With an amazing 2017 already on the books, it’s time to turn our attention to the year ahead - and what a year it will be for Unreal Engine game developers and players alike! As major media outlets kick off the new year by identifying their most anticipated games of 2018, we’re excited to see their lists loaded with Unreal Engine projects ranging from innovative indie titles to AAA blockbusters.
From IGN’s 41 Big Games Coming in 2018 to GameSpot’s 20 Biggest Games to Play in 2018 and Polygon’s 50 Most Anticipated Games of 2018, the following selections highlight a huge range of diversity in art and gamplay styles while showing how teams around the world are tapping into the power of Unreal Engine to bring players the biggest titles in the industry.
Here are the Unreal Engine-powered games that are turning heads on IGN, Polygon and GameSpot’s lists of highly-anticipated titles for 2018.
A Way Out | Hazelight Studios / EA
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown | Project Aces / Bandai Namco
The Bard’s Tale 4 | inXile Entertainment
Biomutant | Experiment 101 / THQ Nordiq
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Inti Creates / 505 Games, Deep Silver
Code Vein | Bandai Namco
Concrete Genie | Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Crackdown 3 | Sumo Digital / Microsoft Studios
Darksiders 3 | Gunfire Games / THQ Nordic
Days Gone | Bend Studios / SIEA
Dragon Ball Fighterz | Arc System Works / Bandai Namco
Extinction | Iron Galaxy / Maximum Games
The Inpatient | Supermassive Games / SIEE
Kingdom Hearts 3 | Square Enix
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries | Piranha Games
Project Octopath Traveler | Square Enix / Nintendo
Sea of Thieves | Rare / Microsoft Studios
Shenmue III | YS Net / Shibuya Productions, Deep Silver
SOULCALIBUR VI | Bandai Namco
State of Decay 2 | Undead Labs / Microsoft Studios
System Shock | Nightdive Studios
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes | Marvelous Entertainment / Grasshopper Manufacture
Tropico 6 | Limbic Entertainment
Vampyr | DONTNOD Entertainment / Focus Home Interactive
Yoshi for Nintendo Switch (Working Title) | Good-Feel / Nintendo