GOD OF WAR
Boy, stop messing around with that
glorified jester, Nathan Drake. Uncharted
isn’t the only Playstation exclusive making
the crossing. Hoist your axe and treat
yourself to Grumpy Dad Norse Road Trip
Simulator 2018. It’s a brilliantly cinematic,
story-driven adventure.
RELEASE January 14, 2022
GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH
An emotional, coming-of-age adventure
about identity, romance, and life’s
transitions. But also humanoid dinosaurs
and the end of the world. Another delayed
2021 release, but we can finally look
forward to getting our heartstrings
plucked later this year.
RELEASE 20222022 Preview
FE ATURE
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG
T
he first Hollow Knight was one
of those precious indie
miracles. A three-person team
was able to craft a Metroidvania that
stands shoulder-to-shoulder with
classics of the genre like Super MetroidRELEASE TBC | DEV Larian | PUB In-house | LINK baldursgate3.gameW
e can certainly hope that
Larian’s early access RPG
will see its 1.0 release this
year. This continuation of
Bioware’s legendary series has had its
first act available to the public since
October 2020, and the preview has
been impressive. Larian has taken the
improvisational, tabletop-inspired
combat of their Divinity series and
transposed it perfectly into the D&D
5th edition rules set, with various
updates across 2020 and 2021
already expanding the content
available and tightening up all the
dice-rolling action. If it can stick the
landing, this is on track to be a
modern classic of the genre.BALDUR’S GATE III
and Symphony of the Night. Not only
that, but Hollow Knight had an
incredible heart as well, telling a
hauntingly beautiful story with a
charismatic cast of little bug friends, all
backed up by a stellar soundtrack.Team Cherry has had a tall order
trying to follow that up, which perhaps
explains the long wait for this sequel.
What started as an expansion pack to
Hollow Knight ballooned into a full
standalone game starring the original’s
frenemy, rival, and occasional boss
enemy Hornet. Following the events of
the original Hollow Knight, she finds
herself travelling across a new kingdom,
far away from her home of Hallownest,
and must ascend to its highest peak to
uncover its mysteries.
Three years ago we were shown a
two-minute trailer and twenty-minute
gameplay preview, and we’ve had
precious little to sustain ourselves ever
since. What we saw showed Hollow
Knight’s sense of mystery and
exploration alive and well, alongside new
and exciting mobility options in combat
and platforming. Indeed, the polished
state of that preview build may have
gotten our hopes up over how close the
game was to completion. Hope springs
eternal though, and we suspect 2022
will be the year we can finally return to
that enchanted, spooky world.RELEASE TBC | DEV Team Cherry | PUB In-house | LINK hollowknightsilksong.com