Every January 2020 Video Game - Ranked By Anticipation
What does the first month of this new decade have in store?
Now that 2019 has come to a close, plus the Christmas season has passed by (aka the video game release graveyard), so we can finally dust off our consoles and get ready for a new decade of gaming.
It's a new start in more ways than a new year as well. 2020 will literally signify the start of a new gaming generation as Microsoft and Sony both have slated their new consoles to drop mid-point of this year.
This current gaming generation has seen a new trend of massive games releasing all year round, yet due to both big publishers both toiling away on their new machines, they are instead saving their big gun announcements for this year’s E3. January is relatively quiet compared to the last few years opening slates.
Quiet does not spell boring, however, as it gives a chance for smaller games to stand out and get their due, plus a few big franchises entries will dropping on unsuspecting gamers too.
So let’s have a quick gander at what’s in store for the opening month of 2020…
18. Animal Friends
Release Date: Jan 8th
Platforms: Xbox One
Hats have to be given off since this has been made a minor budget by a sole indie developer, but standing as a product on its own? Well... it's a fairly janky looking retro platformer.
Play an animal that hops over horizontal obstacles and takes out anti-social woodland creatures - we've seen it done before and done much better.
However, if you wish to support a low-tier developer you can dig it on the Xbox Game Store.