If the gaming calendar year is a turkey, November is the stuffing. It’s not so much that it has the most games, just some of the biggest. It’s a sequel fest, as are most Novembers, but only one of them is of the annual variety, meaning gamers have been waiting years to get their hands on a few of these. We’re getting a game that has literally been in development for 10 years, another that follows in the grand tradition of handheld RPGs, an open-world improvement, a stealth steampunk spectacular and Call of Duty. Yup, they made another one.
Find out what we’re most excited to play after the break.
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Final Fantasy XV
2006 feels like the Stone Age in terms of video games, their impact and the technology involved in making them. That’s when Final Fantasy XV was first announced as a spin-off of Final Fantasy XIII, dubbed “Versus.” Many years in development hell and a few directors later, we finally have the game many Final Fantasy fans have been waiting for. FFXV bucks the trend of past mainline single-player campaigns by offering an open world to explore, including a drivable car and a bunch of companions with which to take your road trip. The combat is fast and fluid, the graphics are stunning and early previews are praising the lack of load times and dearth of content. Hopefully all of the pieces fit when it hits modern consoles on November 29.
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Pokémon Sun and Moon
Pokemon Go kind of exploded. With over half a billion downloads across the world, little cute pocket monsters crept back into the social consciousness for the first time since the 1990s. But for diehards of the series, the only part of the franchise they truly care about are the RPGs released every few years on Nintendo’s mobile platform. The 3DS is getting a double dose of Pokemon (as is tradition) in Pokemon Sun and Moon, but the game hasn’t changed very much. Players will assume the role of a young trainer, gathering little animals and training them to fight against one another. It sounds brutal, but it’s charming in that Nintendo way. Choose your celestial body on November 18.
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Watch Dogs 2
Poor, poor Watch Dogs. After breaking Ubisoft’s record for pre-orders and looking like the best reason to join the next generation of consoles, it came out to middling reviews and general apathy as the final product missed the mark on nearly all fronts. But Ubisoft can’t not make sequels, so we have the follow-up, which at least took enough time to hopefully fix the major issues with the original. First up, San Francisco is the new host to your hacktivist activities and it looks like the developers actually took the time to replicate the Bay Area’s golden city with recognizable landmarks and distinct neighborhoods. The new protagonist looks way more complex than Aiden Pierce’s dry paint demeanor and the various missions seem way more fun. We got some hands-on time at E3 and enjoyed what we saw, so here’s hoping the whole thing comes together on November 15.
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Dishonored 2
Against a few odds, Bethesda managed to bring a new IP to the masses that actually worked. The steampunk stealth combat world of Dishonored broke into the market in 2012 and gave gamers plenty to do in its Victorian-era murder sandbox. The powers were nuts, the story was crazy and the art was striking. But the sequel seems to ramp up each of those aspects, introducing a second playable character with all new powers and abilities. Our main character, Corvo, now has voice over dialogue and the environment is completely different, giving people plenty of reason to revisit the Empire of the Isles. Arkane consistently puts out high-quality projects and the time and care taken to make this feel worthwhile shows in every trailer. Check it out on November 11.
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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
One day the sun will explode. Earth will be engulfed in flames and someway, somehow, a new Call of Duty game will find its way through the rubble and ash to appear as the last sign of civilization. But we’ve got a while until that happens, so we have Infinite Warfare to hold us over. The newest big budget shooter from Activision sees the whole squad going to space to fight enemies above and below, taking the franchise to even crazier sci-fi depths than Black Ops III. This is also the first Infinity Ward version of the game to have zombies, something traditionally associated with the Black Ops series. Jon Snow and Conor McGregor are also in the game, which is a weird transition from Kevin Spacey, and Seth Green and Paul Reubens show up in the zombie mode. With a ton of shooters out this holiday season, only you know for sure if this one is up your alley and you can pick it up on November 4.
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