A selection of the most notable releases of the coming month.
May has come – the last month of a very meager spring for the games. But, unlike March and April, it should bring us at least something really meaningful, and at the same time a couple of releases that were delayed along the way.
The beginning of the month
May 6 will move from mobile gadgets to all major platforms Skate city – low poly skateboarding simulator. The genre isn’t exactly thriving right now, so Tony Hawk fans should take a look.
On Friday, May 7, the most anticipated project of the season, if not of the year at all, will be released: Resident evil village… Judging by what is already known about the game, we are going to have a kind of hybrid of the seventh part with the fourth, and that sounds great. Plus, no other playable character has rocked the internet in recent years like the vampire Lady Dimitrescu.
From May 10, will compete for players’ attention Hood: Outlaws & Legends… Judging by the trailer, this is an attempt to cross Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and Payday… Two gangs of thieves must race to steal treasures from a well-guarded fortress. There is also a division by class, and various types of opponents, and a variety of cards. In general, a complete set of multiplayer action movie. The creators already have a content plan for the year ahead – we’ll see if the game lasts such a long time.
Middle of the month
Adventure will appear on PC and consoles on May 12 Retro machina… In it you will get the role of a charming little robot that travels through the ruins of a bright future, as the science fiction writers of the beginning of the last century imagined it. It is proposed to defeat enemies and solve puzzles using the hero’s ability to subjugate other machines.
May 15 we are waiting for the main remaster of the year – Mass Effect: Legendary Edition… Now the owners of modern consoles can finally get acquainted with the trilogy that first lifted BioWare on Olympus, and then dropped from him. In the games, the graphics were updated, and in the first part, the gameplay was also tightened up.
On May 18, a port of a zombie action movie will be released on PC Days gone, which was expected back in April. Recall that according to the plot, the biker Deacon St. John travels across America, which has survived the apocalypse, and is trying to find his missing wife.
A stylish runner will appear on the 19th Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield… According to the plot, a young man named Wally figured out something that could affect the fate of his entire hometown. And, of course, some forces were immediately found that wanted to eliminate him as soon as possible, so the young man had to go on the run.
Hooligan Sandbox will be released on May 20 Just die already from the creators of the famous Goat simulator… You play as elderly people and perform various tasks, which, as a rule, are associated with receiving all kinds of absurd mutilations.
A meditative musical adventure will be released on the same day The Longest Road on Earth… With lyric songs sung by the developer, you will immerse yourself in four simple but deep stories from the life of anthropomorphic animals.
Then another musical game will appear – Of Bird and Cage… Basically, this is a two-hour interactive clip for a concept metal album. It tells the story of a drug addicted girl trying to escape from her violent boyfriend. What choice the player makes will determine how the fateful night will end for the heroine.
Also on May 20, an atmospheric and stunningly beautiful The wild at heart… A boy and a girl find themselves in a magical forest inhabited by outlandish creatures. But no matter how charming the local nature is, it is still cruel – in order to survive, the heroes will have to collect resources, make things and use the services of helper spirits. According to the trailer, the game resembles Don’t Starve and the animated series “On the other side of the fence”…
The end of the month
May 21 on all platforms will be released Knockout City – another try Electronic Arts make a colorful multiplayer hit like Rocket league or Splatoon… This time, they decided to take the good old bouncers as a basis: players just run around on the cards and throw balls at each other. Let’s see if the game disappears from the radar as quickly as Rocket arena…
On the same day, tactical lovers will receive Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom… In it, you, in the role of an American or British commander, will have to free hexagonal Europe from the forces of the Third Reich. And there is also an alternative historical campaign in the game, in which the allies are invited to go to Moscow.
On May 25, we will see a flurry of releases, and the most notable of them is Biomutant, an ambitious long-term construction about the green post-apocalypse. In this action RPG you play as an anthropomorphic raccoon who owns martial arts and, if necessary, can change his body through mutations.
At the same time, another former PlayStation exclusive will move to the PC – an interactive film Erica… As a child, the main character experienced the tragic and very mysterious death of her father. Now the search for answers has led her to a boarding school, where the pupils go missing, and in the corridors every now and then the silhouettes of people in animal masks flicker.
After a three-month delay on PC and consoles, it’s finally coming King of seas – a pirate role-play about a journey on a ship across a fantasy sea. If you played any Tempest or even old ones “Pirates” Sid Meier, you know what to expect.
On the same day, fans of Japanese roles will receive an excellent gift in the form Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster… In the cult game of 2003, the graphics were tightened, a new level of difficulty was added, and the ability to save at any time was introduced.
And on the 25th, a surreal quest with a self-explanatory name will be released Strangeland… The main character finds himself in an outlandish world, clearly inspired by the works of David Cronenberg and Hans Rudy Giger. Now he needs to explore the ominous carnival in order to understand who the woman was who threw herself into the well before his eyes. Sounds strange, looks too.
On May 27 we are waiting for the next game on the “Hammer of War” – Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground… This time we have a classic turn-based strategy with hexagons, three factions and a variable story campaign. The developers assure that they tried to transfer the original miniatures into the game in as much detail as possible, and at the same time convey the spirit of epic dark fantasy.
On the same day, another fantasy strategy will be selected from Early Access – Solasta: Crown of the Magister… It is based on one of the Dungeons & Dragons rollsets. Judging by the trailer, this is such a budget version. Baldur’s Gate IIIwhich nonetheless boasts a very rich and intriguing adventure builder.
And on May 27, the Pixel Role-playing Survivor will go on sale. Highrisers… Again a deadly epidemic, again civilization is heading to hell. You have to explore high-rise buildings, collect loot, craft all kinds of things and fight aggressive creatures – in general, a standard genre set.
That’s all the games in May that caught our attention. What projects are you looking forward to the most? Share in the comments.
