New Video Game Releases Week 2, 2016

Here is the list of this week’s new video game releases. Popular video games released this week are: Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India, ‘That Dragon, Cancer’, and Gone Home: Console Edition.

The new releases are here! 🙂

New retail releases are:

  • HORI Amiibo Travel Case 8 (Wii U & New 3DS XL Accessory)
  • NYKO Cygnus (Android Bluetooth Controller)
  • Xbox One 1TB Console – Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Bundle (Xbox One Hardware)

New downloadable games include:

  • Newly available on the PlayStation Store: [updates Tuesday]
    PS+ Free Games in January: Dragon Age: Origins (PS3), Grim Fandango Remastered (PS4, PS Vita), Hardware: Rivals (PS4), Legends of War Patton (PS Vita), Medal of Honor Warfighter (PS3), Nihilumbra (PS Vita).
    PS4: Gone Home: Console Edition, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India, The Banner Saga, Dogchild, Tharsis, Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (PS2 HD Remake), Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (Demo).
    PS3: Unknown.
    PS Vita: Unknown.
  • What’s added on Xbox Live Marketplace: [updates Wednesday]
    Xbox One Free Games with Gold in January: Killer Instinct: Season 1 Ultra Edition (includes Killer Instinct Classic) all month and from the 16th you also get Zheros.
    Xbox One: Gone Home: Console Edition, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India, The Banner Saga, Gemini: Heroes Reborn, Hyperdrive Massacre, Rebel Galaxy, Oxenfree, Zheros.
    Xbox 360 Free Games with Gold in January: DiRT Showdown until the 15th and from the 16th you also get Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
    Xbox Live Arcade: Unknown.
  • New games on the 3DS & Wii U eShop: [updates Thursday]
    3DS Retail Download: Final Fantasy Explorers (Pre-Purchase).
    3DS eShop: Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight Demo.
    3DS Add-Ons: Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward: Peach’s Yukata (free DLC), Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward: Rosalina’s Yukata (free DLC).
    3DS Virtual Console: Unannounced as of yet.
    Wii U eShop: Unannounced as of yet.
    Wii U Virtual Console: Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar / Gregar (GBA).
  • New game additions on the Apple App Store: [updates Thursday]
    iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch: Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty: Pocket Mortys (on Android too).
  • New game additions on Steam: [updates all week]
    PC/Mac/Linux: Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India, Gemini: Heroes Reborn, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Evertown, Tharsis, ‘That Dragon, Cancer’, Pinball FX2 – Star Wars Pinball: The Force Awakens Pack, Big Action Mega Fight!, Energy Cycle, Pro Basketball Manager 2016, Spakoyno: Back to the USSR 2.0, LoveBeat (Free), Zombie Wars: Invasion, Nordenfelt, Oxenfree, Protoshift, Herding Dog, Super Intergalactic Gang, Super Ubie Island REMIX, Echoes Of Aetheria, Chef Solitaire: USA.

Take a look at the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India launch trailer:

Here’s the Gone Home: Console Edition launch trailer:

Don’t forget about the emotional ‘That Dragon, Cancer’ game’s launch trailer:

Watch the Tharsis trailer:

See the Rick and Morty: Pocket Mortys trailer here:

Check out the Gemini: Heroes Reborn trailer:

Lastly, here’s the “PS2 Games on PS4” trailer that includes Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits:

Note: If you have more than a passing interest in the “That Dragon, Cancer” game, it might interest you to know that there’s also a book & film called “Thank You for Playing” that’s based on designer Ryan Green’s experience of finding out that his one-year-old son Joel has terminal cancer and him “raising a child that’s supposed to die”. Darnit, who’s cutting onions here?

What video games will you be playing this week? Any of these?