Sunday, December 22nd 2024
This Week in Gaming (Week 52)
Happy holidays and welcome to the last full week of the year. This week will be rather lacklustre of new releases due to the time of the year, but it doesn't mean no games will be released. That said, this week there won't be a major release, as there is none. For what it's worth, this year's Christmas week releases are a lot better than last year's. We kick off the week with a turn-based strategy game with mechs, which is followed to a sequel to Into the Dark. On Christmas day, there's golf and on boxing day, there are dinosaurs and we end this holiday week with a retro horror game with a Sci-Fi element.
Fusionist / Monday 23 December / Early Access
Fusionist is a turn-based strategy game that offers depth and tactical gameplay. Players assemble a team of five mechs, each with unique skills and roles. By choosing different "Cores" and mech abilities, players can create their own unique "builds" to suit their playstyle, play in-game missions, or compete in intense PvP battles against other players. Steam link
Into the Ice / Tuesday 24 December
Welcome to New Swabia! You are Pete O'Brannon. Or Peter Brenner, to be more truthful. Tricked by the CIA, re-enlisted into the Army, battlefield-promoted to Lt. Now it's time to wrap up all the loose ends from Into the Dark… Steam link
Golf Up / Wednesday 25 December
Golf Up is a fun-loaded golf game you can play with up to 4 friends in several game modes. In Tournament mode, you can pick between the Classic or Points options, in which you earn points by getting good results in the Holes and making quick decisions for bigger bonuses. You will also be able to play solo in Arcade mode and compare your score in the online ranking with that of your friends and players from around the world. Steam link
Sentinel Agency / Thursday 26 December / Early Access
In this story-driven single-player first-person survival shooter, you are sent to an island full of dinosaurs as a special investigator for the Sentinel Agency to solve three murders in the theme park. During your investigation, it quickly becomes clear that your goal has changed - you must survive! Steam link
On Air / Friday 27 December
Imagine that you fell asleep in a quiet old hotel, and woke up in a completely different place, all the inhabitants of which want to kill you. Creatures hiding in the dark, strange shadows, heartbreaking screeching. You will have to face the unknown mechanisms and try to get out alive. Steam link
Fusionist / Monday 23 December / Early Access
Fusionist is a turn-based strategy game that offers depth and tactical gameplay. Players assemble a team of five mechs, each with unique skills and roles. By choosing different "Cores" and mech abilities, players can create their own unique "builds" to suit their playstyle, play in-game missions, or compete in intense PvP battles against other players. Steam link
Welcome to New Swabia! You are Pete O'Brannon. Or Peter Brenner, to be more truthful. Tricked by the CIA, re-enlisted into the Army, battlefield-promoted to Lt. Now it's time to wrap up all the loose ends from Into the Dark… Steam link
Golf Up is a fun-loaded golf game you can play with up to 4 friends in several game modes. In Tournament mode, you can pick between the Classic or Points options, in which you earn points by getting good results in the Holes and making quick decisions for bigger bonuses. You will also be able to play solo in Arcade mode and compare your score in the online ranking with that of your friends and players from around the world. Steam link
In this story-driven single-player first-person survival shooter, you are sent to an island full of dinosaurs as a special investigator for the Sentinel Agency to solve three murders in the theme park. During your investigation, it quickly becomes clear that your goal has changed - you must survive! Steam link
Imagine that you fell asleep in a quiet old hotel, and woke up in a completely different place, all the inhabitants of which want to kill you. Creatures hiding in the dark, strange shadows, heartbreaking screeching. You will have to face the unknown mechanisms and try to get out alive. Steam link
8 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 52)
What a bunch of waste of space and energy
I honestly don't understand why anyone would buy a lot of the games that are published on there. Some are even fourth generation clones of a really rubbish game to start with...
At least one of them has a course creator so you can make your own or let the game do it on the fly per hole as you go.
Since these and others are all on disc, no need to worry about any online bullshit.
I can access them anytime from here onwards, as often as I'd like with no threat of a server shutdown permenantly cutting me off from what I had paid for.