New Releases: Nov. 21st-27th, 2024

This week, Divine Dynamo Flamefrit (pictured) blazes its way to release, while SPRAWL slides on consoles and Trombone Champ: Unflattened hits all the right notes to land on VR hardware. Here’s the complete list of what’s arriving on PCs and consoles this week:

PlayStation 4

Divine Dynamo Flamefrit (digital, $6.29)
Neon Blood (digital, $19.99)
Nine Sols (digital, $29.99)
Platform 8 (digital, $3.99)
Ravenswatch (digital, $29.99)

PlayStation 5

Amedama (digital, $19.99)
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra (digital, $24.99)
Spirit Mancer (digital, $19.99)
SPRAWL (digital, $14.99)
Super Rolling Heroes Deluxe (digital, $10.99)
Super Woden GP Podium Edition (physical & digital, $29.99)
The Devil Within: Satgat (digital, $24.99)
Trombone Champ: Unflattened (digital, $TBA, PS VR 2)

Switch

Banana-Clicker (digital, $2.99)
Blackout: The Darkest Night (digital, $11.04)
Car Mechanic Shop Simulator (digital, $4.99)
Cook For Love (digital, $12.99)
Critter Café (digital, $19.99)
Divine Dynamo Flamefrit (digital, $6.29)
Drag Racing Professionals: Dirt Mechanic Simulator (digital, $9.99)
Draw li (digital, $6.99)
EGGCONSOLE Guardic MSX (digital, $6.49)
Eraser VS Ruler (digital, $7.00)
Extreme City Delivery: Bike Ride Simulator (digital, $4.99)
Find Love Or Die Trying (digital, $12.99)
Flight Attendant Simulator: Onboard Tasks (digital, $9.99)
Fridge Escape (digital, $3.99)
Hakkakudoku (digital, $1.99)
Headhunters: Bang Bang (digital, $9.99)
Hero Rescue (digital, $3.99)
Hidden Shy Cats & Dogs Bundle (digital, $7.98)
Homecoming -KITAKU- (digital, $2.99)
Ichima-san (digital, $9.89)
Idle Devils (digital, $9.59)
Jet Combat: Cats VS Dogs Military Simulator (digital, $7.99)
Loco Motive (digital, $17.99)
Nine Sols (digital, $29.99)
Platform 8 (digital, $3.99)
Project 13: Taxidermy Trails (digital, $5.99)
Rescue: The Beagles (digital, $9.99)
Santa’s Chimney Quest (digital, $5.99)
SCP-087 The Stairwell Horror (digital, $4.99)
Servonauts (digital, $14.99)
Shinjuku Soumei (digital, $23.99)
Shockman Collection Vol. 2 (digital, $11.99)
Spirit Mancer (digital, $19.99)
Super Bunny Man (digital, $14.99)
Super Rolling Heroes Deluxe (digital, $10.99)
Time Walker: Dark World (digital, $6.99)
Tiny Cats (digital, $4.99)
Zero to Dance Hero (digital, $49.99)

Xbox One

Aery – Peace of Mind (digital, $11.99)
Arida: Backland’s Awakening – Definitive Edition (digital, $TBA)
Divine Dynamo Flamefrit (digital, $6.29)
Neon Blood (digital, $19.99)
Nine Sols (digital, $29.99)
Ravenswatch (digital, $29.99)
Shines Over: The Damned (digital, $14.99)
Super Rolling Heroes Deluxe (digital, $10.49)

Xbox Series S/X

Amedama (digital, $19.99)
Beyond Hanwell (digital, $29.99)
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra (digital, $24.99)
SPRAWL (digital, $14.99)

PC

Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms ($31.49)
ATYLSS ($TBA)
Claymores of the Lost Kingdom ($TBA)
Crystal Breaker ($TBA)
Dokimon: Quest ($TBA)
Dungeon Clawler ($8.99)
Electrogical ($5.94)
Fantasy Aquarium ($TBA)
ICBM: Escalation ($26.99)
Loco Motive (digital, $16.19)
LumineNight ($TBA)
Mercury Abbey ($TBA)
Neon Blood ($19.99)
New Arc Line ($TBA)
PockeDate! – Pocket Dating Simulator (free)
Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th ($TBA)
Spirit Mancer ($19.99)
Star Wars Outlaws ($52.49)
Strinova (free)
Toastercide ($TBA)
Trombone Champ: Unflattened ($TBA, VR)
Wild Country ($TBA)
Witch and Council: The Card ($TBA)

Rob’s pick: Originally created as a pre-order bonus for Card-en-Ciel, Inti Creates’ Divine Dynamo Flamefrit is available as a standalone purchase. At about 90 minutes long, it’s a brief experience and it definitely caters to fans of retro titles. But I loved the fusion of A Link to the Past-style combat with first-person boss battles that feel a bit like Punch-Out!! Between the kick-ass theme song and environmental incineration that can scorch a screenful of foes, I had a lot of fun with it.

Currently, I’m playing through Sprit Mancer, which deserves mention for blending platforming, 2D combat, along with the collection of summonable spirits. Undoubtedly, that’s quite a rich recipe and I’m not completely sold on the combat system. That said, the lure of accumulating spirit cards is absorbing and the spritework is solid, so if you’re into genre-mashes, give it a look. Lastly, congrats to Strinova for being a free-to-play shooter with an art style that appealing.

Ryan’s pick: All this paragon level grinding in Diablo IV has put me in a spot where I need some levity, and I think Toastercide is going to deliver just that. Swinging around various environments via your electric cord, you are a Toaster that is tasked with throwing yourself into the bathtubs of various targets. I can definitely see myself enjoying learning the intricacies of Toaster maneuvering skills as I try to reach bathtubs placed in increasingly odd places. This for some reason lives in the same area as Katamari Damacy in my brain in terms of being a fairly abstract idea, but it looks quirky and fun so I’m down to give it a try.

I’m not usually the one to suggest puzzle games, but Electrogical on Steam looked interesting. It reminds me a bit of some of the games we may have seen back when the Gameboy first came out. The game blends some puzzle piece placement and some simple arithmetic. It may not be for everyone, but I like the visual aesthetic, and it could be a good family oriented game. Last shout out goes to Genshin Impact’s 5.2 patch that hit yesterday. I think most may be saving for the pyro archon in 5.3, but I really like the new area in Natlan and the direction Mihoyo is taking with some of the new characters like Chasca in terms of her abilities is keeping the game interesting.

Matt S’ pick (editor, DigitallyDownloaded): Honestly, there’s really not much there for me this week. So instead, I’ll be playing “fight with Ren’Py”. It’s my favourite game at the moment. It makes me want to throw my computer out the window.

I’m also playing a bunch of games coming up for release in the upcoming weeks. As dull as this week is, there is plenty on the way, I promise you all.