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Eight sci-fi video games to look forward to in 2024

This year should bring rich gaming with Star Wars Outlaws, wonderful surprises such as World of Goo 2 – a satirical physics puzzle game – and, hopefully, the much-delayed Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, says Jacob Aron

By Jacob Aron

10 January 2024

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In Star Wars Outlaws, you play as Kay Vess, a Han Solo-like pirate

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AS A new year begins, I am looking ahead to the biggest games of 2024. At the top of my list is Star Wars Outlaws, an open-world role-playing game (RPG) set in the famous galaxy far, far away. Trailers released so far suggest you will play as Kay Vess, a Han Solo-like pirate trying to get ahead while dodging both the Galactic Empire and the criminal underworld.

I am hoping that this will be everything 2023’s Starfield…

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