New Game Releases: January 11th-17th, 2018

With fifteen titles heading to the Switch, Nintendo’s hybrid once again leads the pack of new game releases. Elsewhere, Polyknight’s open-world flying exploration title descends on a multitude of systems. Hopefully, no one buys InnerSpace thinking it’s the adaption to 1987 movie, where Dennis Quaid plays a miniaturized fighter pilot accidently injected into Martin Short’s body.

Header image: The Disappearing of Gensokyo, PC

PlayStation 4
InnerSpace (digital, $19.99)
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (retail and digital, $39.99)

Nintendo Switch
ACA NeoGeo: Art of Fighting 2 (digital, $7.99)
Azkend 2: The World Beneath (digital, $7.99)
Brawl (digital, $9.99)
Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2 (digital, $6.99)
Energy Balance (digital, $2.99)
Energy Invasion (digital, $6.99)
Furi (digital, $19.99)
Gunhouse (digital, $14.99)
InnerSpace (digital, $19.99)
Moorhuhn Knights & Castles (digital, $29.99)
Of Mice and Sand -Revisited- (digital, $9.99)
Rally Racers (digital, $9.99)
Rocket League Collector’s Edition (retail, $39.99)
Super Meat Boy (digital, $14.99)
The Escapists 2 (digital, $19.99)

Wii U
Jolt Family Robot Racer (digital, $5.99)

Xbox One
InnerSpace (digital, $19.99)

3DS
Operation COBRA (digital, $2.99, New 3DS only)

PC
Deck Casters ($16.99)
InnerSpace ($19.99)
Kamikazo VR ($3.39)
Mind Portal ($2.39)
Next Up Hero ($16.99)
Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Episode 1 ($4.49)
Rusty Lake Paradise ($3.39)
Stunt Corgi VR ($TBA)
The Disappearing of Gensokyo ($9.34)
Wolf Gang ($14.99)

Robert’s Pick: Another week, another tantalizing Touhou Project game. This time out it’s The Disappearing of Gensokyo, developed by Chinese doujin circle, MyACG Studio. Billed as a “Danmaku-Shooting-ARPG”, Gensokyo favors the former, as a cast of playable character tackle a multitude of enemies and some really challenging bosses. It’s certainly not perfect- small imperfections are numerous, and the current English localization is sketchy. But given the developers’ commitment, and the affordable price, it’s would be difficult not to recommend this underpublicized gem.