Oh boy! Hang on to your seats because your wallet is probably already toast as this week starts the mad rush toward Holiday gaming nirvana!
Here are the new releases for this week.
100ft Robot Golf
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Platforms: PS4, PS VR
What’s more satisfying than hitting a ball around a huge lawn? Hitting a huge ball in huge robots on a huger lawn!!!! 100ft Robot Golf comes to PS4 on the 11th and PS VR on the 13th when the peripheral launches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wkuoPRFo_8
Gears of War 4
Release Date: October 7, 2016 (Ultimate Edition), October 11, 2016 (Regular Edition)
Platforms: Xbox One, Windows 10 PC
I am so stoked that I got assigned to do the New Releases this week because my all time favorite gaming franchise releases a new game this week. Gears of War 4 takes us back to the world of Serra and introduces us to a new generation of Gears in the form of JD Fenix. Last name sound familiar? Yup, JD is Marcus’ loin fruit. I’ve been playing this since the 7th and am loving it so far!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3f8VgQ_dqk
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, PC
20 years of Duke Nukem! The world’s greatest action hero is back to kick more butt with all of the classic Duke Nukem goodness but this time, there is a fifth episode for even more badassery!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvVmSJKMktc
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Platform: PS4
Rise of the Tomb Raider has been out for a while on Xbox One but is now launching on the PS4 with the 20 Year Celebration. The PS4 version brings you the same exciting game that Xbox One gamers have been playing plus a new single player campaign chapter, a new horde mode, and a new co-op campaign. If you play this game this week, you also get 100K in in-game credits regardless of what platform you play on!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByFChdktbeA
WWE 2K17
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Platforms: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
WWE fans rejoice! Another year, another installment to the WWE gaming titles. Giving fans a fresh new story around Brock Lesnar, WWE 2K17 also brings an even wilder roster of characters as well as improvements to gameplay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGS8WFD1ywM
Batman: Arkham VR
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Platforms: PSVR
Virtual Reality on consoles is upon us. Although Microsoft announced the Halolens a while ago, Sony has beat them to getting VR googles into consumers’ hands, err faces, with the launch of Playstation VR. Fight criminals or fight your own vertigo as Batman in Arkham VR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwdZvJfxqtE
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Definitive Experience
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4
Didn’t this game just come out and a few months later, there is a definitive edition? WTF? I’m pretty sure I speak for most of us but I wish publishers would just release the definitive edition instead of a regular edition then another edition then the definitive edition. What? They doubt that the work they did the first two times wasn’t cannon so they have to put out an edition that sets the record straight? Without mentioning names, the unnamed game publisher that we’ll call Konami really did a number on an unnamed creator whom we will call Kojima and are now doing a number on us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9JV0EvCkMI
Playstation VR
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4
Although not really a game, you will need this Playstation peripheral to able to play some of the titles that are launching this week. As mentioned above, Sony has beat Microsoft in getting VR into peoples’ hands when it launches Playstation VR on the 13th. Although Microsoft Halolens is technically already available, the price range is still very prohibitive compared to the PS VR’s MSRP of $399.99.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFnciHpEOMI
Star Wars Battlefront: X-Wing VR Mission
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Platforms: PSVR
If you own Star Wars: Battlefront on the PS4 and are getting a PSVR, you’re in luck. X-Wing VR Missions is yours free! Fly around space fighting tie-fighters and other enemies while you take out certain objectives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R1kOWgBxW4
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Star Wars Battlefront: X-Wing VR Mission (PSVR) – October 13
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Driveclub VR (PS VR) – October 13
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Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (PS VR) – October 13
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Rez Infinite (PS4, PS VR) – October 13
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Shadow Warrior 2 (PC) – October 13
