We are preparing to face the last week of February 2024 and we do so with an interesting battery of news in the interactive leisure sector. As usual, we have prepared a compilation with the video games that will be released between February 26 and March 1, for Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, mobile devices and PC, including renowned titles along with other lesser known projects. The main focus of attention these days is on the highly anticipated 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth', which is exclusively published for PlayStation 5, since the PC version does not yet have a confirmed release date. In another range, video games such as 'Spiritfall', either 'Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster'. In addition, and for the same price, we bring together some of the most notable publications of the week in comic format. Will you join us to discover all these new features and more?
Video games of the week
We start the agenda on Monday, February 26 with 'Pull Stay'(PC); 'Rock Star Life Simulator'(PC); and 'Gods Again Machines'(PC). On Tuesday it is published 'Primitive Society Simulator'(PC); 'Wrath: Aeon of Ruin'(PC); 'Builders of Greece'(PC); 'Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography'(PC); and 'Dicefolk'(PC). On February 28th it is the turn of 'Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake' (PC, PS5, Xbox Series); 'Spiritfall'(PC); 'Cook, Serve, Delicious!' (Xbox One, Xbox Series); 'Minami Lane'(PC); 'Secret Archives'(PC); 'Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster' (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Switch); and 'Thyria' (PC). On the last day of the month the news is distributed between 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' (PS5); 'Welcome to ParadiZe' (PC, PS5, Xbox Series); 'Astral Party'(PC); 'Robin Hood – Sherwood Builders'(PC); 'Stella Abyss Bar'(PS4, PS5, Switch); 'Direct Contact'(PC); 'Tamarak Trail'(PC); and 'Goblin Slayer -Another Adventurer- Nightmare Feast'(PC). And on Friday March 1st it will be published 'The Brew Barons'(PC); 'The Mobius Machine'(PC); and 'GUARDS!'(PC).
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake – Released February 28, 2024
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series, PS5
The iconic cooperative adventure originally developed by Starbreeze Studios under the auspices of Josef Fares publishes an updated version, which has been entrusted to the Avantgarden team with the promise of recovering the intense emotions that the original little gem offered us. To achieve this, they have ensured an updated graphic sector and an artistic reconstruction that will easily be noticeable in more detailed scenarios and refined characters, with many lighting effects, additional particles, a revision of the animations and a series of reinterpretations in the control system and in the range of accessibility options.
Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster – Released February 28, 2024
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Switch
Over the last few years, several classics of the 'Star Wars' franchise have returned through remastered versions, such as 'Knights of the Old Republic', 'Republic Commando' or 'Star Wars Racer'. To these names is about to be added 'Dark Forces Remaster', a new edition of the title that is recreated through Nightdive Studios' patented KEX engine, which ensures 4K resolutions and 120 fps. Among the features applied to the original format are high-definition textures, improved rendering and more realistic lighting effects. The content, on the other hand, remains intact, with its intense missions and its striking arsenal of weapons, skills and gadgets that you can use to make your way through this first-person adventure.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Released February 29, 2024
Platforms: PS5
'Rebirth' is the second installment of the ambitious remake project of 'Final Fantasy VII', which tells in three parts the story that redefined the RPG genre. To play delivery it is not necessary to have completed the first part, as it can be enjoyed as an independent adventure. The game takes Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aeris and Red It is a new adventure across a vast planet that tells the exodus of this unique troop of characters to hunt down Sephiroth, a fallen hero and vengeful swordsman who is part of Cloud's past.
Paper releases
In the editorial panorama we close the month of February with the publication of The complete saga of 'Gotham Central, a valuable volume focused on the lives of Gotham City's MCU agents as they work in a city that has been invaded by metahumans and supercriminals. We also pay due attention to 'The Impossible Patrol X 1 Second Genesis!', a historic edition of the totally new and different X-Men, and we complete the week with 'Young Gods & Friends' a creative, graphic and emotional gem created by Barry Windsor-Smith in the mid-nineties that returns to shelves.
Gotham Central – The complete saga – Ecc editions
Writers Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka and artists Michael Lark, Kano and Steve Lieber bring us Gotham Central, a comprehensive volume of the Eisner Award-winning series that follows the detectives of Gotham City's Special Crimes Unit as they battle the biggest villains in the city, in the shadow of Batman himself. If you are a fan of crime novels and crime fiction, you will find a lot of quality material in this series.
The Impossible Patrol X 1 Second Genesis! – Panini comics
The treatment of Marvel Library content reaches the Omnibus line, in a gigantic volume that, in addition to the legendary comics in which we witness The Second Genesis of The X-Men by Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, Chris Claremont and John Byrne, the editorial and reader mail sections, the essential Marvel Era of Comics and other extras are included. Not only is it a gigantic volume, it is also a time machine
Young Gods & Friends – Plan b Publications
Designed as a grand homage to Jack Kirby, the creative, graphic and emotional experiment created by Barry Windsor-Smith in the mid-nineties is a captivating offering packed with humor, adventure, reflections and a sophisticated first-rate visual narrative that unfolds in a world beyond other worlds, among the distant galaxies in the star-covered plains of the universe. Young Heros, son of Otan, the Allfather, reflects melancholy on life, before his arranged wedding with Princess Celestra, to seal a link between the kingdoms of All Worlds and Orgasma. On what may be his last night as a bachelor and in the company of his cousin, an adventure will begin to the ends of the universe.