LITTLE NIGHTMARES 2
XBOX ONE, PS4, PC, Switch EXPECTED: February 11
SIX may have escaped the Maw, but there are fresh horrors awaiting the raincoated, barefoot child.
The highly-anticipated sequel to 2017’s superb original, this time Six teams up with Mono, a boy who wears a brown paper bag as a mask. Together, the two must navigate a decaying metropolis called the Pale City, which is inhabited by deformed, television-addicted citizens.
The aim is to reach the Signal Tower, to uncover its dark secrets and find out who is spreading poison through the TV screens.
There’s a host of new enemies to encounter including the Teacher, the Students, the Patients, the Living Hands, and the Ghost.
HALO INFINITE
XBOX X/S, ONE, PC
ANTICIPATED: Late 2021
THERE are many reasons to be excited for Master Chief’s new outing, not least as Infinite will be a ‘spiritual reboot’ for the entire Halo franchise.
Microsoft is clearly determined to make this the best it can, pushing back the game’s release from November 2020, to late 2021.
Infinite will be the third chapter of the ‘Reclaimer Saga’ with Master Chief playing a more central role than in Halo 5: Guardians.
Supposedly much more open world than previous titles, developers are also taking full advantage of the new consoles to create a game that’s ‘several times larger than that of the last two Halo games combined’.
Whatever plans you might have had for later in the year, I’d clear them.