2018 Videogame Preview: PC Games

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – January 22, 2018

In the gallery above, find details on 40 of the most-anticipated PC games that are expected to be released during 2018. Our list includes only those games with confirmed release dates and games that seem more likely than not to come out this year—plus, at the end, a few bonus picks that are a bit more tentative for 2018. Visit our 2018 Preview section for previews for additional gaming platforms (as well as film, TV, and music previews).

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78 Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Release date: tbd

Delayed by a year, this sequel to 2007's Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is the first Ace Combat game designed for the latest generation of hardware—which includes PC (and Xbox), even though it was once meant to be a PS4 exclusive.

Bandai Namco is billing its latest arcade-style dogfighting game as a return to the series' origins, ditching the more realistic settings of recent (unnumbered) releases from the past decade for the "Strangereal" fictional universe and a more developed story. The better hardware also means that you can expect realistic, volumetric clouds that add another dimension to gameplay.

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