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Star Wars: Squadrons

As one might guess from its title, EA’s latest Star Wars game focuses on ship combat. Set after Return of the Jedi, it allows the player to side with either the Empire of the New Republic, strap into iconic X-wings and TIE fighters, and take part in frenetic dogfights, both in single-player campaign and 5v5 multiplayer. Star Wars: Squadrons can be played traditionally or in VR on PC and PS4 with cross-play support.

The starfighters can be customized with components such as weapons, hull, engines, and cosmetic items as the player rises through the ranks. Pre-ordering the game nets some of these items as a free bonus.

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The Walking Dead: Onslaught

The Walking Dead: Onslaught is a survival shooter developed by Survios for PSVR and PC VR systems (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Valve Index). Based on AMC’s hit TV show, the game features an original story that slots in between the show’s seasons eight and nine.

Onslaught is purely a single-player title and involves scavenging for supplies, rebuilding the settlement of Alexandria, upgrading character stats and weapons, and, of course, fending off walkers. The player will have to deal with as many as 30 walkers on the screen and eliminate them using a variety of ranged and melee weapons, with the damage viscerally depicted by the developer’s touted “progressive dismemberment” system.

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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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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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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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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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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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Death Stranding (PC)

Hideo Kojima’s sci-fi epic Death Stranding is making its way to the PC courtesy of publisher 505 Games. The game runs at up to 4K with unlocked framerate provided you have a capable system and supports ultrawide monitors. The Photo Mode, which was added to its PlayStation 4 counterpart after launch, will be available on the PC port from the start. Perhaps the most intriguing addition are side-missions that cross over into Valve’s Half-Life and Portal universes.

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Marvel’s Iron Man VR

The latest title from developers at Camouflaj, Marvel’s Iron Man VR allows the player to step into the shoes of the genius inventor Tony Stark. Tony might have retired from making weapons, but when Stark Industries locations around the world are attacked by a hacker and anti-corporate activist Ghost, he’s forced to don the Iron Man suit once more.

The game is designed from the ground up for VR and requires two PlayStation Move controllers to play.

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Valorant: The best Beginner’s Guide for 2023

Valorant has changed a bit since its release. New players might want to know where to start. Players who haven’t played in a while should brush up on their skills. Luckily, I have just the thing for you. This Valorant beginner’s guide will go over the basics and some general tips to follow.

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The Last of Us Part II

Joel and Ellie’s story continues in The Last of Us Part II, this time with the latter acting as the protagonist. After five years of peaceful life in Jackson, Ellie’s love interest is kidnapped by another group of survivors, causing her to set out on a path of vengeance – and Joel won’t let her do it alone.

Developer Naughty Dog promises new combat and stealth mechanics, more realistic animations to fully express Ellie’s desperation and resourcefulness, vaster environments, and smarter human enemies. The game runs on an overhauled engine and utilizes motion capture to bring its new and returning characters to life. Unlike its predecessor, it doesn’t have multiplayer.

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Maneater

Humans kill over a hundred million sharks every year. In the same time span, sharks only kill five humans. Tripwire’s action RPG Maneater promises to even those odds.

Players take control of a baby bull shark and explore, eat, and fight their way through oceans, rivers, and swamps to become the ultimate murder machine. Take a bite out of too many humans, and bounty hunters are called in. Besides those, the shark also has to contend with apex predators and other dangers lurking in the water.

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Sakura Wars

Sakura Wars is a cross-genre title that combines action-based battles with visual novel and dating sim elements. Players step into the shoes of Seijuro Kamiyama, a young captain overseeing the reformation of the all-female Flower Division. Their job? Piloting steam-powered mechs, fighting demons, and during times of peace, producing theater plays.

The game features a fully 3D version of Ginza, Tokyo, which Seijuro can explore on foot and talk to different characters to trigger story events. The interactive LIPS system from earlier Sakura Wars installments makes a return. During dialogue, the player must pick one of the multiple responses within a time limit, and the choice affects the characters’ relationships.

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Trials of Mana

Trials of Mana is a remake of the third installment in the fantasy JRPG Mana series from 1995. Developed by Square Enix, the game brings the classic storyline and the cast of characters into a lush 3D world with new combat and progression systems and a partly orchestral soundtrack.

The game offers six playable characters, out of which the player picks the protagonist and their two companions. The story and conversations play out differently depending on the party composition.

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Final Fantasy VII Remake

Final Fantasy VII Remake is an action RPG from Square Enix that retells the story of the original 1997 game in high definition. Like the title implies, it is not merely a port but a ground-up remake with new environments, character models, soundtrack, and modernized gameplay mechanics.

The story of Final Fantasy 7 follows Cloud Strife, a former soldier of the shadowy Shinra corporation which is utilizing the planet’s very life force as an energy source. After being hired by a resistance group Avalanche, he fights alongside his new comrades to save the planet.

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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is an action-adventure game from Omega Force that follows Luffy and the Straw Hat pirates from the beginning of their journey to find the titular legendary treasure. Moreover, it includes an original retelling of the Wano Country arc currently ongoing in the anime series.

Pirate Warriors 4 features a cast of over 40 playable characters, including fan-favorites like Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and others. The game boasts large-scale Musou style battles that the developer is renowned for, destructible environments, and many iconic moments from the anime and manga in a new medium. Also new is the ability to execute attacks mid-air, which will be available to all characters. The game can be tackled solo or with a friend offline, and in a co-op of up to four players online. The online co-op offers exclusive missions.

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Bleeding Edge

Bleeding Edge is a third-person 4v4 arena brawler from Ninja Theory, the makers of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and DmC: Devil May Cry. Players pick one of the many colorful characters with unique abilities and engage the enemy team inside arenas chock-full of environmental hazards. The combat is fast-paced and focused mainly on melee, although there are shooting and healing mechanics too.

As an Xbox Play Anywhere title, Bleeding Edge allows the players to purchase only one digital copy and play it on both their Xbox One console and Windows 10 PC. The game also supports cross-platform multiplayer.

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Half-Life: Alyx

Half-Life: Alyx is a VR-exclusive shooter and the first entry in the series since 2007. It is not the long-awaited continuation to Half-Life 2: Episode 2, but rather a tie-in that takes place between the events of the first and second games. Players take control of Alyx Vance, and together with her father Eli, mount a resistance against the Combine’s invasion of Earth.

The game is built from ground-up for VR, and supports every SteamVR-compatible headset including HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, and Valve’s own Index. Input-wise, it works with both button-based and modern finger tracking systems.

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Nioh 2

Nioh 2 is a “masocore” action RPG from Team Ninja. Timeline-wise it is a prequel to the original Nioh, and follows a different protagonist: a half-yokai, half-human mercenary who can utilize both weapons and supernatural abilities, and even enter the Dark Realm. This time around, the protagonist is fully customizable by the player including gender, appearance, and so on.

Like its predecessor, Nioh 2 can be played in Action (60 FPS), Movie (30 FPS with superior visuals), and Variable modes – and switching between them is easier than before. Regardless of the mode, PS4 Pro owners will enjoy higher resolutions.

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