Critical Path

Cake Bash

Cake Bash, from High Tea Frog and Coatsink, is a four-player party game, where players take control of cakes to, and I’m quoting here so don’t blame me for this, “beat the crumbs out of each other.” The game is coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One and Stadia, with a Switch release planned later this year.

Here are the key upcoming events and releases to mark in your calendar...

Crown Trick

Crown Trick is a roguelike title from developer Team17 and published by NEXT Studios. The game, coming to PC and Switch, was a finalist in the Indie Prize (Asia) 2019 Awards. Crown Trick is set in a procedurally generated dungeon, and is centred around strategic, synchronous, turn-based gameplay.

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Amnesia: Rebirth

This prequel to the original title in the series, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, comes from Swedish studio Frictional Games. The game is set in the Algerian desert, and sees a woman called Tasi Trianon having to survive otherworldly monsters.

20th

Watch Dogs Legion

Honestly, under the current circumstances, the only way I’m going to be exploring central London again anytime soon is via Watch Dogs Legion. It’s lucky then that the game features a recreation of London, complete with both an appearance from Stomzy and hopefully the (long vacated) MCV/DEVELOP offices.

29th The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is an interactive drama survival horror game from Supermassive Games and Bandai Namco. The game is the second of a planned eight installments of The Dark Pictures Anthology series, acting as a followup to last year’s Man of Medan.

30th OCTOBER

Pikmin 3 Deluxe

Listen, Pikmin is one of the best and most terrifying Nintendo franchises to date, and I’ll dig up the garden of anyone who says otherwise. Pikmin 3 is the latest title to be salvaged from the ruins of the Wii U to find new life on the Switch – leaving just Wind Waker HD left to make the jump (hint hint).

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We’re Playing...

New meta game! How many backlog games can I play before my current boxes get wiped clean and packed off to CEX to cushion the cost of new boxes? The answer, absolutely none! As I’m still playing Warzone quads for the sake of the added human interaction. Oh, and for the bloody great war trucks too, they’re ace.

Seth Barton, Editor

Following incessant Twitter nagging, I’ve finally caved and picked up Hades. After it dominated my feed for the past couple weeks I’d almost hoped I’d hate it, but I’m frustrated to announce that it is, in fact, brilliant. I’m not usually a rougelike fan, but Hades is genius in tricking me into thinking I’m good at video games. Bravo.

Chris Wallace, Staff Writer

Chris may have abandoned the MCV Warzone team, with the latest 100GB update giving his steam-powered internet connection some problems, I’m still staying faithful to Verdansk – and not at all bitter that I wasn’t playing during Seth and Chris’ dramatic and heroic victory last month.

Alex Boucher, Senior Business Development Manager

Paws the game

The best furry friends the industry has to offer. Send yours to chris.wallace@biz-media.co.uk

Pet: Elsa Owner: Gemma Cooper Owner’s job: UK PR manager, Bandai Namco

This is Elsa, named after the main character in Frozen. She likes to bark at window cleaners, sit inside cardboard boxes and pretend she’s a cat in general.

Pet: Maisy & Noodle Owner: Neil Bancroft-Jones Owner’s job: Finance director designate at nDreams

Maisy and Noodle arrived while still in “lockdown” but are slowly being introduced to the outside world. Not sure they get social distancing though...

Pet: Reginald Owner: Stijn Vervaet Owner’s job: Technical producer at Bossa Studios

Reginald looks very distinguished, but is super clumsy and gets himself in trouble. If he’s not begging for food, he’s passed out or on the hunt for big bugs.