New games releasing this week: January 23 – January 29

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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is obviously the biggest news this week. The franchise took a beating over its last two numbered entries, and while the more old-school stylings of the Chronicles series pleased some fans, the hunger for a really terrific Resident Evil offering has been palpable. Taking cues from indie horror and Silent Hills concept demo PT, this first-person, VR-optional affair seems poised to be more truly terrifying than anything mainstream video games has conjured in years. Decades, maybe. Fingers crossed, but make sure your cardiac health checks out before playing.

But horror aside, there’s a fair bit going on. Yakuza 0 finally comes west, and if tweets from those with advance copies are anything to go by, it’s as Yakuza as Yakuza games come – in other words, hilarious, dramatic, weighty.

Speaking of things coming west, looks for Tales of Berseria, the latest from Bandai Namco’s lauded JRPG series, which used to be famous for taking forever to be localised if the publisher bothered at all. This one’s only been out in Japan since August 2016, and it’s launching on PC as well as PS4. Great to see publishers making the effort to get JRPGs into the hands of fans.

Tuesday, January 24
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (PS4)
Tales of Berseria (PS4)
Yakuza 0
Moto Racer 4 (PS4) [US]
The Sims 4: Vampires Mac, PC)
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek (PS4)
Hunter’s Legacy (PS4)
Lethal League (PS4)
Pineview Drive (PS4)
Subterrain (PS4, Xbox One)
The Turing Test (PS4)

Wednesday, January 25
Firefighter 2017 — The Simulation
Thursday, January 26
For Honor closed beta (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
Arcade Archives NeoGeo World Heroes (PS4)
Candy Please (3DS)

Friday, January 27
Tales of Berseria (PC)
Earthlock: Festival of Magic PS4