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.

Midnight Fight Express

Date: 23/08/2022
Genre: Action / Indie
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch

“You’re Babyface, a former member of the criminal underworld lured back into “the life” by a mysterious AI drone. Your mission against impossible odds: Fight your way across the city before sunrise, and prevent a citywide criminal takeover together. Engage in a brutal and hyper-kinetic brawling ballet, using every environmental tool and street fighting technique at your disposal. Level up your abilities to take down the mounting onslaught of bozos, cronies, and crime lords.”

Yars: Recharged

Date: 23/08/2022
Genre: Action / Shooter
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Atari VCS

“Yars: Recharged is the latest title from Adamvision Studios and SneakyBox, the team behind the Atari Recharged series, infusing elements of arcade, shoot-em up, and bullet hell into the classic’s formula. Yars: Recharged requires players to remain acutely aware of visual and audio cues that hint of impending danger, and to master rhythm of each boss as they navigate increasingly complex enemy defenses, all to epic soundtrack by Megan McDuffee.”

Saints Row

Date: 23/08/2022
Genre: Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X

“As the future Boss, with Neenah, Kevin, and Eli by your side, you’ll form The Saints – and take on Los Panteros, The Idols, and Marshall as you build your empire across the streets of Santo Ileso and battle for control of the city. Ultimately Saints Row is the story of a start-up company, it’s just that the business The Saints are in happens to be crime. Experience the biggest and best Saints Row playground ever created; the unique sprawling world of Santo Ileso is the backdrop for a wild, larger than life sandbox of thrilling side hustles, criminal ventures and blockbuster missions, as you shoot, drive, and wingsuit your way to the top.”

Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory / Fallen Legion Revenants

Date: 23/08/2022
Genre: Action / RPG
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X

“In the face of adversity, how will you choose your fate? Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory / Fallen Legion Revenants puts you at the forefront of your adventure where every choice you make determines the life or death of those around you. Will you seek vengeance or the crown?”

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader

Date: 23/08/2022
Genre: Trivia
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch

“Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? is a charmingly humorous quiz game based on the popular TV franchise. Multiple-choice questions, true-or-false challenges, and minigames will test your proficiency in 24 different subjects. Faced with a tough question, you can always rely on your classmates for help. More than 6800 questions on topics like animal sciences, vocabulary, math, and more are delivered by a diverse, fully voiced, and animated cast of characters. Beat each challenge alone or together with family and friends in exciting couch co-op multiplayer gameplay to prove that you are, in fact, smarter than a 5th grader!”

SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE

Date: 24/08/2022
Genre: Action / RPG
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch

“SD Gundam Battle Alliance is a multiplayer Gundam action RPG where you can smash foes solo or with friends in thrilling mechanized combat. Acquire new mobile suits, power them up, and take them into battle in various missions!”

Islets

Date: 24/08/2022
Genre: Action / Adventure / Platformer
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Switch

“Islets is a surprisingly wholesome metroidvania about making connections with the people around you. By reuniting the islands and befriending a cast of charming characters, the world expands and reveals new parts of each area for Iko to explore. Scour every nook and cranny in order to collect the many upgrades hidden around this world and face its numerous hidden challenges!”

Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack

Date: 24/08/2022
Genre: Adventure / Puzzle
Platforms: PC

“A cozy 2D Point & Click adventure featuring multiple playable characters and plenty of silliness. Oh, and there’s time travel and relationship stuff going down too. And robots – lots of robots…”

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Date: 25/08/2022
Genre: Indie / RPG
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch

“Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.”

Starless

Date: 25/08/2022
Genre: Action
Platforms: PC

“Starless is stealth action with horror elements inspired classical sci-fi works. You’re waking up on a giant space ark teeming with dangerous monsters. Will the colonists manage to escape or will they remain forever wandering in endless space?”

PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC

Date: 26/08/2022
Genre: Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch

“First released in 1999, PAC-MAN WORLD saw PAC-MAN’s exciting debut to the 3D platforming genre. Now, the remaster that fans have requested is nearly here! In PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC, PAC-MAN arrives home on his birthday to find the Ghosts have kidnapped PAC-MAN’s family & friends and ruined his party! PAC-MAN must set out to adventure through the six areas of Ghost Island to rescue his family and friends, and face-off against the Ghosts’ boss, TOC-MAN!

Soul Hackers 2

Date: 26/08/2022
Genre: RPG
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X

“Explore a supernatural RPG with stylish summoners and dark dangers lurking under the neon lights of a cyberpunk Japan. It is up to Ringo, an agent of Aion, to save the world from apocalypse.”

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!