This Week In Games: The Sims Goes To Star Wars

This Week In Games: The Sims Goes To Star Wars

What does The Sims look like with lightsabers? It’s time to Journey to Batuu.

The Star Wars-themed expansion is one of the headline releases this week. It’s sharing the spotlight with the re-release of Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning and Necromunda: Underhive Wars.

The latter is Necromunda’s first appearance in a full Warhammer video game, offering four-player co-op for anyone who enjoys those methodical, tactical RPGs.

Beyond that, there’s a ton of console releases to look forward to. The excellent Wintermoor Tactics Club hits all consoles this week, there’s a full release for Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York, a new WRC rally gamethe excellent looking sci-fi RPG Star Renegades, and more.

Here’s the leaderboard for This Week In Games:

Image: Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
  • Star Renegades | PC
  • The Sims 4: Journey to Batuu | PC
  • Shaolin Wutang: Eastern Heroes | Switch
  • Party Hard 2 | Switch, Xbox, PC
  • Avicii Invector | Switch
  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning | PC, PS4, Xbox
  • OkunoKA Madness | PC, PS4, Xbox, Switch
  • Meganoid | Switch
  • Hotshot Racing | PC, PS4, Xbox
  • Necromunda: Underhive Wars | PS4, Xbox One, PC
  • MO: Astray | Switch
  • Bounty Battle | PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
  • Hotshot Racing | PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
  • Wintermoor Tactics Club | PS4, Xbox One, Switch
  • Bake ‘n Switch | Switch
  • Othercide | Switch
  • Vampire: The Masquerade-Shadows of New York | PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
  • Space Robinson | Switch
  • The Snake King | Switch
  • Deleveled | Switch
  • Death and Taxes | Switch
  • Adventures of Pip | Switch
  • Redneck Ed: Astro Monsters Show | PC
  • Hungry Horace | PC
  • As Far As The Eye | PC
  • A Monster’s Expedition | PC
  • CarX Drift Racing Online | Xbox
  • Blazing Sails: Pirate Battle Royale | PC
  • Tamarin | PC

Onto the trailers! We’ll start with As Far As The Eye, a singleplayer roguelike about building a tribe trying to reach the centre of the world. It’s definitely got A Look, and you’ll understand what I mean when you see the video.

Definitely plenty to kick on with, then. I first saw Star Renegades at Gamescom a couple of years ago, and it looked a treat then, so it’s great to finally see it out this week. But what about yourselves — see any games you like this week?


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