Dragon’s Crown Pro is a 2D hack-and-slash action RPG developed by Japanese company Vanillaware and published by Atlus in North America. It is a remaster of the 2013 title Dragon’s Crown and retains all its features while boasting refined artwork, 4K support on the PS4 Pro, and a newly recorded soundtrack supported by a live orchestra. There is dual English and Japanese audio, and the game text is localized in multiple languages.

As before, up to four players can battle together via local or online co-op. The upcoming game also supports cross-play and cross-save with the older PS3 and PS Vita versions, which should come as welcome news to existing owners of Dragon’s Crown.

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Runner3 is the latest entry in the BIT.TRIP rhythm platformer series from Choice Provisions (previously Gaijin Games). The game continues the adventures of protagonist CommanderVideo while expanding on the familiar gameplay. New features include branching paths that lead to different areas and new playable characters, vehicle sequences, an item shop, as well as additional Hero Quests and Retro Challenges.

Like the previous installment Runner2, the upcoming game features the voice acting talents of Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario and dozens of other popular Nintendo characters.

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Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is an action-adventure platformer developed by Lizardcube and published by DotEmu. It is a HD remake of the 1989 title Wonder Boy III, and features a re-orchestrated soundtrack and new hand-drawn visuals (with a toggle to switch to the original sprite-based graphics, should the player prefer them).

The game follows a lone adventurer, who after being turned into a half-lizard by the Meka-Dragon, sets out to find a magical item with the power to remove the curse. To do that they have to explore a huge interconnected world, battle many fearsome dragons, and shapeshift into different half-animal forms with unique abilities.

As Wonder Boy was already released digitally for all current-gen platforms, this article is concerning specifically the upcoming physical release for PlayStation 4 and Switch from Nicalis. Unlike the limited PS4 release by Limited Run Games, Nicalis’ version is available for pre-order at all major retailers for $39.99.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an open-world action RPG developed by Czech company Warhorse Studios, and published by Deep Silver. It is set in 15th-century Bohemia, a part of the Holy Roman Empire, during the time of great upheaval following the death of emperor Charles IV. Players take on the role of Henry, the son of a humble blacksmith. After his family and entire village is massacred by an invading army, he is drafted into the service of lord Radzig Kobyla, who is leading the resistance.

The game boasts historically-accurate medieval combat: for example, sword blows against armor are deflected, so the player has to find and exploit weaknesses in the opponent’s defenses. A classless system is used for character advancement, and proficiency in different weapons as well as skills like lock-picking can be freely learned without restrictions to character archetypes.

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Conan: Exiles is an open-world survival game set in the universe of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian. Developed by Funcom, it thrusts the player into a harsh and unforgiving prehistoric wasteland, where the only way for the titular exile to survive is fight and build their way to power.

The game is already available to play via Steam Early Access ($29.99) and Xbox Game Preview ($49.99). The pre-order bonuses listed below apply to the full release version launching May 8, 2018.

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Sea of Thieves is a pirate-themed action-adventure game in a shared multiplayer world. The player may set out as a lone wolf, use the matchmaking to find a crew, or form one with their friends, and then sail out on an adventure filled with exploring, looting, and battling other pirates. Each ship is crewed by a party of players who divvy up the tasks of steering, hoisting sails, and firing the canons.

Sea of Thieves is developed by Rare and published by Microsoft for Xbox One and Windows 10. Not only it is an Xbox Play Anywhere title – meaning that if you own a digital copy you can play it on both platforms – there is also cross-platform multiplayer between console and PC.

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Past Cure is a third-person action thriller developed by Phantom 8, an indie studio based in Germany. The game’s protagonist is Ian, an elite soldier who for many years was subjected to horrifying human trials and locked away in a dark prison somewhere in Europe. Upon escaping, he seeks revenge on the people responsible.

The experiments granted Ian the powers of time manipulation and astral projection, but the price was his sanity: his madness grows every time he uses his supernatural abilities. Thus the gameplay of Past Cure takes place in two opposing worlds – the real one, where the focus is combat, and the nightmare world with survival horror and puzzle solving.

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