Before we all settle in for The Game Awards next week, this year’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted had its own array of interesting reveals and excellent trailers. It was an indie-focused exhibition, meaning there was quite a bit of inventiveness on display; everything from a unique take on TMNT to a platformer where you jump through computer windows. If you missed the live show, which also included some news updates such as PlayerUnknown’s ambitious plans for the future, here’s a curated list of some of the best things on display.
the original Moonlighter Combine an action RPG with the mundanity of running a store, and the sequel looks more or less the same: only this time, players are transported to another dimension from which they need to escape. The endless vault launches in 2025 for PC, Xbox and PlayStation.
One of the biggest surprises was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedownfrom the independent studio Strange Scaffold. It’s billed as a turn-based version of Turtles, billed as an experience designed in part for “quick play sessions that feel meaningful.” It takes place in a timeline without Shredder and Splinter icons. Given the history of the study, see Click and An airport for aliens currently run by dogs – Hopefully, it will also be strange in a good way. tactical takedown launches for PC in 2025.
This rock climbing survival adventure game has been looking good for a while now and you can finally check it out for yourself: Cairn I just got a free demo on Steam..
There can never be enough cooperative games. This release from Daruma Games supports local and online co-op for up to four players, who are tasked with surviving the vast expanse of space by doing “odd jobs across the galaxy.” It’s also quite cute. Sol Mates launches in early access next year.
Billed as a “heartfelt nod to Middle Eastern fables,” this game looks like a potentially great mix of adventure, action and puzzle solving, with a big shaggy dog to ride on. In fact, you play as the boy and the dog, who form a bond throughout the game. Let’s hope it has a happier ending than The last guardian. The legend of Babu It will be released in 2025 on both PC and Xbox.
Thanks to this game, I learned about a fictional genre called “brinepunk”, where technology runs on sea brine. It sounds strange, but this cooperative shooter takes place in the fascinating underwater ruins of a long-vanished civilization. Developer DoubleMoose says abyss will enter alpha on December 6 and will be fully released next year.
All you really need to know is that this is a platformer where you jump through a desktop PC interface, rearranging icons to solve puzzles, and fighting bosses controlled by the operating system. It launches for both PC and Nintendo Switch on March 6.
