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This week!
A Way Out: The next game from the Brothers developers has a big focus on narrative, and specifically player coordination guiding the narrative. This tabletop approach to game design is something we've seen more in mobile games, and touches of it in Telltale and Telltale-like adventure games, but this is the first big budget game to try it out on consoles and PC. It all sounds really cool, and EA's push - offering the game at a low price, with free passes for other people given to those who bought it - could break this type of game design through to a bigger audience.
Sea of Thieves: This game is perfectly primed for the modern multiplayer experience, where emergent gameplay and cooperation are king. Will it have enough content to keep people coming back? That remains to be seen. But for something you can play relatively cheap thanks to Game Pass, it might not matter.
Ni no Kuni II: What Ni No Kuni lacked in mechanical engagement, it made up for in spades with characters, specifically Mr. Drippy: a rogueish, charming fairy, your faithful companion, and a walking metaphor of loss and maturation. Mr. Drippy won't make an appearance in this game, but maybe other characters will take his place. If not, there's always the kingdom builder, a welcome addition in any jRPG. I'm wary, however. Level-5 RPGs are like a couch with a missing leg. There's something shoved underneath as a hasty replacement, and you always feel like something is about to break.
Detective Pikachu: If we're going to get Pokemon spin-offs, I'm glad it's something like this and not more mindless action RPGs. Bring me more anachronistic Pokemon games, please. A new Trauma Team game starring Chauncy. Fight Night starring Hitmonchan. Anything, I'm in.

Next Week!
Far Cry 5: If you had reservations that Ubisoft would make a genuine attempt at thoughtful criticism of contemporary American culture, don't worry, this game has DLC that takes place during the zombie apocalypse and the Vietnam war.

Next month!
Yakuza 6: This is the first proper Yakuza game developed for PS4, and it looks to be as big a technical leap forward as Yakuza 2 to 3 was. If you haven't jumped on board the Yakuza train, find a cheap copy of Yakuza 0 and catch up.
God of War: God of War seems to shed its character action roots in favour of linear Naughty Dog-like game design. Whether that's a good match remains to be seen, but people are excited in a way they weren't for Ascension.
Nintendo Labo: Nintendo's attack on your future closet begins with Labo, a release that's more STEM toy than game, and priced like one to boot. HM, the returning champion, will surely let us know how his piano or robot fares.

The future!
May is pretty light at the moment, but it does have some highlights like the recently delayed Pillars of Eternity 2 and a GOTY contender in State of Decay 2, as well several old games Nintendo would like to sell to you at $60.
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