Good guy Capcom is back with their anticipated Resident Evil 4 remake. Why are they good guys, you ask? Not did they release a demo ahead of launch, but reviews went live a week ahead too.
With a magnitude of 9s and 10s behind it, it has become one of the highest-rated games of the year so far, boasting a Metacritic score of 93%. It may even overtake Metroid Prime Remastered’s 94% Metacritic in the coming days.
“Nearly 20 years later, Resident Evil 4 is just as much of a masterpiece today as it was in 2005. Capcom has faithfully remade a genuine classic by bringing it into the modern age and kitting it out with new content, tremendous combat, and striking visuals,” said Push Square.
Following on from last week’s Anno 1800, Ubisoft has another city-building strategy game for fans of the genre – The Settlers: New Allies. Unlike, Anno 1800, however, this one is due on all formats, including Switch. [Update: Ubisoft has confirmed a last minute delay via Twitter.]
Other new multiformat releases include MLB The Show 23, the social stealth multiplayer game Deceive Inc, full motion propaganda simulator Not For Broadcast, action adventure The Crown of Wu – based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West – and the hazard dodging arcade game Steel Defier.
Then on PSN, there’s the RPG sequel Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (also on Switch), tropical open-world adventure Tchia, and the one-on-one monster brawler Omen of Sorrow. The Postal series also makes a console debut with POSTAL 4: No Regerts for PS4/PS5, offering a pastiche of US life set over five days. Expect sex and drug references in abundance.
Xbox owners can also look forward to belated conversions of the anime-style RPG Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Prince’s Edition, puzzler Island Farmer, 2D platformer Lila’s Tale and the Hidden Forest, and the Metroidvania platformer Witchycraft – a former PS Vita exclusive.
On the subject of tardy conversions, THQ Nordic’s third-person survival shooter Remnant: From the Ashes also makes its way to Switch. Screenshots look mighty promising – here’s hoping for another miracle port. The Gearbox published Have A Nice Death looks like one to investigate too, garnering positive reviews.
New release trailers
Resident Evil 4
The Settlers: New Allies
Deceive Inc.
The Crown of Wu
Remnant: From the Ashes (Switch)
Tchia
MLB The Show 23
POSTAL 4: No Regerts
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
Omen Of Sorrow
Not For Broadcast
Overloop
I dream of you and ice cream
New multiformat releases
- Resident Evil 4
- Deceive Inc.
- The Settlers: New Allies
- MLB The Show 23
- The Crown of Wu
- Steel Defier
New on PSN
- POSTAL 4: No Regerts
- Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
- Tchia
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution
- Omen of Sorrow
- Last Labyrinth
- Sister
- Wobbly Life
- McPixel 3
- Arcade Archives THUNDER CEPTOR II
New on Xbox Store
- Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Prince’s Edition
- Superfidos
- Not For Broadcast
- Island Farmer
- Taurian Defense
- Yello Adventures
- Lila’s Tale and the Hidden Forest
- Overloop
- Witchcrafty
- Dragon Pinball
- I dream of you and ice cream
New Switch retail releases
eShop round-up coming Thursday
- Remnant: From the Ashes
- Ravensburger Memory
- Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
Next week: DREDGE, SIFU (Xbox), Norn9: Var Commons, Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams, Kingdom Rush Frontiers, INFINITE GUITARS, Aery – Calm Mind 3, Blade Assault, RunBean Galactic, Pirates Outlaws, Saga of Sins, Lunark, Citizen Sleeper (PS4), Tales of the Neon Sea, Guns N’ Runs, and The Last Worker.