It has been a rather spectacular year for PlayStation 4 players. There have been a ton of top-tier games, including Uncharted 4, Dark Souls 3, Overwatch, and Doom. The most exciting time of the year for gamers, however, is the holiday season. From September until early December, each week brings at least one new highly anticipated blockbuster. It’s not just games, either. Sony is dropping its PlayStation VR headset in October, and the souped-up PlayStation 4 Pro to bring the console crowd into the age of virtual reality and 4K gaming in November.
For the purposes of this article, however, we’re focusing on the games, and specifically non-VR-only games since that’s essentially its own system. To help you navigate the jam-packed holiday season, we’ve put together this chronological list of the biggest games on the way.
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