No more light release weeks for me. I’m finally pulling my weight on the writing staff this week to catch 2old2players up on all the different stuff coming out. We’ve got indie, AAA and things in between. There’s strategy, battle royale, adventure, racing, and sports oh my! Something on this list has got to be for you.
Ary and the Secret of Seasons
Release Date: September 1, 2020
Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO, NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1F9gZzDKLI
This indie was announced at Gamescom in 2018 and is heading to PC and consoles Tuesday September 1st 2020. The characters and settings are influenced by both Belgian and Asian culture. It's an action adventure where you play as a young girl trying to restore the seasons.
Crusader Kings III
Release Date: September 1, 2020
Platforms: PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJZ4EiXRlM&feature=emb_logo
The third installment of this grand strategy game puts you in charge of the success of your royal house. Also apparently you can pet dogs to reduce stress!
Iron Harvest
Release Date: September 1, 2020
Platforms: PS4 XBO, PC
This real time strategy game is set in an alternate reality after The Great War. There’s robots and combat bears as well as singleplayer and coop campaigns.
Spellbreak
Release Date: September 3, 2020
Platforms: PS4 XBO, PC, NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSmvbSFUDf8
I hope this new free to play battle royale title from Boston indie studio Proletariat does well since I have a friend that works there. Instead of a world of guns like most battle royales here players use spells. It also mixes in RPG and roguelike elements in the gameplay.
Tell Me Why Episode 2
Release Date: September 3, 2020
Platforms: XBO, PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVXqGQC9J2o
This game is from the same developers as Life is Strange. It’s the first game from a major studio with a playable transgender character. Across the 3 episodes you play as twins Alyson and Tyler reliving their past and choosing which stories are true to impact that game’s outcome. Episode 3 should be out by the end of September.
WRC9
Release Date: September 3, 2020
Platforms: PS4 XBO, PC, NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkUlp6Sto4
This racing title simulates the 2020 season of the World Rally Championship which I believe is happening even with COVID. It features many vehicles from the rally’s history.
Avengers
Release Date: September 4, 2020
Platforms: PS4 XBO, PC
https://www.marvel.com/watch/trailers-and-extras/marvel-s-avengers-the-m...
I know comic books change art styles all the time but this feels like a bootleg without the actors from the movie. It features single player and coop mode with up to 4 players online. Seems all things Avengers are happening next week as there’s a rumored new pinball machine with the the theme likely officially announced next week.
NBA2K21
Release Date: September 4, 2020
Platforms: PS4 XBO, PC, NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NSQahGpqv0
I mean to really be an authentic NBA title coming out this year I feel like it should also have a mode where you manage the player’s life in the quarantine village...
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2
Release Date: September 4, 2020
Platforms: PS4 XBO, PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cutsh8oIcSo
Earlier this summer there was a hawk nesting in my yard and we named it Tony. Turns out hawks constantly screech like seagulls so I was very glad when it ran out of small creatures to eat in my yard and moved on. Anywho this skateboarding game is a remaster of the first 2 titles in the franchise that has been updated to include tricks that were introduced in later games. The majority of the music from the first game is back along with much more new music. It will also have some new skaters I’m not sure were born when the original title came out...
