No sooner than launching Ninja Gaiden 4, another major release published by Xbox Game Studios is upon us. Like last week’s Ninja Gaiden 4, sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds 2 isn’t an Xbox exclusive, heading to PS5 as well. This makes sense, not just from a business perspective, but also considering the 2019 original was multiformat – published back then by Private Division.
Reviews of The Outer Worlds 2 went live last Thursday, with the consensus being that it’s a marked improvement over its predecessor. “Better exploration and combat buoy a tight role-playing experience that feels crunchy and isn’t afraid of cutting off branches depending on player skills. The overarching story is a bit more self-serious than its predecessor, but the numerous side quests still lean comedic. A few bugs aside, it’s not a game to miss,” said Windows Central.
The Outer Worlds 2 faces competition from ARC Raiders – Embark’s UE5 powered third-person extraction shooter, hotly tipped to become huge. Other big-name releases vying for attention include THQ’s user-creation focused racer Wreckreation, long time coming point ‘n click revival Simon the Sorcerer Origins, and Natsume’s latest farming ‘n foraging sim Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection enter Earthrealm this week too. We’re willing to admit being wary, as a lot of the recently confirmed additions aren’t exactly franchise high notes, such as Sub Zero: Mythologies and Special Forces. It could end up featuring just as many bad games as good. The arcade and console versions of the three mainline games are all present though, so if that’s what you’re hankering for, it shouldn’t disappoint. We imagine it’ll be updated in the future (perhaps in time for December’s retail release) with some of the titles fans have noticed are missing, such as the GBC, PS1 and N64 versions of MK4 and the Game Gear version of MK2.
Another fighter being revived is SEGA’s Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage, coming to consoles following a skint in PC early access. It adds rollback netcode and crossplay, along with a new single player mode. On the subject of SEGA, the excellent Two Point Museum is about to open its doors to Switch 2 owners.
Following suit, two RPGs are also going head-to-head, with Square-Enix’s DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake and Bandai Namco’s Tales of Xillia Remastered – which adds auto saves and the ability to toggle encounters – coming to all formats. Both are gaining physical releases on PS5 and Switch.
We can also expect the side-scrolling Asterix & Obelix – Mission Babylon, Demon’s Tilt’s pinball follow-up XENOTILT, the Diablo inspired auto-shooter Halls of Torment, surreal survival horror Silly Polly Beast, and the arcade style action platformer Halloween 1985.
New release trailers
ARC Raiders
The Outer Worlds 2
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
Wreckreation
Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home
Asterix & Obelix – Mission Babylon
Simon the Sorcerer Origins
Tales of Xillia Remastered
XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION
Strike Force 3
Halls of Torment
Silly Polly Beast
Space Chef
Halloween 1985
New multiformat releases
- The Outer Worlds 2
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- ARC Raiders
- Asterix & Obelix – Mission Babylon
- DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
- Simon the Sorcerer Origins
- Wreckreation
- Tales of Xillia Remastered
- PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship
- Truck Driver: The Dutch Connection
- XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION
- Beneath
- Halls of Torment
- Silly Polly Beast
- Space Chef
- Death Park 2: 4K Remaster
- Cursed New Year
- Halloween 1985
- Hell Is Other Demons
- Water Delivery
- Laundry Store Simulator
- Beaked Buccaneer
- Infantry Attack
- Lonely Guardian
New on PSN
- Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home
- The Light of Celestia
- Tidebreaker
- Kamla
- Hula Hula Wee
- Lucky Hunter
- Sweet Surrender
- Vyun, Kosmeya, And The Witch’s Curse
New on Xbox Store
- Strike Force 3
- 7th Domain: Tree of Chaos
- Zumba – Marble Zombie Invasion
- Abyssal Drift
- Beebo & Luna
- Card Collector Trading Shop
- Carnage: Battle Arena
- Colorful Boi 2
- Journey of Johann: Cave Explorer
- Catnigma
- Dreamscapes – The Sandman
- Dungeon Minesweeper
- Greek Tragedy
- Magnetism X
- BMX Streets
- Delivery Dash: Battle Couriers
- Hannah VCR
- Mystical Mixing
- Quisisana
- Releaseburg
- Souno’s Curse
New Switch retail releases
eShop round-up coming Thursday
- DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake – Switch 2
- Two Point Museum – Switch 2
- Turok Trilogy Bundle
- Simon the Sorcerer Origins
- Tales of Xillia Remastered
- Monument Valley: The Trilogy
- Asterix & Obelix – Mission Babylon
- PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship
Next week: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Football Manager 26 Console, Let’s Sing 2026, 1000xRESIST, Syberia – Remastered, A Pizza Delivery, RUSH: Apex Edition, House Fighters: Total Mess, Contraband Police, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke, Biped 2, High School Dirty Secrets, Boxes: Lost Fragments, Dollmare, Peachy Derby, Celestial Fall, Lucha Align, Satisfactory, Of Lies and Rain, Pin Strike 2, The Visitor Effect: Not an experiment, My Life: Farm Vet, and Another Bar Game.