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Starfield to Star Wars: 20 of the best upcoming video games

Viewfinder Combining elements of popular world-manipulating puzzlers such as Monument Valley and Chicory, Viewfinder has you exploring a lush, possibly post-apocalyptic environment,

Viewfinder

Combining elements of popular world-manipulating puzzlers such as Monument Valley and Chicory, Viewfinder has you exploring a lush, possibly post-apocalyptic environment, where you’re able take photos, paintings and sketches and superimpose them on to the world to change the layout, reach fresh areas or open new explorable domains. It’s an intriguing premise with a cool, minimal visual style.

• PC, PlayStation; 18 July

Starfield

You may have heard of this one. Bethesda’s staggeringly ambitious sci-fi role-playing adventure promises more than 1,000 explorable planets, customisable spacecraft, weapons and outposts, myriad side-quests and an epic story about mysterious alien artefacts. To say this game is important to Xbox would be an understatement of galactic proportions.

• Xbox, PC; 6 September

Assassin’s Creed Mirage

Set entirely within the walls of ninth-century Baghdad, Mirage has been designed as a condensed Assassin’s Creed adventure, following street thief Basim on his quest to become a master hitman. The scenic detail is astonishing, the parkour looks

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