Most Anticipated Video Games of 2017, Part 2: New IP and Indie Releases

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – January 19, 2017

Yesterday, in part 1 of our preview, we looked at 2017's most-anticipated sequels and remakes. Today, in our conclusion, we pick out the coming year's most promising new properties, both from big name developers as well as indie studios.

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What: An online melee RPG featuring 1-on-1 and 3-on-3 martial arts fighting against (and with) other human players whom you encounter while roaming a stylish open-world environment. The game, which has good early buzz out of last year's E3 demo, comes from new Parisian indie development studio Sloclap (consisting of Watch Dogs and Ghost Recon veterans), and could eventually head to Xbox as well.

When: Unknown

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