Top Upcoming PC Game Releases For 2014 - Part 1

2014 promises to be an exciting year for PC gaming, with numerous thrilling games slated for release. We take a look at some of the most anticipated titles that will be out during the next few months.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Release Date: October 7th, 2014

Easily one of the most anticipated action-RPG games coming out in the next few months, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor puts players into the role of a ranger, Talion, who has wraith-like abilities.

The game is an open world video title and players will have the freedom to pursue side quests and roam around the world, a setup that is becoming increasingly common in modern day gaming.

Players will also be able to create new characters and customise Talion as they see fit.

The most exciting aspect of the game happens to be the Nemesis System, which remembers players' interactions with specific characters they encounter in the game and adjusts the manner in which these characters will react to the player throughout the game.

In other words, enemies will develop as per Talion's specific interactions with them.

Watch_Dogs

Release Date: May 27th, 2014

Another eagerly awaited game of the year, its developers have spent over a year in enticing gamers with videos, screenshots and much more.

This open-world action adventure game allows gamers to control a vigilante named Aiden Pearce who can hack into various electronic devices tied to the city's central operating system. This allows players to solve numerous objectives using various methods.

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Release Date: May 20th for NA, May 23rd for EU

This is the latest first-person shooter game from the big-daddy of the genre, ID Software.

The game will immerse players across Europe on a personal mission to bring down the Nazi war machine set during the game's own twisted version of the 1960's where the Nazi regime has won World War II.

Sniper Elite III

Release Date: June 27th, 2014

Sniper Elite 3 puts players into the shoes of American OSS agent Karl Fairburne, who is on assignment in North Africa during WWII.

Apart from assisting with intelligence efforts, Fairburne will also provide sharpshooter skills to Allied forces across an exotic, rugged and open land.

Expansive environments allow players to choose how they will complete the mission, offering non linear multi-routes, and more verticality than ever before. This allows for more freedom in taking out the enemy by one's own design.

Alien: Isolation

Release Date: October 7th, 2014

Part of an up-and-coming genre, this first-person survival horror and stealth game will be offering something very, very different in an age of FPC and open-world action titles.

It happens to be set in 2137, 15 years after the event of Alien.

The game follows Amanda, who is investigating the disappearance of her mother Ellen Ripley. Amanda was transferred to the space station Sevastopol to find the flight recorder of Nostromo. However, an Alien has already infested the station.