Update: A Croteam PR representative reached out to IGN and let us know that Serious Sam 4 has never been officially announced. IGN regrets the error.

We’re officially in the middle of a PC gaming renaissance. If you’re right on the bleeding edge you can experience high-end 4K-resolution gaming at an essentially unlimited frame rate. But even much more modest, console-priced PCs can run essentially any game on respectable graphics settings.

But like any piece of gaming hardware, the PC is only as good as the games that run on it. Luckily PC ports of virtually every major third party video game are available day one, and with a few exceptions, they’re increasingly high quality. PCs are also home to plenty of exclusives as well. Below are 17 high-profile PC-exclusive video games coming out in 2015 and 2016 you’ll want to keep on your radar:

A Hat in Time

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Developer: Gears for Breakfast

Gears for Breakfast Release date: TBA

A Hat in Time was bringing back 3D platformers long before Yooka-Laylee made them hot again. Aren’t shortened nostalgia cycles great?

The Bard’s Tale IV

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Developer: InXile Entertainment

InXile Entertainment Release date: TBA

You can’t keep a good bard down. The Bard’s Tale IV promises to keep the “RPG renaissance” rolling with another dungeon-clearing, puzzle-solving, and riddle-filled adventure.

Dreadnought

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Developer: Yager

Yager Publisher: Grey Box

Grey Box Release date: Fall 2015

We’ve piloted nimble space fighters in dozens of video games. But what about massive capital ships? Enter: Dreadnought. Huge hulking masses of metal and guns, completely under your control.

Fortnite

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Developer: Epic Games

Epic Games Release date: TBA 2015

Horde Mode + a flexible and powerful resource/gathering base building system? Yes, please. Fortnite is one of those games that defies genre categorization, and might just invent a few of its own.

Might and Magic Heroes VII

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Developer: Limbic Entertainment

Limbic Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft

Ubisoft Release date: September 2015

The perennially popular turn-based strategy franchise returns. There’s not much more to say, honestly. The Might & Magic Heroes is always reliable, and always scratches that turn-based battle itch. VII looks to be no different.

Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord

Developer: Taleworlds

Taleworlds Publisher: Paradox Interactive

Paradox Interactive Release date: TBA

Mount & Blade was addictive and trend-setting, but it was also fairly clunky and low-budget. New graphics, AI, animations, and gameplay systems make Bannerlord a very promising sequel.

Overwatch

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Developer: Activision Blizzard

Activision Blizzard Release date: Q3 2015

Blizzard is finally throwing its hat into the class-based FPS ring. How big of a deal is this? Consider that Overwatch

Routine

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Developer: Lunar Software

Lunar Software Release date: TBA 2015

Routine's developers describe it as "a First Person Horror Exploration game set on an abandoned Moon Base." What more do you need to know? As someone that hates spookies, I won't be playing it. But it looks super promising for horror fans.

Serious Sam 4

Didn’t you hear? Twitchy, “kill everything that moves” arena FPSs are back en vogue. And Serious Sam might just be the best of that particular breed of shooter. Bring on Serious Sam 4.

Update: A Croteam PR representative reached out to IGN and let us know that Serious Sam 4 has never been officially announced. IGN regrets the error.

Developer: Croteam

Shadowrun: Hong Kong

Everything old is new again. Even Shadowrun is back - and thriving! There aren’t many details on Hong Kong, but we can expect more tactical combat, more corporate conspiracies, and more hacking.

Developer: Harebrained Schemes

Harebrained Schemes Release date: Fall 2015

Star Citizen

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Developer: Cloud Imperium Games

Cloud Imperium Games Release date: TBA 2016

Star Citizen may just end up being the space sim to end all space sims, but for now the verdict is out. With any luck we might actually get our hands on a release candidate in 2016.

Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void

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Developer: Activision Blizzard

Activision Blizzard Release date: TBA

StarCraft II might not be the eSports powerhouse it was five years ago, but it’s still a best-of-breed real-time strategy experience, with incredibly thoughtful and polished single player and multiplayer experiences.

Torment: Tides of Numenera

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Developer: InXile Entertainment

InXile Entertainment Release date: Q4 2015

As a spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, perhaps the best-written video game ever made, expectations for Tides of Numenera are high. Even if it doesn’t deliver on those extreme expectations, it’s still looking like a solid isometric RPG.

Total War: Warhammer

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Developer: Creative Assembly

Creative Assembly Publisher: Sega

Sega Release date: TBA 2015

The Total War franchise is finally going full fantasy with Warhammer. Fingers crossed this mash-up turns out as great in reality as it is in our heads. Massive dragons, steam tanks, and magic, all in a Total War game? It’s all happening.

Unreal Tournament

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Developer: Epic Games

Epic Games Release date: August 15, 2014 (Pre-Alpha), TBA 2015 (Release)

Unreal Tournament is coming back, and it will be… completely free. Not free-to-play. Just… free. Epic is banking on the volunteer mod community taking to the platform, allowing the heyday of Unreal Tournament to make a comeback.

Wreckfest

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Developer: Bugbear Entertainment

Bugbear Entertainment Release date: TBA

As a spiritual successor to FlatOut, interest in Wreckfest (previously known as Next Car Game) was high from the jump. The playable sneak peek and successful Early Access debut sent expectations through the roof.

XCOM 2

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Developer: Firaxis

Firaxis Publisher: 2K Games

2K Games Release date: November 2015

In XCOM 2 it is 20 years after the events of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and humans are not in a good place. XCOM 2 is promising more tough turn-based tactical combat with plenty of new enemies, classes, gadgets, and weapons.

Any PC exclusives big or small you're keeping a close eye on? Share with your fellow gamers below!

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