After a busy March, April is a slightly quieter month for gaming releases. This month’s picks include Injustice: Gods Among Us and Dead Island: Riptide.
All release dates are for North America unless stated.
Week one
Tuesday – Apr. 2
Defiance (PC, PS3, X360)
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge (PS3, X360)
Wednesday – Apr. 3
BattleBlock Theater (XBLA)
Thursday – Apr. 4
Toki Tori 2 (Wii U)
Friday – Apr. 5
Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons (XBLA)
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation (PS3, X360)
Week two
Tuesday – Apr. 9
Age of Empires II HD (PC)
Guacamelee! (PSN, Vita)
Wednesday – Apr. 10
ShootMania Storm (PC)
Thursday – Apr. 11
Gemini Rue (iOS)
Sunday – Apr. 14
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel (PC)
Week three
Tuesday – Apr. 16
Injustice: Gods Among Us (Wii U, PS3, X360)
Pandora’s Tower (Wii)
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS)
Thursday – Apr. 18
Papo & Yo (PC)
Friday – Apr. 19
We Sing UK Hits (Wii)
Week four
Sunday – Apr. 21
Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (3DS)
Tuesday – Apr. 23
Dead Island: Riptide (PC, PS3, X360)
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3, X360)
Star Trek (PC, PS3, X360)
Wednesday – Apr. 24
Don’t Starve (PC)
Thursday – Apr. 25
Mega Man 4 (3DS)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Mac)
Week five
Tuesday – Apr. 30
Soul Sacrifice (Vita)
Thomas Was Alone (PSN, Vita)
TBA
Dust: An Elysian Tail (PC)
Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine (PC, Mac, XBLA)
Staff picks
Mitchel: The only game out of this month’s list that I’d check out would be Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, in that it reminds me a lot of the fantastic 2010 sleeper hit, 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. Something about what Atlus does in bringing in lesser known Japanese hits to the States just excites me. Maybe it’s the fantastic art style, or the exclusivity of knowing you were one of few to play such an amazing title?
Anna: The stand-out for me this month is the HD release of Age of Empires II. The original version of the game was one of the first titles I ever remember playing, and I can’t wait to revisit it all in glorious HD. I’ll also be spending April continuing my playthrough of The Witcher.