TOKYO, July 26 — Among video game releases for the week of July 25, Quadrilateral Cowboy entices players with quirky, super-accessible cyberpunk hacking, Headlander mocks pulp sci-fi of years gone by with the utmost fondness, the gorgeous Hyper Light Drifter arrives on console, Mutant Mudds: Super Challenge dares its players to complete 40 demanding levels, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance gets re-released along with its sequel.
Quadrilateral Cowboy
For: Windows PC
From: July 25 (September for Mac and Linux)
Delve into a retro-futuristic world of bespoke heisting opportunities, controlling a team of three infiltrators, sneaking around a cyberpunk city in order to meet your clients’ very particular espionage needs.
Headlander
For: WinPC, PlayStation 4
From: July 26
Using cloud computing technology, a human personality downloaded to a hot-swappable head, and a vision of life aboard a utopian space station, take control of various robot bodies in order to overthrow AI despot Methuselah.
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Hyper Light Drifter
For: PS4, Xbox One
From: July 26
Roam across a beautifully rendered but damaged planet in search of a cure for an otherwise incurable disease; dash, slice and shoot in combat, and piece together the enigmatic story that ties things all together, however ambiguously. Already well received via a March release on PC, Mac and Linux.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance & Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
For: PS4, XBO, WinPC
From: July 26
Re-releasing for current generation machines, the bird’s-eye view action game Marvel Ultimate Alliance was among the very best of its ilk when released in 2006; a sequel followed in 2006. Being introduced at US$39 (RM160) for one or US$59 the pair, compared to US$29 each for the originals on the Xbox 360’s online store.
Mutant Mudds: Super Challenge
For: July 26
From: PS4, WinPC, PlayStation Vita
Players of 2012’s well crafted Mutant Mudds will know what they are in for as this sequel picks up more or less where the previous, well polished 2D action-puzzling game left off, in terms of both its difficulty and generous cache of hidden secret levels and items, adding level bosses in to boot. Very well received upon its March release for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
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