It's Labor Day in the US today which traditionally marks the end of summer and lots of grilling. Now that you will likely be inside your house more here are the games new this week. We’ve got some big franchises with new installments and a bunch of games from smaller studios.
Circus Electrique
Release Date: September 6, 2022
Platforms: PC, NS, PS4/5, XBO/X
https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256897618/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1658486764
Zen studios is back with another video game instead of pinball tables. Circus Electrique is a story driven RPG set in a steampunk version of Victorian London. It's got a very Bioshock vibe with many Londoners mysteriously turned into vicious killers.Only you playing as a group of unaffected circus performers can keep the city safe.
The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition
Release Date: September 6, 2022
Platforms: PS4/PS5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1WCCkauZQU
This game was originally launched as a free to play back in 2016 but shut down about 6 months after its launch as it wasn’t making enough money to cover keeping the servers running. A fan base excited about the special graphics engine with amazing lighting and 3-D rendering helped resurrect the title and remove the free to play monetization elements. The gameplay is similar to Minecraft but set in a post apocalyptic Soviet Union.
Train Sim World 3
Release Date: September 6, 2022
Platforms: PC, PS4/5, XBO/X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WBgD0XEG5E
It’s Train Sim World 3, but apparently the 6th game in the franchise. For a second there I thought the trailer song was Ludacris, except about trains. As far as new features go they are focused on dynamic weather and having passengers change clothes with the seasons.
Jack Move
Release Date: September 8, 2022
Platforms: PS
https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256902026/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1661179009
This is a JRPG with modernized pixel art. You play as Noa, a hacker trying to find out who kidnapped your estranged father. You’ll have some help along the way from your best friend, and a martini drinking uncle.
Steelrising
Release Date: September 8, 2022
Platforms: PS4/5, PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-pii4ZK6wg
In this single player action adventure game you play as Aegis, an automaton out to save Paris from King Louis XVI and his violent automatons.
Tower Princess
Release Date:September 8, 2022
Platforms: NS, PC, PS4
https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256903172/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1661774152
A randomly generated dungeon RPG that’s never the same twice. It may look cute and casual but the difficulty ramps up quick!
NBA2K23
Release Date: September 9, 2022
Platforms: NS, XBO/X, PS4/5 PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxLS5Tgo9YM
There are 5 different versions available: Championship Edition, Michael Jordan Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, Standard Edition and WNBA Edition..
Splatoon 3
Release Date: September 9, 2022
Platforms: NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Djf0ds_bA
Despite all the googly eyed things I’ve somehow never played any of these games! It will have both multiplayer and a single player campaign and rumor has it we finally find out what happened to humans in this universe!
