2016 In Video Gaming - New Video Games

The year 2016 saw and will see releases of numerous video games, including new installments for several well-received franchises, such as Ace Attorney, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Civilization, Cossacks, Dark Souls, Dead Rising, Deus Ex, Dishonored, Doom, Far Cry, FIFA, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Forza Horizon, Gears of War, Hearts of Iron, Hitman , Homefront, Homeworld, Kirby, Mafia, Mario Party, Master of Orion, Metroid, Mirror's Edge, Persona, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Pokémon, Ratchet & Clank, Shadow of the Beast, Shadow Warrior, Sonic the Hedgehog, Star Fox, Star Ocean, Street Fighter, Titanfall, Total War, Uncharted, Watch Dogs, XCOM and Zero Escape.

Events

Hardware releases

The list of game-related hardware released in 2016 in North America.

Game releases

The list of games released, or due for release, in 2016 in North America.

Januaryâ€"March

Aprilâ€"June

Julyâ€"September

Octoberâ€"December

Video game-based film releases

Cancelled games

Cancelled

• Batman: Arkham Knight (Mac, Lin)
• EverQuest Next (Win, PS4)
• Fable Legends (Win, XBO)
• Halo Online (Win)
• Hyper Light Drifter (PSVita, Wii U)
• Nosgoth (Win)
• Not A Hero (PSVita)
• Project: Knoxville (XBO)
• Rising Thunder (Win)
• Scribblenauts: Fighting Words (iOS)
• Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (PS3, X360)
• Triad Wars (Win)
• Unnamed extreme sports game by Criterion Games
• Whore of the Orient (Win, PS4, XBO)

Discontinued

• Darkspore (Win)
• Dust 514 (PS3)
• Might & Magic: Duel of Champions (Win)
• PlanetSide (Win)
• Project Spark (Win, X360, XBO)
• The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot (Win)
• Tom Clancy's EndWar Online (Win)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms (Win)

Highest critically reviewed games (Metacritic)