It’s crunch time for game developers across the globe, meaning the release of the year’s most anticipated games. November is one of most bustling months of the gaming year and publishers are struggling to keep up with the high demand for bigger and better games. However, that doesn’t stop them from giving us, the gamers, exactly what we’ve been asking for.

The Sims 4: City Living – November 1st (PC)

From Willow Creek to Newcrest, your Sims have enjoyed the calm life of the suburbs, living it up in large, luxurious houses with perfect yards. Don’t you think it’s time they move somewhere a little… busier? Maybe to a beautiful city, tucked away against the mountains, with new experiences hidden around every corner? This new expansion is set in the diverse city of San Myshuno. Play some ball in the Spice District, head out after work for some good ol’ karaoke, or meet up with some friends and head to one of the festivals, a new feature in the City Living expansion. San Myshuno has an irresistible flavor that neither you nor your sims will be able to resist.

“It’s a vast city, built with impeccable precision”, DigitalTimes blogger, Autumn Kelly, quoted in her review of the expansion.

As seen in The Sims 2: Apartment Life, released in 2008, your sims can now live in their own unique apartments. Lot traits are a key change incorporated into the game. There are 26 new lot traits, including a lot info panel that lets you know whether your new apartment needs a little TLC or if the place has the romantic aura, perfect for your young bachelor and bachelorettes. As in every expansion, several new objects in build/buy mode and Create-A-Sim, will be available, along with new activities and three new career field options, these being politics, critics, and social media. Whether you plan on creating an eligible bachelor or a not so eligible slob, San Myshuno is sure to have the perfect place for your sims.

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developers: Maxis and The Sims Studio

Genre: Life simulation game

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: November 4th (PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Call of Duty has been the most popular war-themed, first-person shooter game for 13 years and counting. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare brings us the same three game modes seen in every game: campaign, multiplayer and zombies. In campaign mode, players take form as Captain Reyes, a Tier 1 Special Operations pilot turned Commander. Players must take the remaining coalition forces against the enemy, while trying to overcome the deadly, extreme environments of space. Campaign gives us the same large-scale war roots that gives the franchise its identity, with a futuristic twist. Multiplayer allows players to compete against one another on new maps set in various locations in our solar system. It also provides gamers new gameplay innovations, delivering the future of warfare to our fingertips. The favorite gameplay mode of the majority of Call of Duty players, Zombies, allows players to go on a wild ride back in time to fight the undead in a 1980’s amusement park. The map includes multiple amusement rides, an arcade, and a funky, functioning rollercoaster. Of course, the map is completed with a rad 80’s soundtrack.

Publisher: Activision

Developer: Infinity Ward

Genre: First-person shooter

Pokémon: Sun and Moon – November 18th (3DS)

As we begin to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green in Japan, the creators of Pokémon are coming out with the next era of Pokémon games. Pokémon: Sun and Pokémon: Moon features a new world, new Pokémon and new adventures to embark on. Pokémon: Sun and Pokémon: Moon are the first installments of the seventh generation of role-playing games. Like previous games, both games follow the journey of a young Pokémon trainer. Based on Hawaii, the game is set in the Alola region. The goal is to thwart the schemes of the enemy, Team Skull, while challenging other Pokémon trainers along the way. Defeating these trainers results in an increase of of battle statistics and gain of experience, which allows them to level up, learn new techniques, and evolve powerful Pokémon. Players are able to battle and trade Pokémon with other player, through the Nintendo 3DS’s connectivity features. Pokémon games have been in high demand, since the release of Pokémon Go! in July of 2016, so sales for these new games are expected to skyrocket.

Publisher: The Pokémon Company

Developer: Game Freak

Genre: Augmented reality, Puzzle video game, RPG

As we near the end of the 2016 gaming year, game developers are having to push back release dates into 2017 and continue to compete with other developers to create the most popular game of 2016. Despite the several challenges they face, they never fail to exceed gamer’s expectations and give us exactly what we’ve asked for and more.

Also this month:

Dishonored 2 – November 11th (PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Road Rage – November 15th (PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Yesterday Origins – November 19th (PC, PS4, Xbox One)

Watch Dogs 2 – November 29th (PC)

The Walking Dead: Season 3 A New Frontier – November 2016 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)