2019-07-01_Official_Xbox_Magazine

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BLOOD, DEATH AND HORROR STALK THE ROUNDUP THIS

MONTH... BUT ALSO LASER SWORDS ROBIN VALENTINE

VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE –

BLOODLINES 2

PUBLISHER PARADOX INTERACTIVE

DEVELOPER HARDSUIT LABS DUE MARCH 2020

Though you’ll begin this blood-sucking

RPG as a lonely ‘Thinblood’ cast-off, you’ll

be able to earn membership to one of

five vampire clans, each with their own

outlook and special abilities. Take the

Brujah, for example – it’s a group made up

of anarchists and rebels who love a scrap,

and joining them will give you powers that

enhance your physical speed and strength.

WARLANDER

PUBLISHER CLOCK DRIVE GAMES

DEVELOPER CLOCK DRIVE GAMES DUE 2019

We’ve always got time for a good laser

sword, and Warlander’s so full of them

we’re inclined to forgive its powerfully

generic title and growly, self-serious story.

As a kind of champion of nature, you’ll

chop hordes of techno-zombies into bits,

taking off heads and limbs thanks to a very

satisfying-looking “real-time mesh slicing”

system. Oh, and your sword talks.

FROSTPUNK

PUBLISHER 11 BIT STUDIOS

DEVELOPER 11 BIT STUDIOS DUE WINTER

This bleak city-builder from the creators

of This War Of Mine challenges you to

keep your shivering citizens alive through

a devastating second ice age. Along the

way you’ll make brutal moral choices that’ll

help decide their fate. It already launched

on PC last year to critical acclaim, so really

the only question is how well the team will

adapt its controls for controllers.

REMOTHERED:

GOING PORCELAIN

PUBLISHER MODUS GAMES

DEVELOPER STORMIND GAMES, DARRIL ARTS

DUE 2020

‘Going Porcelain’ may sound like a

euphemism for nipping to the toilet, but the

only pooing you’ll be doing here will be right

into your pants from fright. It’s the second

part in a survival horror trilogy that takes

its inspiration from the Japanese classic

Clock Tower, full of moments of creeping

suspense and sweaty panic alike.

XIII

PUBLISHER MICROÏDS

DEVELOPER PLAYMAGIC DUE 13 NOVEMBER

If you owned the original Xbox, you may

well have fond memories of the cult

classic cel-shaded shooter XIII, a tangled

thriller that sees an amnesiac battling

against a conspiracy to overthrow the US

government. Now developer PlayMagic

has announced that it’s working on a full

remake, with modernised graphics, sound

and animations.

SEA OF SOLITUDE

PUBLISHER ELECTRONIC ARTS

DEVELOPER JO-MEI GAMES DUE SUMMER

Already a long time coming, this

atmospheric adventure has been delayed

to the summer – though its tale of a world

where loneliness literally turns people

into monsters looks worth the wait. Sea Of

Solitude hopes to tackle issues of mental

health via the journey of its already partly

transformed protagonist, Kay, through a

city half-sunk below the waves.

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