New Releases: November 9th-15th

This week, Kazuma Kiryu comes of out hiding in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, while UFO Robot Grendizer – The Feast of the Wolves’ arrival lets you play as Duke Fleed’s colossal robot. Elsewhere, Sakura Alien 2 (pictured) descends on Switch, creating a love triangle between you and your self-proclaimed future wife.

PlayStation 4
Bem Feito (digital, $14.99)
Berzerk: Recharged (digital, $9.99)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (physical & digital, $69.99)
Devil Engine: Complete Edition (digital, $24.99)
Double Dragon Advance (digital, $6.99)
Grace of Letoile (digital, $14.99)
Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure (digital, $24.99)
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (digital, $49.99)
Super Double Dragon (digital, $6.99)
UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER – The Feast of the Wolves (digital, $39.99)
While the Iron’s Hot (digital, $TBA)
Wildshade: Unicorn Champions (digital, $39.99)

PlayStation 5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (physical & digital, $69.99)

Switch
Air Twister (digital, $24.99)
Astral Ascent (digital, $24.99)
Bem Feito (digital, $14.99)
Berzerk: Recharged (digital, $9.99)
Bob the Elementalist (digital, $4.99)
Burning Secrets – A Bara Visual Novel (digital, $4.99)
CATAN – Console Edition (digital, $19.99)
Claire: Extended Cut (digital, $14.99)
Cooking Arena – 8 in 1 Edition (digital, $6.49)
Double Dragon Advance (digital, $6.99)
Dragon Wings (digital, $10.49)
Erogods: Olympus (digital, $7.30)
Flooded (digital, $12.99)
Hogwarts Legacy (physical & digital, $59.99)
KarmaZoo (digital, $9.99)
Lily in Puzzle World (digital, $4.99)
Paper io 2: Animals Edition (digital, $5.99)
PeopleWillMoney (digital, $2.00)
Polyturbo Drift Racing Simulator (digital, $9.99)
Prison Break: Jail Escape Simulator (digital, $9.99)
Rogue Glitch Ultra (digital, $11.99)
Sakura Alien 2 (digital, $9.99)
Seven Spirits (digital, $9.99)
Slaughter: The Lost Outpost (digital, $7.50)
Spells & Secrets (digital, $23.99)
Spirittea (digital, $17.99)
Super Crazy Rhythm Castle (digital, $39.99)
Super Double Dragon (digital, $6.99)
The Trotties Adventure (digital, $14.99)
Truck Simulator Collection (digital, $23.99)
Village Tycoon: Farm City Simulator (digital, $9.99)
Virche Evermore -ErroR: Salvation- (digital, $49.99)
War Zone Soldier: Battle Royale Shooter (digital, $9.99)
Zombies Rising Dawn (digital, $9.99)

Xbox One
Air Twister (digital, $24.99)
Bem Feito (digital, $14.99)
Berzerk: Recharged (digital, $9.99)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (physical & digital, $69.99)
Double Dragon Advance (digital, $6.99)
Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure (digital, $24.99)
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (digital, $49.99)
Spirittea (digital, $17.99)
The Fast Journey (digital, $4.66)
UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves (digital, $39.99)
While the Iron’s Hot (digital, $TBA)

Xbox Series S/X
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (physical & digital, $69.99)

PC
Broken Roads ($TBA)
Bzzzt ($TBA)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III ($69.99)
CD 2: Trap Master ($TBA)
Cuisineer ($22.49)
Don’t Die in the West ($11.69)
Dream Town Island ($TBA)
Dune Imperium ($TBA)
Dungeons 4 ($49.99)
Estate Agent Simulator ($TBA)
Gym Simulator 24 ($TBA)
Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure ($21.24)
March of Shrooms ($TBA)
Microcivilization ($TBA)
Minigame Madness ($TBA)
Mob Factory ($TBA)
Ocelot Sunrise ($TBA)
Polylithic ($12.74)
Space Trash Scavenger ($15.99)
Spells & Secrets ($19.99)
Spirittea ($17.99)
Strike Force Heroes ($TBA)
Super Crazy Rhythm Castle ($35.99)
Super Woden GP 2 ($TBA)
Ticket to Ride ($TBA)
UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves ($39.99)
Undercat ($TBA)
Ziggy’s Cosmic Adventures (VR, $17.99)

Rob’s Pick: Undoubtedly, Cuisineer is a tantalizing recipe, pairing the zest of Diablo-style combat with the comfort associated with a laid-back restaurant simulation. Sure, loading times are frequent and just a bit too protracted. By any minor gripes are counterbalanced by Singaporean developer BattleBrew Productions generous use of creativity. Not only does cat-girl lead Pom use weapons like a spatula and plates to turn foes into ingredients, but modifiers are named after flavors- so you can dish out umami damage. And how exactly am I supposed to resist boba milk tea elixirs served up by buxom dragon maidens?

Resistance might also be ineffective against UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves, since one of my first toys was a two-foot tall Mazinger Z doll. So far developer Endroad has shown some one-on-one battles with some attractive robot models and backdrops. But there’s been little conversation about how the action feels. But I have a soft spot for robots with knee-high boot armor, so hopefully this won’t be a skyscraper-sized disappointment.

Matt S’ pick (editor, DigitallyDownloaded): As always, I’d just like to say that Call of Duty can go bite my arse. In the context of everything going on in the world, it’s more irresponsible than ever to release these things, for the way they behave like breathless propaganda that doesn’t get questioned anywhere near enough. So, my #1 pick this week is an anti-pick: Please do us all a favour and play anything but it.

Thankfully there is plenty that you can play instead. Dune: Imperium should be good. That’s one of the better “licensed” board games in recent years, and like with any of these more complex analogue experiences, being able to play without the hour-long set up and put away process is a bonus. Super Crazy Rhythm Castle looks like a good and quirky time, and given how good Dungeons 2 and 3 were, I’m fully expecting Dungeons 4 to be a delight.

Finally,  Virche Evermore -ErroR: Salvation-. This visual novel looks *absolutely gorgeous* and is apparently on the more mature/dark end of the genre. Aksys don’t usually miss with the VNs that they localise, so I’m very much looking forward to that too.

Ryan’s pick: My first console was the original Atari, with Berzerk being the first video game I ever played as a kid. The premise was really simple, and there was something very Tron-like about the enemy robots and energy fields that lined each level. It was also a bit unsettling when you’d get electrocuted by touching the aforementioned walls, but still, the game was challenging and easy to pick up. Berzerk Recharged caught my interest as this remake is now a twin-shooter and looks just as challenging as the original. Here’s hoping that Evil Otto appears at some point in this one as well.

Continuing on with nostalgia, I am absolutely interested in Double Dragon Advance. The game is an upgraded and revamped version of my favorite, which is the original arcade version. I think that the NES version’s soundtrack is debatably better, but in terms of gameplay and graphics the arcade release is the definitive version. This Advance version also seems to incorporate some of the popular things from other Double Dragon games such as weapons, fighting moves, as well as enemies. It appears the main character sprites also have been updated from the 1P blond Billy Lee, so I am interested to see what other things have been updated in this one. If you enjoy beat-em-up games, then I think this one could be worth a look as the original is an arcade classic.