Main Russian game 2024
In March 2024, the long-awaited and somewhat scandalous historical action role-playing action movie The Troubles, about the events of the 17th century in Russia, will be released. Players, in the role of Prince Yuri Miloslavsky, will have to save their loved ones amidst the chaos of the Time of Troubles. The project is announced as a AAA game, which means a big budget (called amount of 490 million rubles) and high quality of implementation. The game was created with the most modern Unreal Engine 5.
Developers of the Cyberia Nova studio promise players a rich gameplay and combat system with the upgrade of various types of weapons, as well as the opportunity to visit Moscow, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod and other places of the 1610s. In addition, to achieve his goals, the boyar will have to change his image, acting either as a robber, or as a simple peasant, or even as a buffoon.
Exactly what Troubles’ gameplay will look like is still a secret. The creators explain the lack of gameplay videos by the need to improve animation and various game mechanics.
However, it is known that the famous actor Denis Bespalyi, who voiced Bruce Wayne in the Dark Knight film trilogy about Han Solo and Batman in Star Wars, is responsible for the voice acting in the game and also participated in the dubbing of dozens of films. Major gaming projects including Cyberpunk 2077 and the “Blood and Wine” add-on for The Witcher: Wild Hunt.
Currently, “Issues” are only announced for PC.
Near abroad is the main game of 2024
The official sequel to the cult STALKER series from Ukrainian studio GSC Game World – STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl – will probably be released in February 2024. In this respect clue the developers themselves. They’ve released a gaming-themed calendar for next year; February is highlighted in red and other months are highlighted in black.
In total, more than 10 years were spent on the development of the project of the next part of STALKER. The game was first announced in 2009, but work was halted two years later and was only fully relaunched in 2018.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is developed based on Unreal Engine 4. The trailer, released in August 2023, showed gameplay introducing the audience to shooting, anomalies, and some monsters. This time, players will need to return to the Chernobyl zone in the guise of an experienced stalker nicknamed Skif.
Judging by the trailers, players familiar with the series will feel themselves in the familiar environment of the post-apocalyptic USSR. They will encounter paranormal phenomena, mutants and warriors of various paramilitary groups, with whom they can fight or cooperate according to the experiences of previous episodes.
Like its predecessors, the gameplay of STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be a first-person action game in an open world, with elements of role-playing game and survival simulator.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is planned for PC and Xbox platforms.
Main fist fight 2024
In 2023, new installments of two major fighting game series were released: Street Fighter 6 and Mortal Kombat 1, delighting fans of virtual hand-to-hand combat. In the coming 2024, the no less famous Tekken fighting series from the Japanese company Namco will return with a new eighth game.
Like previous games in the series, the plot of Tekken 8 will revolve around a tournament in which the best martial artists from around the world will fight for the title of “King of the Iron Fist”.
According to the developers, in Tekken 8, battles will become more dynamic thanks to special mechanics that encourage an aggressive fighting style. The base set will include 32 characters, and new heroes will be gradually added with regular updates.
Unlike the highly technical and skill-intensive gameplay of Street Fighter and the grotesque brutality that Mortal Kombat is known for, Tekken’s gameplay focuses on the balance between fun and player skill. This allows experienced fighters to make clever move combinations, while inexperienced fighters can press random buttons and still enjoy a great fight. However, the game is structured in such a way that a beginner is unlikely to beat an opponent familiar with the system.
Tekken 8 will be released on PlayStation 5, PC and Xbox on January 24, 2024.
Main heroine 2024
Fans of the endless Star Wars saga will have a major game project called Star Wars Outlaws in 2024, developed by Swedish studio Massive Entertainment and published by French gaming giant Ubisoft.
Star Wars Outlaws is announced as a third-person open-world action-adventure game starring space adventurer Kay Wess. Far from the conflict between the Jedi and the Sith, the girl plans to carry out one of the biggest heists in a galaxy far, far away, and what she lacks in a lightsaber, she makes up for in dexterity, ingenuity, the ability to make an accurate shot from a blaster and use all kinds of equipment.
According to the creators, Star Wars Outlaws will be the first game in the Star Wars universe to feature a female protagonist.
The exact release date has not been announced yet. The game will be available on PlayStation, PC and Xbox.
Home mobile game 2024
For the most popular gaming role for mobile platforms in 2024 allegations The new action role-playing game Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) from the Chinese company HoYoverse, widely known in Russia and the rest of the world thanks to games such as Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail (the latter was recognized by the prestigious jury) was named the best mobile game of 2023 at the Game Awards game was selected).
In ZZZ, the player will have to take on the role of Proxy, an expert who helps teams of heroes explore the futuristic metropolis New Eridu, which is suffering from a supernatural disaster.
Like previous HoYoverse projects, Zenless Zone Zero stands out due to its catchy anime style and lottery mechanics to obtain new heroes, known as “gacha”. In it, the desired characters appear with a certain chance, and each attempt at such an issue requires a certain amount of in-game currency. This resource can be purchased for real money or earned by completing tasks in the game itself.
According to the developers, ZZZ players can expect real-time dynamic battles. This distinguishes the new project from the previous major game HoYoverse Honkai Star Rail, where battles were turn-based and the emphasis was not on reaction speed, but on tactics and combinations of abilities of various heroes.
Another difference between Zenless Zone Zero and existing HoYoverse games will be the design of the world in the spirit of retrofuturism of the alternative 80s, where cyborgs and high technology coexist with cassette players, video arcades and arcades.
ZZZ will be available on Android, iPhone and PC. The exact release date of the project has not been announced yet.