Gaming: Top 10 list of the latest game releases for June

We have compiled a list of the top 10 new releases coming to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.

The top 10 in chronological order

Valorant

2 June on PC: This first-person shooter from Riot Games will pit two teams of five players against each other. It features Overwatch-like character abilities and highly tactical shooting.

Sea of Thieves

3 June on PC: Sea of Thieves is a first-person multiplayer game in which players cooperate with each other to explore an open world via a pirate ship.

Clubhouse Games 51 Worldwide Classics

5 June on Nintendo Switch: This amazing collection of classic tabletop games will let you play locally and online with up to four other players.

Outer Worlds

5 June on Nintendo Switch: Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony.

Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor

9 June on Xbox One and PS4: In The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor, an ancient evil rises from beneath, and a monstrous host preys on the people of Western Skyrim. It is time to return to the home of the Nords, discover the mystery within the subterranean world of Blackreach, and confront Skyrim’s dark heart before it can threaten all of Tamriel.

Project Warlock

11 June on Nintendo Switch/12^th June Xbox One: Become a mysterious warlock who embarks on a dangerous mission to eradicate all evil. Put your finger on the trigger and travel through time and space to wreak havoc like in the golden days of fast paced, adrenaline-pumping first person shooters, hooking you for hours of super fun carnage.

The Last Of Us Part 2

19 June on PS4: The Last Of Us Part 2 takes place five years after the events of the first game and about 25 years after the outbreak of the Cordyceps Brain Infection began. Ellie, who is now 19 years old, will return as the main protagonist who players will assume control of, as well as Joel in his mid-fifties.

Burnout Paradise Remastered

19 June on Nintendo Switch: A remastered version of Burnout Paradise in which you explore Paradise City, a huge racing battle ground with plenty of traffic to wreck and billboards to smash. Get behind the wheel of hundreds of cars to do crazy car accidents and dangerously awesome stunts to become the best driver of the city. With hundreds of challenges and races to complete. You’ll have a hard time getting bored of the turbulent crashes and high speeds.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated

23 June on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC: All versions of the game feature an original storyline, in which the player attempts to defend Bikini Bottom from an invasion of robots created by Plankton with a machine called the Duplicatotron 3000, playing as SpongeBob in all versions, as well as Patrick and Sandy in the console versions.

The Legend Of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III – Extracurricular Edition

30 June on Nintendo Switch: From the shifting stances of countries to the internal politics of the empire, and even the life of Rean Schwarzer, the shadows of the past have given way to the embers of a new chapter Trails of Cold Steel III invites players into a world full of intrigue and excitement that is years in the making.

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