Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Video Game Release Dates: Biggest Games of 2021 and Beyond

Looking at December's video game release dates, it's clear that the year is winding down in terms of new titles. But it's not done yet, and at least one of 2021's biggest games is set to come out this month (even if the multiplayer is already available). Meanwhile, lots of announced games have been delayed until 2022, which just gives us all something to look forward to. Whether you have a PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, or PC, you have a lot of great looking games ahead.

Below, you'll find all the biggest announced games alongside their most recent release dates. If you're the preordering sort, you can click the buy link to make sure the games arrive on launch day. You can also click the shortcuts below to hop to your system of choice.

Shortcuts

Upcoming PS4 and PS5 Games

December might not be a huge month for PlayStation releases, but some good looking stuff is heading our way. Final Fantasy XIV Online gets a major new expansion with Endwalker on the 7th. PlayStation owners get Among Us on the 14th, and Five Nights at Freddy's fans get a new survival game on the 16th.

December 2021 - PS4 / PS5 Release Dates

  • Solar Ash - December 2
  • Chorus - December 3 - Buy It
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker - December 7
  • Among Us - December 14
  • Aeterna Noctis - December 15
  • Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach - December 16

January 2022 - PS4 / PS5 Release Dates

  • Life is Strange Remastered Collection - January 2
  • Rainbow Six Extraction - January 20 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5

February 2022 - PS4 / PS5 Game Release Dates

  • Life is Strange Remastered Collection - February 1
  • Dying Light 2: Stay Human - February 4 - Buy It: PS4 | PS5
  • Sifu - February 8 - Buy It
  • Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires - February 15 - Buy It
  • King of Fighters XV - February 17 - Buy It
  • Horizon: Forbidden West - February 18 - Buy It
  • Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - February 22
  • Monark - February 22
  • Elden Ring - February 25 - Buy It
  • Evil Dead: The Game - February 2022

March 2022 - PS4 / PS5 Game Release Dates

  • Gran Turismo 7 - March 4 - Buy It
  • Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin - March 18 - Buy It
  • Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - March 25 - Buy It
  • Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS5) - TBA March

August 2022 - PS4 / PS5 Game Release Dates

  • Saints Row - August 23 - Buy It

Upcoming PS4 and PS5 Games - Release Date TBA

  • Abandoned - Q4 2021
  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - 2022
  • Babylon's Fall - TBA
  • Crimson Desert - TBA
  • Deathverse: Let it Die - 2022
  • Digimon Survive - 2022
  • eFootball - Fall 2021
  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - 2023
  • Final Fantasy XVI - TBA
  • Forspoken - Spring 2022
  • Ghostwire: Tokyo - Early 2022
  • God of War: Ragnarok - TBA
  • Goodbye Volcano High - TBA
  • Gotham Knights - 2022
  • Grid Legends - 2022
  • Hogwarts Legacy - 2022
  • LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - Spring 2022 - Buy It
  • Little Devil Inside - TBA
  • The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 2022
  • Marvel's Midnight Suns - 2nd half 2022
  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - 2023
  • Marvel's Wolverine - TBA
  • Open Roads - 2021
  • Pragmata - 2023
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - TBA - Buy It
  • Project Eve - TBA
  • Resident Evil Re:Verse - 2022
  • Season - TBA
  • Six Days in Fallujah - Q4 2022
  • Star Ocean: The Divine Force - 2022
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake - TBA
  • Stray - TBA
  • System Shock Remastered - TBA
  • Tchia - TBA
  • Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection - Early 2022
  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - TBA - Buy It
  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Blood Hunt - 2021
  • We Are OFK - 2022

Go back to the top

Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games

Anyone who wants to keep their brain in tip-top shape can grab Big Brain Academy exclusively for Nintendo Switch on December 3. That day also sees the release of Daganronpa Decadence, a compilation of the first three Daganronpa games, plus a new entry called Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp. This is the first time this delightfully murderous series arrives on Switch. It's definitely worth checking out for anyone who enjoys anime art coupled with a nice bloody mystery.

December 2021 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases

  • Dairoku: Agents of Sakuratani - December 2 - Buy It
  • Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain - December 3 - Buy It
  • Danganronpa Decadence - December 3 - Buy It
  • Disney Magical World 2 Enchanted Edition - December 3 - Buy It
  • Monster Rancher 1&2 DX - December 9 - Buy It
  • Aeterna Noctis - December 15

January 2022 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases

  • Pokemon Legends Arceus - January 28 - Buy It

February 2022 - Nintendo Switch Game Releases

  • Life is Strange Remastered Collection - February 1
  • Dying Light 2: Stay Human (Cloud Edition) - February 4
  • Dynasty Warriors 9 Empire - February 15 - Buy It
  • Monark - February 22
  • Evil Dead: The Game - February 2022

March 2022 - Nintendo Switch Game Release Dates

  • Triangle Strategy - March 4 - Buy It

Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games - Release Date TBA

  • Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - Spring 2022 - Buy It
  • Aztech: Forgotten Gods - Fall 2021
  • Bayonetta 3 - 2022 - Buy It
  • Chocobo GP - 2022
  • Digimon Survive - 2022
  • Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition - Holiday 2021
  • GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon - 2022
  • Hindsight - 2021
  • The House of the Dead Remake - TBA
  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Spring 2022 - Buy It
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 - Buy It
  • LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - Spring 2022 - Buy It
  • Life is Strange: Remastered Collection - Early 2022
  • Life is Strange: True Colors - 2021
  • Little Devil Inside - TBA
  • The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 2022
  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - 2022 - Buy It
  • Marvel's Midnight Suns - 2nd half of 2022
  • Metal Slug Tactics - 2022
  • Monster Hunter Rise - Sunbreak (DLC) - Summer 2022
  • Neon White - Winter 2021
  • OlliOlli World - Winter 2021
  • Open Roads - 2021
  • The Outer Wilds - TBA
  • Oxenfree 2 - 2021
  • Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - TBA - Buy It
  • Rune Factory 5 - 2022
  • Skul: The Hero Slayer - TBA
  • Shadowrun Trilogy - 2022
  • Splatoon 3 - 2022
  • Star Wars: Hunters - 2022
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - 2022

Go back to the top

Upcoming Xbox One and Series X Games

You may have already been playing Halo Infinite's multiplayer ever since its surprise release last month. But the full campaign arrives on December 8. You can buy it separately, of course, but it's available to anyone with an Xbox Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Also out this month on Xbox are Chorus, Among Us, Aeterna Noctis, and more.

December 2021 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates

  • Chorus - December 3 - Buy It
  • Halo Infinite - December 8 - Buy It
  • Aeterna Noctis - December 15
  • Among Us - December 16 - Buy It
  • The Gunk - December 16
  • Shredders - TBA December

January 2022 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates

  • Life is Strange Remastered Collection - January 2
  • Rainbow Six Extraction - January 20 - Buy It

February 2022 - Xbox One / Series X|S Game Release Dates

  • Life is Strange Remastered Collection - February 1
  • Dying Light 2: Stay Human - February 4 - Buy It
  • Dynasty Warriors 9 Empire - February 15 - Buy It
  • King of Fighters XV - February 17 - Buy It
  • Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - February 22
  • Elden Ring - February 25 - Buy It
  • Evil Dead: The Game - February 2022

March 2022 - Xbox One / Series X|S Game Release Dates

  • Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins - March 18 - Buy It
  • Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - March 25 - Buy It
  • Grand Theft Auto 5 (Xbox Series X|S) - TBA March

April 2022 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates

  • STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - April 28 - Buy It

August 2022 - Xbox Release Dates

  • Saints Row - August 23 - Buy It

November 2022 - Xbox One / Series X|S Release Dates

  • Starfield - November 11

Upcoming Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S Games - Release Date TBA

  • Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey - TBA
  • Ark 2 - TBA
  • As Dusk Falls - TBA
  • Atomic Heart - TBA
  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - 2022
  • Avowed - TBA
  • Bright Memory Infinite - TBA
  • Chorus - TBA
  • Contraband - TBA
  • Crimson Desert - TBA
  • Crossfire X - TBA
  • Digimon Survive - 2022
  • Echo Generation - 2021
  • eFootball - Fall 2021
  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - 2023
  • Eiyuden Chronicle Rising - 2022
  • Everwild - TBA
  • ExoMecha - TBA
  • Fable - TBA
  • Forza Motorsport - TBA
  • Gotham Knights - 2022
  • Grid Legends - 2022
  • Hello Neighbor 2 - TBA
  • Hogwarts Legacy - 2022
  • LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - Spring 2022 - Buy It
  • Little Devil Inside - TBA
  • The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 2022
  • Marvel's Midnight Suns - 2nd half of 2022
  • Open Roads - 2021
  • The Outer Worlds 2 - TBA
  • Party Animals - 2022
  • Perfect Dark - TBA
  • Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - TBA
  • A Plague Tale 2: Requiem - 2022
  • Pragmata - 2023
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - TBA - Buy It
  • Redfall - Summer 2022
  • Replaced - TBA
  • Resident Evil Re:Verse - 2022
  • Scorn - TBA
  • Second Extinction - TBA
  • Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - TBA
  • Six Days in Fallujah - Q4 2022
  • Slime Rancher 2 - 2022
  • Somerville - 2022
  • Star Ocean: The Divine Force - 2022
  • State of Decay 3 - TBA
  • Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin - 2022
  • System Shock Remastered - TBA
  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - TBA - Buy It
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dark Tide - TBA

Go back to the top

Upcoming PC Games

PC players have some choice games to look forward to in December, including Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker, and more.

December 2021 - PC Game Release Dates

  • Solar Ash - December 2
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker - December 7
  • Halo Infinite - December 8 - Buy It
  • Monster Rancher 1&2 DX - December 8 - Buy It
  • Aeterna Noctis - December 15
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach - December 16
  • The Gunk - December 16
  • Anvil - TBA December

January 2022 - PC Game Release Dates

  • Life is Strange Remastered Collection - January 2
  • Monster Hunter Rise - January 12 - Buy It
  • God of War - January 14 - Buy It
  • Rainbow Six Extraction - January 20 - Buy It

February 2022 - PC Game Release Dates

  • Life is Strange Remastered Collection - February 1
  • Dying Light 2: Stay Human - February 4 - Buy It
  • Sifu - February 8 - Buy It
  • Dynasty Warriors 9 Empire - February 15
  • King of Fighters XV - February 17
  • Total War: Warhammer 3 - February 17
  • Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - February 22
  • Monark - February 22
  • Elden Ring - February 25
  • Evil Dead: The Game - February 2022

April 2022 - PC Game Release Dates

  • STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - April 28 - Buy It

August 2022 - PC Game Release Dates

  • Saints Row - August 23

November 2022 - PC Game Release Dates

  • Starfield - November 11

Upcoming PC Games - Release Date TBA

  • As Dusk Falls - TBA
  • Atomic Heart - TBA
  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - 2022
  • Avowed - TBA
  • Babylon's Fall - TBA
  • Bright Memory Infinite - TBA
  • Contraband - TBA
  • Crimson Desert - TBA
  • Digimon Survive - 2022
  • Echo Generation - 2021
  • eFootball - Fall 2021
  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - 2023
  • Eiyuden Chronicle Rising - 2022
  • Everwild - TBA
  • ExoMecha - TBA
  • Fable - TBA
  • Forza Motorsport - TBA
  • Forspoken - Spring 2022
  • Ghostwire: Tokyo - Early 2022
  • Goodbye Volcano High - TBA
  • Gotham Knights - 2022
  • Grid Legends - 2022
  • Hello Neighbor 2 - TBA
  • Hogwarts Legacy - 2022
  • Jett: The Far Shore - TBA
  • LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga - Spring 2022 - Buy It
  • The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 2022
  • Marvel's Midnight Suns - 2nd half of 2022
  • Open Roads - 2021
  • The Outer Worlds 2 - TBA
  • Perfect Dark - TBA
  • Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - TBA
  • Pragmata - 2023
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - TBA - Buy It
  • Redfall - Summer 2022
  • Resident Evil Re:Verse - 2022
  • Scorn - TBA
  • Season - TBA
  • Second Extinction - TBA
  • Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - TBA
  • Shovel Knight Showdown - TBA
  • Six Days in Fallujah - Q4 2022
  • Star Ocean: The Divine Force - 2022
  • State of Decay 3 - TBA
  • Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin - 2022
  • System Shock Remastered - TBA - Buy It
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - 2022
  • Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection - Early 2022
  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - TBA - Buy It
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dark Tide - TBA
  • We Are OFK - 2022

Go back to the top

For more release date fun, check out our ongoing list of 4K UHD and Blu-ray release dates.

Chris Reed is IGN's shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Nexon's Medieval Fantasy Brawler Warhaven Shutting Down 6 Months After Launching in Early Access

Nexon's medieval fantasy brawler Warhaven is shutting down on April 5, 2024, just six months after it launched on Steam in Early Access...