Pokémon Presents got a bit busy this week, and the first sales figures for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 arrived. The round of announcements was also colorful. After all the other videos of the week, we finally have two reviews and the new releases for August for you. Don’t miss anything – read the weekly review!
A new broadcast of Pokémon Presents provided us with many details Purple Pokémon and Pokemon Karmesin (Switch). The big new gameplay feature is the teracrystallization. Overall you can three stories experience and also the multi-game mode became more specific. The Pokémon Company also showed the early bird bonus and promoted the coming ones Pokémon World Championships.
This week was particularly exciting the Japanese sales charts. clearly in front Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch). This makes it the best launch of the Xenoblade series to date.
Various publishers have unveiled new projects in the past few days. An open secret war Tactics Ogre: Reborn (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC), but Square Enix still had the first German implementation in its quiver. After a teaser, D3 Publisher announced the action game Samurai Maiden (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC) on. In winter you can join the girls in the fray. The new project by Inti Creates listen to the name Grim Guardians: Demon Purge (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC). at Recall: Empty Wishes (PC) it is for a psychological thriller.
There were two surprising releases Mega Man Battle & Fighters (Switch) (Link) and Amazing Bomberman (Mobil) (Link). It makes it west in August die „Raising Simulation“ Lair Land Story (Switch, PC). Already available for a few days Sword and Fairy: Together Forever (PS4, PS5) (Link) such as GigaBash (PS4, PS5, PC) (Link).
After a long time, the remake announced itself Fate/EXTRA Record finally again with a trailer return. Next to the Japanese overview trailer to Soul Hackers 2 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC) Atlus also showed the conflicts of the characters. The Japanese indie adventure also attracted attention CALME (Switch, PC) (Link 1, Link 2). Otome fans were able to record two dates. So appears Lover Pretend (Switch) on December 1stwhile Paradigm Paradox (Switch) already on October 27th is published.
Out of their Mystery-Adventure Project Code Name M (PS4, Switch, PC) we saw the investigators’ side. After almost a year followed the second trailer to ONI: Road to be the Mightiest Oni (PS4, PS5, PC). With a graphic comparison was waiting Pac-Man World Re-Pac (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC) on and already in September leaves Hokko Life (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC) the early access. Furthermore, the upcoming DLC fighter showed up Nezuko Kamado (Advanced Demon Form) out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC). Launches on Netflix in September the anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Next we come to the two new reviews of JPGAMES. The 90’s JRPG Live A Live (Switch) (to the test report) has finally made it to the West, even with a German implementation. The experimental episode format still provides variety in several eras. It also offers a lot of nostalgia Sonic Origins (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC) (to the test report). The four titles in the collection are a piece of video game history and still fantastic today.
We don’t have a review yet Digimon Survive (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)however we can you an assessment give after the first hours of play. The PlayStation Plus will land soon Yakuza Series. We’ve got why you should play these – and in what order explained in an article.
With new releases August 2022 will only get really interesting towards the end. Out of our list also shows, due to the summer, that things are rather quiet here.