The survival genre is bleeding into all kinds of franchises and settings nowadays, which is why the 2024 list of our most anticipated Multiplayer games is dominated by this genre. It's worth mentioning that we focused on brand new titles here and for the upcoming expansions and DLCs to existing games, head to this list. Wccftech's most anticipated games of the year were Action,RPG, Horror, Fighting, Adventure, Platform, Independent, Expansion/DLC, Sports/Racing, and Shooter.
The first game on the list is the closest to release. In Helldivers 2, players are asked to grab up to three friends, land on a planet and kill aliens in the name of democracy. ARK 2 is a game that requires players to beware of friendly fire, which is enabled at all times. It's still an addition even after Studio Wildcard delayed it to late 2024. The sequel made with Unreal Engine 5 is going to be quite different, and Studio Wildcard decided to remake the original for different reasons. The first-person view of ARK 2 will be replaced by a third-person view which will feature advanced character movement. The combat is modeled after the Soulslike genre, so players can expect blocks, dodges, combo, and special attacks. Funcom's Dune: Awakening has the benefit of a powerhouse intellectual property, unlike the other survival games on this list. Funcom is working on Dune: Awakening, a game that was created by Frank Herbert. It was originally presented as a survival game, but it was revealed to be a hybrid game, which makes perfect sense given the history of Funcom. Keeping the stillsuit filled with water will still be there, but they'll be featured in a massive, persistent world filled with thousands of players, whereas survival games tend to support only up to a hundred players. A guild can be created and turned into a Minor House allied with one of the Great Houses like Atreides, Harkonnen, and Corrino. The deserts of Arrakis will be important, but you will have to be careful of other clans because of the sandstorms and sandworms. Nightingale was originally conceived as an online game powered by Improbable's SpatialOS technology, but was later reinvented as a shared world survival crafting game. It's still looking great thanks to the gorgeous Unreal Engine 5 visuals and the Victorian gaslamp fantasy setting. The Realm Card system allows them to decide which Realms they're more interested in visiting instead of leaving everything to chance. We first reported on Once Human at the PC gaming show in late 2022. The New Weird universe of Once Human is unlike any other survival game you've ever played. The role of Metas is to protect the last surviving pockets of humanity from the threat posed by Aberrants while uncovering the secrets of Stardust pollution so that it may be stopped once and for all. The game was well received in the December test and is currently in the Fall release window.
ARK 2 is a sequel.
Dune: Awakening
Nightingale
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There are many upcoming games that are worth following.