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Video games, 'ey? They're alright, and we're willing to wager that there will be quite a few of them in 2017. Some of them might even be quite good! The next 12 months will be dominated by new hardware such as Microsoft's Scorpio and Nintendo's Switch, but as ever it's the games that really matter, and here's a list of the 50 we're most excited about. This one sounds delightfully odd; a life simulator from the creator of Harvest Moon, it's looking a lot like a cutesy take on Eric Chahi's formidable From Dust. Which is enough, when written down, to make us want to go and have an ice shower to cool ourselves a little, and it looks like there's plenty more to Birthdays: The Beginning besides. An eccentric curiosity, then, that looks to be one of 2017's more interesting games.
There's hitting things, and then there's hitting things with style. French developer Sloclap - featuring several former Ubisoft Paris employees - lays on the class with this martial arts inspired brawler, and it is looking absolutely sublime. Devolver's on publishing duties, too, so expect a little added edge to all those fisticuffs as well.
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