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Mafia: Definitive Edition

Mafia: Definitive Edition is a ground-up remake of the 2002 title Mafia that went on to spawn a popular trilogy. Taking place in a fictional city of Lost Heaven during the Prohibition era, the game follows Tommy Angelo, a hard-working cabbie who becomes involved with the Salieri crime family.

The game can be purchased as a standalone for $39.99 or as a part of the Mafia: Trilogy bundle for $59.99. The latter also contains Mafia II: Definitive Edition and Mafia III: Definitive Edition, both of which include all previously released story DLC and bonus packs.

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is a cross-genre game developed by Japanese studio Vanillaware of Odin Sphere and Dragon’s Crown fame. It combines side-scrolling adventure with real-time strategy combat in an original sci-fi setting.

The adventure segments lean on dialogue and exploration, and feature thirteen protagonists with intertwining storylines. The combat involves controlling up to six chosen characters, who pilot Sentinel mechs and defend humanity from giant monsters, the kaijuu.

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WWE 2K Battlegrounds

While there won’t be a mainline WWE 2K installment in 2020, the company is instead releasing WWE 2K Battlegrounds: an arcade-focused wrestling experience with over-the-top action set to the background of outlandish environments.

The game’s modes include Exhibition matches (with online and local multiplayer), a solo Campaign whose story is told through original comic strips, the last-man-standing mode King of the Battleground, and Online tournaments. Over 70 wrestlers are included at launch and more will be available as DLC, one of them as a pre-order bonus.

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WRC 9

French developer Kylotonn is working on the next installment of their officially licensed off-road racer series. Titled WRC 9, it brings the 2020 World Rally Championship to the players’ screens. The game includes three new rallies (Kenya, Japan, and New Zealand), over 15 classic cars, and 100 special stages.

There are two new game modes in WRC 9. The first is a Clubs system that allows the players to create custom championships and compete online against their friends. The second is a Co-Driver mode for playing in a co-op. Besides these new modes, the developer also promises improved physics and reworked engine sounds.

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Marvel’s Avengers

Marvel’s Avengers is a third-person action-adventure game that tells an original story beginning with the unveiling of the Avengers Headquarters in San Francisco. When an experimental reactor powering their Helicarrier explodes devastating the city, the Avengers are blamed for the casualties and are forced to disband. Years later, a young Kamala Khan sets out to reassemble the Avengers and stop the villain organization AIM.

Marvel’s Avengers can be played solo or in an online co-op of up to four players. The heroes can be customized with unlockable gear and skills. The game’s cinematic story will continue in content drops post-launch, with new regions and heroes delivered free of charge as long as the player already owns the core game.

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2

The first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater titles are being remastered by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision as a bundle. The games are rebuilt from the ground up and contain familiar pro skaters, levels and tricks. On top of that, the Create-A-Park and Create-A-Skater features have been upgraded, and online multiplayer modes with leaderboards have been added.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is available for pre-order in Standard, Digital Deluxe, and Collector’s editions as detailed below.

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NBA 2K21

NBA 2K21 is the latest installment in 2K Games’ popular basketball sim series that is said to bring best-in-class graphics and gameplay, varied game modes, and competitive and community online features.

It will be available on both current and next-gen consoles, but instead of free cross-generation upgrades, 2K is opting for separate versions of the game. These include the Standard Edition for current-gen platforms, the Standard Edition for Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5, and the pricier Mamba Forever Edition that grants access to both. Let’s take a closer look.

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Wasteland 3

Wasteland 3 from inXile Entertainment is a story-driven RPG with strategic turn-based combat that, like Wasteland 2, was crowdfunded, raising over $3 million. Compared to its predecessor, the upcoming game offers more fluid squad-based combat, player-controlled vehicles, and two player co-op.

Wasteland 3 takes place in post-apocalyptic wastes of frozen Colorado. Players once again step into the shoes of a Desert Ranger, who takes on a job for the self-proclaimed Patriarch of Colorado in order to secure aid for Arizona. The developer promises an engaging story rife with difficult moral choices.

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Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is an anime-style soccer game based on the long-running Captain Tsubasa manga series. The game is developed by a Japanese studio Tamsoft and published by Bandai Namco in the West.

As an arcade soccer game, Rise of New Champions features accessible controls and high-speed gameplay. Players take on the role of the titular protagonist Tsubasa Ozora and advance through the ranks of multiple Soccer leagues. The game Story, Versus, and Online Versus modes.

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Madden NFL 21

EA Sports’ latest yearly installment of Madden brings more polished gameplay mechanics, new Superstar and X-Factor abilities, and a new season of Ultimate Team content. The single-player Face of the Franchise mode makes a return and will document the player’s career from a quarterback in high school to College Football Playoff and NFL Combine. The cover athlete for the upcoming game is the Baltimore Ravens’ superstar Lamar Jackson.

As is the case with the previous titles, you have several options when pre-ordering Madden NFL 21, and this time there are retailer-exclusive bonuses to boot.

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No Straight Roads

No Straight Roads is an action-adventure game with rhythm-based combat developed by an independent Malaysian studio Metronomik, for who this will be their debut release. In single-player mode, the player controls either Mayday or Zuke – an indie rock duo, who set out to topple the EDM empire that controls Vinyl City, the world capital of music.

No Straight Roads can also be played by two players in a couch co-op on any platform. Exclusive to Nintendo Switch is the Assist Mode, which allows a third player to join and assist in battles.

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PGA Tour 2K21

PGA Tour 2K21 is an officially licensed golf simulator developed by HB Studios and published by 2K Games. It includes a new PGA Tour career mode where the player can take on pros like Justin Thomas in courses such as TPC Sawgrass and East Lake Golf Club as they compete to win the FedExCup. Similarly to the other titles in 2K’s sports game lineup, the MyPLAYER feature allows the creation and customization of a player with equipment and apparel from real-life brands.

In addition to the career mode, PGA Tour 2K21 also offers local and online multiplayer with modes like Alt-Shot, Stroke Play, Skins, and 4-Player Scramble, as well as Online Societies with full seasons and player-run tournaments.

PGA Tour 2K21 is now available on GamerSaloon – Where Gamers Play for Real Money.

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EA Sports UFC 4

EA Sports UFC 4 is a MMA fighting game based on the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Compared to its predecessor, it boasts EA’s RPM Tech that brings more fluid animations, two new environments, Kumite and Backyard, and new Blitz Battle as well as Online World Championship modes. The fighters’ progression is unified across all the game modes.

UFC 4‘s official cover art features UFC middleweight champion Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya and UFC welterweight contender Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal.

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Fairy Tail

Developed by Gust and published by Koei Tecmo, Fairy Tail is a fantasy RPG based on a hit manga of the same name. Players build their dream party from a roster of 16 playable characters – including Natsu, Lucy, Jellal, Mirajane, and Laxus – and set off on an adventure that includes both fan-favorite moments from the story and game-original episodes.

Strengthening the bonds between party members not only unlocks more powerful attacks in battle, but also triggers original dialogue written specifically for the game. The development is supervised by the author of Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima himself.

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    Jul 30, 2020

Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On

Originally a 3D arcade fighting game in Japan, Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On is making its way to PlayStation 4 in the West. Players purchase mobile suits using points and participate in 2v2 mecha combat featuring three Ex Burst systems: Fighting Burst, Extend Burst, and Shooting Burst. All 183 suits from the arcade iterations of Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. are playable, and the game also brings 2 new ones.

Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On can be played in single-player, two-player split-screen, LAN Connection Battle, and online battle modes for up to 4 players. The Western release features Japanese voiceover with English subtitles.

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Destroy All Humans!

Developed by Black Forest Games, Destroy All Humans! is a remake of the classic 2005 game for current-gen platforms. It is a humorous third-person action-adventure where the player controls Cryptosporidium 137 – Crypto for short – an alien who arrives to 1950s America to harvest human DNA.

Crypto possesses a vast arsenal of unique weaponry and mental powers that can annihilate the puny humans and reduce their primitive cities to rubble – and the gameplay in fact encourages destruction. In contrast to the original, the remake allows combining of Crypto’s abilities for new and creative ways to cause mayhem.

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Maid of Sker

Maid of Sker is a first-person horror game from independent developer Wales Interactive. Based on an eponymous 1872 novel by R.D. Blackmore, it borrows heavily from Welsh folklore and is set in Sker House, a real dwelling that is said to be the most haunted in Britain.

The gameplay mechanics revolve around sound, with the player having to run, hide from, and distract enemies that possess supernaturally sharp hearing. Their only weapon is a sound-based defensive device that can cause temporary disorientation. The game offers multiple endings that depend on the player’s actions and paths taken.

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Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima is an action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony. It takes place in 13th century Japan, and follows Jin Sakai, one of the last samurai left alive on the island of Tsushima after it was devastated by a Mongol invasion fleet. To liberate his homeland, Jin must set aside the rigid teachings of the samurai and embrace the path of a Ghost.

The game features an open world that can be freely roamed on foot and horseback. The combat involves copious amounts of swordplay as well as stealth and more unconventional tactics such as smoke bombs.

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F1 2020

F1 2020 is the latest iteration in the official Formula One World Championship game series from UK developer Codemasters. Notable among its new features is My Team: a new game mode that allows the player to create their own team to compete against the established 2020 season lineup.

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Formula 1, the standard edition of F1 2020 is renamed to F1® Seventy Edition and comes with exclusive in-game items – more on those after the jump.

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    Jul 10, 2020

Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris

Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is a JRPG based on the popular light novel series that has also been adapted into an anime. It allows the player to take on the role of the protagonist Kirito as he ventures into the mysterious Underworld: the virtual world from SAO’s Alicization arc.

Besides solo play, Alicization Lycoris offers an online co-op mode for up to four players and their AI-controlled NPC partners. In this mode it is possible to freely customize the appearance of the player’s avatar.

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