STACK #202 Aug 2021

PREVIEWS GAMING

AUGUST

RiMS RACING Prepare to get your motor running with a new motorcycle experience. Touting itself as “the first motorbike simulation to combine a realistic racing challenge together with engineering and mechanics”, ride and tweak the most powerful from Ducati, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki

ALIENS: FIRETEAM ELITE Face off against a terrifying xenomorph assault as the Aliens universe goes full-on shooter. Set 23 years after events of the movie trilogy, a mysterious distress call reroutes your Marine Assault Unit to LV-895 in the outer colonies, where you’ll face

and more. Get racing on circuits including Silverstone, Suzuka and the Nürburgring, or go road racing everywhere from the US to Spain to right home here in Australia.

veiled corporate secrets, ancient alien ruins and deadly xenomorph legions just hanging around, waiting to wipe you out. Ah, but you and your team have other plans, right?

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KING’S BOUNTY II It’s taken more than 30 years, but it’s time for a sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty turn-based RPG franchise. An epic original story set in the fantasy world of Antara awaits, complete with new factions and enemies. It’s up to you to bring the counties together in harmony,

HUMANKIND If you’ve ever thought that you can do better moulding humanity than has been managed by the universe so far, then a: you’re a megalomaniac and b: you’re going to love this game! Humankind is a historical strategy game, which allows you to rewrite the entire

story of human history from the Ancient to the Modern Age, mixing and matching cultures so as to create a civilisation tailored to your very own specifications.

get the bandit problem under control, deal with difficult overseas nations, and generally find order in chaos. Frankly, you’re swamped!

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STRATEGY

STRATEGY

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GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: DIRECTOR’S CUT 2020’s epic returns in a stacked package that boasts all content released since launch, plus a whole new island for Jin Sakai to explore, Iki, which developers Sucker Punch promise will include “tons” of content. Available for PS4 and PS5 players, as well as the

NO MORE HEROES III Legendary assassin Travis Touchdown is out of exile and back in Santa Destroy, ready to take on all comers to make it to the top of the Galactic Superhero Rankings. Why? Because it’s there, and, uh there’s something about stopping the evil Prince FU and his crew of alien assassins

new inclusions there’ll be a raft of tweaks and updates to improve the already superb experience, plus cool extras taking advantage of the PS5’s wonderful toys.

taking over Earth. Take on challenges to earn enough cash to enter each battle, and get busy with the hacking and slashing – onward to victory!

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ACTION ADVENTURE

ACTION ADVENTURE

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MADDEN NFL 22 One of the longest running sports game franchises – it first kicked off in 1988 on the Apple II home computer – returns with a raft of exciting new features. The big one is Dynamic Gameday, promising the smartest play experience ever, powered

KEYWE It’s time to go postal as – a kiwi! New Zealand’s famous landbound apteryxes have joined the post office and we get to help out two new star recruits, Jeff and Debra, in this challenging cooperative postal puzzler. They’re pretty clever considering their lack of hands, as they jump, flap, peck and even

by real life data so that a season will be based both on gameplay and real-world NFL stats. Home Field Advantage modifiers may just swing a game your way, too.

buttock-slam their way across various levels of levers, bells and buttons,

all to get the mail delivered on time.

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