Welcome back to New Week, New Games, our little weekend feature that provides you with a little knowledge on next week’s games that will be releasing on Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Game Pass, Cloud and Windows 10 PC, between April 8th and April 12th.
So, without further adieu, why not grab your favourite beverage and have a look at the games mentioned below. Hopefully you will find something that’s just right for you, in next week’s batch of newly released games just waiting to be grabbed and downloaded.
Botany Manor – April 9
Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Available on day one with Game Pass! Explore the historic manor home of retired botanist Arabella Greene, who has amassed a collection of rare, long-forgotten flora that require special conditions to help them bloom. Unlock new seeds, look for clues in the items scattered around the residence, and solve each gardening puzzle to revive these plants.
Gigantic: Rampage Edition – April 9
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A premium and definitive release of the original 5v5 MOBA Hero Shooter, Gigantic, that provides a dynamic and exciting team-based multiplayer experience for fans of both genres. Choose from a diverse roster of unique heroes, each with a set of upgradeable abilities, and team up with four other players to control objectives and take down the opposing team’s mighty Guardian, all while protecting your own.
Born of a love for traditional computer role-playing, Broken Roads provides a rich, engaging narrative in which players make their way across a desolated future Australia. Blending traditional and all-new role-playing elements, Broken Roads presents players with an original morality system: the Moral Compass. This novel design sees dialogue options and questing decisions influence, and be influenced by, a character’s philosophical leaning.
House Flipper 2 – April 10
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
It doesn’t matter if you’re a makeover veteran or if you’re only starting out, you’ll feel at home in no time with House Flipper 2. With new mechanics and revamps to the ones from the original game, your old hammer, trusty paint roller, and sturdy mop all await your return!
Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy – April 10
A point-and-click adventure game about an eight-year-old boy who lives with his eccentric family in the shadow of Jorel, his handsome and popular brother. Based on the award-winning Brazilian animation “Jorel’s Brother.”
SokoFrog – April 10
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Embark on a colorful puzzle adventure as you guide a block-pushing frog through forests, caves, dungeons and more in this top-down pixel art adventure for the whole family! Key blocks, star blocks, fire blocks, ice blocks, and more await as stages shift between five themes, each with their own unique gameplay mechanics.
Trail Out – April 10
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
You’re in for a mad race in different parts of the world in Trail Out, where your main goal is to live to the finish line and take the main cup of the festival. Exploding cars, flying and screaming drivers, the hype from the fans, and unseen destruction around the entire track – it’s all waiting for you.
An atmospheric, sword dueling metroidvania set in an era of Feudal Japan. It tells a visually driven story about a father who has given up his past ways to live a life of peace with his wife and child. However, this peace is soon disturbed as his child is taken from him… Perform risky parry maneuvers, bounce off your opponent, evade their attacks and unlock new abilities to further expand your arsenal of options against your adversaries.
Goons: Legends & Mayhem – April 11
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A frantic blend of arcade hockey, beat ’em up, and sports action that will trigger couch co-op nostalgia. Choose from one of eight unique characters divided into three classes: the attack-focused Sharpshooter, the defense-oriented Enforcer, and the Wingman who can focus on either supporting their team or harassing their opponents.
Let’s! Revolution! – April 11
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A colorful roguelite puzzle mashup about stopping a narcissistic king from ruining your world. Flip tiles to uncover the hidden path to the king and use deductive reasoning to avoid his cronies — or take them all down in strategic turn-based combat.
The Kinderman Remedy – April 11
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Scorned and hated by the entire medical community for his “questionable” methods, Dr. Kinderman accepts a miserable job in an appalling prison — but that’s all part of the plan. Here, no one will notice his experiments in this dark story populated with complex characters that adds depth to this gut-wrenching experience, raising disturbing moral questions and showing us the other side of evil: humanity.
Die Again – April 11
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A shooter that challenges your limits and immerses you in an epic experience filled with action and strategy. From frantic shootouts to the creative use of an extensive arsenal of weapons, every moment is an opportunity to demonstrate your skill and prowess. Every bullet is a puzzle to solve, and every scenario is a new chance to surprise your enemies with innovative tactics.
Bunhouse – April 12
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A cute, simple, bunny-filled game focused on growing plants and managing a greenhouse. Take care of your leafy plant buddies by balancing the amount of water and light they get. Play with friends and upgrade your greenhouse for wholesome, relaxing fun.
A young man gets to fill in for his colleagues at a large cafeteria franchise as his first job, but things spiral out of control when he discovers chaos, also known as rush hour.
Outer Terror – April 12
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Outer Terror is a horde shooter where you hold out against massive quantities of other worldly cosmic creatures. Assemble a ridiculous arsenal of weapons and blast apart seemingly endless waves of horrific creatures in this stylish roguelike that pays homage to the B-movies and Golden Age horror comics of the 80s and 90s.
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