Top 5 game releases of 2021

Cody Crank, Staff Writer|December 3, 2021

1. Battlefield 2042

This game is very hyped up and should live up to its expectations. Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise. In a near-future world transformed by disorder, adapt and overcome dynamically-changing battlegrounds with the help of your squad and a cutting-edge arsenal.

I am very excited for Battlefield 2042 because some of the past ones were pretty good.

  • Initial release date: November 19
  • Engine: Frostbite
  • Series: Battlefield
  • Publisher: Electronic Arts
  • Mode: Multiplayer video game
  • Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
  • Developers: DICE, EA Gothenburg, Criterion Software

2. Call of Duty Vanguard

Vanguard is an upcoming 2021 first-person shooter video game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. Initial release date: August 27, 2021

I don’t personally like call of duty but its a hyped-up release.

  • Composer: Bear McCreary
  • Engine: IW
  • Publisher: Activision
  • Writer: Sam Maggs
  • Developers: Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox, High Moon Studios
  • Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows

3. Jet the Far Shore

The cor-creators of Sword & Sworcery have a new game called Jett: The Far Shore released this fall. Jett: The Far Shore is a chilled-out space exploration game. To be honest I’m not going to play this game but it was featured on Polygon.

  • Initial release date: October 5, 2021
  • Developers: Superbrothers, Pine Scented Software
  • Publishers: Superbrothers, Pine Scented Software
  • Platforms: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5
  • Genres: Adventure game, Nonlinear gameplay

4. Tales of Arise

Tales of Arise is an action role-playing game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. I don’t like this game either but it was on the top 5 list.

  • Initial release date: August 18, 2021
  • Series: Tales
  • Composer: Motoi Sakuraba
  • Mode: Single-player video game
  • Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
  • Developers: BANDAI NAMCO, BANDAI NAMCO Studios
  • Publishers: BANDAI NAMCO, Namco Bandai Games America Inc.

 

5. Shin Megami Tensei 5

Shin Megami Tensei V is an upcoming post-apocalyptic role-playing video game by Atlus. It is part of the Shin Megami Tensei series, itself a part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise, and is scheduled for release on the Nintendo Switch in November 2021.

This is an anime game, it’s not my type of game but it’s on the top 5 list.

  • Initial release date: November 11, 2021
  • Series: Megami Tensei
  • Developer: Atlus
  • Artist(s): Masayuki Doi
  • Platform: Nintendo Switch
  • Publishers: Nintendo, Atlus, Sega
  • Genres: Role-playing video game, Adventure game, Strategy video game