10 Major Video Games Coming In 2019 You Need To Play

2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Release date: March 22

Dark Souls is done. Dusted. Finito. It's sad news for any Chosen Undead that holds Lordran close to their heart, no doubt, but From Software desires not to rehash an ageing formula. It, along with studio head and budding auteur Hidetaka Miyazaki, wants to wipe the slate clean and begin anew with games potentially as revolutionary as the series that made its name.

The first fruits of that labour have revealed themselves in the form of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, an action-adventure set in 16th century Japan that eschews RPG leanings in favour of streamlined action and an emphasis on player skill.

Min-maxing stats and gear, farming Souls to brute force bosses and other workarounds for Souls' crushing difficulty won't be possible here. It's you, katana in one hand, weaponised prosthetic limb in the other, against an army of well-trained samurai and a whole lot worse.

You'll die much more than twice, that's for sure.