We learned what was leaving Game Pass only yesterday as we bid farewell to Life Is Strange: True Colors, Moonglow Bay, and The Long Dark. But it seems the subscription gods (and whoever runs that division) saw our frowns, as Microsoft have now announced the next few games hitting the service this fortnight.
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Crab Champions is a crab shoot ’em up sequel to that dancing crab meme
2018 April 1st, the music producer Nosiestorm dropped the single Crab Rave, which became a meme sensation. Since the music video was made with the Unreal Engine 4, it’s no surprise that the Nosiestorm ventured into game development, and threw the rave cabe into a shooting game. After three long years of development, Crab Champions was finally launched – on April 1st this year.
Overwatch 2’s next hero Lifeweaver might fix the game’s support problem
Overwatch 2‘s next playable character is a support hero called Lifeweaver and he’ll be joining the roster alongside Season 4, expected to begin on April 11th. Blizzard had previously said they were committed to bolstering Overwatch 2’s support lineup since it’s currently the game’s most taxing and least rewarding role to play. It seems they’re making good on that promise, though, as Lifeweaver’s reported abilities have the potential to sway matches.
Fight a cherry blossom fox in the next free Wild Hearts update
Wild Hearts is getting its first new Kemono species later this week as part of a post-launch update. April 6th will bring new creatures to hunt, new abilities to hunt with, and more ways to enhance your equipment – presumably to get better at hunting.
Raidborn doesn’t try or need to be more than a bit of stabby fun
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Storybook strategy sim Six Ages 2 treks to PC this summer
Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind was a spiritual successor to 1999’s cult classic King Of Dragon Pass, created by some of that game’s former developers. Six Ages is now receiving its own proper successor later this summer, developer A Sharp and publisher Kitfox have announced. Just like its predecessor, Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out is a blend of tribal management and choose your own adventure drills, all wrapped up in some gorgeous fantasy illustrations.
Star Wars: Jedi Survivor is more Fallen Order, and that’s okay
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor last week, I can tell you it is exactly what you probably already thought it would be: a competent, big-budget action-adventure sequel, well made by talented people, that isn’t breaking the mould but expands upon the first game in the areas you liked best. If, like myself, you enjoyed Jedi: Fallen Order, this will probably be a solid follow-up for you. But if you were less well disposed towards that first game, you’d probably want to swap “consistent” for the word “predictable”.
April’s Game Pass leavers include Life Is Strange: True Colors and The Long Dark
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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator devs release a free archive of 23 playable prototypes
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator – have released its next game, although game (singular) might be inaccurate. Landfall Archives is a digital museum of sorts, compiling 23 playable prototypes and demos from unreleased projects that never crossed the finish line. It’s out now, and best of all, it’s free.
The Last Starship’s alpha 2 adds free roam mode, ship docking, and much more
The Last Starship, the new game from the developers of Prison Architect, is currently in the earliest stages of early access. Its latest update is named “Alpha 2” to help make that clear. Released this past week, it expands the industrial and manufacturing aspects of the spacefleet simulator.