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IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-13445.jpg)   Felix “Chauffeur de taxi” Threepaper
Welcome folks, and happy “736th Anniversary of the probable occurrence of the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin” week! The date comes from a manuscript that describes an inscription on a house in Hamelin that said, “In the year 1284 on the day of [Saints] John and Paul on 26 June 130 children born in Hamelin were misled by a piper clothed in many colours to Calvary near the Koppen, and lost.” I like how the inscriber took care to note the colour of the piper’s clothes, while leaving out other small details, like how the hell anyone allowed this to happen.

It’s a quieter week, filled with DLC, remasters, and ports.

Xbone owners can finally play the Control expansion, The Foundation, this week. Apparently the next expansion, AWE, will come out later in 2020 on all platforms simultaneously—timed exclusivity hasn’t gone away, but appears to be getting pettier.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated is a remake of the PS2-era Spongebob game. As was the style of the time, it’s a 3D platformer with combat and boss battles. On top of remastered graphics and sound, Rehydrated will include previously deleted content, like a giant robot Squidward boss, and 2-player multiplayer.

Pokemon Cafe Mix is a puzzle game for Switch and mobile devices. Pokemon are visiting your cafe, and you prepare their orders by making swirly touch screen motions to connect Pokemon icons. The devs are not saying it’s free-to-play, but “free-to-start.” So, look out.

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour is a port of a remaster, making its way to consoles after 4 years. Before you rush off to check when doubtingthomas396’s birthday is, recall that he pooh-poohed this one when it came out on PC in October 2016, being not at all interested in its new levels and Duke barks.

Night Call is another port coming to consoles after a year on PC. It’s a noir, investigation game, where you play as a cab driver in Paris, talking to customers as you try to track a serial killer without becoming a victim yourself. You pick up clues while driving, then after your shift, you have limited time to follow up on any leads. I missed this when it first came out, and it’s got reviews ranging from 9/10 to 4/10. On a slow week, it stands out just enough to earn a half-hearted GOTW.

Here's the list, now in release-date AND alphabetical order!

PC

  • 06-22

  • Alien Cat 3
  • Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
  • Consumed Awakening
  • Cyberemo 2007
  • Danger Scavenger
  • Dungeon of Trials
  • GEESE vs CTHULHU
  • Gunslingers of the Wasteland vs. The Zombies From Mars
  • Homeland: Lay to Rest
  • Hylics 2
  • I AM FLY
  • I Want To Be You
  • Item Collector - Pirates
  • My Mind Ghost
  • Nino Maze LOFI
  • PRIMAL DUNGEON
  • RUN! GRANDPA! RUN!
  • Sliptime Sleuth
  • Snake
  • Sweet Home (Delta Arcade)
  • Takelshin
  • Tengai
  • The Fall of Eskaria
  • Unknown Ways
  • Ur Game
  • Wreck the Insects
  • Zombie School Survival
  • 06-23

  • Accident: The Pilot
  • ASTRALODE Freeminers
  • Beaver Fun River Run - Steam Edition
  • Cave Confectioner
  • Detective Boiled-Hard / Case File - Death of the Space Dino Hunter
  • Elli
  • Escape from the Cosmic Abyss
  • Fantasy Lands
  • Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark - Missions and Monsters
  • Fragment's Moonrise
  • Furry Woof
  • General Horse and the Package of Doom
  • Generation Zero: FNIX Rising
  • Goblin Rush
  • GOD GAME
  • Hi-Score Boi
  • I Wanna Build a Robot
  • Matrix Brain Twister
  • Spellbound Spire
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
  • TANKNAROK
  • The Innsmouth Case
  • TP Royale
  • Truck & Logistics Simulator
  • Twitchoos RUN: Socks & Stream
  • VR Furry Dance
  • 06-24

  • Bring Dad Home
  • Buddy's Creative Quest!
  • Cosmic Zephyr DX
  • DMLC!
  • Forgotten Trace: Thanatos in Nostalgia
  • Gogoo
  • I dream of you and ice cream
  • Little Witch Nobeta
  • Matcha Warriors
  • Nofrills Klondike Solitaire
  • Penguin's Dogma
  • Rescue Team: Danger from Outer Space!
  • Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition
  • Space Station Continuum
  • 06-25

  • Alice Lorange Adventures Season 2
  • Anno History Collection
  • Asked the fairy way
  • Borderlands 3 - Bounty of Blood: A Fistful of Redemption
  • Brain Sanguo
  • Conspiracy Field: Fog Shadow
  • Death Match Love Comedy!
  • Ego In A Coma
  • GALAXY CRISIS
  • Galmon Folklore ~Monster Girl Galore!~
  • God Hates Us
  • Gridiron
  • Heart's Medicine - Doctor's Oath
  • Jigsaw Puzzle - Animals
  • Keen
  • Keen: One Girl Army
  • Master Blaster VR
  • Master vs Slave
  • Mirt. Tales of the Cold Land
  • Mr. Driller: Drill Land
  • Phaser
  • Retrowave Hexon
  • Skeasy
  • Space Aliens Invaders
  • Space Court
  • Synonym
  • The Almost Gone
  • The Running Man
  • VERGJORN
  • 06-26

  • A Day Without Me
  • Alice
  • ANCIENT EVIL
  • Arc Defence
  • Audio Drive 2 VR
  • BAFF F
  • Bananas Academy's Psyber
  • ClickMonster
  • Dim Glow
  • Dreams Keeper Solitaire
  • Dungeons 3: Complete Collection
  • Enga Extreme Battle Race
  • Ginkgo
  • Go, Go Cowboy
  • Hard Driver
  • Hard Driver 2
  • Little Soldier
  • Midnight Renegade
  • Shape Shooter
  • TRF - The Race Factory
  • Yui - The Forgotten Girl
  • 06-28

  • Don't Fall Asleep
  • Impossible Target
  • Rogue Bots
  • Xmas Presents

PS4

  • 06-22

  • Coaster
  • 06-23

  • Assetto Corsa Competizione
  • Dead Cells - The Prisoner's Edition
  • Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark - Missions and Monsters
  • Little Town Hero
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
  • Star Wars Episode I: Racer
  • Tower of Time
  • Ultracore
  • 06-24

  • A Summer with the Shiba Inu
  • Firefighters: Airport Heroes
  • 06-25

  • Borderlands 3 - Bounty of Blood: A Fistful of Redemption
  • 06-26

  • Dungeons 3: Complete Collection
  • indiecalypse

Xbox One

  • 06-23

  • Assetto Corsa Competizione
  • Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark - Missions and Monsters
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
  • 06-24

  • Night Call
  • 06-25

  • Borderlands 3 - Bounty of Blood: A Fistful of Redemption
  • Control: The Foundation
  • The Messenger
  • 06-26

  • Dungeons 3: Complete Collection
  • Tower of Time
  • Yes, Your Grace

Switch

  • 06-22

  • Sword and Sandals: Spartacus
  • 06-23

  • Conjurer Andy's Repeatable Dungeon
  • Dead Cells - The Prisoner's Edition
  • Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
  • Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark - Missions and Monsters
  • Pokemon Cafe Mix
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
  • Star Wars Episode I: Racer
  • Ultracore
  • 06-24

  • AntVentor
  • Night Call
  • Ninjala
  • 06-25

  • Blair Witch
  • Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia
  • Collar x Malice for Nintendo Switch
  • Grimshade
  • Miden Tower
  • Mr. Driller: Drill Land
  • Octonaut
  • Pachi Pachi On A Roll
  • Ploid Saga
  • Poopdie: Chapter One
  • The Almost Gone
  • The Forgotten Land
  • Towaga: Among Shadows
  • Tower of Time
  • Truck & Logistics Simulator
  • Unitied
  • Urban Trial Tricky
  • 06-26

  • A Summer with the Shiba Inu
  • Sudoky
  • Urban Flow
  • Yes, Your Grace

Comments

I think it's hilarious you're calling this a slow week because my mind was just spinning over Ninjala (F2P, mind you), Mr. Driller: Drill Land and Brigandine all coming out in the same week. Granted they're all more minor releases, but I'd like to give Brigandine a swing since I never played any of the prior versions. There's a demo, so I'll stick with that for the time.

Episode 1 racer!

garion333 wrote:

I think it's hilarious you're calling this a slow week because my mind was just spinning over Ninjala (F2P, mind you), Mr. Driller: Drill Land and Brigandine all coming out in the same week. Granted they're all more minor releases, but I'd like to give Brigandine a swing since I never played any of the prior versions. There's a demo, so I'll stick with that for the time.

I guess I meant slow for AAA, but you're right, even quieter weeks can hold gems. You only need a few games in your wheelhouse to come out any given week and it's a bumper week.

Oh man, I haven't even thought about Mr Driller for a long, long time. Freaking love that game!

Before you rush off to check when doubtingthomas396’s birthday is, recall that he pooh-poohed this one when it came out on PC in October 2016, being not at all interested in its new levels and Duke barks.

Actually, I just wasn’t interested in new levels on PC for $20 when I already had Megaton Edition.

On switch, for $5, I preordered it. Now I get the new levels and maintain my streak of having owned Duke Nukem 3D on every console it’s possible to own it on.