Top 10 NEW Games of February 2024
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13 min, 27 sec
An overview of the top ten new video games releasing in February 2024 with detailed insights into each game.
Summary
- Falcon from Game Ranks introduces the most anticipated games releasing in February 2024.
- Highlights include 'Pacific Drive', a surreal driving game, 'Grand Blue Fantasy: Relink', an action RPG with a complex development history, and 'Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League', a game with a unique twist on superhero narratives.
- Other notable releases are 'Hell Divers 2', 'Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered', and 'Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth', amongst others.
- There are also several bonus games mentioned, including 'The Inquisitor', 'Atomic Heart' DLC, and 'Mario vs. Donkey Kong Remastered'.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Pacific Drive is a surreal driving game set in the Pacific Northwest.
- Announced in September 2022, the game has players driving a station wagon through a surreal zone.
- The gameplay focuses on repairing and upgrading the vehicle while encountering monsters and supernatural events.
- Described as feeling both familiar and unique, the game is set to release on PC and PS5 on February 22nd.
Chapter 3
Grand Blue Fantasy: Relink is an action RPG with a rich development history.
- Initially a collaboration between Platinum Games and Cygames, directed by Yasa Yuk Kakaji.
- Platinum Games is no longer officially part of the project.
- The game is a departure from the original Japanese free-to-play RPG, offering a more traditional gaming experience on PlayStations and PC, releasing on February 1st.
Chapter 4
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a game with superheroes controlled by Brainiac.
- Players fight against superhero characters, which is a novel concept in gaming.
- While there are signs that warrant skepticism, there are also many good ideas and fun aspects shown so far.
- The game is developed by Rocksteady and launches on PS5, Xbox series, and PC on February 2nd.
Chapter 5
Banisher: Ghosts of New Eden is an action RPG about ghost hunters in love.
- Developed by Dontnod, the game follows a ghost hunting couple where one becomes a ghost themselves.
- Players control the ghost character with cooperative gameplay elements.
- The game is expected to release on PS5, Xbox series, and PC on February 13th.
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered updates the classic games for modern platforms.
- The remasters aim to make the games look like how players remember them, rather than a modern graphical overhaul.
- The remastered versions retain the groundbreaking gameplay elements of the originals.
- Available on PlayStations, Xboxes, Nintendo Switch, and PC on February 14th.
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Persona 3 Reload is a remake of the classic JRPG, Persona 3.
- The remake retains the core experience of the original game but excludes some features, like the female protagonist.
- It aims to modernize the game while keeping the essence of the original.
- Launching on PlayStations, Xboxes, and PC on February 2nd.
Chapter 10
Skull and Bones is a naval action game inspired by Assassin's Creed Black Flag.
- The game has evolved from its original concept over a decade, with mixed but generally positive reactions to recent betas.
- It draws heavily from the popular naval combat of Assassin's Creed Black Flag.
- Set to release on PS5, Xbox series, and PC on February 16th.
Chapter 11
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is the second installment of the Final Fantasy 7 remake.
- Brings an open-world element and expands on the action RPG mechanics of the first installment.
- Expected to introduce new story elements and remixes, playing on the time loop concept.
- Exclusive to PS5, releasing on February 29th.
Chapter 12
Additional bonus games coming out in February 2024.
- The Inquisitor, a dark fantasy game with action and moral choices, releasing on PS5, Xbox series, and PC on February 8th.
- Atomic Heart DLC, 'Trapped in Limbo', follows a different ending of the main campaign, available on PlayStations, Xboxes, and PC on February 6th.
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong Remastered, a puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch, releasing on February 16th.
- Islands of Insight, a first-person puzzle game for PC, releasing on February 13th.
- Foam Stars, a Splatoon-like game with foam mechanics, coming to PlayStations on February 6th.
- Jiu-Jitsu Kaizen Curse Clash, a fighting game based on an anime, releasing on PlayStations, Xboxes, and PC on February 2nd.
- Open Roads, a narrative-driven mystery thriller, coming to PlayStations, Xboxes, Switch, and PC on February 22nd.
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