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New Retail Releases: Starlink: Battle For Atlas, Soul Calibur VI, Lego DC Super-Villains, More
Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally moseying up to its release date, so game publishers are rushing to launch their latest projects ahead of the Wild West prequel. And that means several big releases will make their way onto store shelves this week, including new games from Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, WB Games, and 2K Games.
Ubisoft will attempt to revive the toys-to-life genre with Starlink: Battle For Atlas for the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. Players can customize the space shooter by purchasing additional Starship Packs and Weapon Packs, and Switch owners will even be able to pilot an Arwing from Star Fox right out of the box.
Several other long-running franchises will also receive new entries this week, including Bandai Namco’s one-on-one fighter Soul Calibur VI (PS4, Xbox One, and download-only on the PC) and WB Games’s family-friendly action title Lego DC Super-Villains (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and download-only on the PC). Saber Interactive is also charging the hoop for their second arcade-style basketball game, teaming up with 2K Games for NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and download-only on the PC).
Finally this week, Dark Souls Remastered will finally make its way to the Switch, and Bandai Namco will also bundle together all three games in the Dark Souls Trilogy for the PS4 and Xbox One. For Honor: Marching Fire Edition from Ubisoft will also bundle together the original game and a big batch of new content for the PS4 and Xbox One.
You can learn more about the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Tagged Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Dark Souls III, For Honor, NBA Playgrounds 2, Owlboy, Soul Calibur VI, Starlink: Battle For Atlas
New Retail Releases: Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Sega Genesis Classics, Owlboy, More
Get ready for another nostalgia-heavy trip to your local game store as this week’s New Retail Releases features a new destination for several big-name titles.
Slapping its way to the top of the pile is Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, a new compilation for the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One that brings together a dozen games from the franchise. There’s the original Street Fighter, as well as Street Fighter II (and its four updates), Street Fighter III (and its two updates), and all three Street Fighter Alpha games. Fans will get to relive these famous fighting games with online multiplayer, and explore the history of the franchise thanks to a bountiful batch of bonus content.
Also set to launch this week for the PS4 and Xbox One is Sega Genesis Classics, a new compilation that contains more than 50 games that were originally released for the 16-bit machine. That list includes beloved classics like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Golden Axe, and Altered Beast, as well as more left field fare like Vectorman, Comix Zone, and Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine.
Two games coming to new platforms this week retain the retro aesthetic of Street Fighter and the Sega Classics, but they’re both actually less than a year old. D-Pad Studio’s Owlboy originally made its PS4 and Switch debut earlier this year, but now the innovative platformer is coming to retail shelves. And Natsume’s Harvest Moon: Light of Hope was originally released for the PC in November, but a Special Edition of the farming sim comes to the PS4 and Switch this week.
NIS America has packaged together Fallen Legion: Sins of an Empire (originally released for the PS4) and Fallen Legion: Flames of Rebellion (originally released for the Vita) on the Switch as Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory. Players will finally be able to play both sides of this RPG story on a single platform.
THQ Nordic will also bring the feline ninjitsu of Legend of Kay Anniversary to the Switch this week. Fans first got to play the game on the PS2 in 2005, and since then it’s appeared on the DS, PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, and Xbox 360.
And finally, if you’re looking for something new this week, Madmind Studio will released Agony for the PS4 and Xbox One. The first-person survival horror game plunges players into the depths of Hell in a story of “horror, eroticism, and damnation” that was inspired by Dante’s Inferno.
That’s all for now, but we’ll be back later this week with a look at all the new additions to the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Posted in News, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Tagged Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, Owlboy, Street Fighter II
Hellblade, Owlboy, Ys Origin, more added to Xbox Store
Several critically-acclaimed games have a new home on the Xbox One thanks to today’s Xbox Games Store update.
Ninja Theory will bring Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, their “Indie AAA” action game, to the Xbox One today. It’ll share space on the digital storefront with D-Pad Studio’s side-scrolling adventure, Owlboy, and Nihon Falcom’s RPG prequel, Ys Origin.
Also available to download today is Iron Galaxy’s ogre-hunting game, Extinction, and Freejam’s multiplayer robot battler, Robocraft Infinity.
You can learn more about these games, and the rest of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store, after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Owlboy
Owlboy, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, Super Daryl Deluxe, more coming to PS Store this week
A handful of side-scrollers, a dimension-hopping VR adventure, and a game where you hunt giant ogres that look a little like Shrek top this week’s PlayStation Store update.
Owlboy was in development at D-Pad Studio for almost ten years before its PC debut in 2016, and now it’s coming to the PS4. Another colorful side-scroller, Super Daryl Deluxe, a hand-drawn beat ’em up/RPGvania, is also now available to download for Sony’s home console.
If you’re looking to give your PlayStation VR headset a workout this week, Owlchemy Labs will release Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality for the PS4.
And finally, Iron Galaxy (the creators of the Killer Instinct reboot) will bring their ogre-hunting adventure game, Extinction, to the PS4.
You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS4, Vita
Tagged Owlboy, Super Daryl Deluxe
Owlboy will fly onto the PS4 and Xbox One on April 10
Owlboy originally made its PC debut in 2017, before landing on the Nintendo Switch’s digital storefront in February. Yesterday, D-Pad Studio announced (via Twitter) that the side-scrolling platformer will finally be available to download for the PS4 and Xbox One on April 10:
#Owlboy will be hitting #PS4 and #XboxOne on digital stores April 10th! pic.twitter.com/ADwzFFrue3
— D-Pad Studio (@DPadStudio) April 2, 2018
A Retail Edition of Owlboy is also in the works for the PS4 and Switch, and it’ll be available in stores on May 29.
Owlboy, Dragon Quest Builders, Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, more coming to Nintendo eShop this week
It’s Thursday, and Nintendo has offered up yet another hefty eShop update for the Switch.
This coming Tuesday, February 13, Switch owners will be able to download Owlboy, a side-scrolling platformer from D-Pad Studio. The Longest Five Minutes, a new RPG from NIS America, will also be available on the same day.
Both of those games rely on retro aesthetics to pull in players, and Square Enix will use a similar trick in its next game for the Switch. Dragon Quest Builders, a Minecraft-like experience based on the first game in the RPG series, will be available to download for the Switch beginning tomorrow. In addition to the main game, Dragon Quest Builders on the Switch will also include a variety of exclusive content.
Finally, 3DS owners will be able to download Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology early next week. Atlus originally released Radiant Historia for the DS in 2011, and Perfect Chronology is a re-release that includes new story content, upgraded graphics, and “new ways to experience the adventure.”
You can learn more about all of this week’s additions to the Nintendo eShop after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U
Tagged Dragon Quest Builders, Owlboy, Radiant Historia
Rive: Ultimate Edition will be released for the Switch on November 17… Owlboy will come to consoles on February 13
If you’re a fan of side-scrolling platformers, you’ll be delighted to know that Rive and Owlboy will soon make their way to new platforms.
You can learn more about the new destinations for both games after the break. (more…)