Shy Guys Weekly #1903
Game Releases
Notable game releases this week include:
15th January
- Onimusha: Warlords HD (PC, Switch, Xbox One, PS4)
- Vane (PS4)
18th January
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (Xbox One, PS4)
- Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes (Switch)
- Yiik: A Postmodern RPG (PC, Switch, PS4)
Galaga Revenge is a new Galaga game from Bandai Namco Entertainment Taiwan that is available right now for free on iOS and Android [link]
Catherine Classic out now on PC [link]
Release Date Announcements
January
- Breach (17th Jan: PC)
February
- Devotion (19th Feb: PC)
March
- Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn (8th March: 3DS)
- Yoshi’s Crafted World (29th March: Switch)
Upcoming Games
Alien: Blackout is a mobile game, unfortunately [link]
Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy 1 and 2 are closing in April [link]
Tropico 6 delayed again [link]
Dead Or Alive 6 delayed into March [link]
Final Fantasy digital card game announced for PC, but so far only in Japan [link]
Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements is a free to play strategy focussed mobile game based on Breaking Bad releasing later this year [link]
Kingdom Hearts 3 epilogue and a “secret” video coming in launch-week patch [link]
Re-Releases
OlliOlli 1 And 2 are being bundled up for a Switch release next month [link]
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen port announced for Switch [link]
The mobile port of Evolution is finally launching on 12th February [link]
Final Fantasy 10 / 10-2 HD remaster and Final Fantasy 12 finally have Switch and Xbox One release dates (TL;DR - 16th April and 30th April) [link]
Early Access Graduations
Switchblade leaves early access this month [link]
PC Building Simulator v1.0 launching on 29th January [link]
DLC and Updates
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s next big update lets you set enemy scaling [link]
Red Dead Redemption II’s PS4 exclusives are now available on Xbox One [link]
Celeste DLC won’t be ready on its anniversary, will be free [link]
Leaks & Rumours
It looks like The Dark Souls Trilogy Collection could finally be coming to Europe [link]
Reports suggest Amazon is developing a game streaming service [link]
Hardware
Nvidia’s first big format gaming displays will set you back $5,000 this February [link]
Asus built a burly detachable gaming pc that looks like a Surface Pro [link]
Elgato unveils desk-mounted studio lights for streamers [link]
HTC’s Vive Pro eye headset steals its optimizations from human physiology [link]
HTC announces lightweight, portable VR headset “Vive Cosmos” [link]
AMD announces Radeon 7 graphics card with 16gb VRAM [link]
Software
You can now use 3DMark to test your GPU’s ray tracing performance [link]
AMD releases a new GPU driver to boost performance in Fortnite season 7 [link]
Developers
Epic and Improbable start fund to lure devs away from Unity amid engine kerfuffle [link]
Business
Switch games now sold on Humble Store [link]
Paradox acquires Prison Architect franchise from Introversion [link]
Viveport Infinity is an unlimited spin on HTC’s Viveport subscription [link]
The Division 2 coming to Epic Games Store, skipping Steam [link]
THQ Nordic is at it again, acquires IP rights to classic sci-fi action-adventure Outcast [link]
Epic Games Store now has a refund policy matching Steam’s [link]
Cool Shit
Sonic Mania developers release unused Darkwing Duck game pitch [link]
Colorful gave Nvidia’s geforce RTX 2080 Ti the steampunk treatment [link]
What You Missed On Shy Guys
Streams
You can follow us on Twitch as Orendil and The_Plainswalker. We play various games on our individual streams but also do some Rocket League and co-op streaming together every week.
Ashen
- Co-op Blind with @D3STRO_FTW [link]
Stellaris
- Chill Stellaris with Custom Twitch Overlay! [link]
- Stellaris with Chums (knightcottasylum and D3STRO_FTW and maybe Echilda!) [link]
And Finally…
Someone played Mario Kart on a baseball stadium’s jumbotron [link]
This nightmarish Rollercoaster Tycoon track takes 12 years to ride [link]
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