Stuff UK – September 2019

H O T S TUFF

THE OUTER WORLDS
PS4, Xbox One, PC
If you’re after an enormous RPG to keep
you occupied when the days start to get
shorter, this looks like the best bet. Set in
a futuristic space colony, it has a distinctive
visual style and a sense of humour that’s
prompted comparisons with Fallout: New
Ve g a s. And that’s a very good thing.

SHENMUE III

PS4, PC

Nearly 20 years and a $6m Kickstarter

campaign later, a third Shenmue title is

finally happening. Picking up where 2001’s

Shenmue II left off, the game once again

has you playing as Ryo Hazuki, still on the

hunt for his father’s killer in 1980s China...

but still, it would appear, in no hurry.

DEATH STRANDING

PS4

Only Hideo Kojima could release a 9-minute

trailer for his latest game that still has us

wondering what the hell is going on. We do

know that the Metal Gear Solid creator’s

new project is an open-world action game

set on a future Earth where civilisation has

collapsed and mankind faces extinction.

SEPTEMBER

OGEARS 5

OBORDERLANDS 3

OCTOBER

OCALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE

OMEDIEVIL

OLUIGI’S MANSION 3

NOVEMBER

OXIII

OSTAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER

STILL TO COME HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE REST OF 2019

FIRST LOOK YES, WE HAVE NEW BANANAS

INCOMING

We’re not saying great
simian-based games have
been hard to come by in
recent years. Between the
platforming masterclass of
the re-released Donkey Kong

Country: Tropical Freeze and

indie gem Ape Out’s fusion

of jazz and violence, monkey

gaming is in a good place.

But it’s been far too long

since we had a new Super

Monkey Ball title. These Sega

arcade games, in which you’re

tasked with guiding a monkey

in a ball (duh) around tricky

courses without falling off or

running out of time, peaked

with their early GameCube

entries; but after a long gap,

now feels like the right time

for a console comeback.

Before seasoned ballers

get their hopes up, though,

this isn’t a brand new game:

it’s a remaster of the 2006

Wii title of the same name,

which got a mixed critical

reception at the time. But as

well as updated graphics and

optimised control schemes

for each of the platforms it’s

launching on, the remastered

game features a new mode

called Decathlon, where you

complete 10 mini-games

in a row. There are online

leaderboards too.

Show Sega the love now

and, fingers crossed, we could

see a next-gen Monkey Ball

game in the near future.

SUPER MONKEY

BALL: BANANA

BLITZ HD
PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC