Well, there’s the big triple A release of Resident Evil Village coming this week. Probably not a wallet threat to me any time soon. I do like to grab RE games when they come down in price just to try them out though. And Dragon Quest Builders 2 comes to Xbox and Game Pass, I’m looking forward to trying that for no additional hit on my wallet.
The release of Olympic Basketball reminds me: oh yeah, the Olympics are still on this year! It’s strange to see an Olympic game that only focuses on one sport though.
Tuesday, May 3
Sprits of Xanadu | Switch
Wednesday, May 4
The Colonists | PS4, Xbox One, Switch
Dragon Quest Builders 2 | Xbox One
Thursday, May 5
Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition | PS4
Dull Grey | Xbox One
Almighty: Kill Your Gods | PC
Distant Kingdoms | PC
Infernal Radiation | Switch
Boris The Rocket | Switch
Save Me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition | Switch
2in1 - Application Driver and Serial Killer/Sniper | Switch
Friday, May 6
Raiden IV x Mikado | Switch
Skate City | PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition | Switch
Farm Manager 2021 | PC
CyberHive | Switch
Beach Bounce Remastered | Switch
Techno Tanks | Switch
Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Fantasy World Edition | Switch
My Little Fast Food Booth | Switch
Saturday, May 7
Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition | Xbox One, PC
Chroma Quaternion | Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
Resident Evil Village | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, Stadia
So this is a cheap throwaway little game that came out on Steam a year ago. Other games by this publisher include Pac vs Ghosts, which seems like such a blatant ripoff of pacman I’m surprised it exists.
Anyway, I was looking at Olympic video games, and looks like Sega came out with an official game for the coming Olympics that was released last summer.
It looks quite appealing to me. 80 National teams, and sooooo many different sports, including new ones that were added since the game was released, including a climbing sport in February. In April, they were supposed to release the 4x100 relay, but that might have been delayed I think.
The catch? Looks like Sega only released this in Japan.
Damn. Wallet threat level for May is looking bad. I just happened to look in the ‘Coming soon’ section of the Xbox store. Subnautica: Below Zero and Biomutant are must-buys. Mass Effect: Legendary is, too, but I’m OK waiting for a sale there. And a few I’m not completely sold on (but look cool), like Warhammer: Stormground and Necromunda: Hired Gun.
Really? I mean, I get Subnautica but is Biomutant really on your must-buy list? Can I ask why? It looks nice, but I’m not seeing all that much else there.
May for me is (maybe) Biomutant and (maybe) Mass Effect Legendary Edition. June is Scarlet Nexus and Guilty Gear Strive (the latter not a wallet threat anymore, since I preordered it in February or March). For now.
In no particular order: I haven’t played an open world thing in a bit, I’ve read a few articles, watched a few videos. It looks like it had a lot of cool stuff going on, and it has a crazy good sense of style. It might not come together in the end, who knows? But what I’ve seen is intriguing, so I’m on board. I can’t find much in my browser history but a random YouTuber video I watched when they announced the release date a few months ago.
Again, I’m not sold on either of the GW games. Hired Gun just looks like a goofy fun shooter. Storm Ground I have no idea, other than watching the trailer a few weeks ago. A fun, middle-level tactics thing (smaller than a Total War game, bigger than Xcom or something) in the Warhammer universe could be neat (even if it is in the Age of Sigmar diversion). Both are on sale for pre-order right now for $34 (each) which isn’t quite cheap enough to get me to bite on something I’m hesitant about, but is also cheap enough to kind of lower my expectations and be more forgiving. Hoom.
Yep, these two along with Hood outlaws and legends game, biomutant and then Chivalry 2 around the corner in early June. There is also that other Warhammer Battlesector game.
This is out now. There’s some kind of “loyalty discount” which means it’s only a bit over a tenner in the UK, so I guess Wallet Threat Level Green even if I do decide to buy it. I assume it’s because I played the demo. Not sure if you can get the discount by playing the demo now.
My own personal wallet might be safe this week, I think. I knew Mass Effect Legendary Edition was coming out this week, but I’m going to wait on that one. I hadn’t realized that the Subnautica sequel was due out this week as well. But I haven’t finished the first one yet, so I don’t need to check out the sequel just yet. Hood: Outlaws & Legends seems like a multiplayer focused game, I think? I haven’t looked much into it for that reason. I’ve never heard of Rift Racoon or Retro Machina. Or most of the other games this week.
Monday, May 10
Hood: Outlaws & Legends | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
BattleBeasts | PC
Tuesday, May 11
Base One | PC, Mac
The Hand of Merlin | PC
Wednesday, May 12
Rift Racoon | Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch
Retro Machina | PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Jin Conception | Switch, PC
Fire: Ungh’s Quest | Switch
Huntdown | PC, Mac
Thursday, May 13
RWBY: Grimm Eclipse | Switch
Space Commander: War and Trade | Switch
Lost Ruins | PC
Exodemon | Switch
Sunblaze | Switch, PC, Mac
Death Crown | PS4, Xbox One, Switch
Fantasy Tavern Sextet Vol. 3 Postlude Days | PC
GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon | PC
Connection reHaunted | Switch
KASIORI | Switch
Rise Eterna | Switch
Taxi Driver Simulation | Switch
Solitaire Card Games | Switch
Super Shape Shooter | Switch
Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator | PC, Mac
Before We Leave | PC
Friday, May 14
Mass Effect Legendary Edition | PS4, Xbox One, PC
Subnautica: Below Zero | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Karma. Incarnation 1 | Xbox One
Exodemon | Xbox One
Rabisco+ | Switch
Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind | Switch
I guess that fuels the phony lawsuits about Steam’s fictional monopoly, when people list old games as new releases that way. It’s confusing.
Please reach out to that guy and slap his fingers.
