Coming Out in gaming this week — December 11, 2023

Posted on December 11, 2023

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.

Dragon Bobby – The Story of a Life

Date: 11/12/2023
Genre:
Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC

“A uniquely beautiful game with third-person exploration and puzzles that tells the story of a man’s life from birth. You control a dragon who is an analogy of this man in the story. A true reflection on life.”

Ready or Not

Date: 13/12/2023
Genre:
Action / Adventure / FPS
Platforms: PC

“Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.”

House Flipper 2

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre: 
Simulation
Platforms: PC

“It’s time to dust off your hammer – House Flipper is back in a brand-new fashion! Buy and renovate run-down houses! Or maybe you want to build new ones? Now you can! Start as a rookie Flipper and make a fortune by helping out the community of the charming town of Pinnacove.”

Raccoo Venture

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch

“A collectathon 3D platform game where you explore the world to find all hidden collectibles, solving secrets, puzzles and find new outfits to customize our cute hero. Special abilities will blow your mind controlling chaos and order. Recover the pieces to defeat the terrible Tattooed Tatus.”

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5

“Rise to the challenge in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising! This powered up, revamped sequel to GBVS is more enjoyable and accessible than ever before. With simplified input options, even newcomers can engage in thrilling and strategic matches!”

Guardians of Holme

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Strategy
Platforms: PC

“Guardians of Holme is a tower defense game with deckbuilding and roguelite elements. Players must use the terrain to their advantage and formulate defensive tactics by strategically placing powerful traps to repel endless waves of enemies.”

Bahnsen Knights

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Adventure
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch

“1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.”

PARANOID

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Adventure / Horror
Platforms: PC

“Paranoid is a horror that tells the story of Patrick who has been living in isolation from the outside world for many years. One day he receives a phone call from his sister, who announces her visit more than a dozen years after she disappeared.”

SeaOrama: World of Shipping

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Simulation / Strategy
Platforms: PC

“In Seaorama: World of Shipping, you’ll have access to a fleet of over 17 types of ships and 90 port locations. But getting goods from one port to another is just the beginning…”

Racket Club

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Sports / VR
Platforms: Meta Quest 3

“Step onto the court and get swingin’! Racket Club takes all the fun of tennis and pickleball to create a brand new racket sport, built from the ground up for VR.”

Koumajou Remilia Ⅱ: Stranger’s Requiem

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Action / Adventure / Platformer
Platforms: PC, Switch

“Koumajou Remilia Ⅱ: Stranger’s Requiem is a gothic horror Touhou action game, boasting remastered HD graphics, fully-voiced lines by professional voice actresses, and even more content for the game.”

WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Adventure / Visual Novel
Platforms: PC

“A tale told with vivid colors and rich sound in a classic TYPE-MOON visual novel.”

CUSTOM MECH WARS

Date: 14/12/2023
Genre:
Action
Platforms: PC

“Take customization to the extreme with the Omega Customization System and battle with one-of-a-kind combat units in this all-new third-person shooter mecha game.”

Asgard’s Wrath 2

Date: 15/12/2023
Genre:
Action / Adventure / RPG
Platforms: Meta Quest 3

“Awaken, Cosmic Guardian – The fate of reality lies in your hands. Travel across vast realms inhabited by the gods in pursuit of the Trickster God Loki, who threatens to undo the threads of the universe. It’s up to you to battle gods and monsters alike as you take on one of the biggest and most epic scale Action RPGs ever experienced in VR.”

Card Detective

Date: 15/12/2023
Genre:
Strategy / RPG
Platforms: PC

“Players will take on the role of newspaper reporter Hazel Gong, who was originally covering a practice exercise at an abandoned building site, but stumbles upon a mysterious corpse in an accidental collapse!”

(Trailer on Steam only)

Astronimo

Date: 15/12/2023
Genre:
Adventure / Simulation
Platforms: PC

“Astronimo is a construction platform puzzler that takes you and your friends out of this world into a vast solar system, providing them with expansive creation tools to stretch the bounds of imagination.”

Trinity Fusion

Date: 15/12/2023
Genre:
Action / RPG
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S

“The final Early Access update! Take control of your parallel selves and explore dark, Sci-Fi worlds. Slash, bash and shoot your way through this unique rogue-lite metroidvania where the only way to save the multiverse is to end it.”

METRO QUESTER

Date: 15/12/2023
Genre:
RPG
Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch

“METRO QUESTER is a dungeon exploration RPG based in a post-apocalyptic futuristic world created by the manga artist Kazushi Hagiwara, with a deep game system designed by Hironori Kato that offers the excitement and surprises reminiscent of 1980s computer games through hack and slash.”

House Flipper 2

House Flipper is just one of those kind of games that is relaxing in the strangest ways. Usually the thought of cleaning or home repairs drives people mad, but not here – We’re looking forward to flipping more houses in this second installment. Flippin’ satisfying!

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!