New Game Releases: December 15th-21st, 2016

From Shantae sauntering onto a number of systems to the next chapter in Telltale’s Walking Dead series, this week offers a number of notable new game releases. For those who don’t appreciate Half-Genie Heroes or zombies, there’s several other tempting titles to be found with games like Wild Guns Reloaded, Maldita Castilla EX – Cursed Castile, and Excitebots: Trick Racing hitting shore shelves and digital marketplaces.

Header image: LoveKami -Divinity Stage-, PC

PlayStation 4
Don Bradman Cricket 17 (PSN, $59.99)
Fat City VR (PSN, $14.99)
Maldita Castilla EX – Cursed Castile (PSN, $11.99)
Motor Strike: Immortal Legends (PSN, 19.99)
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (PSN, $29.99)
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition (retail, $29.99)
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier (PSN, $29.99)
Wild Guns Reloaded (retail and PSN, $29.99)

Wii U
Breakout Defense (eShop, $7.00)
Excitebots: Trick Racing (eShop, $19.99)
Scribble (eShop, $3.99)
SDK Spriter (eShop, $12.50)

Xbox One
Don Bradman Cricket 17 (XGS, $59.99)
Maldita Castilla EX – Cursed Castile (XGS, $11.99)
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (XGS, $29.99)
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier (XGS, $29.99)

3DS
Mercenaries Saga 3 (eShop, $5.99)
Picross e7 (eShop, $5.99)

PS Vita
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (PSN, $29.99)
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition (retail, $29.99)

PC
8-Bit Invaders! ($14.99)
Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas (DLC, $9.99)
Alchemic Jousts ($8.99)
Brazed ($4.49)
Lord of Merchant ($1.79)
LoveKami -Divinity Stage- ($TBA)
Moekuri: Adorable + Tactical SRPG ($TBA)
Snow Fortress ($8.99)
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier ($22.49)
Wild Terra Online ($13.49)

Robert’s Pick: Long ago, I used to think of Capcom as the gods of game development. Before disappointments like Street Fighter V, Umbrella Corps, and Dead Rising 4 tarnished the Osaka-based corporation’s good name, they had a run of amazing coin-ops, with titles like Ghosts’n’Goblins, Black Tiger, and 1942 earned a much-deserved place in the gaming pantheon. Originally published back in 2012 as a free download for PC (and subsequently offered on Android, Linux, and Mac), Maldita Castilla paid homage to those token-taking cabinets. Blending pixel-perfect, delightfully difficulty run-and jump action with a trek through Spanish mythology, it was a must-play experience. This week, Maldita Castilla EX – Cursed Castile might ask for your twelve dollars, but I firmly believe that designer Locomalito’s efforts deserve dividends. Give it a try, and let Gryzor87’s simulated YM2203-based soundtrack bring you back to the days of yore.

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.

5 comments

  1. Well, isn’t Don Bradman a popular name that will bring in the kids….

  2. Wow, those girls in the top pic. I see why they got to represent this week’s games!

  3. Downloaded Maldita Castilla for PC, thanks for the tip!

    • Great game. You’re right, its really like an old arcade game. So amazing to think it was made by two guys.

  4. Can’t wait to play Half-Genie Hero this week.