All the big summer presentations are now complete, which means we now have a pretty clear picture as to what games we’ll be playing over the next year or so. Across IGN’s Summer of Gaming we’ve seen plenty of exciting reveals, from the debut of Resident Evil Requiem as part of Summer Game Fest (arriving next February!) to the big Clockwork Revolution trailer during the Xbox Games Showcase (which launches… when it launches.)
With more than a dozen presentations held over the last few weeks, there has been at least a little something for everyone. Cozy gamers found games to love among the trailers featured in Wholesome Direct, fans of the grimdark future got excited about Warhammer Skulls, and first-party devotees feasted on PlayStation’s State of Play and the Xbox Games Showcase. But with everything now out in the wild, it’s time for the hard work: to rank the biggest reveals.
We’ve selected the 25 biggest games of the season, based on a multitude of factors (including trailer and page views, social media chatter, and staff excitement) and entered them into a Tier List. Where each of those 25 games sits on the Tier List is up to you. S rank is for the most exciting, D rank is for the games you think show little promise, and then there’s space for everything else in between.
Among the 25 games are many that have an easy shot at hitting S rank. Resident Evil Requiem proved itself as the biggest, most-watched trailer of the season, and our hands-on preview suggests it's certainly one to watch. And how about Invincible VS, which looks like a fantastic tag-team fighter as well as a pitch-perfect adaptation of the beloved comics? Then there’s 007 First Light with its cinematic first trailer – but will the Bond film vibes be matched by worthy gameplay?
Other games are tricker to rank. We finally, after years of waiting, saw Capcom’s Pragmata, but does it look as exciting as you’d hoped it would? How about the announcement of the Silent Hill remake? We’ve not seen a second of it, but it is being developed by Bloober Team, who knocked it out the park with its Silent Hill 2 remake. And then there’s sentient lighthouse simulator Keeper, Double Fine’s long-awaited return, but its debut trailer seemed to keep at least a few cards close to its chest. Where will all these games (and more) rank? It's up to you to decide.
For more from IGN's Summer of Gaming, check out our most anticipated games of the season, as well as this month's IGN First, which is all about Dying Light: The Beast.
