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PREVIEW
It doesn’t take Jenny
LeClue to figure thisyear will be another
stonker for PS4 and
PS VR games. We’ll
be indulging in some
first-person anime,bonding with our pet
falcon, and lending
Ms LeClue a hand...
PREVIEW
ROUND-UP
AWAY: JOURNEY
TO THE
UNEXPECTED
FORMAT PS4 ETA Q1 2019
PUB PLAYDIUS
DEV AURELIEN REGARD
This anime-styled first-
person action game is
brimming with the sort
of charm you only get
when a French developer
creates Japanese-style
visuals. While the cartoony
world it’s set in is 3D, all
the characters are 2D.
Roguelite elements keep
you coming back as you
whack your way through
these worlds, making
friends and allies as you go.
Light-hearted and vibrant, it
seems there will be plenty
of goofiness to uncover.
While developer Aurelien is
Paris-based, he’s teamed
with Kazuhiko Naruse for
the soundtrack.FALCON AGE
FORMAT PS4, PS VR
ETA 2019 / PUB OUTERLOOP
DEV OUTERLOOPYou’ve heard of shoot-’em-
ups, but how about a
bird-’em-up? Falcon Age is
just that, a first-person
adventure where you use
the lost art of falconry to
reclaim a culture from
automated coloniser robots.
On their dying colony planet,
Ara’s people mix the old
ways with advanced tech.
But they’re being invaded by
machines, and it’s up to you,
as Ara, to save the legacy of
her people before they’re
completely overwritten.
Outerloop isn’t putting all its
bird eggs in one basket –
while Falcon Age is being
built with PS VR and PS
Move controllers in mind,
you’ll also be able to play on
a standard PS4.THE WILD
EIGHT
FORMAT PS4 / ETA AUG
PUB HYPETRAIN
DEV HYPETRAIN
We don’t know what’s
worse – being in a plane
crash, or having to survive
after one. Stranded in
Alaska, you’ll need to fight
for your life to survive.
You can go it alone, but
you’ll find things easier in
multiplayer, where you can
have a team of up to eight
survivors (hence the game’s
name). More than just
surviving is on the cards
as in addition to fighting off
predators and surviving
blizzards, there may be
more to the plane crash
than it seems. Alongside
your friends you have to
uncover a mysterious plot
as you explore, loot, and
master nature.LAPIS X
LABYRINTH
FORMAT PS4 / ETA 2019
PUB NIS AMERICA
DEV NIPPON ICHI
If two heads are better than
one, then how about four?
This quirky side-on,
two-dimensional action RPG
has a party system, as you
might expect – but in this
you stack them all on top of
each other. Talk about
reaching for new heights.
With eight classes of hero,
the stacking possibilities are
endless. Your small village
has fallen on hard times, so
everyone needs to help by
finding some treasure
which is where you and your
band of adventurers come
in. Grab lots of loot, rack ‘n’
stack points, activate Fever
Time, and crush your foes
in this flashy, over-the-top
role-playing adventure.JENNY LECLUE –
DETECTIVU
FORMATPS4/ETA 2019 /PUBMOGRAFI/DEVMOGRAFIThe developer asks you to “embrace
the choosiness” in this narrative
adventure game about growing up. In
the small town of Arthurton, Jenny wishes
for something interesting to happen to put
her detective skills to the test. Well, her own
mother being accused of murder might be
more than she wanted! The town is full of
interactivity as you meet the residents, and
have to wrestle with whether some things
are right, wrong, or somewhere in between.
The evidence says to watch out for this one.