In 1985, Sunsoft released a Japanese arcade game called Ikki. Many years later, a sequel has arrived in the form of Ikki Unite. The game depicts a feudal farming village that rises up to overthrow its evil overlords. Up to 16 players can team up online in the Steam version of Ikki Unite. Nintendo players will soon be able to join in the feudal fun when the Switch version arrives on April 18 courtesy of Sunsoft and Plug In Digital.

When there are islands in the sky, somebody's got to explore them and go on adventures - nothing else will do. That's where Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure from Snowcastle Games and Jetpack Collective comes in. Following the release of the Steam version last fall, Ikonei Island is finally about to arrive on consoles. With 4-player online co-op and a helping of fresh content, this will be a great time to set foot on the island.

In the early 2000s, the Star Wars: Battlefront series captivated gamers with its combination of ground and air/space battles and large-scale multiplayer. Some years after that, EA confusingly released two new games with the same titles. Adding words to subtitles is hard! Thankfully, the newly released Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection from Aspyr Media has its own distinctive words to let us know that it's a collection of the first two Battlefronts in one convenient package. The collection is out now on consoles and Steam.

Sometimes you just want to get away. Where better than an alien planet? In Time to Morp from Team Halfbeard and Yogscast Games, up to four online players can team up to colonize an alien planet. On that planet, they will raise cutesy aliens called morps, harvest resources, and build machines. Time to Morp has just arrived on Steam Early Access, so it's officially morpin' time.

Disney Illusion Island from Dlala Studios and Disney is a charming Switch-exclusive Metroidvania platformer that features 4-player local co-op. With a great art style, authentic voice acting, and cool co-op moves, it was already a delightful game. The new Version 1.1 update makes a good game even better by adding a new mode, map improvements, and more.

Raising cute little critters is inarguably a good time - just look at the Slime Rancher series for evidence of the pastime's popularity. Slime Rancher ain't co-op, though, so there's plenty of room for improvement. Time to Morp from Team Halfbeard and Yogscast Games is a game that does just that, letting four online or LAN co-op buddies team up to raise a bunch of cutesy morps in their own alien colony.

RyseUp Studios and Starbreeze's Roboquest has been in Steam Early Access from 2020 up until the present. All that fine tuning is now coming to an end because Roboquest has fully launched on Xbox and PC at last. Not only is the game on all the big PC storefronts, it's also available through Game Pass, which should greatly help with find...

Although roguelikes have become quite popular in recent years, you don't see many first-person shooter roguelikes (other than Gunfire Reborn). The genre will soon have a new entry, though, in the form of Roboquest from RyseUp Studios and Starbreeze Publishing. After a period of Steam Early Access, Roboquest will fully launch on Xbox, Steam, and Epic in early November.

Mickey Mouse knows a thing or two about platforming. He once braved the Castle of Illusion, and would go on to have 8-bit and 16-bit platforming adventures in the World, Land, and Legend of Illusion. Now Mickey is returning to his roots and bringing his friends along in Disney Illusion Island from Disney and Dlala Studios, which launched exclusively on Nintendo Switch today. This one features gorgeous cartoon-style artwork and 4-player local co-op.

Barony is a first-person dungeon-crawler roguelike from Turning Wheel. It launched on Steam all the way back in 2016 and has evolved through numerous updates over the years. Despite the game's appealing Minecraft-like art style and deep RPG mechanics, it has never been available on consoles. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter, Barony is finally...

Baldur's Gate 3 is the long-awaited sequel to one of the most beloved Dungeons & Dragons video games of all time. Actually, the Steam Early Access version has been around since 2020, but the full Steam release and console versions will be launching soon. How soon? Why, the Steam version has been bumped up a bit to arrive on August 3, whereas the PlayStation 5 version will now debut on September 6. The Xbox Series S|X versions are still coming but have no firm release date yet.

The road to Dead Island 2 was longer than most. In 2011, Techland and Deep Silver released the first Dead Island, a sort of zombie-themed take on Borderlands. Following a couple of expansions and spinoffs, Dead Island 2 was announced way back in 2014. We’ve been covering it since then! The undead sequel changed development hands a few times o...