New games releasing this week: September 11 – September 17

PES 2018 for the sports fans, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider for those who like things stabby, and Divinity: Original Sin 2 for RPG fans. A good week!

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider drops this week, which has sent a small proportion of the VG247 staff into a gentle fan frenzy. This standalone follow up to Dishonored 2 stars the awesome Billie Lurk, who plays an important role in D2, and we’re obviously going to be thinking about VG247’s official Best Boy a fair bit, too.

Sports season has kicked off, with the two “other” franchises getting in ahead of their rivals. PES 2018, the “other” football game, probably deserves a great deal of respect even if it can’t challenge the almighty FIFA. NBA Live 18, on the other hand, comes to us from a series that has not proven much of a rival to the almighty NBA 2K. NHL 18 is also due this week, but it’s not an also ran but best in class. A class of one, alas.

RPG fans should definitely check out Divinity: Original Sin 2. The first one was rad as heck and Larian sure seems to have doubled down on what made it so great. If you’ve ever enjoyed a tabletop RPG (like Dungeons & Dragons), or if you’ve always wanted to try, please, please, please play this in co-op with a good friend (or more than one). There’s also Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana if you’re more into the J end of the RPG scale.

On Switch, look for Rayman Legends Definitive Edition. Obviously this isn’t a new game, but as we’re all continually discovering, everything is just kind of better on Switch – so perhaps its time you discovered this genuinely joyful platforming adventure.

3DS gets a good time this week, too, with Metroid: Samus Returns. Again, not entirely new, but I think we can all agree an updated version of classic Metroid is acceptable.

There’s not a heck of a lot happening in big recognisable indies this week, but if you haven’t yet played Playdead’s excellent Inside and Limbo you can pick them up at retail in a double pack.

Also: for those of you caught up in its gravity Destiny 2’s first raid launches this week.

New video game releases for the week of September 11 – 17

• Tuesday, September 12

• PES 2018 (PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One)
• Rayman Legends Definitive Edition (Switch)
• Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana (PC, PS4, Vita)
• Destiny 2: Leviathan Raid launch
• Bloody Zombies (PS4, PSVR)
• Butter & Friends: Babysitter Sim (PS4)
• DreamBreak (PS4, Xbox One)
• Get Over Here (PS4)
• Happy Dungeons (PS4)
• Inside Limbo Double Pack (PS4, Xbox One)
• Maize (PS4)
• Manifest 99 (PSVR)
• NASCAR Heat 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
• Planet of the Eyes (PS4)
• Samurai Shodown V Special (PS4, Vita)
• Time Recoil (PS4)
• Tooth and Tail (Linux, Mac, PC, PS4)
• Trulon: The Shadow Engine (PS4)
• VR Karts (PSVR)

• Thursday, September 14

• Divinity: Original Sin 2 (PC)
• Baja: Edge of Control HD (PS4)
• Beach Buggy racing (Switch)
• Earthlock: Festival of Magic (Wii U)
• Kingdom: New Lands (Switch)
• Pan-Pan: A Tiny Big Adventure (Switch)
• Percy’s Predicament Deluxe (3DS)
• Semispheres (Switch)
• Quest of Dungeons (Switch)

• Friday, September 15

• Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
• Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS) – September 15
• NBA Live 18 (PS4, Xbox One)
• NHL 18 (PS4, Xbox One)

Looking further ahead? Check out our full list of 2017 video game release dates.

As always, PlayStation Store release dates may vary depending on region.

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