In less than one month, we will air the next edition PC Gaming Show: most wanted.
This year's edition of the PC Gaming Show is a little different. It has a slightly new format. The Council, a special panel of voting members, selects the 25 Most Wanted Games. This group includes well-known game developers such as Brenda Romero and John Romero. David Gaider and Tanya X are also part of this special group. Short, Soren Johnson, and Brian Fargo, as well as some of our favorite content creators--CohhCarnage, Esfand, Missmikkaa, AnnieFuchsia, DansGaming, and others--who lend their opinions to the process. The entire PC Gamer staff also adds their votes to the pile.
If you've ever seen the "most anticipated" lists on the internet, Most Wanted will be like one of them turned into a big budget, goofy television show hosted by Frankie Ward. Frankie Ward has been the face of the PC Gaming Show in 2018 and 2019. We hope that this broadcast will help you sort through the avalanche and choose the games that are truly worthy of your wishlist as we approach the year 2025.
Tune in to the PC Gamer Twitch Channel, YouTube, Twitch Gaming or Bilibili on December 5 at 12pm PST / 8:30pm GMT.
How we select the nominees
The PC Gamer team has selected the list of over 100 unreleased titles below based on their collective interest in each project. We consider the game's profile and premise, its initial reception, how many wishlists have been created, as well as its creative direction. We want to make sure that the Most Wanted List is not just a popularity contest. We make it a point to put a variety of projects in front of the voting panel that haven't received much attention, so that we can represent the breadth and weirdness of PC gaming.
Voting is not allowed for games that release before January 1, 2025, or those already in Early Access (though there are a few exceptions, such as Arma Reforger which is the precursor to Arma 4).
The long list is restricted to around 100 games. As capable as The Council may be, we cannot ask this group to vote on all games (especially when Steam releases an average of 39 games per day). The list excludes hundreds of PC games that are yet to be released. However, all voters have the option to nominate a game they think should be voted upon by the group.
How the final Most Wanted List is selected
Voters use the following criteria to vote on a scale of 1-5:
5 * Maximum hype This game has a strong, almost obsessive, interest.
4 * I think this game is excellent.
3 * This game looks really cool.
1 * Mildly optimist. You're interested in the game, but nothing more.
0 * (Abstain / no vote)
- We weight the score of a game according to our level of certainty that it will be released on its announced date. If a release date is vague or non-existent, the score of a given game will be lower. It's hard to anticipate a title when you don't know when it will actually be released.
- The number of votes received by a game is a weighting factor.
The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted nominees for 2024
Path of Exile 2
Deltarune
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2,
The Dark Ages
Metal Gear Solid D Snake Eater
Project 007
ARK 2
The Thing: Remastered
Citizen Sleeper 2
Big Walk
PVKK
Wolverine
Blade
Wonder Woman
Tenjutsu
Kingmakers
Crescent County
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
Menace
s&box
Nivalis
Monaco 2
Killing Floor 3
Little Nightmares 3,
Arma 4
D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict
Judas
Sumerian Six
Avowed
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Titan Quest 2
Mariachi Legends
Atomfall
Witchbrook
Den of Wolves
Light No Fire
Streets of Fortuna
Beautiful Light
Borderlands 4
Dying Light: the Beast
Mafia in the Old Country
Haunted Chocolatier
Grand Theft Auto 6
Slay the Spire 2,
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Monster Hunter Wilds
Skate
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Perfect Dark
Dune: Awakening
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
Masters of Albion
Goat Simulator Remastered
DarkwebSTREAMER
Marathon
Wrekless
State of Decay 3.
Blight: Survival
2XKO
Among the Wild
Generation Exile
Gears of war: E-Day
ARC Raiders
Sand
Fable
Battle Aces
Exodus
Eclipsium
Dungeonborne
Gothic 1 Remake
Eternal Strands
Quartermaster
Fairgame$
Exoborne
Dread Dawn
Marvel Rivals
Project C
Cairn
Wanderstop
Project DOSA
Hyper Light Breaker
Usual June
Nightmare Operator
Twisted Tower
Kiborg
Miegakure
Canyons
The Sinking City 2
The Looter
Skin Deep
Mixtape
Cruel
Paperhead
Subnautica 2
Wreckfest 2,
Splitgate 2
Aquametsis
Descenders Next
All Systems Dance
The Outer Worlds 2,
South of Midnight
FUMES
Truckload
Super Fantasy Kingdom
Heart of the Machine
God Save Birmingham
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