September 11 - 17

  Felix “Greyskull Manner” Threepaper

Welcome folks, and happy “107th Anniversary of the opening of the first supermarket” week!

On 11 September 1916, in Memphis Tennessee, the first self-service grocery store (including checkout lanes and shopping carts) opened its doors. Its name was Piggly Wiggly. There are still 499 Piggly Wiggly stores open today. You may all celebrate by playing a game where you regret your character naming choices.

Now that Starfield has departed, a whole bunch of AAA and indie titles are emerging, like the grass springing back up when an elephant steps off of it.

Mortal Kombat 1 is Mortal Kombat’s second reboot. It’s got all the fighting game features for the now generation, with a story mode that builds on MK11’s tower mode. It’s all geared up for multiplayer, and the visuals are super shiny. The big new gameplay feature is the kameo system, where you call in another fighter from the roster for powerful combos, ending in more of those signature bone-crunching animations.

The Crew Motorfest is Ubisoft’s latest entry in its driving series, which keeps going despite always watching Forza, Gran Turismo, and Need For Speed take the podium. Motorfest offers a bunch of different racing experiences, called playlists, from Japanese street racing to Formula 1. The main game is open world driving events around Hawaii. Vroom vroom.

Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask is a long-ass name for some DLC. It’s a new area with 4 biomes, made available a few hours into the main game. If you liked Pokemon Scarlet / Violet’s more open-world formula, this is giving you another big scoop of that, with the magic ingredient of 100 more Pokemon, from earlier games. Gotta catch ‘em all? There’s more now.

Inspector Gadget: Mad Time Party has you play as the renowned, clumsy detective from our childhoods. Thematically, this should be a QWOP-type slapstick game where Inspector Gadget pratfalls through missions, but to make it more fun for kids, he can actually be quite effective with his gear—enough for solving puzzles and light 3D platforming in a mini open world.

Hauma is a detective noir game set in Munich. It unfolds like a visual novel as you investigate, talk to people, and collect stuff. It all comes together in everyone’s favourite detective game mechanic: the mind palace board, where you connect your clues to make progress.

Tavernacle is one of those tower defense games where you send your little dude around to gather stuff to build the towers while the swarms are coming. Looks like a fun co-op game that’s frenetic, but not as stressful as other couch co-ops like Overcooked.

MythForce is a fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by 1980s Saturday morning cartoons. They’ve nailed the look and feel of those old cartoons, but in higher res. There’s even plenty of cheesy, soft metal anthems.

It’s multiplayer where you play as one of the preset characters: a mage, rogue, or knight who came straight out of a 3-episode arc in She-Ra. The dungeon crawling has rogue-lite elements—when you die, you start the dungeon from the start, but with all your gear and XP from that run.

Usually these kinda games are in third-person like Diablo, watching your little dude go around, but this is in first-person, which makes all the difference. You’re not watching He-Man, you’re being He-Man. The player arm art really sells it: the mage’s book is in one hand and the other hand draws a spell from the pages as you prepare it. The rogue’s arm comes forward as you stretch your bow. The knight’s chunky shield and mace are always visible. And in multiplayer, you can see your buddies look super cool doing their moves.

MythForce gets the GOTW for executing best on its premise. The preview videos look super fun. I have no idea how long it is, how complex the combat is, or how the gear progression goes, but it could be a nice change of pace when I’m done sorting my inventory in BG3.

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

PC

• 09-11

• A-Mazing3D
• AfterWar
• Avoid the police
• Battle zombie
• Dream #46
• Hauma
• Homebound Haerold
• Just The Two Of Us
• Kakuro
• Paw Paw Destiny
• Politicos Memes Kombat
• SEOIRYE
• Solitaire Quest: Garden Story
• Tavernacle!
• The Manor
• The Nightmare Police Department

• 09-12

• 8-Colors Star Guardians +
• Bright Day
• Cerulean Days
• CIPHER-8
• Color Splash: Birds
• Colourblind
• Dynaforce
• Eternights
• Gearhead Karting
• God Of Weapons
• Golf Evolution Simulation
• Logiart Grimoire
• Mary Skelter Finale
• Nemo is going to School
• Nour: Play With Your Food
• Somnipathy
• Stick to the Plan
• The Isle Tide Hotel
• Twisty Puzzle World

• 09-13

• Archons: Arena
• Axis Football 2024
• Breaking Box: Walk!
• Cozy Trip
• Escape from Norwood
• Galaxy Pass Station
• God Within VR
• Gravity Oddity
• Gunbrella
• Heretic's Fork
• Humanities Legend: Dark Horizon
• Land Above Sea Below
• Memory Patches
• Neurotypical
• Paradiso Guardian
• Super Bomberman R 2
• The Devil's Luck
• The Midnight Town Stories: Adam's Diary
• The Sheriff's Town
• Trapped In Here With Me
• Unorthodox game
• URBO

• 09-14

• Ad Infinitum
• AK-xolotl
• Another Crusade
• Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery VR
• Bounce Trials
• BUNNY BOND
• Crimen - Mercenary Tales
• Dance Dash
• Deceit 2
• DYNABLASTER
• Entropic Decay: Prologue
• Fishman's Last Stand
• Franzen
• GAZZLERS
• Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
• Heavy Duty Challenge
• HotDog TD
• Idol VS Furries
• Inspector Gadget: Mad Time Party
• Isekai Rondo
• Katana Rama
• Labyrinth
• Morphus
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Mow VR: Challenge Your Limits
• Mrs Jenkins Estate
• Office Affairs
• Platform Game Maker
• Railroads & Catacombs
• REMEDIUM
• Silent Paws: Hidden Valley
• Snaky Survivor
• Solace State
• Strongblade - Match 3 Puzzle and Match-3 Adventure
• Sugar Shack
• Suicide Guy: The Lost Dreams
• Summum Aeterna
• Sunrise's Order
• Survivor Mercs
• The Capture Games
• The Crew Motorfest
• The Hardest Game Ever
• The Walking Dead: Betrayal
• Thunder Ray
• Ugly
• Wormhole: Battle for Planet Earth

• 09-15

• Absolute Doppelkopf for Windows 11
• Absolute Schafkopf for Windows 11
• Adventure Apple Robots
• Aeolus Fighter 3
• Baby Shark: Sing & Swim Party
• Boti: Byteland Overclocked
• Bright Side: Riddles and Puzzles
• Catch Up
• Charles Haunted Mansion
• Chez Croggy
• Compass of the Destiny: Istanbul
• Cosmic Cowabunnies
• Crop Rotation
• Dungeons & Keyboards
• Fear the Spotlight
• Horror Ken
• I commissioned some cats 2
• Light City District
• Maid Slaves & Golden Dungeon
• Marcella Moon: Killer at the Cove
• MareQuest: An Interactive Tail
• NASCAR Arcade Rush
• NecroGolf
• Octopus Island
• Part-Time Adventure
• Pep-Pel
• Pirate Haven
• Project: Artificial Legacy Saga
• Puzzle Valley
• Redline Racing
• Road Motorcycle
• Rogue Card
• Runner Fruit Jumping
• Silent Seeker
• Squirrel Stapler
• Stimmings
• The Backrooms : Last Expedition
• The Princess's Dragon
• Undetected: SANTA MUERTE
• Wandering Sword
• Whitestone
• William's dad's secret

• 09-17

• Car Mechanic - City Driving
• Cozy Fishing
• Fantasy Monster Clicker
• Long March 1934-1936
• Stellario

Xbox Series X

• 09-11

• The Crew Motorfest

• 09-12

• MythForce
• The Isle Tide Hotel

• 09-13

• Mystic Gate
• Super Bomberman R 2

• 09-14

• Ad Infinitum
• Heavy Duty Challenge
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Solar Ash
• Summum Aeterna

• 09-15

• Baby Shark: Sing & Swim Party
• Dream House Days DX
• Dungeon Village
• Game Dev Story
• Hot Springs Story
• Isekai Rondo
• NASCAR Arcade Rush
• Station Manager
• Werewolf Pinball

Xbox One

• 09-11

• The Crew Motorfest

• 09-12

• Full Void
• Super Bomberman R 2
• The Isle Tide Hotel

• 09-13

• Gravity Oddity
• Mystic Gate

• 09-14

• Ad Infinitum
• Summum Aeterna
• Ugly

• 09-15

• Another Crusade
• Baby Shark: Sing & Swim Party
• Dream House Days DX
• Dungeon Village
• Game Dev Story
• Hot Springs Story
• Isekai Rondo
• NASCAR Arcade Rush
• Station Manager
• Werewolf Pinball

PlayStation 5

• 09-11

• The Crew Motorfest

• 09-12

• Eternights
• MythForce
• Nour: Play With Your Food
• Pixel Ripped 1995
• The Isle Tide Hotel
• Touhou: New World

• 09-13

• Mystic Gate
• Super Bomberman R 2

• 09-14

• Ad Infinitum
• AK-xolotl
• Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery VR
• Heavy Duty Challenge
• Inspector Gadget: Mad Time Party
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Summum Aeterna

• 09-15

• NASCAR Arcade Rush

PlayStation 4

• 09-11

• The Crew Motorfest

• 09-12

• Eternights
• MythForce
• Nour: Play With Your Food
• The Isle Tide Hotel
• Touhou: New World

• 09-13

• Gravity Oddity
• Mystic Gate
• Super Bomberman R 2

• 09-14

• Ad Infinitum
• AK-xolotl
• Inspector Gadget: Mad Time Party
• Summum Aeterna

• 09-15

• NASCAR Arcade Rush

Switch

• 09-11

• Adventures of Ben: Rabbit Run

• 09-12

• Full Void
• MythForce
• The Isle Tide Hotel

• 09-13

• Gravity Oddity
• Gunbrella
• Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask
• Super Bomberman R 2

• 09-14

• AK-xolotl
• Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster
• City of Beats
• Dynablaster
• Enraged Red Ogre
• Inspector Gadget: Mad Time Party
• Isekai Rondo
• Labyrinth
• Lies as a Starting Point
• Love Love School Days
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Mugen Souls Z
• Retro Mystery Club Vol. 1: The Ise-Shima Case
• Retro Revengers
• Skyhook
• Solar Ash
• Summum Aeterna
• Teocida + Estigma
• Thunder Ray
• Ugly
• Yummy Jewels

• 09-15

• Another Crusade
• Baby Shark: Sing & Swim Party
• Corbid! A Colorful Adventure
• HexaWars
• League Of Champions Soccer 2024
• NASCAR Arcade Rush
• qrth-phyl
• Sakura MMO Extra
• Super Brawl Rush