With the gaming community wrapped up in Resident Evil 4 fever, it’s perhaps a relief to find that this week’s assortment of new games is smaller than usual. But while this week lacks an easily identifiable big new release, there are a few anticipated indies and belated conversions due.
Additionally, Forza Horizon 5 gains its new Rally Adventure DLC, taking place in Sierra Nueva and featuring deformable sand roads and “an entirely smashable palm forest.” Look out for it on Wednesday.
The Xbox also receives a belated conversion of the kung fu brawler Sifu, with new arena battles rolling out on all formats. Rhythm RPG Infinite Guitars makes its Game Pass debut too.
From WayForward comes Lunark, a cinematic 2D platformer taking inspiration from Another World, Flashback, and similar ‘90s titles. Blade Assault features 2D pixel art likewise but takes the form of an action rogue-lite. It’s due both digitally and at retail.
Then there’s Team17’s sinister fishing adventure DREDGE, which sees our weary hero catching fish during the day and seeking relics at night. When the sunsets, the seas become perilous. To survive, you’ll need to upgrade your boat, which entails heading further afield and looking for shipwrecks. We found it vastly compelling, even though progress did come to an abrupt halt occasionally.
The Last Worker is due on all formats, being a first-person narrative adventure where the titular lone worker makes a stand against the robots who’ve taken our jobs. It looks set to offer a blend of genres, including stealth.
After a false start, originally due out at the beginning of the month, Madness in Single Valley should be with us on all formats. It’s an apocalypse-adverting adventure starring a school kid and their trusty slingshot. This too features a mixture of genres – stealth, puzzle, platforming, and more.
Also, look out for a belated PS4 release of Citizen Sleeper, the low poly racer Formula Retro Racing – World Tour, and the visual novel Norn9: Var Commons on Switch. How were Norns 1 through 8?
New release trailers
Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure
DREDGE
Sifu
Blade Assault
The Last Worker
Citizen Sleeper
Mayhem in Single Valley
MLB The Show 23
Lunark
Formula Retro Racing – World Tour
Infinite Guitars
Norn9: Var Commons
Saga of Sins
RunBean Galactic
Dashing Orange
New multiformat releases
- DREDGE
- Blade Assault
- The Last Worker
- MLB The Show 23
- Mayhem in Single Valley
- Shukuchi Ninja
- Lunark
- Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
- RunBean Galactic
- Pirates Outlaws
- Saga of Sins
- Metal: Hellsinger – Dream of the Beast
New on PSN
- Citizen Sleeper
- Plunder Panic
- Super Geisha Neon
- BookyPets Legends
- Dashing Orange
- Mothered
- Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams
New on Xbox Store
- SIFU
- Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure
- Palindrome Syndrome
- Formula Retro Racing – World Tour
- Kingdom Rush Frontiers
- Guns N’ Runs
- Tales of the Neon Sea
- INFINITE GUITARS
- Aery – Calm Mind 3
- Rally Rock ‘N Racing
New Switch retail releases
eShop round-up coming Thursday
- Norn9: Var Commons
- Session: Skate Sim
- DREDGE
Next week: GrimGrimoire OnceMore, Meet Your Maker, Creed: Rise to Glory – Championship Edition, Road 96: Mile 0, Atari Mania, Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories, Curse of the Sea Rats, Pretty Girls Tile Match, The Library of Babel, and Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.