{"id":95269,"date":"2016-06-21T11:16:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T09:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=95269"},"modified":"2016-06-21T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T09:17:11","slug":"the-most-ambitious-games-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/95269-the-most-ambitious-games-of-2016","title":{"rendered":"The most ambitious games of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, brand-new gaming hardware and games are revealed, and game developers are constantly creating unique ways to entertain the fickle and passionate gaming community.<\/p>\n<p>2016 has seen the launch of a new hardware generation along with virtual reality, which many are lauding as the future of immersive gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Developers\u00a0have fully taken advantage of the latest hardware innovations by launching some of the most ambitious titles the gaming world has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s check out the most ambitious games of the year, released or unreleased:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Crowfall<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Crowfall is a Game of Thrones-influenced massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) which allows players to join and shape the events of persistent worlds.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s highly-ambitious land ownership and player agency systems land it firmly on this list, as the title relies heavily on player investment and interaction in order to provide functional gameplay.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFIjHrwTe0w\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Stellaris<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Stellaris is\u00a0an absolutely massive project by the master of grand-strategy titles, Paradox Interactive.<\/p>\n<p>The game boldly combines the complexity of a grand strategy with the pacing of 4X gameplay, along with delivering its multi-layered, advanced gameplay mechanics in a relatively easy-to-grasp package.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KanCiSGxSKM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Sea of Thieves<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sea of Thieves signifies a new era\u00a0of open-world cross-platform gaming, supporting cross-play between Windows 10 and Xbox One users.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as a result of Microsoft&#8217;s newly-implemented Play Anywhere program.<\/p>\n<p>Sea of Thieves could be the first decent open-world pirate game in a long time, and it&#8217;s cross-platform play presents some interesting balance issues.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bQlsN6EO2oU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>No Man&#8217;s Sky<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>No Man&#8217;s Sky has been hailed as\u00a0ambitious since it was first announced.<\/p>\n<p>The game features an unfathomably massive playable universe which relies on procedural generation.<\/p>\n<p>Players can explore endless space and visit planets seamlessly, with everything in the game&#8217;s universe presented to scale.<\/p>\n<p>Despite recent delays, the game is still on track to be released this year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLtmEjqzg7M\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Overwatch<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Overwatch&#8217;s core gameplay is not a total departure from the core tenets of multiplayer shooters such as Team Fortress 2, but the project delivers a new, highly polished standard within the team-based shooter genre.<\/p>\n<p>Forged from the ashes of the developer&#8217;s failed Titan project, Overwatch was a hit-or-miss for the Blizzard team.<\/p>\n<p>Reaching\u00a0over 10 million players since launch, Overwatch has definitely hit its mark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FqnKB22pOC0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Cyberpunk 2077<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>CD Projekt RED has become a game development phenomenon, creating revolutionary titles such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and defying conventional gaming industry norms like DRM implementation and development shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p>After working on\u00a0The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt\u00a0from the relative safety of their established universe, the studio has since boldly ventured into the realm of sci-fi and robotics with the announcement of Cyberpunk 2077.<\/p>\n<p>If CD Projekt RED can deliver the same mature story-telling and well-written characters as it did throughout the Witcher games, CyberPunk 2077 could be one of the best cyberpunk games ever made.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P99qJGrPNLs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Star Citizen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Star Citizen is the epitome of overly ambitious game development. Created as a Kickstarter project promising every gameplay feature conceivable, the game has been in development since 2012, and is still not approaching completion.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing players to explore a hand-crafted open universe, Star Citizen boasts impressive graphics,\u00a0seamless transference between planets and space, spacecraft simulation and on-board\u00a0instances.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0have been keeping an eye on Star Citizen for a while now, tentatively hoping it delivers on its insane promises.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJJ9TcGxhNY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Massively powerful all-in-one gaming PC includes 10-core processor and GeForce GTX 1080\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/93857-massively-powerful-all-in-one-gaming-pc-includes-10-core-processor-and-geforce-gtx-1080.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Massively powerful all-in-one gaming PC includes 10-core processor and GeForce GTX 1080<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How gaming rules the biggest company in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/95215-how-gaming-rules-the-biggest-company-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How gaming rules the biggest company in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/94989-the-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-3.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the craziest games we could see arriving this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":90343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,11681,4],"tags":[19537,19541,553,753,19539,19543,17506],"class_list":["post-95269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-ambitous","tag-crowfall","tag-indie","tag-list","tag-new","tag-sea-of-thieves","tag-stellaris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95515,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95269\/revisions\/95515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}