New Game Releases: February 2nd-8th, 2017

Just keeping up with retailer-specific pre-order bonuses, console-timed downloadable content, and what’s actually included in the now ubiquitous season passes can be pretty damn difficult. This week the water gets muddied even more with Ubisoft’s release of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 Gold Edition a bundle that extends the season pass metaphor past its coherent limits. Still, if you’re looking for simple amusement without the headaches, there’s plenty of that with a Yoshi’s Woolly World’s 3DS adaptation, and even the trusty, old TurboGrafx-16 versions of Gradius and Bomberman ’94.

Header Image: Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World art, courtesy of Nintendo.

PlayStation 4
8 Day (PSN, $9.99)
How to Survive 2 (PSN, $14.99)
Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker (PSN, $11.99)
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto (retail and PSN, $49.99)

Nioh (retail and PSN, $59.99)
So Many Me (PSN, $14.99)
Super GunWorld (PSN, $7.99, $4.79 PS+)
The Onion Knights (PSN, $10.49)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 Gold Edition (retail, $59.99)
Uncanny Valley (PSN, $12.99, cross-buy)
VR Ping Pong (PSN, $14.99)

Wii U
Bomberman ’94 (eShop, $6.99)
Gradius (eShop, $6.99)
IC REDD (eShop, $1.49)
Lucentek Beyond (eShop, $3.99)
Star Splash: Shattered Star (eShop, $3.49)

Xbox One
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto (retail and XGS, $49.99)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 Gold Edition (retail, $59.99)

3DS
Legna Tactica (eShop, $9.99)
Lifespeed (eShop, $5.99)
Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World (retail and eShop, $39.99)
Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World with Yarn Poochy (retail, $49.99)

PS Vita
Uncanny Valley (PSN, $12.99, cross-buy)

Mobile
Fire Emblem Heroes (free-to-play)

PC
A House of Many Doors ($12.99)
Alwa’s Awakening ($9.99)
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book ($29.99)
Galactic Core: The Lost Fleet ($TBA)
Kronos ($5.94)
Nights of Azure ($29.99)
Naruto Storm 4 : Road to Boruto Expansion (DLC, $19.99)
Red Haze ($TBA)
Rosenkreuzstilette ($8.99)
Tale of Fallen Dragons ($ TBA)
Xenon Valkyrie ($TBA)

Robert’s Pick: This week, GUST releases a double dose of PC goodness with the adaptations of both Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book and Nights of Azure. With the former extending another charming alchemical adventure toward self-actualization and the latter offering a Devil May Cry-like blend of hectic action, the titles are quite different. But with a Steam bundle were you can pick up both titles for forty-eight dollars, gamers are in for a potential treat, if the ports are capably handled.

About Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

6 comments

  1. No anime girl for this week’s top image?

    Who is in charge any more?

  2. Looks like the Wii U may pull a Vita and still get software after they’re not officially selling it anymore.

  3. TG-16 games on the Wii U are cool but I’d rather have a whole collection on a disk rather than $6 a pop.

  4. I think Siege Year 2 Gold Edition has addition content that wasn’t on the first season pass, liek new operators.

    I think.

  5. If Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World would have been $10 cheaper….

  6. I really like Yarn Yoshi (and Pooky). SO damn cute. Makes me wish Nintendo came out with posable Amiibo.