They just keep coming. Zombie
games, and the zombies
themselves. And this time those
zombies are in greater numbers
than ever, thanks to developers Saber
Interactive’s proprietary Swarm engine
seamlessly rendering hundreds of Zs on
screen at once. A four-player co-op third
person shooter, it’s loosely based on the Brad
Pitt movie from a few years ago, and it looks
like a lot of zombie-dismembering fun when it
lands sometime later this year.What could be better than the
news that Axel and Blaze are back
for a new – yes, new – instalment
of Sega’s classic side-scrolling
beat-’em-up? With a swish new art-style from
the team behind 2017’s eye-catching Wonder
Boy: The Dragon’s Trap remake that updates
the game’s now-dated ’90s look in favour of a
more anime style, the gameplay looks to be
just as addictive and furiously fun as it ever
was – either solo or co-op. Crime definitely
doesn’t pay for these street punks.As if Avalanche hasn’t been busy
enough lately, what withJust
Cause 4and teaming up with id
forRage 2, it’s also got this
intriguing open-world survival horror coming
this year. Set in Avalanche’s native Sweden
in the 1980s, it’s co-op survival against
invading robots and promises a dynamic ‘80s
soundtrack, complex AI and a full day/night
cycle. It looks positively superb, and we
can’t wait to team up and smash some
robots with our mates.Xbox-owning JRPG fans can finally
rejoice. First came the awesome
Nier: Automata to our console, and
now the ultimate JRPG series is
finally on its way to Xbox. Final Fantasy
Maxima is already on Xbox One, but Square
Enix also announced that 2019 will see Final
Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy
X/X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy XII: The
Zodiac Age are finally coming to Microsoft’s
console throughout the year. All your Fantasys
are coming true...
A side-scrolling action platformer
from formerCastlevaniaproducer
Koji Igarashi, which is very much
a spiritual successor to that
series. You play as Miriam, a woman who
awakes from a coma she was put into by
alchemists, to find she’s got to battle some
demons, jump some platforms and return to
an area she’s already been in after solving
some puzzles that open up a new door. Yes,
it’s a Metroidvania, unashamedly retro, and it
looks and plays beautifully.
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PUB DOTEMU DEV LIZARDCUBE/ GUARD CRUSHEverything we’ve seen so far of
this Twin Peaks-style
psychological thriller is giving us
chills, in an entirely good way.
Player choices are key to your character’s
emotional journey, as you take control of
investigative journalist Sam, who has returned
to his hometown in rural West Virginia to
attend a friend’s funeral. When he wakes up
covered in blood, he’s going to have to
unravel the mystery and uncover his own fate.
Surreal and captivatingly weird.ETA
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