Stuff - UK (2021-03)

TAXI CHAOS
PS4, XB1, Switch

This spiritual successor to Crazy Taxi has
you getting behind the wheel of a yellow
cab to drive around New York, picking
up passengers and getting them to their
destinations by any means necessary.
It’s out on 23 February, and Sega is even
handling publishing in Japan.

ALEX KIDD IN MIRACLE WORLD DX

PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

Before Sonic dashed onto the scene, Sega

had Alex Kidd as its mascot. This DX reboot

gives the classic platformer a cartoonish

makeover, while adding new levels and

improved boss fights. Nostalgic fans can

even play the original Master System

version just the way they remember it.

BOMB RUSH CYBERFUNK

PC

A follow-up to cult classic Jet Set Radio

has been a long time coming, but Bomb

Rush Cyberfunk is ready to roll into action

this year. OK, there’s no actual skating

in this, but expect cel-shaded graphics,

graffiti, showdowns with cops and a funky

soundtrack to remain at its core.

MARCH

ORETURNAL

OKENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS

OPRINCE OF PERSIA:

THE SANDS OF TIME REMAKE

APRIL

OOUTRIDERS

ONEW POKEMON SNAP

OGUILTY GEAR STRIVE

OHUMANKIND

BEST OF THE SPIRIT OF SEGA

FIRST LOOK BACK FROM THE UNDEAD

INCOMING

OUT

18 JUN

While almost every Call
of Duty title has a Zombies
mode, it’s been over a decade
since we last got a Left 4 Dead
game. After moving on to the
asymmetrical multiplayer
Evolve (which sadly didn’t
evolve much) and so-so
experiments in VR, Turtle

Rock Studios is back to its roots

with a spiritual successor to its

zombie survival shooter.

Back 4 Blood has you in a

team of four ‘cleaners’ fighting

their way through the zombie

apocalypse. Not exactly

everymen, the characters

revealed so far are veterans

with their own distinct

personalities and perks,

including the military-trained

Walker, who seems very

much the team leader.

The formula of surviving

against a zombie horde of

growing intensity is intact,

though one modern twist

is the use of deck-building:

each player needs to select

cards that add modifiers

to the game, such as more

health, damage or stamina.

You’re also at the mercy of

the AI Game Director who

issues corruption cards that

introduce nasty surprises

such as fog, extra zombie

spawns, or much tougher

enemies including a huge

undead ogre.

Early impressions from

a PC alpha have been good;

and with the developer back

on familiar zombie-infested

ground, what can go wrong?

BACK 4 BLOOD
PC, PS4, PS5, XB1, XSX