Between IGN’s Best Game of 2018 winner God of War, three other IGN Best Game nominees, and a slew of other great exclusives for PS4 and PSVR, PlayStation had quite the jam-packed 2018.

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

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Anthem

But of course, with the start of a new year, we’re looking ahead to all the big PS4 games to come in 2019. Read on for our breakdown of some of the biggest titles we expect this year. (One caveat - we haven’t included games without firm release dates or windows, so you won’t see The Last of Us Part II or Death Stranding below.)This list isn't exhaustive, and for even more titles, be sure to check out our wider list of upcoming games in 2019 to watch out for , and for everything else PlayStation, be sure to tune in to our weekly PlayStation show, Beyond! January 18As the first proper numbered entry in the Ace Combat series in over a decade, Ace Combat 7 will finally be released in 2019, bringing that arcade-y flight action to current-gen consoles. In a genre that’s admittedly begun to wane on home consoles, Ace Combat has arguably been the most accessible franchise for would-be fighter pilots. Look for it on all major platforms and, if you've got an iron stomach, you'll be able to strap into the virtual cockpit with PSVR.

Release Date: February 22

Bioware’s mech-suit shared world RPG will jet boost its way into our houses at the start of the year. It’s basically a PvE shooter where everyone is in a customizable Iron Man suit flying around an alien world, which is about a good a pitch as I can think of.

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Release Date: TBD 2019

A spiritual successor to the Castlevania series made by the original creator, Bloodstained was funded on Kickstarter back in 2015. It’s slated to finally come out sometime in 2019, and will no doubt provide plenty of evil to whip away.

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Code Vein

Release Date: TBD 2019

The comparison is cliche at this point, but it’s not unfair to say that Code Vein can be quickly summed up as “JRPG Dark Souls.” It’s a third person dark action game with co-op and some big ole bosses to dodge and fight, but with an art style closer to anime than Lovecraft.

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Concrete Genie

Release Date: Spring 2019

A vibrant action-adventure game set in a dreary town that you'll need to bring to life through the use of a magical paintbrush. It sounds like a charming fairy tale, but with the ability to freestyle paint to overcome puzzles and obstacles, Concrete Genie is shaping up to be something truly unique.

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Control

Release Date: TBD 2019

The next game from Remedy, developers of Alan Wake and Max Payne, Control is a third person story full of action scenes and strange mind powers. It looks poised to deliver what Remedy is known best for, but without the TV show hook of the studio’s last game, Quantum Break.

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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Release Date: June 21

The bandicoot saw a major revival in 2018 and with this remastered version of Crash Team Racing, Activision is throwing his return into high gear with new assets, content, and online play.

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Release Date: April 26

Sony Bend's third-person survival horror action-adventure game has been on our collective radar for years, for good reason: biker bounty hunter (played by Sam Witwer) has to survive in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombie-like "freakers". The premise sells itself. But as we've seen over the years, Days Gone looks intriguing in the many ways it will allow you to tackle obstacles (and undead-ish bears), and its heavy cinematic style is reminiscent of what Sony does so well.

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Dead or Alive 6

Release Date: February 15

While there have been plenty of Dead or Alive spinoffs, a new main series Dead or Alive game will be arriving early in 2019.

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Devil May Cry 5

Release Date: March 8

The next installment in this action-adventure series will have you hacking your way through even more baddies in control of some moody new protagonists. It’s the first entry in the series since DMC 2013, so it’s sure to shake things up a bit.

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Doom Eternal

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Dreams

TBD 2019The return to Bethesda's remake of Doom will bring more of the over-the-top Glory Kills and demon pulping action that made Doom a helluva lot of fun. We're looking forwarding to meat-hook-grappling across the expansive levels, and putting the business end of the super shotgun to good use.

Release Date: TBD 2019

Though Dreams has been a regular installment in games-to-watch lists for a few years now, 2019 should finally be the time we get to jump into the creative sandbox and, well, do whatever we want. Media Molecule has the track record in creative design to make Dreams a reality, and we're eager to see if it lives up to all its impressive potential.

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Everybody’s Golf VR

Far Cry New Dawn

TBA Spring 2019After the impressive showing of Everybody’s Golf on PS4 in 2017, the series returns with a VR outing in 2019. Players can take their swings with either the DualShock 4 or PlayStation Move controllers. Little else is known about what the experience will include, but those hoping to return to the links won’t have to wait too much longer.

Release Date: February 15

Similar to Far Cry Primal after Far Cry 4, Far Cry New Dawn is a spinoff set after the catastrophe at the end of Far Cry 5. It’ll be a full new game with its own story, but it remains to be seen what the scope of it all will be like.

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Jump Force

Release Date: February 15

A fighting game that combines all the biggest manga and anime characters from Shonen Jump. This brawler brings together the Dragon Ball series, My Hero Academia, and even Yu-Gi-Oh!

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Kingdom Hearts 3

Release Date: January 29

The long, long-awaited next chapter in the Kingdom Hearts saga reunites the magic of Disney and Final Fantasy characters for an epic new tale of good versus evil. With loads of new lands to adventure through and cameos to uncover, Kingdom Hearts 3 is shaping up to be something really special.

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MediEvil

Release Date: TBD 2019

Another dose of nostalgia from the Sony vault, MediEvil, the hack-and-slash adventure game featuring a resurrected knight, is being remade from the ground up by Other Ocean Interactive for the PS4.

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Metro Exodus

Release Date: February 15

The third Metro game, Exodus takes you out of the sewers and puts you on a cross country train. It’s still a tough and atmospheric FPS though, and its world is as unfriendly as ever.

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MLB: The Show 19

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Mortal Kombat 11

March 26Sony San Diego’s annual franchise returns in 2019 with the Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper as its cover star. With a closed alpha already in the books, Sony’s baseball franchise looks to continue its impressive track record with “a full RPG experience,” player-versus-player competition, and much more.

Release Date: April 23

Fighting games have always had rough launches on PC, but it’s great that the platform isn’t getting passed up entirely anymore, and Mortal Kombat 11 is no exception. The absurdly gory fighting game will make its return in the first half of the year.

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Psychonauts 2

Release Date: TBD 2019

The long-awaited sequel to Psychonauts, Double Fine is continuing the grand tradition of 3D platformers on PC. Psychonauts is all about psychic powers as you enter the minds of others to extract information, or just cure neuroses.

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Rage 2

Release Date: May 14

The sequel no one expected (and not to be confused with the similar themed and colored Far Cry New Dawn that was announced after it), Rage 2 returns us to a savage postapocalyptic wasteland, but this time with a more comical tone. It’s a shooter that feels a bit like a mix of Doom and Mad Max, which makes sense given its developer and publisher.

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Resident Evil 2

Release Date: January 25

Many thought this would just be a simple remake, but Resident Evil 2 is shaping up to be pretty much an entirely new game. It take the classic horror game and gives it the camera perspective of Resident Evil 4 and the production quality of Resident Evil 7.

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Release Date: March 22

The next action game from Bloodborne and Dark Souls developer FromSoftware, Sekiro is excitedly making its way to PC as well. It looks similar to their previous work, but this time with an 16th century Japanese setting full of ancient demons.

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Shenmue 3

Release Date: August 27

There are some long-awaited sequels on this list, and then there is Shenmue 3, which is practically the longest awaited sequel in the history of games. After an exciting E3 reveal a few years ago, the final chapter to the Shenmue story is finally arriving late 2019.

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Spelunky 2

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

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Team Sonic Racing

TBD 2019The beloved rougelike series returns with a proper sequel promising new characters, new items, and a whole lot of spelunkin’. We demoed Spelunky 2 back at PAX West 2018, and thankfully found, in our short time with the game, that the sequel doesn’t look to break what’s not broken with the original’s addictive gameplay.TBD 2019Though not many outside developer Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts knows much about this new Star Wars game – we've only seen motion capture footage from an EA sizzle reel so far – the one thing we do know is it's slated for release during the holiday season in 2019. But with such a wealth of beloved material to explore, we're confident the creators of the Titanfall series will bring something new to the galaxy far, far away.

Release Date: May 21

Because Sonic wasn’t fast enough (or maybe he was too fast?) he is getting a kart racing game along with his friends. Team Sonic Racing is a more arcadey-style racer with Sonic characters and locales as its theme.

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Tom Clancy's The Division 2

Release Date: March 15

The Division didn’t make the splash Ubisoft was hoping for, but The Division 2 is learning from all of the hard lessons of the first. Set in Washington D.C. this time around, the cover-based RPG shooter is keeping everything people remember fondly intact here.

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Trials Rising

Release Date: February 12

The 2D motorcycle series is back, tilting its way back and forth and up and down mountains. This one is leaning into the insanity that arrived mostly as DLC for the last, but Trials has never exactly taken itself seriously to begin with.

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Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Release Date: TBD 2019

The spinoff follow-up to Wolfenstein 2, Youngblood puts you in control of BJ’s twin daughters years after the second game ends. There are sure to be plenty of nazi’s to kill, and that’s really what’s important in a Wolfenstein game.