Video game releases for the week: Monster Hunter World, Iconoclasts, Lost Sphear, more


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  • Monday, 22 Jan 2018

Iconoclasts is next up from the developer of well-received indie hit Noitu Love 2. — AFP Relaxnews

Retro-modern RPG Lost Sphear, creepy survival experience The Inpatient, slick-looking indie action games Iconoclasts and Celeste, animé adaptation Dragon Ball FighterZ, and ambitious open-world epic Monster Hunter World all arrive the week of Jan 23.

Lost Sphear (International release)
For PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC
From Jan 23. Since October 2017 in Japan
Following I Am Setsuna, Square Enix's modern-looking 2016 take on retro classics Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy, this role-playing game offers a similar approach to icons of the genre.
lostsphear.com

The Inpatient
For PlayStation 4 with PSVR headset
From Jan 23
A hospital-themed psychological horror for virtual reality from the developer behind earlier forest scarefest Until Dawn, and set some 60 years beforehand.
supermassivegames.com/games/the-inpatient

Iconoclasts
For PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac, Windows PC, and Linux
From Jan 23
Is this the latest small-team success? In development for seven years and looking very good indeed, Iconoclasts has players take charge of spanner-wielding Robin as she finds out why her hobbies have been outlawed.
konjak.org

Celeste
For PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, Mac
From Jan 25
The next game from Towerfall creator Matt Thorson and designed to be a hard-as-nails challenge as players guide Madeline up the trap-ridden Celeste Mountain on a dangerous mystery-solving quest.
celestegame.com

Dragon Ball FighterZ
For PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC
From Jan 26
Better known as creator of iconic fighting game franchises Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, Arc System Works looks like it is on the verge of recreating the Dragon Ball video game franchise as a team-versus fighting game with tournament potential.
bandainamcoent.com/games/dragon-ball-fighterz

Monster Hunter World
For PlayStation 4, Xbox One
From Jan 26. On Windows PC late 2018.
The latest and most lavish attempt to broaden the "Monster Hunter" audience, already huge in Japan and on handhelds, now pursuing new fans on home console with its heady blend of open-world adventuring, exotic beasts, and weapon upgrades.
monsterhunterworld.com

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