Hades (another game that ended up on more than one game-of-the-year list). Microsoft had fewer exclusives, a function of its cross-platform ecosystem that, for Xbox fans, has long been a feature rather than a bug. But even the Xbox got a couple of sleeper exclusives that deserve more attention than they've gotten, including a reboot of Rare's classic Battletoads franchise, as well as a genuinely awesome (if eight-year delayed) U.S. release for SEGA's wild RPG Phantasy Star Online 2. More importantly, there's a lot more unique gaming goodness on the horizon for the Xbox Series X/S. That brings us to why we're really here: to take stock at the start of 2021 of the most anticipated exclusive games set to come out this year on each of the major consoles. For now, we're focusing on games with confirmed 2021 release dates, which means some big-name titles are conspicuously absent in the list that follows (we're looking at you,