Experts, who analyzed Internet users’ monthly searches on Google, say that Tekken 8 is the most anticipated video game this year in France. Before the release of GTA 6if all goes well in 2025.
We now know which video games you are most looking forward to in 2024, and perhaps you will recognize yourself in the list provided by Gameyard. The online gaming platform’s specialists analyzed Google search data for the last twelve months for France, on several dozen titles due to be marketed this year. 242 terms were evaluated and then totaled, giving us a ranking of games with the highest monthly search volume over a year.
Tekken 8and “the one we no longer expected” Skull & Bonespull each other out
In a short head, it is Tekken 8 who was the king of research. The latest opus of the emblematic franchise, which should welcome 32 characters, is creating real enthusiasm in France, with 26,556 searches per month on average over the last year. And you won’t have to wait long: the Bandai Namco title arrives on January 26.
Skull and Bones comes in second place and fails even by a hair’s breadth Tekken 8, with 26,255 monthly searches in France. Ubisoft’s pirate simulation MMORPG, first announced during the late E3 2017 edition and which continues to be awaited, will finally be available on February 16, 2024.
Here’s another highly anticipated online action RPG: Blue Protocol. Bandai Namco’s game arouses the curiosity of the French, with 20,310 searches each month, who seem to yearn to embark on a series of quests across the planet Regnas. It must be said that the title also accumulates delays. It should nevertheless be accessible in 2024, without an exact date having yet been set.
Final Fantasy VIIthe safe bet
This is another game hit with various postponements. Ark 2 (Ark Survival Ascended), theoretically scheduled for the end of the current year, will feature the actor with big arms, Vin Diesel. The French are eager to find out, since there are 17,357 of them looking for information on the game every month. Ark 2from Studio Wildcard, should be an Xbox Series X|S exclusive.
Fifth most anticipated game, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be available on February 29, 2024. In the meantime, the remake of the iconic Square Enix title featuring the famous Cloud, Aeris and Barret still unleashes passions, 27 years after its very first marketing. The French generated 14,722 monthly searches over the last twelve months. Winner of the “Most Anticipated Game” award at the Games Awards 2023 a few weeks ago, FF7 Rebirth promises to be a 2024 hit.
While waiting for GTA 6, which should crush everything next year as evidenced by the historic score of its trailer, “ it will be interesting to see if these titles live up to the hype and how search trends change throughout the year as embargoes drop and upcoming releases gain momentum », Comments a Gameyard spokesperson.
Source : Gameyard
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