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I don’t know what was within the air this week, however the video games trade determined to introduced the return of a number of iconic gaming characters this week. Earlier this week, we heard there’s going to be a new Monkey Island game, and Ron Gilbert’s going to be concerned. I’m not popping off fairly like Mike Minotti is, however I’m excited to see the return of one of many best point-and-click journey video games of all time.
Rockstar and Remedy introduced that they’re remaking the first two Max Payne games for current-gen consoles. I’m not precisely the largest Max Payne fan, however I’m an enormous fan of noir and concrete thrillers, and Max Payne is one among online game’s truest examples of each genres. Besides, I identical to the minimize of Remedy’s jib generally.
Crystal Dynamics is making the next entry in the Tomb Raider series on the newly launched Unreal Engine 5. We don’t know anything about it, however that’s all I must know, as a result of I’ve missed Lara Croft. I’m going to imagine that Lara Croft is returning within the new title, although nobody at Crystal Dynamics has explicitly mentioned so. It’s not a Tomb Raider sport with out Lady Croft.
Other than that, an enormous piece of stories is that Activision Blizzard has made over 1,000 of its contract workers into full-time workers, with a corresponding rise in pay. Notably, the change in pay doesn’t apply to Raven Software or their QA staff, who have been spearheading unionization efforts following the layoffs of their colleagues. Very attention-grabbing.
As for the video games this week, I’ve been taking part in the brand new journey sport Chinatown Detective Agency. This throwback to the previous Carmen Sandiego video games is reinvigorating my love of analysis and detective work. But on the opposite facet of issues, I lastly accomplished my review of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. The two video games really feel as removed from one another because it’s potential to get, so it’s been an attention-grabbing week.
What to play this week
What’s new:
- MLB The Show 22
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Chinatown Detective Agency
- Outbreak: Contagious Memories
- Road Maintenance Simulator
New on subscription providers:
- Hoods: Outlaws and Legends (PS Plus)
- Slay the Spire (PS Plus)
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Rehydrated (PS Plus)
- Cricket 22 (Xbox Game Pass)
- MLB The Show 22 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Dragon Age 2 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Chinatown Detective Agency (Xbox Game Pass)
- Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (Xbox Game Pass)
- Star Wars: Squadrons (Xbox Game Pass)
- Die After Sunset (GeForce Now)
- Elderborn (GeForce Now)
- Tunic (GeForce Now)
- Northgard (GeForce Now)
- Offworld Trading Company (GeForce Now)
- Spirit Of The Island (GeForce Now)
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