So are there any AAA games releasing on Steam?

[Wyvernyx]

I can only see 3: Dying Light 2, Cyberpunk and Vampire Bloodlines 2. Every other AAA game like Borderlands 3, Watch Dogs Legion etc is releasing on Epic :( It sucks because all I ever see on Steam lately are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ platformer / 2d indie games.

[Spawn of Totoro]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1056960/Wolfenstein_Youngblood/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/718850/Age_of_Wonders_Planetfall/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/987720/ONINAKI/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085660/Destiny_2/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/782330/DOOM_Eternal/


And likely a lot more that I don't have the time to find.

AAA games have always been few and far between as there are few AAA developers/publishers vs how many Indi developers there are and AAA games tend to come out seasonally while Indi games come out on a daily basis.

Much, however, has to do with one's own opinion and taste in games. If a AAA game is coming that you are not interested in, then you likely don't notice it, while the controversy over games going to Epic makes them more noticeable and provides free advertising for them as well.

[Sonny Fontaine]

Most games from Ubisoft (probably all new games that are going to be released from now) are going to be Epic Store (alongside with Ubi's personal uplay store of course) exclusives. So games like Watch Dogs, Ghost Recon, The Division, Anno and all future games like AC or Splinter Cell will be only on Epic and Uplay, because Ubi had success releasing them on Epic, since it boosted sales on Uplay.

Many other games are also Epic Store exclusives (for 6 months, a year or forever) - games like Borderlands 3, The Outer Worlds, Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls, Detroit Become Human, The Sinking City, Metro Exodus etc.

Bethesda tried that with Fallout 76 and some other new games too, on their own platform, but that didn't work out, so they came back to Steam (at least for now). And even though Epic client is terrible at the moment, apparently they're offering better terms of sale for developers/publishers so I wouldn't be surprised if even more devs and publishers gonna move to Epic Store in the near future too.

EDIT: But there's a bright side for that too. Maybe we would finally hear something about Half-Life 3?....

[Andrei]

Yh Ubisoft is gone probably 2K games too if u like Microsoft games they starting to release their games on Steam like Halo or Gears 5

[Muppet among Puppets]

Its anyway wise to not buy at release.
Be late, play more.

[Wyvernyx]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Its anyway wise to not buy at release.
Be late, play more.

Thing is most of these games won't even be released on Steam, forcing me to play them on my PS4

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Duski:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Its anyway wise to not buy at release.
Be late, play more.

Thing is most of these games won't even be released on Steam, forcing me to play them on my PS4

Most of what games? Spawn named a couple of upcoming A titles.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Duski:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Its anyway wise to not buy at release.
Be late, play more.

Thing is most of these games won't even be released on Steam, forcing me to play them on my PS4

They go for the money. Just wait.
Or play them on the ps4.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Be late, play more.

Be pubstomped by everyone who has been playing and gearing up since release...

I mostly play single player games, so waiting for them to be cheaper cleaning my backlog isn't an issue. But for MP games waiting might mean being so behind everyone else it's not even funny.

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by Duski:

Thing is most of these games won't even be released on Steam, forcing me to play them on my PS4

Most of what games? Spawn named a couple of upcoming A titles.

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Most of what games? Spawn named a couple of upcoming A titles.

And because of the very nature of AAA games you can't expect a lot of them to be released through a single year.

It's like asking 'How Many Avenger movies are releasing this year?'

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Doom 2???
Halo???
Gears of war 5???
New Wolfenstein???

List goes on if you actually paid attention, simple Google search can help.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Be late, play more.

Be pubstomped by everyone who has been playing and gearing up since release...

I mostly play single player games, so waiting for them to be cheaper cleaning my backlog isn't an issue. But for MP games waiting might mean being so behind everyone else it's not even funny.

Then you get the real game for less.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Be pubstomped by everyone who has been playing and gearing up since release...

I mostly play single player games, so waiting for them to be cheaper cleaning my backlog isn't an issue. But for MP games waiting might mean being so behind everyone else it's not even funny.

Then you get the real game for less.

I very much agree. Games, be it singleplayer or multiplayer generall get better with time, not worse. And if a game gets worse (and in case of an MP game, runs out of players), you're lucky not to have bought it earler. That, and the game is generally cheaper. I remember buying a couple A games for 20-30 bucks as the complete edition with the game costing initally 60€ for the basic edition. Yeah...

[TheRandomGuy]

There are a few big ones from many different publishers.

PARADOX INTERACTIVE

-Age of Wonders Planetfall (This Year - September I think)

-Vampire : The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 - (Q1 2020 - January 2020-March 2020)

CD PROJEKT RED

-Cyberpunk 2077 (Launches April 16th, 2020)

MICROSOFT

-HALO THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION - (In Beta Now, Release in 2019)

-GEARS OF WAR 5 (Release Not yet Announced)

BANDAI NAMCO

-CODE VEIN - September I think

BETHESDA

-WOLFENSTEIN : YOUNGBLOOD (Releases 2019)

-WOLFENSTEIN : CYBERPILOT (VR Title - Releases 2019)

-DOOM ETERNAL - NOVEMBER 2019

Prior Bethesda Games such as Fallout 76 are also returning to Steam after Bethesda failed to have significant progress with their own launcher.

BUNGIE

-DESTINY 2 FREE TO PLAY / SHADOWKEEP - (Releases September I think), Bungie is coming here after splitting with Activision, citing the need for an "Epic" Partner, probably knowing that they made many people have a mini-heart-attack by that statement, before clarifying it was Valve they were talking about.

UPCOMING 2020 GAMES

2K / GEARBOX

-Borderlands 3 (After 6 Month Epic Games Exclusivity Period)

-Future Games from 2K may or may not be exclusive, I'm fairly certain Epic Games bribed 2K to go to them, since they only have a 6 month exclusivity timer, and not a full 12 month one, it looks like Epic couldn't afford a full 12 months with them. If Epic Continues to bribe them or if sales for BL3 on Epic are lackluster, I expect them to stick to Steam for the most part for future releases.

DOUBLE - DAMAGE GAMES

-Rebel Galaxy Outlaw (After 12 Month Epic Exclusivity - Comes August 12th, 2020).

OBSIDIAN

-THE OUTER WORLDS (After 12 Month Epic Exclusivity - Comes September 2020)

I think those are all the major releases everyone is talking about. I also included the termination date for Epic's timed Exclusives so everyone knows when to buy them here.

[craigal]

Originally posted by Duski:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Its anyway wise to not buy at release.
Be late, play more.

Thing is most of these games won't even be released on Steam, forcing me to play them on my PS4

Because there are no other stores/launchers besides steam.

I really do not get why people will not buy a game just because it is not on steam

[Garou]

Originally posted by craigal:

Originally posted by Duski:

Thing is most of these games won't even be released on Steam, forcing me to play them on my PS4

Because there are no other stores/launchers besides steam.

I really do not get why people will not buy a game just because it is not on steam

Certain launchers have a bad reputation. One in particular. That's a good enough reason .

[Necrius]

They'll crawl back as soon as Epic bribe is all spent.