The Video Game Librarian Pick of the Week is
Yoshi’s Woolly World, a side-scrolling platformer for the Wii U. Following in the footsteps of 2010’s Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Yoshi’s Woolly World wraps Mario’s dinosaur in yarn and sets him loose on the world. Fans of Nintendo-style platformers will thoroughly enjoy it, as will anyone on the lookout for games with unique art styles.

Also available this week is Dragon Quest Heroes (PS4), a “hack and slash” adventure game from Square Enix and Koei Tecmo. Mashing together the former’s Dragon Quest series of RPGs with the latter’s Dynasty Warriors style of action games, it should be of interest to fans of both franchises.

Other New Retail Releases

3DS

• Goosebumps
• The Legend of Legacy
• The Smurfs

PlayStation 3

• The Arland Atelier Trilogy

PlayStation 4

• Back to the Future
• Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below
• Grand Ages: Medieval
• The Talos Principle
• Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut

Vita

• Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Wii U

• New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U
• Yoshi’s Woolly World

Xbox 360

• Back to the Future

Xbox One

• Back to the Future
• Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut

New Release Round-Up For Downloadable Games

• Nintendo Download: Yoshi’s Woolly World, New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U, more
• PlayStation Store: Dragon Quest Heroes, Minecraft: Story Mode, Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut, more
• Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Minecraft: Story Mode, Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut, Back to the Future, more
• Xbox Games Store (Friday): Marvel Puzzle Quest, Bedlam, Rock N Racing Off Road DX

Feature Articles From Warp Zoned

• Review: No Time To Explain

New Game Announcements

• Friday the 13th: The Game is officially in the works… though it looks to be an expanded version of a game that was announced last year as Summer Camp.

More News

• Dying Light: The Following expansion will be available early next year.
• An Overwatch beta will begin on October 27.
• Allison Road ain’t scared of no publishers as developer Lilith signed with Team17.
• EA announced a Season Pass for Star Wars: Battlefront.
• Rock Band 4‘s first batch of DLC includes new songs from Alabama Shakes, Breaking Benjamin, Death From Above 1979, and The Pretty Reckless.
• Fallout 4‘s system requirements have been released by Bethesda.
• Deathstate will be available on Steam on October 20.

New Videos

• Fallout 4 – “S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Series: Agility”
• Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water – “Launch Trailer”
• Call of Duty: Black Ops III – “Shadows of Evil Prologue”

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