It's no secret that we're highly anticipating River City Girls 2, the sequel to WayForward's seminal beat 'em up RPG. The Japanese version arrived at the beginning of the month courtesy of publisher Arc System Works, but the release date of the North American and European versions has been up in the air. Thankfully, things have wrapped up nicely and WayForward has now announced December 15 as River City Girls 2's worldwide release date.
If you asked about my two most anticipated co-op games of the year, I'd answer with Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and River City Girls 2. The PC version of Darktide launches this week, thankfully, but things are slightly more complicated for the Misako and Kyoko, the tough girls from River City. WayForward has confirmed that the Japanese and Asian versions of River City Girls 2 will launch on December 1, but the North American release is due later in 2022. That's cutting it close!
Ninja Turtles fans have been hotly anticipating the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, the upcoming beat 'em up from Dotemu and Tribute Games. Rumors recently circulated about a mid-June release, and they have turned out to be true. Not only did Dotemu confirm the release date today, the publisher revealed Casey Jones as a playable character, 6-player co-op, and Game Pass availability for the Xbox version of the game!
It's rarely a happy occasion when a highly anticipated game gets pushed back, which has just happened with Fatshark's Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. The sci-fi-themed cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 was already pushed back once before. This cloud has a silver lining, however: Darktide finally ...
Around this time last year (which only feels like 5 years ago), we heard about a new action-survival game called Tribes of Midgard, which showed players running around a world fighting monsters from Norse legends, collecting materials, and building a home base. The title looked promising - particularly as it supports up to 10 players online - and during this year's Summer Game Fest, we finally got news of an official release date. Fell giants and defend the Seed of Yggdrasil with your buddies on July 27, 2021.
The original Battletoads on NES, released in 1991, is still considered one of the hardest video games ever. Take that Dark Souls. Now the game is getting a new sequel featuring Rash, Zitz and Pimple in an "all-new action-packed adventure of choreographed chaos."
It's been a long time coming, but Hellraid is finally going to see the light of day. While the development of medieval style game was halted back in 2015, it lived on within the walls of developer Techland. Now a full fledged piece of DLC for Dying Light, players can finally experience at least some of what was originally intended.
The Nintendo Switch version of Rebellion's Zombie Army Trilogy finally has a release date: March 31, 2020. Get ready to snipe the undead on the go!
Cococumber's voxel-styled action-RPG, Riverbond, will arrive on the Nintendo Switch next month, which has been out on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 since June. Its debut on the Switch isn't the only piece of news here, though, as there will also be a free content update, "Crystalwatch," that will release the same day for all versions of the game.
The Horsemen will return this winter in Darksiders Genesis. The fourth game in the Darksiders franchise changes things up a little bit in two ways. First, rather than a third-person action game, Darksiders Genesis runs a little more in the top-down, twin-stick shooter vein, though it definitely still utilizes action game mechanics. Second, and more importantly, it supports two player co-op! Team up with a buddy and kick some demon butt as War and Strife.
There's been a lot of good words floating around out there about the forthcoming "Iceborne" expansion for Monster Hunter: World. The quality-of-live improvements, in particular, have been appreciated, but there's a lot of content there, too. There's also been a few bad words floating around: delayed release on PC. It wasn't clear how long PC players would have to wait, but Capcom cleared that up: January 2020.
Rebellion’s upcoming Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition for Nintendo Switch has received a trailer that proudly touts the October 1st, 2019 release date. While the game was originally available in 2014 on PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and 4, this Ultimate Edition of Sniper Elite 3 will be the first time the long-running Sniper Elite franchise has reached a Nintendo platform since the WiiU version of Sniper Elite V2 in 2013. Pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch version are available now for $39.99 but you can catch the full release date trailer below.
