situations.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

The first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 15 years, a survival horror video game by the Ukrainian game developer GSC Game World.

Release date: September 2024
Plot
The action takes place in 2006, where the Chernobyl power plant mysteriously explodes one more time. It causes extraordinary supernatural events and gives place to the mutation of the beasts. There are also valuable artifacts in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone that give players special powers.

The developers state that this will be an epic, non-linear story where gamers will be able to control the plot themselves.

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