THQ Nordic is best known for their HD re-releases and smaller mid-tier titles. This week, they raise that bar with Biomutant – an ambitious open-world ‘kung fu fable’ from the minds behind the Just Cause series.
Polished with next-gen sheen, and running at 4K on Xbox One, THQ Nordic is definitely giving it a bigger push than their previous titles.
Presumably because it’s the end of the month, ergo pay day for many, it’s a surprisingly busy week for new releases. From Team17 comes King of Seas – a game originally due earlier this year, which the publisher has since latched onto. This has provided addition development time to ensure everything is ship shape.
Port Royale 4 on Switch offers similar seafaring thrills. And if you’d rather control the horrors of the deep, Maneater finally swims onto Switch.
Then there’s Earth Defense Force: World Brothers on PS4 and Switch – a spin-off with chunky voxel graphics. The lack of press coverage is slightly concerning.
The Switch and PS4 also get Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster from SEGA/Atlus, and the 2.5D action platformer Wonder Boy Asha in Monster World – another SEGA remaster, this time of a Mega Drive classic.
Capcom Arcade Stadium also flies the flag for retro gaming, coming to Xbox One and PS4. As per the Switch iteration, 1943 -The Battle of Midway is available for free.
Next-gen re-releases of Maid of Sker – with new features and modes – and Saints Row: The Third Remastered are also due.
There’s plenty of other stuff to get stuck into, including the RTS Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground, acclaimed eerie adventure Song of Horror, a surprise release of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries on Xbox One (available via Game Pass), Super Bomberman R Online for PS4 and Switch, and the chaotic looking party package – with puppets! – Very Very Valet.
Phew! So much for there being “nothing out” at the moment.
New release trailers
Biomutant
Capcom Arcade Stadium Packs 1, 2, and 3
King of Seas
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground
Earth Defense Force: World Brothers
Minecraft Dungeons: Hidden Depths
Song of Horror
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
Wonder Boy Asha in Monster World
Super Bomberman R Online
An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs
Mutazione
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
Very Very Valet
New multiformat releases
- Biomutant
- Capcom Arcade Stadium Packs 1, 2, and 3
- Horse Club Adventures
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground
- Gold Rush: The Game
- Minecraft Dungeons: Hidden Depths
- Song of Horror
New on PSN
- Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
- Wonder Boy: Asha In Monster World
- EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS
- Super Bomberman R Online
- Beautiful Desolation
- Crazy Chicken Shooter Edition – PS5
- Saints Row: The Third Remastered – PS5
- Maid of Sker – PS5
New on Xbox Store
- An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs
- Mutazione
- Super Arcade Soccer 2021
- SRX: The Game
- Rekt! High Octane Stunts
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
- Crossbow Crusade
- Eagle Island Twist
- Eight Dragons
- Trenga Unlimited
- Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset
- Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale
New Switch retail releases
- Maneater
- Wonder Boy: Asha In Monster World
- Oddworld Collection
- Very Very Valet
- Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
- World’s End Club
- Asterix & Obelix XXL: Collection
- INSTANT Sports Tennis
- Port Royale 4
- Horse Club Adventures
Next week: Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection, DC Super Hero Girls, The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom, Necromunda: Hired Gun, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2, Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt, Bunny Factory, Astalon: Tears of the Earth, Tour de France 2021, Operation: Tango, Stonefly, Wing of Darkness, and Super Animal Royale.