It’s a reasonably busy week for Xbox owners, especially those with Game Pass. Gears 5: Hivebusters – a three-hour campaign set on a volcanic island – is out Tuesday, with card battler Monster Train, minimalistic puzzler Wilmot’s Warehouse, and the rogue-lite deck builder Neoverse following after.
On PS4 there’s Nioh 2: The First Samurai – the third and final piece of Nioh 2 DLC, adding new missions and a tougher difficultly mode. Top-down shooter Shakedown Hawaii also arrives on PS5 with Cross-Buy support. This too features a new more challenging difficulty setting.
As for multiformat releases, expect the physics action game Freddy Spaghetti – which gained positive reviews on Steam – the “unforgiving! tactical shooter SYNTHETIK: Ultimate, cartoon battler Colossus Down, and the dark comedy adventure game duo 60 Seconds! Reatomized and 60 Parsecs!
Square-Enix’s Game Boy collection Collection of SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend, the Overcooked alike Shakes on a Plane, and the pixel art hack ‘n slash Metroidvania Touhou Luna Nights head to the Switch eShop, meanwhile.
At the time of typing, just two new releases (the multiformat Override 2: Super Mech League and Solitaire 3D on Xbox) are due next week. Unless other games arrive, this will be our final round-up of 2020. The Switch is in a different position with dozens of eShop titles lined up, including several on Christmas Day, so expect at least two more eShop round-ups before 2020 is (gleefully) over.
New release showcase
Gears 5: Hivebusters
Freddy Spaghetti
SYNTHETIK ULTIMATE
When the Past was Around
Colossus Down
Wilmot’s Warehouse
Calico
New multiformat releases
- MXGP 2020 – The Official Motocross Videogame
- Freddy Spaghetti
- When the Past was Around
- 60 Seconds! Reatomized
- 60 Parsecs!
New on PSN
- Shakedown Hawaii (PS5)
- CRSED (PS5)
- Follia – Dear Father
- Flying Soldiers
- Christmas Break
- Nioh 2: The First Samurai
- Arcade Archives: Markham
New on Xbox Store
- Gears 5: Hivebusters
- Colossus Down
- Elemental War TD
- Calico
- Goetia
- Radio Commander
- Spellbreak
- Wilmot’s Warehouse
- Monster Train
- NEOVERSE
- CATTCH
New Switch retail releases
- Mad Tower Tycoon
Next week: Override 2: Super Mech League, Solitaire 3D, and an avalanche of Switch eShop releases.