Top 5 Upcoming Action Games in 2012.

1) Max Payne 3

Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2 started an era of third person shooter games with brilliance. Be it the player movements like run and shoot or the game depth. Rockstar Games now have something huge to offer and yes it’s the third installment ‘Max Payne 3’ where we get to see Payne back in extreme action. Additional in game features are present like “Last Man Standing” mechanism which brings a small halt in the death of Max for a while if he’s got a painkiller on him, also Max can shoot and dodge the bullets all around and after a dive he gets to stay on ground so that he can have a 360 degree shot at enemies around him. This game has cinematic action sequences and cut scenes, with additional physics and animations so that everything around Max seems more realistic than any other games. Additional slo-mo (slow motion) sequences increases the intense gameplay with Max throwing it all up in order to hurt his enemies in all possible ways.

Released Date:  June 1^st 2012 (Microsoft Windows)
Genre:       Third-Person Shooter
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar Studios

2) Tomb Raider: A Survivor is Born

‘She set to find some adventure but instead adventure found her’. The game begins with Lara lost on an island after her ship wreck without any equipment or food supplies which she has to search over in order to survive. The gameplay is made such that few sections on the island will be restricted to her until she enhances her skills and upgrades her physical abilities to search on for equipment’s in order to proceed. Coming to combat the makers had a rethought on the lock on aiming system and made the game with a manual free aim mechanism. Many additional features like survival instincts have been added which helps Lara to solve out puzzles while she’s standing still. Free aim mechanism can be explained as if Lara jumps on to an area she wouldn’t be attracted towards the nearest ledge instead here the player can change the directions in midair which makes the puzzles more difficult. Keeping low indications expect for fire and few harmful things the help in game given to the player would be minimal.

Released Date:  Late 2012- Q1 2013
Genre:        Action-Adventure
Publisher:  Square Enix Europe
Developer: Crystal Dynamics 

3) Grand Theft Auto V :

Details:After delivering us an action packed GTA 4, Rockstar Gamesare back with their next installment entitled as‘Grand Theft Auto: V’. Announced last November, this next episode in the GTA worldis fixed in the city of Los Santos, surrounded by beaches, hills and countryside. A new and extraordinary gameplay in the open world with full freedom and a spectacular story based narration of single player missions, spectacular online multiplayer experience add plus points to the game. Grand Theft Auto V places the player in a chase for the ultimate powerfor money in a re-thought current day situation.

 Released Date:  Unannounced
Genre: Third-Person Action Adventure
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar North

4) Dishonored

Dishonored is set in an open world with factories all around, horse run carriages and punks in the dark in the streets of Dunwall. The developers of this game at Arkane studios which also includes Harvey Smith who was the lead developer forDeus Ex have worked hard on this game to deliver us an action packed game.In the previous games by Bethesda like Skyrim, players in this game too have the freedom to control all the situations in many ways i.e… The player can chose a stealth way to approach or could use combat to continue and can also use his surroundings for his advantage because of special elements in the game like the gadgets, magic and his equipment’s.

Released Date: October 2012
Genre: First-Person Action
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Arkane Studios

5)NFS MOSTWANTED E3 2012

If you’re into racing games, the Need for Speed franchise is probably one that you’ve played before. Prior to E3, it was reported that the latest Need for Speed installment, Most Wanted (2012 version) will be unveiled at the convention and sure enough it was. Featuring new and souped up graphics and new gameplay, EA has announced that the game will be arriving on a wide variety of platforms. This includes the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC and even iOS and Android devices! For those looking to get in on the action via their mobile devices, it appears that the release will be for all platforms so the 30th of October is probably a date you’ll want to mark down on your calendars. No word on pricing just yet but until then, you can check out the game’s trailer in the video above.

Released Date: October 2012

Publisher:EA GAMES