From strategy to extreme sports: In the last October week, it is hot again. Also a superhero force is attentive.

Darkest Dungeon 2 | October 26th

PC

Good five years after the first part now Darkest Dungeon 2 \ – at least in the Early Access. The release of the strategic rpg will also take place only on the PC and for the time being exclusively in the Epic Games Store.

The playful principle of Darkest Dungeon is maintained in the successor: you recruited and trains a group of colorful collapsed heroes and suggest round-based through dungeons. However, you have to be careful that your units do not expire the paranoia, madness or other harmful mental states . In the worst case, your heroes can die permanently. In Darkest Dungeon 2, your group represents this time again in front of such a stressful company, which should give an insight into the supernatural apocalypse.

How long Darkest Dungeon 2 should stay in the Early Access, the developers have not yet revealed. After the end of the preliminary discount, the role-playing game should also appear on other distribution platforms such as Steam.

Guardians of the galaxy | October 26th

PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X

In the cinema, director James Gunn brought the Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel to the big spotlight. Now the colorful and chaotic troupe around Peter Star-Lord Quill also receives a separate video game of developer Eidos Montreal. In it, the Guardians of the Galaxy are relatively fresh and trying to be rented to earn money.

Unfortunately, it is just the Guardians, which ensure that the Mysterious Organization becomes a universal church of truth to the great danger to the universe. Now it is true for Star Lord and his friends to move in the fight and stop the church in their machinations. You expect a classic action adventure , in which you only play Peter Quill. However, the other Guardian members fight with their side and receive commands to execute mighty comboacticles.

The release of Guardians of the Galaxy takes place on the PC and all consoles as pure singleplayer adventure. A multiplayer or coop mode is not planned or intended.

Iron Harvest | October 26th

PS5 / XBOX Series X

Over a year, it s because Iron Harvest for the PC, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One appeared. Now developer King Art and Publisher Koch Media still rich a release for the new console generation, say PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / s.

For the implementation, the developers promise platform-specific adjustments and optimizations. In addition, Iron Harvest appears as a so-called Complete Edition , which includes the main game, the DLC Rusviet Revolution and the Extension Operation Eagle. There is also a new multiplayer card and a new build-up defense structure.

Strategy players get access to four fractions with their own singleplayer campaign with the Complete Edition. There are also 18 multiplayer cards, a coop mode, and a little more.

Age of Empires 4 | 28th of October

PC

Let s stay with the genre strategy, but switch to the PC: After many years of development, Age of Empires 4 is finally finished. The new part of the series puts the scenario back to the Middle Ages and can be enjoyed as one of eight different civilizations real-time strategy.

The campaign comprises four file with a total of 35 missions. It experiences scenarios around historical personalities such as Jingis Khan or Johanna of Orléans. The developers also put on Doku videos to explain historical connections. In multiplayer mode, you can prove up to seven other players and show that you are the biggest strategist in the field.

The release of Age of Empires 4 has so far only planned for the PC. Whether Microsoft will take a port for the Xbox in the future, remains to be seen.

RIDERS REPUBLIC | 28th of October

PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X

With Steep, developer Ubisoft Annecy has tried in 2016 at an Extreme Sports game. Now the team dares with Riders Republic the second startup and moves beyond snow. This time you can also let off streets, desert areas and other environments.

Of course, there are also new sports. In addition to skis and snowboards you can swing you or to your mountain whiz with a wingsuit through the air. In the athletic competitions then it goes not purely a question of speed, but also about skill and to performing daredevil tricks. Besides, you can equip it your daring riders with new outfits.

As usual in current Ubisoft games, the release of RIDERS REPUBLIC for the PC and consoles takes place. Only the Nintendo Switch is not operated for the time being with a version.

Mario Party Superstars | October 29

SWITCH

The Mario Party series had always had their heights and depths – especially as far as playboards. With Mario Party Superstars, Nintendo now wants to revive five classics from the N64 time.

In the collection, Yoshis Tropen Island, Space Land, Peach s Birthday Cake, Woody s Forest and Horror Land are included in a revised version. In addition, there are 100 mini-games that have been put together from the entire series. The party game can then be played as usual locally on a console, locally in multiplayer mode or online.

No big surprise on the release: Mario Party Superstars of course appear exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. All other platforms go out empty.

Save the world with the Guardians of Marvel, in Age of Empires as a great strategist or with Mario who destroy one or the other friendship: this week, a few exciting games that fight for your purse will appear again.