Gamer's Outpost LLC

by Daniel Hindes

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Platforms: Xbox 360 • Release Date: Q4 2015 • Also available on: Xbox One • The sequel to the Tomb Raider reboot sees Lara visit some icy locations and plunder a few more actual tombs than her last adventure.

Battlefield Hardline

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: March 17 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • The Battlefield series takes on a cops versus criminals skin with smaller, more tactical multiplayer battles and a TV-like singleplayer campaign.

Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: February 24 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • The Empires expansion for Dynasty Warriors 8 peels the camera back to focus more on large-scale strategic action.

Mortal Kombat X

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: April 14 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • The bloodiest, most brutal Mortal Kombat game yet, with an all-new story featuring the return of favorite characters.

Mad Max

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: TBA 2015 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • An open-world action game set in the dry Wasteland of the Mad Max universe. No relation to the upcoming film.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: TBA 2015 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • The next chapter following MGSV: Ground Zeroes sees Big Boss infiltrate open-world locations in Afghanistan and Africa.

Persona 5

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: TBA 2015 • Also available on: PS4 • An RPG in the traditional Persona style, so expect relationship-building and dungeon-crawling. This time, the colour theme is red, so expect anger, too.

Yakuza 5

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: Q3 2015 • Also available on: N/A • Similar in style to the previous modern-day Yakuza games, you explore a city and play minigames whilst also engaging in combat.

Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: February 17 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • An updated version of Dead Or Alive 5: Ultimate that includes two new characters, two new stages, and a bunch of new costumes.

Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: March 2015 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • A ground-up remake of Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee that ditches screen transitions for smooth scrolling platforming.

Godzilla

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: July 2015 • Also available on: PS4 • Play as Godzilla and smash cities, fight other giant monsters, and unlock new monstrous abilities.

Shovel Knight

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: TBA 2015 • Also available on: PC, PS4, PS Vita, Wii U, 3DS • A loving throwback to old-school platforming both visually and in Shovel Knight’s level of difficulty.

Tower of Guns

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: Q1 2015 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • A first-person shooter with roguelike elements that create randomly-generated levels and enemy placement.

Dragon Ball: Xenoverse

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: February 27 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • A fighting game set in the Dragon Ball universe that allows you to create your own Dragon Ball-style character.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: February 25 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • An episodic horror game in the Resident Evil universe that includes a co-operative mode.

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: February 24 • Also available on: N/A • A fighting game mixed with visual novel storytelling that contains a revised version of the game’s original arcade release.

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: March 10 • Also available on: PS Vita • A visual novel mixed with a strategic role-playing game that also includes some adventure elements.

Bladestorm: Nightmare

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: March 17 • Also available on: PS4, Xbox One • A remake of Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War that allows you to alter the historical events of the 14th and 15th century.

Ride

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: March 20 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • A motorbike racing game from the creators of Moto GP with over 100 motorcycles to ride.

MLB 15: The Show

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: March 31 • Also available on: PS4, PS Vita • A baseball game with a host of improvements over last year’s iteration that also allows you to continue your save file from last year’s game.

Mighty No. 9

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: April 2015 • Also available on: PC, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS • The creators of Mega Man bring its iconic challenging platforming to a brand new setting.

Amplitude

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: Q2 2015 • Also available on: PS4 • A new music game in the Amplitude series that contains the same style of track racing gameplay as its predecessor.

Dragon Fin Soup

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: TBA 2015 • Also available on: PC, PS4, PS Vita • A role-playing game with rogue-like elements that includes a survival mode with permadeath.

Helldivers

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: TBA 2015 • Also available on: PS4, PS Vita • A top-down shooter in which four players co-ordinate to survive the game’s procedurally generated levels.

J-Stars Victory VS+

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: Q2 2015 • Also available on: PS4, PS Vita • A fighting game featuring a cast of manga characters that is a re-release of a Japanese PlayStation Vita title.

King’s Quest

Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 • Release Date: Q3 2015 • Also available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One • A remake of the classic, highly-challenging Sierra adventure game.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: Q2 2015 • Also available on: PS4, PS Vita • An action-packed brawler based on the One Piece anime series featuring spin-off gameplay from the Dynasty Warriors games.

Ori and the Blind Forest

Platforms: Xbox 360 • Release Date: Q1 2015 • Also available on: PC, Xbox One • An artful indie action-platformer with gameplay reminiscent of Super Metroid.

Tales of Zestiria

Platforms: PS3 • Release Date: Q2 2015 • Also available on: N/A • A Japanese role-playing game with action elements set in a vast open world that eliminates transitions between battles and exploration.