Guide to the shooters and competitive action games of 2016
Tom Clancy’s The Division
Developer:UbisoftPublisher:Ubisoft
Release date: March 8, 2016
After a number of delays (it was announced in 2013), we’re hoping third-person shooter The Division will finally stick to its guns and appear this March. Set in New York after a biological terrorist attack, players team up in small groups battling A.I. enemies as well as other groups of players as they try to reestablish order among the chaos. Early gameplay footage has shown players not just working together, but also betraying one another.
Doom
Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda
Release date: Early 2016
The Doom reboot, or remake, or reimagining, or whatever re-word you want to attribute to it, has been in the works for years, including a lengthy detour to completely change the direction of its development to focus on what made the original great— fast action and big guns. We enjoyed our taste of multiplayer, and SnapMap, the built-in map and mod-making utility, feels promising. We’re looking forward to seeing if the single-player campaign can somehow live up to one of the most influential shooters of all time.
Overwatch
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Release date: June 21 2016 (at the latest)
The first new franchise from Blizzard since the creation of Warcraft 17 years ago, Overwatch is an objective-based FPS set in the not so distant future. It’s six-on-six with one team on offense and the other on defense, but the core of Overwatch’s gameplay is the different characters—each with their own weapon and abilities. Heroes can be swapped at any time during a match, making team-synergy and counter-picking an important part of success. While the game will launch with 21 characters, Blizzard has announced that any heroes or levels added after launch will be patched in completely free.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
Developer: PopCap GamesPublisher: Electronic Arts
Release date: February 23, 2016
When the original Garden Warfare was announced, it was hard to not think of it as a novelty, a lighthearted, simple game that took a few playful stabs at some multiplayer titans. What we got wasn’t a joke, but a fully featured class-based multiplayer game. With Garden Warfare 2, we’re getting more maps, modes, and playable classes. Whether or not the changes are enough to nourish another Garden Warfare for the long haul remains to be seen, but with promised free content doled out after launch and the cartoonish charm of the Plants vs. Zombies forcing grins left and right, it’s hard to be worried.
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