The Video Game Librarian Pick of the Week is Toy Soldiers: War Chest (PC, PS4, Xbox One), the third game in Signal’s popular tower defense/strategy series. This time, four fictional toy armies will do battle with iconic characters from He-Man: Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II.
Other New Retail Releases
- Garfield Kart (3DS)
- Paddington: Adventures in London (3DS)
- XBlaze Lost: Memories (PS3, Vita)
New Release Round-Up For Downloadable Games
- Nintendo Download: Pandora’s Tower, Wind-Up Knight 2, more
- PlayStation Store: Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Gauntlet: Slayer Edition, Toy Soldiers: War Chest, more
- Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Toy Soldiers: War Chest, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Prototype, Prototype 2
- Xbox Games Store (Friday): The Bridge, Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings, Commander Cherry’s Puzzled Journey
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New Game Announcements
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4 will hit Steam on September 18.
- Black Holmes is the next game from the developer of Hatoful Boyfriend.
- Capcom announced that a Resident Evil 2 remake is in development.
More News
- The “Rainmaker” match type is now available in Splatoon.
- Lego Jurassic World was the best-selling game of July 2015.
- Energy Hook is now available through Steam Early Access.
- Square Enix plans to give Final Fantasy XV a simultaneous global release.
- The fourth episode of Tales From the Borderlands will launch on August 18.
- Treyarch offered up some details about the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops III beta.
- The Indie Megabooth has announced its massive PAX Prime 2015 presence.
- PlayStation Plus subscribers who pre-order Rock Band 4 will receive a bonus pack containing 10 songs.
- Grand Theft Auto V has sold 54 million copies but its single-player expansion is still MIA.
- GRIN, the developer behind Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries, has closed down.
- The “Beta Build” of 20XX will fill a mighty void when its released on September 15.
New Videos
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – “Combat Movement”
- Super Mario Maker – “Overview Trailer”
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – “Beta Preview”
- Pac-Man 256 – “Gamescom 2015 Gameplay Trailer”
Rumor Has It
- It’s going to be “a very long time” before we hear anything about The Elder Scrolls VI.
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