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IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-13445.jpg)   Felix “Finger Pointing a Way to the Moon” Threepaper

Welcome folks, and happy “154th Anniversary of the opening of the first public roller-skating rink” week! Although roller skates were invented around 1743, they were used only for theatre effects and wacky, steampunk Assassin’s Creed-esque heists. That is, until James Plimpton invented the more accessible quad-wheel skates in 1863 and wanted a venue to show them off. You may all celebrate by playing a game where someone has a more detailed backstory than you’d think.

A Total War Saga: TROY marks the first time Total War has gone Bronze Age. Creative Assembly’s newest branch of Saga games focus on smaller—but still pivotal—periods of history that play out over decades rather than centuries, with more emphasis on the legendary individuals involved. The Trojan War is a helluva setting. To do it justice, the devs would need to turn in a better game than the first Saga game, Thrones of Britannia. I’m encouraged to see that a lot of the hero and dueling mechanics from 3 Kingdoms will be included, so players can recreate some of the famous face-offs that go down. If you need an extra push, it’s free on the Epic Store, as long as you claim it on August 13. Don’t look a Trojan gift horse in the mouth.

Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? - Infinite Combate is a JRPG based on the DanMachi anime and novels. I have no clue about anime and therefore do not know where DanMachi sits in the scheme of things, or whether this is a hotly anticipated game. It’s out on all platforms, though.

Party game, Boomerang Fu, is a physics-based puzzle game about pieces of fruit that throw boomerangs at things, including each other. The devs must be spewing that Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout hit so big last week. Similarly, Brunch Club is a multiplayer cooking game that claims to test friendships. Sidenote: if they made The Breakfast Club today, it would be called The Brunch Club. Discuss.

Hyper Scape is Ubisoft’s crack at a battle royale game to take on Fortnite and Apex Legends. It enters full release this week after a popular tech demo in July.

EA Sports UFC 4 is the heavy-hitter of fighting games coming out this week, but I’m more taken by a plucky underdog. Shaolin vs Wutang is not about the esteemed hip-hop collective, but it is inspired by the same classic martial arts movies that inspired them. This is a 1v1 fighting game made by a single person. Indie fighting games are rare, and good ones rarer still, but this one impresses by the sheer number of fighting styles included: Eagle Claw, Mantis Fist, Buddha's Palm, Drunken Fist, and dozens more. Blaxploitation flicks even get a look with “USA Karate” style. They’ve all been faithfully animated, and there’s licensed music and sound effects from your favourite flicks, as well. There’s no overblown story modes or extreme fatalities, just different styles pitted against each other, Bloodsport style. This is one person’s love letter to a genre of movies, and that love shows through. It looks like fun, as long as you aren’t expecting esports-grade precision and balance. GOTW.

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

PC

  • 08-10

  • Adventure mosaics. Small Islanders
  • Battle Village
  • Captain Frogger
  • Cuba2077
  • Dam Busters
  • Halloween Escape
  • Hollow Lane
  • Hyzer Sky
  • Knight Bewitched 2
  • Lens Life
  • Mealmates
  • Mecha Destruction
  • Miracle Sudoku
  • Panic Timing
  • Pincremental
  • Poco In
  • Priest
  • Space Launch Simulator | The Trampoline Is Working
  • Streamline
  • The Line (PaulArt)
  • Total Dark
  • Touhou Baisyunyado ~ Soap of Royal Road
  • Toy Tanks
  • Waterpark Simulator
  • West-Ward
  • 08-11

  • 'Member the Alamo?
  • Blood War
  • Butterfly 3. Funny Twins.
  • Dark Prospect
  • DRAG
  • Dungeon Throne
  • Find the Letter H
  • Hyper Scape
  • Incremental Adventures
  • Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? - Infinite Combate
  • Korean Adventures in Russia
  • Minamijuuji Saku
  • Planet
  • Prehistoric Dude
  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Run Dummy Run
  • Six Paths
  • Stonebot Adventures
  • Stories of Submission: Learn Your Place
  • Watch Your Helmet
  • Willy Morgan
  • 08-12

  • AutoLand
  • Cavity Busters
  • Dungeon Crusher Kiritan
  • Fight for love
  • Fuhrer in LA - Special Edition
  • Lovely Warriors of Friendship
  • MeSnakeman
  • Metamorphosis
  • Moose Life
  • NEAR DEADline
  • Popup Dungeon
  • Rising Star 2
  • RUBICON
  • Rusty gun
  • RX Racing 2020 Pro
  • StopSign
  • Tragedy of Loneliness
  • UNKNOWN REGION
  • Volta-X
  • Zero Hour
  • 08-13

  • A Total War Saga: TROY
  • Angel Legion
  • Battle Brothers - Blazing Deserts
  • Bite the Bullet
  • Boomerang Fu
  • Breadbox Game Pack
  • Candle In Darkness
  • Desirable
  • Dungeon Sweeper
  • Eternal Hope
  • Ever Forward
  • Fate in the Darkness
  • Fortune Summoners
  • Gurobu
  • Kill It With Fire
  • Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star
  • Open The Chest 2
  • Px Art
  • RealFlight Trainer Edition
  • Rushdown Revolt
  • Servant of the People
  • Stealthy ninja
  • Teenage Blob
  • The Alto Collection
  • The Ambassador
  • The Librarian
  • The Square Key
  • The Wicked Sorceress
  • YRek Lost In Portals
  • ZAAM
  • 08-14

  • Beat Blast
  • Dreamscaper
  • The Oriental Exorcist

PlayStation 4

  • 08-11

  • Brunch Club
  • Hyper Scape
  • Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? - Infinite Combate
  • 08-12

  • Banner of the Maid
  • 08-13

  • Darkestville Castle
  • The Alto Collection
  • 08-14

  • Dying Light: Hellraid
  • EA SPORTS UFC 4

Xbox One

  • 08-11

  • Brunch Club
  • Hyper Scape
  • 08-12

  • Escape From Tethys
  • Metamorphosis
  • 08-13

  • Boomerang Fu
  • Darkestville Castle
  • Faeria
  • The Alto Collection
  • 08-14

  • Bite the Bullet
  • Dying Light: Hellraid
  • EA SPORTS UFC 4
  • Linn: Path of Orchards

Switch

  • 08-10

  • Twist&Bounce
  • 08-11

  • Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Myth Infinite Combate
  • 08-12

  • Banner of the Maid
  • Escape From Tethys
  • Metamorphosis
  • Volta-X
  • 08-13

  • Big Dipper
  • Bite the Bullet
  • Boomerang Fu
  • Collar x Malice - Unlimited -
  • Darkestville Castle
  • Double Kick Heroes
  • Faeria
  • Pool Pro GOLD
  • The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines
  • WE ARE DOOMED
  • 08-14

  • Arcade Archives: Super Punch-Out!!
  • Linn: Path of Orchards
  • Prehistoric Dude
  • Shaolin vs Wutang
  • 08-15

  • Regina & Mac

Comments

Dying Light: Hellraid finally coming out after delay will be nice, I hope. Techland hasn't been having much in the way of good news in the past year.