Can someone please tell me why I hadn't heard of Tides of Annihilation until literally two days ago? The stunning third-person action-adventure was announced during Summer Game Fest, apparently, but YouTube saw fit to recommend the trailer to me a few months later. I was already sold on the concept alone – apocalyptic London, modern day Arthurian knights, badass women in armor laying waste to monsters with vibrant magic-melee combos (including beating one hulking brute up with his own sledgehammer). But it was the cast list that sealed the deal for me, and now I can't stop thinking about it.
There's a new marker of quality assurance in video games these days, and her name is Jennifer English. From the reverberating success of Baldur's Gate 3 to this year's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 already the favorite in many Game Of The Year conversations, everything English touches seems fated for success. As it so happens, she's starring as Gwendolyn in this particular new game, with her real-life girlfriend Aliona Baranova billed right alongside her as antagonist Mordred. The moment I heard their voices in the gameplay video, my prophecy was set. I put it before you, here and now, that Tides of Annihilation is going to be huge in 2026.
