Each week there are plenty of new games coming out. Although with so much going on it can be hard to keep track of them all. Thankfully Checkpoint is here to sift through them all and bring you our highlights of the week.
So let’s jump in and have a look at what’s coming out in gaming this week.
Tyrant’s Blessing
Date: 08/08/2022
Genre: Strategy / RPG
Platforms: PC, Switch
“Tyrant’s Blessing is a tactical turn-based game where your ability to plan, adapt, and strategize is more important than min-maxing your units or finding the sharpest sword in the hoard. Select battles every day, make challenging choices, and cleverly use the strengths of these rag-tag insurgents to defeat the undead hordes and maybe – just maybe – bring real life back to Tyberia.”
Timothy and the Tower of Mu
Date: 09/08/2022
Genre: Action / Platformer
Platforms: PC
“Ascend the tower to save your grandfather in this classic, hardcore action-platformer. The Tower of Mu is waiting for you… Push past each check point to the next awaiting challenge; dashing, jumping, and slinging your way up to the towers peak. Die. learn. Overcome.”
Two Point Campus
Date: 09/08/2022
Genre: Simulation / Indie
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch
“Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.”
Lost in Play
Date: 10/08/2022
Genre: Puzzle / Adventure / indie
Platforms: PC, Switch
“Lost in Play is a journey through childhood imagination with thoughtfully crafted puzzles and colorful characters. Play as a brother and sister duo on an adventure to find their way back home. Between reality and fantasy, the siblings explore the enchanted forest of a horned beast, start a rebellion in a goblin village, and help a team of frogs free a sword from a stone.”
Pulling No Punches
Date: 10/08/2022
Genre: Action / Inide
Platforms: PC
“Pulling No Punches is a satirical game in the 2D beat’em up style with classic arcade influences and modern visuals. The game follows the fictional story of a global pandemic that engulfed the world and is being ignored by fanatics who do not believe that the disease is real. It is up to the main characters, 4 common citizens adequately protected with gloves and masks, to deal with these fanatics and solve the situation with the force of their own fists.”
Book Quest
Date: 10/08/2022
Genre: Action / Adventure / RPG
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch
“Book Quest is an action adventure RPG presented in retro pixel art style featuring cinematic cutscenes and dialogue. Throughout this medieval fantasy, gameplay alternates between top-down and side-scrolling perspectives. Dodge roll and execute melee attacks, collect key items, solve environmental puzzles, equip new gear as you progress and engage in unique mini games as you travel between map locations! This is a nostalgic adventure suitable for all ages, whether you’re a long-time gamer who recalls the genre classics or a newcomer just learning the ropes.”
Arcade Paradise
Date: 11/08/2022
Genre: Adventure / Indie
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch
“Welcome to Arcade Paradise, the 90’s-fuelled retro arcade adventure. Rather than washing rags for a living, you decide to turn the family laundromat into the ultimate arcade. Play, profit, and purchase new arcade machines, with over 35 to choose from, to build your very own Arcade Paradise!”
Cult of the Lamb
Date: 11/08/2022
Genre: Action / Adventure / Roguelike
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch
“Cult of the Lamb casts players in the role of a possessed lamb saved from annihilation by an ominous stranger, and must repay their debt by building a loyal following in his name. Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.”
Super Bullet Break
Date: 12/08/2022
Genre: Adventure / Strategy
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch
“Super Bullet Break is a one-of-a-kind strategy deck builder inspired by your favourite gacha games. Filled with a wild bunch of cute and colourful characters – ‘Bullets’ – each and every one of them unique in their own way. Rescue the online game world from total destruction in Super Bullet Break, where online multiplayer games have been taken over by a rogue AI! Can you save the world, defeat enemies in strategic turn-based battles and beat Super Bullet Break?”
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered (Port)
Date: 12/08/2022
Genre: Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC
“Developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with Marvel, and optimized for PC by Nixxes Software, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered on PC introduces an experienced Peter Parker who’s fighting big crime and iconic villains in Marvel’s New York. At the same time, he’s struggling to balance his chaotic personal life and career while the fate of Marvel’s New York rests upon his shoulders.”
City Eye
Date: 12/08/2022
Genre: Strategy / Simulation
Platforms: PC
“In the world of City Eye, you’ll become an operator of the Central Monitoring System, who will try to prevent the effects of every single transgression in the game. Use city maps to track dangerous areas and don’t let the suspects run away from the Police.”
Cult of the Lamb
If you’ve eve had the late-night thought that starting a cult would be easy, here’s the perfect game to test your abilities with. Rich and deceptively sweet-hearted, it’s hard not to don the cultists robes already before its release. I think we can expect to see some great moments from this indie roguelike.
Be sure to check out last week’s Coming Out to see what you may have missed!
What new titles coming out are you most excited for this week? Let us know!
About the Author
Vivienne Wright
They/Them
Artist, creator, streamer and chaos bean, Vava is always laughing and rarely pessimistic. You can usually spot them playing Genshin Impact on Twitch weekly, dreaming up new worlds in D&D, consuming horror and fantasy content or sleeping in a blanket burrito.
