{"id":2170868,"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2170868"},"modified":"2026-09-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:00:00","slug":"here-are-seven-huge-videogames-still-to-come-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2170868","title":{"rendered":"Here are seven huge videogames still to come in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Witcher 3<\/em> is back, remastered and looking lovelier than a Gordon Murray-designed chocolate sundae. Better yet, if you already own the game it\u2019s a free upgrade. An improbably favourable turn of events, and a reminder that even though the nights are drawing in, gaming in 2026 isn\u2019t done yet.<\/p>\n

And we\u2019re not just talking about\u2026 y\u2019know, that one<\/em>. The big one. Turns out there are quite a few reasons to circle the calendar in what\u2019s left of the year. These, reader, are they.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s actually quite inconsiderate of Polish RPG maestros CD Projekt to drop this on us right now. 11 years after its release, The<\/em> Witcher 3<\/em> is the kind of seminal title trumpeted by the world and their mate as an all-time classic that you may, actually, have a remote chance of having finished.<\/p>\n

And now it\u2019s back. Not just looking phenomenally handsome in a full remaster, but with reworked combat, boss fights… for heaven\u2019s sake, even the inventory system has been improved.<\/p>\n

Fine. FINE, guys. We\u2019ll play it all over again. But we\u2019ll be a confusing mix of delighted and furious as we do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hate sci-fi? Does the Star Wars<\/em> license function like anti-enjoyment paint on everything it\u2019s smeared over? Doesn\u2019t matter. Fuse Games\u2019 racing epic will still be one of your games of the year.<\/p>\n

Because even if you can\u2019t discern Luke Skywalker from Luke Shaw, the brilliantly fresh roguelike approach to a racing game in this cinematic feast of going far too fast will keep you engaged.<\/p>\n

RNG is usually anathema in racing. We want a level playing field, so that skill decides results. But this game does such a good job of letting you build up strange combinations of parts, with stat buff values you can use to exploit the field, you\u2019ll forget all about that post you wrote complaining about tyre temperatures on the Assetto Corsa Competizione<\/em> forums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ace Combat<\/em>, you\u2019ll remember, is the long-running combat flight sim series that doesn\u2019t require you to study a degree in aeronautical engineering \u2013 with Hons \u2013 in order to enjoy. The flight model\u2019s zippy and arcadey, leaving you some brain power to enjoy its preposterous story, grand set-pieces and prototype weaponry straight out of a cheese dream.<\/p>\n

Number eight looks like all of those core values, but prettier. We might even learn what a Theve is, but don\u2019t count on it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, come on now \u2013 are there any role-playing games we\u2019ve finished in the last 30 years that we can safely keep on the \u2018ticked them off\u2019 list? Apparently not, because those dastardly, brilliant people at Nintendo have brought back the N64\u2019s premier adventuring experience in 2026-o-vision for the Switch 2.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fair to say that in the intervening three decades since it first released, graphics and game design have somewhat changed. As such, this one isn\u2019t a frame-by-frame remake but a reimagining with some artistic licensing deployed, and an art style that veers away from the painterly Breath of the Wild<\/em> aesthetic and stays closer to the original\u2019s look, albeit with countless times more detail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You saw the reveal trailer<\/a>. You\u2019ve been got by the spurious clickbait articles<\/a> about it for two years straight. Finally, you got to watch 27 minutes of impossibly polished, detailed, sweary gameplay<\/a>, felt your heart rate gradually stabilise again, and now you\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n

But GTA 6 isn\u2019t. Not quite. 19 November. It\u2019ll be worth it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While the entire games industry is keeping a polite distance to GTA 6 so as not to get caught up in its planet-swallowing gravitational pull, Football Manager 27<\/em> couldn’t care less. It\u2019s coming out in November, and it hasn\u2019t set an exact date yet. Might be when GTA comes out, might not. It\u2019s banking on you still having an overwhelming urge to get York City playing Premier League football whenever it arrives.<\/p>\n

And its confidence is well-placed. Last year was a tough relegation battle for the series as it wrestled its new UI into match fitness, but this veteran series is never off form for long. There\u2019s a reason real clubs use its database as a bona fide scouting tool. There\u2019s also a reason you played 4,000 hours of it at uni instead of talking to girls. And those qualities haven\u2019t gone away in FM 27.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Before the year\u2019s out, a chance to reconnect with your warm, fuzzy PlayStation 1 memories. Everyone\u2019s favourite limbless, er \u2013 hang on, what even is Rayman? Has anyone got to the bottom of that? \u2013 anyway he\u2019s back with a remaster of his most painterly and inventive platformer to date.<\/p>\n

Originally released in 2013, Legends<\/em> introduced a watercolour visual style and an endless stream of new ideas that made platforming feel young and vital again, here it\u2019s been treated to a new story, co-op play, and yet another visual overhaul that does away with that watercolour visual style.<\/p>\n

Still, it looks nice. And in the eternal darkness of the hyperconsumerist hinterland that is early December, we\u2019ll all need those bright colours. Thanks for thinking of that, Ubisoft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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