March 13 – March 19

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I write this as I stand in line to get into the Expo hall at PAX East, and I wonder what I should pick. Breath of the Wild is currently eating my brain and ruining my relationships, so heaven knows I don't need another monkey for my back right now.

Since Nier is coming to the PC this week, and I loves me some sweet, sweet technical-combo multiplier action, I think I'll choose that one this week.

Of course, at this rate I won't get to play it until 2018, but when have I let that stop me from making a pick?

Chris "C" Cesarano
I've always been a bit curious about this Styx fellow, a stealthy goblin rogue with the ability to speak. I'd heard good things from just as many mouths as I'd also heard bad, the series originating when there were a lot of mid-budget titles doing their best to imitate the money-gulping blockbusters.

Styx: Shards of Darkness has my eye for one reason, however: co-op play. I enjoy sneaky parkour gameplay, and could definitely use something that better fits what I actually liked about the Assassin's Creed franchise (rather than the desperate efforts to bring Hollywood spectacle to my controller). While the cringe-worthy pop culture gags and references are enough to disinterest me in the game, planning and chatting with an online friend are enough to drown out the game's writers.

Two-player stealth assassination and mass theft are my pick of the week.

Felix “Too Much Time On My Hands” Threepaper

Considering the chunky games that have come out so far this year, and the chunky ones that are just around the corner, this week is a good one for a snack-sized interlude (if you’re hungry at all).

PSN obliges us on this front by offering up a handful of Steam games. Red Barton and the Sky Pirates is an arcade shmup in the vein of Afterburner, which munched many a coin of mine back in the day. 2Dark has 2 flavours I like – stealth and adventure gaming – mixed with one I don’t: horror.

The game that appeals most to my tastes is this week is Styx: Shards of Darkness. It offers some interesting powers to play with and looks like a decent mid-tier stealth game: solid, but not “Metal Gear” solid.

Erik "wordsmythe" Hanson

Hey, Battlefield 1 is expanding to show all the work that the French did in WWI. I'd gotten so used to WWII games for so many years that I'll admit that I barely noticed the Francophone absence in the base game. As I'm sure many French troops felt about other allies joining (eventually), I'm glad to see they made it.

That, and I'm disappointed that Kona isn't about delicious coffee or Hawaiian vacations.

This week:

PC

  • 100ft Robot Golf
  • 2Dark
  • Age of Rivals
  • Alien Insanity
  • Antagonist
  • Ascender
  • Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass
  • Blue-Collar Astronaut
  • Brave Furries
  • Cat Goes Platform
  • Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe
  • Children of the Galaxy
  • Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
  • Coffence
  • Dead Inside
  • Death Squared
  • Ecchi Sketch: Draw Cute Girls Every Day!
  • Eekeemoo: Splinters of the Dark Shard
  • Future Unfolding
  • Kona
  • LEAVES: The Return
  • Light Apprentice
  • Like Clay
  • Lost in Nature
  • Macbat 64
  • My Boyfriend: He loves me, he loves me not
  • MyWorld
  • NieR: Automata
  • Pastelia Stories
  • Red Barton and The Sky Pirates
  • Save Our Souls: Episode I - The Absurd Hopes Of Blessed Children
  • Senran Kagura: Estival Versus
  • Snowflake's Chance
  • Styx: Shards Of Darkness
  • The Tenth Line
  • Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs
  • Waking the Glares: Chapters I and II
  • WARTILE
  • Yozora Rhapsody

PS4

  • 2Dark
  • Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass
  • Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe
  • Danganronpa 1-2 Reload
  • Death Squared
  • Eekeemoo: Splinters of the Dark Shard
  • Kona
  • Leave the Nest
  • Neurovoider
  • Siralim 2
  • Styx: Shards of Darkness
  • Trove

Xbox One

  • 2Dark
  • Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass
  • Death Squared
  • Kona
  • NeuroVoider
  • Styx: Shards of Darkness
  • Trove

Switch

  • The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth +

Wii U

  • Blue-Collar Astronaut

3DS

  • Double Breakout

Vita

  • Dying Reborn
  • Siralim 2

RIFT

  • A Large Quantity Of Mushrooms
  • Mister Mart
  • Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul
  • Passengers: Awakening VR Experience
  • Virtual Rides 3

Vive

  • IronWolf VR
  • Passengers: Awakening VR Experience
  • Virtual Rides 3
  • VR Sports
  • Star Trek Bridge Crew

Comments

Since Nier is coming to the PC this week, and I loves me some sweet, sweet technical-combo multiplier action, I think I'll choose that one this week.

Well, I hate to break your 2018 pile bubble, but this isn't what Nier is about even if it was developed by Platinum.

garion333 wrote:
Since Nier is coming to the PC this week, and I loves me some sweet, sweet technical-combo multiplier action, I think I'll choose that one this week.

Well, I hate to break your 2018 pile bubble, but this isn't what Nier is about even if it was developed by Platinum. ;)

That's ok. I thought Blue Flamingo was a bullet hell shooter, but that didn't stop me from liking it.

Ecchi Sketch: Draw Cute Girls Every Day!

*slow clap* for best game title pun in the list.

I can't believe a sequel to Nier was even made, let alone co-developed by Platinum Games. But it's also coming to PC! 2017 video games yo.

Time to listen to the Nier soundtrack again.

Better than normal. Looking forward to Momodora myself.

Extra games also released this week:

PS4:
Momodora Reverie Under the Moonlight
Blue-Collar Astronaut
Sengoku

PS3: (Shock! PS3 releases!)
Blue-Collar Astronaut
#killallzombies

PSVita:
Blue-Collar Astronaut

kazriko wrote:

Better than normal. Looking forward to Momodora myself.

Extra games also released this week:

PS4:
Momodora Reverie Under the Moonlight
Blue-Collar Astronaut
Sengoku

PS3: (Shock! PS3 releases!)
Blue-Collar Astronaut
#killallzombies

PSVita:
Blue-Collar Astronaut

Okay, at this point that damn PS Blog must update after we've put this up because it was referenced for this week.