Day one purchases of a console are always confusing. When grabbing a new console the real question a person asks themselves is what am I going to play? Here is a helpful list of all of the upcoming launch day games for the PS4 and the Xbox One with some highlights for each console on what looks to be the front runners.
Xbox One Launch Games:
| Media | Game |
| Retail | Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag |
| Retail | Battlefield 4 |
| Retail | Call of Duty: Ghosts |
| Xbox Games Store | Crimson Dragon |
| Retail | Dead Rising 3 |
| Retail | FIFA 14 |
| Retail | Fighter Within |
| Retail | Forza Motorsport 5 |
| Retail | Just Dance 2014 |
| Xbox Games Store | Killer Instinct |
| Retail | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes |
| Xbox Games Store | LocoCycle |
| Retail | Madden NFL 25 |
| Retail | NBA 2K14 |
| Retail | NBA Live 14 |
| Retail | Need for Speed: Rivals |
| Xbox Games Store | Powerstar Golf |
| Retail | Ryse: Son of Rome |
| Retail | Skylanders: Swap Force |
| Retail | Zoo Tycoon |
| Retail | Zumba Fitness: World Party |
For this list there is a couple of games that standout as must haves. Forza Motorsport 5 is going to be probably the prettiest game on the next-gen console if not Ryse: Son of Rome. There has been very mixed feelings about Ryse in preview events though, so it may be a little bit safer to wait until reviews drop. For me, personally, I am really actually excited for some of the downloadable stuff. Killer Instinct looks like a solid game, plus you basically get to play the whole game for free with one character.
Some of the games that aren’t talked about very often are Powerstar Golf and Crimson Dragon. These downloadable titles may be worth checking out at launch as they will be cheap, pretty and probably some of the easier games to show off the new system. Either way, check out some reviews soon!
PlayStation 4 Launch Games:
| Media | Game |
| Retail | Angry Birds Star Wars |
| Retail | Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag |
| Retail | Battlefield 4 |
| PSN | Blacklight: Retribution |
| Retail | Call of Duty: Ghosts |
| PSN/ Free for PS+ | Contrast |
| PSN Free 2 Play | DC Universe Online |
| PSN | DiveKick |
| Retail | FIFA 14 |
| PSN Cross Buy w/ Vita | Flower |
| Retail | Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition (all DLC included) |
| Retail | Just Dance 2014 |
| Retail | Killzone Shadow Fall |
| Retail | Knack |
| Retail | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes |
| Retail | Madden NFL 25 |
| Retail | NBA 2K14 |
| Retail | NBA Live 14 |
| Retail | Need for Speed: Rivals |
| Pack In | PlayRoom |
| PSN Free for PS+ | Resogun |
| Retail | Skylanders: Swap Force |
| PSN Cross Buy with Vita | Sound Shapes |
| PSN | Super Motherload |
| PSN | Trine 2: The Complete Story |
| PSN Free 2 Play | Warframe |
One of the things that stands out particularly for the PS4 is the amount of free to play games. Some of these games will be new for the console market, even if they have been available for the PC for a while. Games such as Warframe and Blacklight Retribution are solid titles for the free price tag. As for the retail games Killzone will probably be the more hardcore title and a slight interest in Knack should be shown at least until reviews hit.
What games are you going to be getting? Any of the third party titles? Hit us up in the comments below.
