Let’s have a look at the games releasing this week!
Games Releasing This Week
Trek to Yomi
Release Date: Jan 30
Developer: Flying Wild Hog
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Platform: Nintendo Switch (already available on PC, Xbox and PlayStation)
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
Release Date: Jan 31
Developer: Purple Lamp Studios
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
Wish-granting Mermaid’s Tears in the hands of SpongeBob and Patrick… What could go wrong? Sure, the very fabric holding the universe together could come undone, opening portals into wild Wishworlds. But that’s nothing our favorite sponge can’t handle- with the right cosmic costume!
Inkulinati
Release Date: Jan 31
Developer: Yaza Games
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment
Platform: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Inkulinati is a turn-based strategy game about illuminated animal battles full of eccentric humour. You take on the role of a medieval illuminator, who uses the Living Ink to paint and command an army of creatures in order to defeat numerous opponents and become the Master Illuminator.
Season: A Letter to the Future
Release Date: Jan 31
Developer: Scavengers Studio
Publisher: Scavengers Studio
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Close your eyes, take a deep breath and let yourself be carried away by the great journey of Season, a third-person atmospheric adventure bicycle road trip game. Explore the world through the eyes of a young woman. Collect artifacts and memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away.
We Were Here Forever
Release Date: Jan 31
Developer: Total Mayhem Games
Publisher: Total Mayhem Games
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S (already available on PC)
You and your fellow prisoner are trapped in the realm of Castle Rock – were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? To escape, you must explore the sinister castle for puzzles and plot your escape together. Secrets and riddles are hidden in the shadows. Just be aware that nothing is what it seems in this mysterious Antarctic adventure. Can you two escape together, or will you be trapped… forever?
Deliver Us Mars
Release Date: Feb 2
Developer: KeokeN Interactive
Publisher: Wired Productions
Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Ten years after the Fortuna mission, humanity is closer than ever to extinction. After a mysterious distress call from Mars, Earth’s youngest astronaut Kathy Johannson joins the Zephyr and its crew on one last mission: to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward, and with them, ensure the survival of the human race.
Life is Strange 2
Release Date: Feb 2
Developer: DONTNOD
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: Nintendo Switch (already available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4)
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel’s new telekinetic power – the power to move objects with your mind – the boys flee to Mexico for safety.
Are you picking up any of the games releasing this week?