New Releases: Nov. 14th-20th, 2024

This week, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (pictured) brings the inaugural chapter of the Erdrick Trilogy to a new generation of players, while Goblin Slayer – Another Adventurer Nightmare Feast adapts Kumo Kagyu’s light novel into interactive form. If neither light nor dark fantasy interests you, perhaps Touhou Spell Carnival’s innovative blend of bullet hell shooter and strategy role-playing might. Here’s the full list of what’s arriving on PCs and consoles:

PlayStation 4

Access Denied: Escape (digital, $4.99)
Anomaly Agent (digital, $14.99)
Arcade Archives – Konami’s Ping-Pong (digital, $7.99)
Heretic’s Fork (digital, $9.99)
Irem Collection Volume 2 (digital, $24.99)
Mindcop (digital, $14.99)
Rage of the Dragons NEO (digital, $19.99)
Touhou Spell Carnival (digital, $49.99, $69.99)
VED (digital, $24.99)

PlayStation 5

Crusader Kings III: Tours and Tournaments (digital, $29.99)
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (physical & digital, $59.99)
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion (digital, $39.99)
LEGO Horizon Adventures (digital, $59.99)
Petit Island (digital, $29.99)
Smoothcade (digital, $6.99)
Towers of Aghasba (digital, $29.99)

Switch

49 Keys (digital, $9.99)
4×4 Adventure: Rocky Pathways (digital, $9.99)
A Good Gardener (digital, $2.99)
Access Denied: Escape (digital, $4.99)
Amedama (digital, $19.99)
Angry Neighbor Simulator (digital, $7.99)
Anime Girls Wasteland Shootout (digital, $5.99)
ATV Stunt Racing: Extreme Offroad Simulator (digital, $3.99)
Bear Simulator – Ragnarok’s Rise Survival (digital, $9.99)
Bridge Race (digital, $4.99)
Bullet Runner (digital, $16.99)
Cat Clean Ocean (digital, $7.99)
Check and Slash (digital, $4.99)
Debut Project: Cooking Café (digital, $26.99)
Deserted (digital, $19.99)
Dorfs: Hammers for Hire (digital, $14.99)
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (physical & digital, $59.99)
Drone World Tour: Flight Simulator (digital, $4.99)
Duckweed (digital, $14.99)
Ecchi Fever (digital, $19.99)
EGGCONSOLE Ys MSX2 (digital, $6.49)
Goblin Slayer – Another Adventurer Nightmare Feast (digital, $31.99)
Great God Grove (digital, $19.99)
Heretic’s Fork (digital, $9.99)
Irem Collection Volume 2 (digital, $24.99)
JankenUp! (digital, $6.99)
Land of Mushrooms (digital, $2.36)
LEGO Horizon Adventures (digital, $59.99)
Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest (digital, $29.99)
Matsuro Palette (digital, $8.99)
Mechanic Supermarket 2024 (digital, $9.99)
Meowsterpiece Museum (digital, $2.99)
Mindcop (digital, $14.99)
Miniatures (digital, $5.99)
MONPIC -The Hatchling Meets a Girl- (digital, $6.99)
Mounted Knights Battle : Medieval Warrior Honor Simulator (digital, $9.99)
MySims: Cozy Bundle (digital, $39.99)
NAIRI: Rising Tide (digital, $11.99)
Petit Island (digital, $26.99)
Platform 9 – No Way Out (digital, $5.99)
Racing Champions (digital, $4.99)
Rage of the Dragons NEO (digital, $19.99)
Santa’s Spot It (digital, $19.00)
Shanghai Mahjong Solitaire Premium II (digital, $4.99)
Slam and Roll (digital, $14.99)
Smoothcade (digital, $6.99)
Spellagis (digital, $4.99)
Snaky Snakes (digital, $6.99)
Stray (digital, $26.99)
Touhou Spell Carnival (digital, $49.99, $69.99)
VED (digital, $24.99)
Visa Control: USA Border Simulator (digital, $7.99)
Voodoo Strikers (digital, $4.79)
Who Needs a Hero? (digital, $4.99)

Xbox One

Access Denied: Escape (digital, $4.99)
Heretic’s Fork (digital, $9.99)
Matsuro Palette (digital, $9.99)
Petit Island (digital, $29.99)
Rage of the Dragons NEO (digital, $19.99)
Repit (digital, $9.99)
Slam and Roll (digital, $14.99)
VED (digital, $24.99)

Xbox Series S/X

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (physical & digital, $59.99)

PC

Arcane Wilds ($TBA)
Divine Dynamo Flamefrit ($TBA)
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake ($59.99)
Epic Auto Towers ($13.49)
Forgotten but Unbroken ($TBA)
LEGO Horizon Adventures ($59.99)
Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest ($26.99)
Maid Cafe on Electric Street ($TBA)
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 ($69.99 – $199.99)
Mindcop ($14.99)
Miniatures ($5.99)
NAIRI: Rising Tide ($11.99)
Petit Island ($17.99)
Rage of the Dragons NEO ($19.99)
RAM: Random Access Mayhem ($TBA)
Skygard Arena ($TBA)
Sorry We’re Closed ($19.12)
Space Trash Scavenger ($13.39)
Struggle F.O ($TBA)
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition ($26.99)
Toads of the Bayou ($TBA)
Towers of Aghasba ($29.99)
Tricky Madness ($TBA)
VED ($24.99)

Rob’s Pick: From being my first console RPG, receiving a slime controller for my PlayStation 2 as a holiday gift, to seeing Lawson’s completely coated by Akira Toriyama’s iconic artwork, Yuji Horii’s series has produced so many salient memories. One of my favorite recollections might be the summer playing Sentinels of the Starry Skies in the backyard with my dog on my lap.

While I missed the release of 1992’s Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation, I did play the third entry when the 2001 Game Boy Color Port was released, burning through a few packs of AA batteries before finally vanquishing evil and earning the title of “Erdrick”. Looking back, that was one of the games that solidified my adoration for Japanese role-playing games. I can’t wait to renew those feelings with the HD-2D remake. Hopefully, I’ll be able to squeeze in some time for Maid Cafe on Electric Street. I’ve often longed to manage a maid café in the digital world. Let’s hope it lets me jack up those prices for lackluster omurice and pictures with the girls.

Ryan’s pick: I’m not one to pass up a chance to try out a new fighting game, especially ones that only existed in the arcades. Rage of the Dragons was released in the arcades back in 2002 and was intended to be a fighter featuring the characters from Double Dragon however due to licensing the game needed pivot and include a different cast of new characters. There are still some light remaining homages to the Double Dragon series in the game, so I am planning to give Rage of the Dragons NEO this week as I really like the sprite work.

The roguelike genre continues to innovate as its popularity grows, and RAM: Random Access Mayhem does exactly that. The part about this one that has me interested is you have the ability to swap between the enemies to take control of a new host as you fight through the levels. It seems like a pretty interesting mechanic, and I’m definitely curious how this plays out with boss fights. One final nod goes to Struggle F.O. which features anime-inspired art and is an action RPG. I like the character designs and there are slight hints of some bullet-hell inspired boss fights, so this could also be worth a quick look.

Matt S’ pick (editor, DigitallyDownloaded): This is an easy one this week. Dragon Quest III was a game that was well ahead of its time. Now it has the HD-2D remake treatment it looks and feels like a game from today. Sure, the combat system is classical, but in terms of storytelling, world building, and everything that we love about Dragon Quest, this could as easily be Dragon Quest XII as III.

I’m also very keen at checking out this Goblin Slayer game. I don’t know that much about the anime, truth be told, other than it’s 1) controversial and 2) dark fantasy. I can guess why 2) has resulted in 1). However, what catches my interest with this game is that it’s a tactics RPG, and I always have time for tactics RPGs. As long as it does a baseline job of introducing me to Goblin Slayer I’m quite sure I’ll enjoy this game a great deal.