This week is all about trying to rival the Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunners with Guacamelee! 2 on Xbox One, and checking out the rootin’ tootin’ side-scroller shootin’ Gunman Clive when it comes out on Switch.
A new year brings with it new games, and though January sadly won’t give us the new Animal Crossing, it does give us a beautiful exploration game, and… could that be a PS Vita game on the 15th?
Neglected consoles aside, you should check out Vane, a game about a kid that turns into a bird with Journey and Last Guardian vibes. We’ve been waiting a long time to get our hands on it. Planet RIX-13 might be of interest to anyone itching for a ‘90s-style adventure game, and Smoke and Sacrifice is an interesting take on the survival open-world genre with some amazingly detailed hand-drawn art. Then, of course, there’s Guacamelee! 2, the punishingly tough platformer that gave me RSI.
And so it is, with a twinge of painful memories in my heart and my wrist, that I direct your attention to some of the games coming out next week:
Monday, January 14
Panda Hero | PS4
Tuesday, January 15
Smoke & Sacrifice | PS4, Xbox One
The Walking Dead — The Final Season – Episode 3: Broken Toys | PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
The Grand Tour Game | PS4, Xbox One
Onimusha: Warlords | PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Holy Potatoes! We’re In Space?! | PS4
Vane | PS4
Panda Hero | PC
Asdivine Hearts 2 | PS4, PS Vita
Wednesday, January 16
Planet RIX-13 | PS4, Xbox One, Switch
Bash The Bear | Switch
Thursday, January 17
Alvastia Chronicles | Xbox One
Hell Warders | Xbox One, Switch
Kingdom of Blades | PS4
Asdivine Hearts 2 | Switch
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG | PS4, Switch, PC
Feudal Alloy | Switch
Gunman Clive HD Collection | Switch
Holy Potatoes! We’re In Space?! | Switch
Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force | Switch
Mega Mall Story | Switch
Crazy Strike Bowling EX | Switch
Bedtime Blues | Switch
Left-Right: The Mansion | Switch
Build A Bridge! | Switch
Friday, January 18
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown | PS4, Xbox One
Guacamelee! 2 | Xbox One
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes | Switch
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet – Complete Edition | PS4
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet – Dissonance of the Nexus | PS4, Xbox One, PC
Fight of Gods | Switch
Old School Racer 2 | Switch
Saturday, January 19
Farm Together | Xbox One
