A quieter week for releases will give some games a better shot at getting noticed. It also highlights the variety of what’s on offer, even amid the debate over just how “crashy” the industry is at the moment. At one end of the spectrum is Kiln, an unconventional competitive pottery party game from Psychonauts maker Double Fine. At the other end is Traysia, a Sega Genesis RPG almost lost to time.
In Kiln, which is getting the full live service treatment, including a 2026 roadmap, players craft ceramic creatures to carry to battle one another and carry water to put out the opposing team’s fire. The creative phase simulates actual wheel throwing, while the battle phase is where all of the chaos happens. It’s one of those rare games that everyone in my family can play together. Unfortunately, there’s no local coop as far as I can tell.
Traysia, on the other hand, is a re-release of a 1992 Genesis game by Telenet Japan that features knights, wizards, and turn-based battles with some grid-based combat mechanics. “[It] should be consigned to the scrapheap of obscurity, never again to sully a Mega Drive’s sacred cartridge slot,” wrote one critic at the time. Well, now it’s back, and I’m too morbidly curious not to give it a try.
Here’s a bunch of other games coming out this week:
High on Life | Switch 2
Bylina | PC
Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC
Typing Farmer | PC
Pratfall | PC
Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch | PC
All Hail the Orb | PC
Fracture Field | PC
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC
Albion Online | Xbox Series X/S
Dragon Queste Smash/Grow | iOS, Android
Legendary Pilots | PC
Below the Crown | PC
Together: Moon Escape | PC
Cosmos point | PC
Tides of Tomorrow | PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Masters of Albion | PC
Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith | PC
Kiln | PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Sudden Strike 5 | PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Until Then | Xbox Series X/S
Dragon Is Dead | PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch
Causal Loop | PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
’83 | PC
Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster | PC
Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis | PC
Snap & Grab | PC
Traysia | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, PC
The Week In Games is Kotaku’s weekly roundup of notable, interesting, and/or big video game launches that are happening over the next seven days. Feel free to share other game release dates that might not be included above in the comments below.
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