Until dawn

Eight friends go to an isolated mountain retreat, where they drink, party, and have sex. The problem is they’re not alone. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

The set-up intentionally draws on every slasher movie made, yet the unique selling point of Until Dawn is how it deals with the idea of consequence. All eight characters can make it through the night or every single one of them can die; it depends on making the right decisions at the right time. Rebuilt for PS4 from a one-time PS3 title, Until Dawn has impressive visuals and uses the DualShock 4 in some really smart and innovative ways. We hope it has enough thrills and surprises to warrant repeat play, as it could make for a brilliantly twisted party game.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2

The great remake of the original Resi is already out, and once you’ve finished reacquainting yourself with the hallways of Spencer Mansion, it should be time to move onto Revelations 2. It’s being released at weekly intervals, and looks like it’s a more focused, stripped-back Resi experience, building on the previous Revelations game which first appeared on 3DS. Suspense and storytelling are being pushed to the forefront, as is that other mainstay of the series – puzzle solving. Familiar faces Claire and Barry are joined by new characters, who can help them unlock doors and spot hidden objects

Bloodborne

Hidetaka Miyazaki – the malevolent architect behind Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls – returns this year with his latest work, a dark and vicious journey into a diseased land: Bloodborne. As always with From Software games, most of it is veiled from view pre-release, but that which we’ve been able to glean looks incredibly promising. Moving away from fantasy and embracing the gothic, Bloodborne looks like it’ll be much more overtly horror-influenced than any previous entry in the Souls series.