It’s the height of Christmas shopping season but apparently everything already came out. We missed a big one last week but other than that its a few platform round-outs this week. Oh and Below finally gets a release.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Platforms: NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-pfpcluA1c
Technically this came out last week but Loki was slacking in his new release duties! :p
Earth Defense Force 5
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Platforms: PS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOZfDS1fZio
Totally not a Starship Troopers rip off. A third-person shooter released in Japan last December gets its North America debut this week.
Insurgency: Sandstorm
Release Date: December 12, 2018
Platforms: PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I9Accxwo0c
Insurgency: Sandstorm is first-person shooter that ramps the difficulty past 11 since your heads up display skips the health bar, ammo count and map. Which makes me wonder what does it show?!
Omensight: The Definitive Edition
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Platforms: NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q25Is2zYVHc
This one came out on PC and PS4 a few months ago but hits Nintendo Switch this week. You play this action adventure game as The Harbinger, a mythical warrior who only appears in times of crisis to change the fate of the final day in Urralia.
RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Platforms: NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqEi5qE8Lqs
Rollercoaster Tycoon first appeared on PCs in 1999. Now it's on the Nintendo Switch for a new generation of gamers. Does the post-millennial generation have a name yet? The game has adventure, scenario, and open sandbox modes and can be played on the TV or handheld.
Below
Release Date: December 14, 2018
Platforms: PC, XBOne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yARUhqPCjAw
Originally announced at E3 in 2013 this title is finally hitting PC and XBO. Below is a top-down exploration survival game from indie studio Capybara.
