Welcome to This Week In Games Australia. Take a look at everything you'll be playing over the next 7 days.
This week's biggest releases are: Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 For Xbox Series X|S and PC.If you didn't know that hellblade 2 You may not be the only one released this week. Xbox appears to have pulled out of marketing this title quite late. And it's mostly limited to launch graphics on social media. A direct sequel to the 2017 blockbuster movie Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice And the game that Xbox made a fuss about.Acquired studio Ninja Theory with original strength hell blade, it was talked about at The Game Awards when it announced a sequel. The game is finally here, but Xbox doesn't seem to be really spending any money to tell people about it. The game continues Senua's story, but focusing on her deteriorating mental health may prove to be too much for some players.Just like the original, we look forward to the challenge of hellblade 2 Becoming psychological.
Ubisoft's free-to-play multiplayer shooter x Defiant Arriving this week as well, that blending attempt call of duty warzone Use your own IP suite.Numerous squads from different forces are included in the ranks Tom Clancy games like ghost scout and divisionsimilar to Echelon, splinter cell. There are also some from his other Ubi titles, such as the hacker group DedSec. watch dogs. The initial reception has been very positive, so we'll see how it goes.
Paper Mario Thousand Year Door A long-running remake of the popular GameCube title released in 2002 will also be released this week. Will this be one of his last big Switch exclusive games before the Switch 2 comes out? Time will tell. As for “Ninty,'' the original was great, so I have full expectations that this one will be a great work as well.
There's also a ton of great indie releases hitting the market this week. border tower and paper trail Both deserve special mention. duck detective and Z Gillions.
There are a lot of things I want to do this week, so let's take our time.
May 21st
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (XSX, PC)
Song of Conquest (PC)
System Shock (PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO)
Boundary Tower (PC)
xDefiant (PS5, XSX, PC)
May 22nd
Gestalt: Steam and Cinder (PC, NS, XBO, PS4)
Paper Trail (PS5, XSX, PC, NS, PS4, XBO)
Survival: Fountain of Youth (PC)
May 23rd
Harvest Hunt (PC)
Paper Mario Thousand Year Door (NS)
RKGK/Doodle(PC)
Adventure into Vice (PC)
May 24th
Crown Wars: Black Prince (PS5, XSX, PC, NS, PS4, XBO)
Duck Detective: Secret Salami (PC, NS)
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (PS5)
retail
Haunty (PC)
Rocket Rumble (PS5, XSX, PC)
Song of Silence (PC)
early access
Slave Zero X (PS5, NS)
World of Goo 2 (PC, NS)
Z Gillions (PC)
May 25th
Besiege: Torn Sea (PC)
Images: Xbox, Nightdive, Ubisoft, Kotaku Australia