The Xbox gains a couple of belated bangers this week, with human shepherding puzzler HUMANITY hitting Game Pass, and the sentient action-figure shooter HYPERCHARGE Unboxed launching on 31st May. Microsoft’s box also gains Lesson Learned, a tower-defence game set in a peculiar daydream world. Makes a change from tanks and aliens.
The sun soaked arcade-style racer Horizon Chase 2 is another conversion running behind, finally hitting both PlayStation and Xbox formats on 30th May. Then, only slightly tardy, there’s 3D Realm’s retro-style first-person shooter Phantom Fury, intended to be evocative of the early noughties. Think Half-Life 2 meets Halo 2.
Arguably the biggest release of the week is EA Sports F1 24, which gives the campaign mode its first major overhaul since 2016, and also includes a new handling system.
Two very similar sounding psychological horror games are also due. PROJECT 13 is set in a looping hallway in a psych ward, billed as a ‘walking simulator’ by the developers themselves. Terminal 81 meanwhile is a low poly affair set in 2008, involving kidnappings in a Latin American neighborhood. A demo is available on Xbox if you want to try before you buy.
We can also expect the return of MultiVersus – which despite the demographic is adding Jason Voorhess – turn-based superhero strategy game Capes, tinyBuild’s fast-paced action RPG Astor: Blade of the Monolith, Inti Creates’ cat-starring 2D action adventure Umbraclaw, and a PSVR2 release of The Exorcist: Legion VR – which appears to be a collection of previously released episodes. Who doesn’t love a good virtual exorcism?
New release trailers
EA Sports F1 24
Horizon Chase 2
MultiVersus
Phantom Fury
Capes
HYPERCHARGE Unboxed
HUMANITY
Astor: Blade of the Monolith
Umbraclaw
Lesson Learned
PROJECT 13
Terminal 81
New multiformat releases
- EA Sports F1 24
- MultiVersus
- Horizon Chase 2
- Phantom Fury
- Capes
- PROJECT 13
- Terminal 81
- Astor: Blade of the Monolith
- Umbraclaw
- SKELER BOY
- O-VOID: Console Edition
New on PSN
- The Exorcist: Legion VR
- Sushi Ben
- TEVI
- Ginger – The Tooth Fairy
- Marble Maze
New on Xbox Store
- Humanity
- HYPERCHARGE Unboxed
- Lesson Learned
- New Lands
- Pool Party
- To The Sky
New Switch retail releases
eShop round-up coming Thursday
- Construction Simulator 4
- Potion Permit: Complete Edition
Next week: Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game, Downward: Enhanced Edition, Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo, The Smurfs – Village Party, Democracy 4: Console Edition, Tour de France 2024, GRAPPIN, Dash and Roll, Cazzarion: Rocket Raid, Shinobi: The Warlord, and Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 (PS4.)