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Buildings Have
Feelings Too!
It’s sometimes said that older buildings have
character – well, in Blackstaff Games’ oddball
management sim, this is literally true. You’re
tasked with growing a city of sentient buildings
that can walk around and chatter about their
anxieties. Fail to reverse the city’s decline,
though, and the demolition crew will come and
flatten your talkative butcher’s shop. MoonHeaded up by Yoshiro Kimura, Onion Games
previously brought us the charming shoot-’em-
up, Black Bird, and now it’s reviving Moon – a cult
1997 PlayStation game that, until now, never
got a localised release outside Japan. Written by
Kimura, it’s an RPG that pokes affectionate fun
at its own genre trappings. The Switch edition of
Moon will be out in Japan by the time you read
this; the English-language version will reportedly
be coming “very soon”.Hollow Knight:
Silksong
Of the recent wave of Metroidvanias, Hollow
Knight was among our very favourites, and
so it’s inevitable that we’re keenly awaiting its
sequel, Silksong. Focusing on Hornet – who
briefly appeared in the first game – Silksong will
take place in a new location that, according to
developer Team Cherry, will be much larger than
Hollow Knight’s. We can’t wait.Unholy
You live in a benighted city on a doomed planet,
where disease runs rampant and monsters lurk
around every corner. To make matters worse,
your baby’s vanished, so you’re understandably
keen to rescue your missing progeny. There are
Deus Ex-style opportunities for murder,
subterfuge, and stealth, but it’s Unholy’s visuals
that really catch our eye: if the rest of the game
can match the Gothic madness on display in its
trailers, Unholy could emerge as one of 2020’s
most atmospheric horror outings.