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This week's least outwardly offputting game releases, plus our weekly newsblog
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Ugh, I do not have the energy to feed the Maw this week. Sometimes the creature manifests as a proper monstrosity, with B-movie prosthetics and sound effects, and sometimes, it's more of an... unfathomable annoyance, like a nose that won't stop running, or a single player game that requires an internet connection. In either case, the Maw must be sated, and fortunately, there are quite a few appetising video-or-computer games out in the next seven days, with at least one behemoth landing on Friday.
Here they are: fantasy medieval survival town-builder Bellwright (23rd April); shamanic metroidvania Tales of Kenzera: Zau (23rd April); gangland horror FPS Jawbreaker (23rd April); cosmic horny simulator Sucker for Love: Date to Die For (23rd April); Pikminish factory RTS Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure (24th April); anime mech brawler Megaton Mushashi W: Wired (25th April); Dragon Ball X Mad Max tank 'em up Sand Land (25th April); not-a-Total-War-killer Manor Lords (26th April).
As ever, this list of releases is but the product of our pitiful brains. Your, vastly more developed intellect may have identified other games that are equally deserving of a mention. It's just as well, then, that the MawTron 5000 comes equipped with a Comments-O-Matic feature - please let us know what we've missed, and have a good week.
09:06 am UTC
An English Haunting has a release date, and it's soon! May 15th. I'm stoked for this one - I wrote about the demo as a supporter post and whacked it on our most anticipated list. It's a spooky point and click adventure set in Edwardian England, where you play a professor who has to prove the existence of ghosts. I dunno what else I can say to sell it to you, but here's a new trailer the devs put on Xitter.
– Alice Bell
09:03 am UTC
Helldivers 2 players have hit their objective of killing two billion terminids, and done it within a twelve hour stretch. For context, that'd take a single player around 62 years if they killed one terminid a second. There are some rumblings that the counter might have been a bit too generous though, via PC Gamer.
– Nic Reuben
09:02 am UTC
Uncapped Games boss and former StarCraft 2 multiplayer lead David Kim is teasing a new RTS, which will be revealed during Summer Game Fest in June. Catch word of it in the below documentary.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
09:00 am UTC
Like a Minecraft slime but not as cuddly, Embracer Group are splitting into three separate companies – Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
08:57 am UTC
IT'S MONDAY AGAIN
Why do they keep doing this to us. FEED THE MAW.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
