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.
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
Date: 08/04/2024
Genre: Simulation
Platforms: PC
“Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack.
Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.”
Gigantic: Rampage Edition
Date: 09/04/2024
Genre: Action
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
“GIGANTIC: RAMPAGE EDITION is a premium and definitive release of the original 5v5 MOBA Hero Shooter, GIGANTIC, that provides a dynamic and exciting team-based multiplayer experience for fans of both genres. Choose from a diverse roster of unique heroes, each with a set of upgradeable abilities, and team up with four other players to control objectives and take down the opposing team’s mighty Guardian, all while protecting your own.”
Botany Manor
Date: 09/04/2024
Genre: Adventure
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch
“Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…”
Children of the Sun
Date: 09/04/2024
Genre: Action / Strategy
Platforms: PC
“On a deadly road trip into darkness, control the path of a single bullet and unleash a fury of vengeance on the sinister cult that ruined your life in this tactical puzzle-shooter.”
Broken Roads
Date: 10/04/2024
Genre: RPG
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
“Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing journey across the wilds.”
Turbo Kid
Date: 10/04/2024
Genre: Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch
“A nostalgic metroidvania adventure with insane weapons, skills, and pixel gore. Ride your BMX and blast your enemies as you discover the secrets of the Wasteland.”
Ereban: Shadow Legacy
Date: 10/04/2024
Genre: Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC
“Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a fast-paced stealth platformer game where you become Ayana, the last descendant of a forgotten race. Harness mystical shadow powers, high-tech gadgets and avoid or kill to uncover the truth about your past and the key to saving a dying, morally grey universe.”
Inkbound
Date: 10/04/2024
Genre: Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC
“A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.”
Goons: Legends & Mayhem
Date: 11/04/2024
Genre: Action / Sports
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S
“A frantic blend of beat ’em up and arcade hockey that plays out over various themed levels with opposing teams of heroes outfitted with unique abilities. Insane sports action like you’ve never seen before!”
Headquarters: World War II
Date: 11/04/2024
Genre: Strategy / Simulation
Platforms: PC
“Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.”
Die Again
Date: 11/04/2024
Genre: Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5
“Die Again is an innovative top-down shooter game filled with action and strategy. If you die, you can possess the closest enemy’s body to keep playing. But be careful: if no one is near you, game over!”
Sophia the Traveler
Date: 11/04/2024
Genre: Indie
Platforms: PC, Switch
“Join our lovely heroine as she roams Venice, the City of Water. Like a Where’s Wally Visual Novel: Search for objects & characters in stunning and vivid hand-painted cityscapes!”
INSPIRE
Date: 12/04/2024
Genre: Action / Adventure
Platforms: PC
“INSPIRE is a Stylized Top-Down Shooter set in the near future. Customize your arsenal, soar through the skies with your jetpack, and shoot your way through an alien invasion alongside your transformable backpack companion.”
Broken Roads
It’s great to see a post-apocalyptic journey set a little too close to home. We’re sure to be wrapped up in a tangle of exciting lore, storytelling and strategies to keep us up all night.
Be sure to check out our previous 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.
