New Releases: Week of September 19, 2016

This was a good new release week for a fan of narrative games! If you like a game with a story, there’s probably something new for you coming out. There’s also some sports, RPG, and MMO to round things out a bit. Nice way to ease into fall!

 

Batman The Telltale Series Episode 2: Children of Arkham

Release Date: September 20, 2016

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS3, XBone, X360, Mobile

Does Telltale just make movies now?!  There was no gameplay in that trailer.  Can’t they just come out and say they’re a movie studio that occasionally makes you press buttons?  Really I’m just bitter because I wish they’d go back to making some of my all time favorite point-and-click style adventures that were actually games!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLCR0OMgZaU

 

The Bunker

Release Date: September 20, 2016

Platforms: PS4, PC

This game also feels like a movie but at least there’s some gameplay in the trailer!  The Bunker looks like an old style full motion video adventure more like The 7th Guest or Tex Murphy.  It's a psychological horror thriller starring Adam Brown of The Hobbit that was developed in the UK. Check out the trailer below.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=482ffb37-6e9e-4dcb-bdc5-23f8c8138f90&feature=cards&src_vid=YdzOs2vIO8Y&v=r1h7U4wwhWk

 

NBA 2K17

Release Date: September 20, 2016

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS3, XBone, X360

So I was totally ready to whine about do we really need annual releases of sports games, but then I saw the trailer featuring the 1992 USA Olympic Dream Team.  The brief period of my life when I actually gave a crap about sports! Well played 2K, well played!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cunKB_QIqA4

 

Wheels of Aurelia

Release Date: September 20, 2016

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBone

This narrative racer hits PC this week and consoles in early October.  I do love narrative games but I’m not a huge fan of driving games. Simpsons Road Rage is my one exception and this sounds a little like that except with more politics and history lessons instead of exciting trips to the box factory and rides to Moe’s tavern...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z6pWll6KKM


Zenith

Release Date: September 20, 2016

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBone

This action RPG pokes fun and pays homage to the genre. Looks worth checking out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSat_s22LJo

 

Firewatch

Release Date: September 21, 2016

Platforms: XBone

When on new releases I usually skip games that have already been out on other platforms but I freakin’ loved Firewatch so if you’ve been waiting for it to come to XBox One go buy it on Wednesday!!! It's a gorgeous first person mystery and this new version also includes an audio tour and free roam mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs4akgAsDnQ  

 

Pankapu

Release Date: September 21, 2016

Platforms: PC

Pankapu is a Kickstarted narrative episodic platform action adventure game. You play as a warrior trying to rid the world of nightmares.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2B2EzO0gS8

 

Toy Odyssey: The Lost and The Found

Release Date: September 21, 2016

Platforms: XBone

Toy Odyssey: The Lost and The Found is a Metroidvania (a word I’d never heard of and now have used at least twice on new releases this year) style platformer.  You explore a randomly generated house and find bosses to battle

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256670224/movie_max.webm?t=1473934614

 

Virginia

Release Date: September 22, 2016

Platforms: PC

This was a good week to put the adventure game fan on new releases! Virginia is a first person thriller set in the 1990s where you play as a female FBI agent.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256670035/movie480.webm?t=1473243402

 

Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade

Release Date: September 22, 2016

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBone

I don’t know much about the Warhammer franchise other than its leaped from tabletop to video game. This game is a Sci Fi MMO launching this week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW3Xn4-Vf4s


 

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