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IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-13445.jpg)   Felix “Bake-Off” Threepaper

Welcome folks, and happy “565th Anniversary of the second-ever book to be published in the West” week!

The Mainz Psalter was a collection of Psalms published in 1457, hot on the heels of the first book, the Gutenberg Bible. Today, only 10 copies remain, making it rarer than the Gutenberg Bible, which has 49 copies. You may all celebrate by playing a game with an early collectible set that you keep until the endgame.

It’s a week where there’s a couple of big names sticking out from a grab-bag of indies to rummage through.

Madden NFL 23 addresses a criticism of Madden 22, where players felt like they were being locked into animations that dictated the outcome of a play. It’s made the tackling more interruptible, where you can press buttons to fend off or finish a tackle, requiring more animations, but apparently it works. The PS5 and Xbox X versions will get the new FieldSense targeting system for quarterback passing. There’s also a bunch of new trading features in franchise mode, for those who like to get their football manager on.

On the Switch, Kirby's Dream Buffet is a food-themed multiplayer game with 3 modes: an obstacle racer, a battle royale and collect’em up minigames. The courses are made of yummy-looking desserts and it’s all about getting strawberries. Naturally, this involves stopping other players from getting them, or stealing them. Nothing drags too long and it looks like a dollop of co-op fun.

Beyond those big titles, we’re in indie-land.

Little League World Series Baseball 2022 is a cartoony baseball game where your players can unlock power-ups like a thicker bat, bigger ball or slow time.

Cursed to Golf puts you in a ghostly world where you are doomed to golf forever until you complete its 2D, side-scrolling golf challenges. Along the way you’ll unlock boosts like ricochet shots, steerable golf balls and even teleportation portals to help you through.

Slaycation Paradise is a twin-stick shooter with tower defence elements, presented with a chipper apocalyptic vibe, like the Pip-Boy videos in Fallout.

Rollerdrome is by the makers of OlliOlli World. It’s arena roller skating with gun combat: you reload your gun by doing cool, Tony Hawk-style tricks and somehow are supposed to aim at anything while doing so. It’s rendered in a cool cel-shaded art style and sounds very Running Man.

We Are OFK is the first episode in a narrative game about a virtual band. It’s a “making-of” series that is designed as a promotional vehicle for an actual EP by OFK. A song is released with each episode. The actual gameplay is hanging out: texting bandmates and interactive conversations. As a certain puppet alien whose 1980s sitcom destroyed the lives of everyone it touched used to say: “interesting concept”.

If you want to go even deeper into the indie bag, there’s Sir Whoopass. It’s a comedy action-RPG in an open, medieval fantasy world on a tighter budget. The production values are good enough and it’s got all the RPG trappings: gear, stats, skills, upgrades, and a narrative that leans heavily on referencing all the tropes it is using. Is it a rough gem, or does it wear thin?

While Rollerdrome looks pretty slick, Kirby's Dream Buffet looks more delicious because it has that Nintendo glaze. GOTW.

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

PC

  • 08-15

  • Banana Hell: Mountain of Madness
  • Battle Rift
  • Bear Bovver
  • Death Below
  • Deer Nightmare
  • Enjoy
  • Eremidia - Archivist's Curse
  • ESCAPE IT
  • Fashion Police Squad
  • Idle Baker Boss
  • MYAOSOFT Galaphone Collection
  • One by One
  • Prime Directive
  • Rhythm Tetris
  • River Raid 3D
  • Royal Roads 3 Portal
  • Skeeter's Grid
  • Spectral Showdown
  • Tommy Gun Carnage
  • Ultrasclash V
  • Vault Circuit
  • World Serpent
  • Z-STOP
  • 08-16

  • Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince
  • cheesequest
  • Dann Fox & The Time Machine
  • Deus Novum
  • Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
  • Madcap Mosaic
  • Monster Breakout
  • Redhot Rabbit
  • Regiments
  • Rollerdrome
  • Samurai Creator
  • SHOOT. KILL. REPEAT
  • Slingshot Adventure
  • Starcube MMO
  • Tank Top Tactics
  • The Complex: Found Footage
  • The Perfect Garden
  • The World of Kung Fu: Dragon and Eagle
  • Timberman VR
  • Untitled Crossing Record
  • Way of the Hunter
  • 08-17

  • Broken Dimensions
  • Catizens
  • Climb Challage - Castle
  • Dragon Mine
  • Dream magic will
  • Echoes of Another World: Song of Qianxue
  • Galaxy Survivors
  • Idle Campaign
  • Little League World Series Baseball 2022
  • Lost and Hound
  • Magus Pocus
  • Molar Maul
  • Neodash
  • RockSlide
  • Self-Delusion
  • The Doll Beneath
  • The Edge Of The World Z (Will Shock You)
  • This rain will never end
  • Underworld Re: Card
  • Valete vos viatores
  • 08-18

  • Al Andalus 711: Epic history battle game
  • Cursed to Golf
  • Dash FPS
  • Endless Melody: The Symphony of Angels
  • Eyes Over Us
  • Far Away From Home
  • Floor44
  • Fragment Hunters
  • Hammer 2 Reloaded (Early Access)
  • Heart of Battle
  • Hidden Cube World Top-Down 3D
  • I commissioned some bees 5
  • Kach
  • Kalinur
  • Kingdoms And Slaves
  • Pandea Stones
  • Red Matter 2
  • Slaycation Paradise
  • Soulforged
  • Space Crusaders
  • The Ascent: Cyber Heist
  • Thymesia
  • We Are OFK
  • ZooKeeper
  • 08-19

  • A Frail Qubit
  • A Tale of Paper
  • A Tale of Paper: Refolded
  • AimX
  • Anomalous Zone
  • B.I.N.D.
  • Blood Hospital
  • Cityscape Sprint
  • Crustacean Nations
  • Demolish & Build 3: Excavator Playground
  • Ember Crusade IV
  • Fly Tales
  • GALXAGAR
  • Hiddens Awakening
  • KIKURA
  • Last Visit
  • Light
  • Madden NFL 23
  • Magneko
  • Mobmania
  • Monster Girl Dormitory
  • Night Flight
  • Nightmare Hunter
  • OneBit Adventure
  • Overdriven Evolution
  • Plunder Struck
  • PROJECT : KNIGHT 2 Dusk of Souls
  • Rally
  • Security Booth Revamp
  • Sir Whoopass
  • Spintales
  • Summer Games
  • TrainFormation
  • We See You
  • Zombies TD
  • 08-20

  • A Walk With Yiayia
  • Cooper's Cleanup
  • Professional Team
  • 08-21

  • Lost Lands: Sand Captivity

Xbox Series X

  • 08-16

  • Madden NFL 23
  • Tribes of Midgard
  • Way of the Hunter
  • 08-17

  • Little League World Series Baseball 2022
  • 08-18

  • Cursed to Golf
  • Slaycation Paradise
  • Thymesia
  • 08-19

  • A Tale of Paper: Refolded

Xbox One

  • 08-16

  • Madden NFL 23
  • Tribes of Midgard
  • 08-17

  • Dyna Bomb 2
  • Little League World Series Baseball 2022
  • 08-18

  • Cursed to Golf
  • Slaycation Paradise
  • 08-19

  • A Tale of Paper: Refolded
  • The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands
  • Tilesweeper

PlayStation 5

  • 08-16

  • Madden NFL 23
  • Rollerdrome
  • Way of the Hunter
  • 08-17

  • Little League World Series Baseball 2022
  • 08-18

  • Cursed to Golf
  • Slaycation Paradise
  • Thymesia
  • We Are OFK
  • 08-19

  • Cloudpunk

PlayStation 4

  • 08-16

  • Rollerdrome
  • 08-17

  • Little League World Series Baseball 2022
  • 08-18

  • Cursed to Golf
  • My Hero Ultra Rumble
  • RPG Time: The Legend of Wright
  • Slaycation Paradise
  • We Are OFK
  • 08-19

  • Madden NFL 23

Switch

  • 08-16

  • Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince
  • Tribes of Midgard
  • 08-17

  • Hell Blasters
  • Kirby's Dream Buffet
  • Little League World Series Baseball 2022
  • Robo Revenge Squad
  • 08-18

  • Cursed to Golf
  • Dyna Bomb 2
  • Hobo: Tough Life
  • Irresistible Mistakes
  • Light Fairytale Episode 2
  • Mutropolis
  • My Divorce Story
  • RPG Time: The Legend of Wright
  • Secrets of Magic 5: Back to School
  • Slaycation Paradise
  • The Room Two
  • Treehouse Riddle
  • We Are OFK
  • Zumba Garden
  • 08-19

  • Arenas Of Tanks
  • Lair Land Story
  • PROJECT : KNIGHT 2 Dusk of Souls
  • Strike Buster Prototype
  • 08-20

  • A Walk With Yiayia

Comments

Madden. Huh.

RPG Time: The Legend of Wright is an interesting one. It's a solo indie project that took 15 years and looks wonderfully charming - a colorful adventure that takes place entirely inside a child's notebook. Yet it sunk without trace after being released for Xbox a few months ago, and I don't hear much buzz about the PS and Switch versions coming out this week, despite decent reviews. I hope it does well.