It is time once again for an annual Kotaku Splitscreen tradition: going through EVERY VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR.
This week, Kirk and I talk about all the major game releases in January, February, March, April, May, and June, a list that includes Persona 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, the Nintendo Switch, and many more gems. We talk about Early Access, Mass Effect: Andromeda‘s problems, and which games have stuck with us over the past few months. (The full list is below.)
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Full list of games we discussed:
JANUARY
- Milkmaid of the Milky Way
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone
- Dragon Quest VIII
- Gravity Rush 2
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
- Resident Evil 7
- Tales of Berseria
- Yakuza 0
- Double Dragon IV
- Digimon World: Next Order
FEBRUARY
- Fire Emblem Heroes
- Nioh
- For Honour
- Sniper Elite 4
- Halo Wars 2
- Night in the Woods
- Hollow Knight
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns
- Torment: Tides of Numenera
MARCH
- Nintendo Switch
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Snipperclips
- Super Bomberman R
- 1-2-Switch
- Shovel Knight Treasure Trove
- PUBG (early access release)
- Nier Automata
- Ghost Recon Wildlands
- Styx: Shards of Darkness
- Mass Effect Andromeda
- Has-Been Heroes
- Mario Sports Superstars
- Everything
- MLB The Show 17
- Rain World
- Snake Pass
- Blue Reflection
- Thimbleweed Park
APRIL
- Drawn to Death
- Persona 5
- The Signal from Tölva
- The Sexy Brutale
- Yooka-Laylee
- Cosmic Star Heroine
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Full Throttle Remastered
- Dragon Quest Heroes II
- Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
- Outlast 2
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3
- What Remains of Edith Finch
- Syberia 3
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
MAY
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
- Prey
- The Caligula Effect
- NBA Playgrounds
- Strafe
- Injustice 2
- The Surge
- Mages of Mystralia
- Fire Emblem Echoes
- Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
- Friday the 13th: the game
- Rime
- Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada
JUNE
- Tekken 7
- Dirt 4
- Conarium
- Farming Simulator 18
- Cars 3
- Arms
- Nex Machina
- Breath of the Wild Master Trials
- Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood
- Ever Oasis
- Get Even
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Tokyo Xanadu
- Valkyria Revolution
Part two, featuring games from July to December, will be up next Thursday, December 21.
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