Some upcoming strategy games (all with MP) I'm excited about:
Europa Universalis 4 (Aug 13)I don't think Paradox has ever released a sequel which deviates from the spirit of the game and isn't objectively an improvement over the predecessor (the GUI is quite foreign-looking and interesting in screenshots), so if you like EU3 (or Vic2, or CK2)... hype @
http://www.europauniversalis4.com/Rome: Total War 2 (Sep 3)I'm skeptical of CA and everything they say. AI's always garbage, and I'm not playing some 10-hour game with online goons. But... there's always so much potential - and if you're into spectacle, the released screenshots are shockingly beautiful. hype @
http://www.totalwar.com/en_US/rome2/Rise of Venice (Sep 27)Rise of Venice was announced a couple months ago. There's not a ton of info on it, but I'm assuming it will be similar to other sea trading games around Ren times (though hopefully an improvement!). hype @
http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=18821Some others:
Saints Row 4 (unapologetically fun GTA clone) is also slated to be released on August 20th. hype @
http://www.saintsrow.com/news/detail/article/263381/dev_diary_1Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (true survival horror) is set to be released.... sometime this year (lots of delays). In the meantime, if you haven't played Amnesia: The Dark Descent, or any Frictional games, but like horror... play them. Dead Space is a kiddie rollercoaster in comparison. hype @
http://aamfp.com/There's a re-release ("re-invention") of C&C being set to be released this year, but EA is publishing, so no links.
End of Nations may be released... sometime. It's kind of a tactical f2p online RTS. I played a looong time ago in closed alpha ('11). It was pretty horrible (bad enough that I unsubscribed from email updates on top of stopping playing), but also very incomplete at the time. It's apparently still quite incomplete. hype @
http://www.endofnations.com/ETA: Dominions 4 was also announced not too long ago. Color scheme on GUI looks absolutely horrible, and is basically just a set of improvements on Dominions 3, as 3 was an improvement on 2. Illwinter's incompetent at marketing, so Dominions 4 is the same price as Dom3.
(I'm still excited about it, though!) hype @
http://www.illwinter.com/dom4/