‘Batman: The Telltale Series’ Leads The Five Games You Need To Play This Week

Every week, it seems like more games arrive for more platforms than ever. So, every week, we pick five games that should get your attention. Starting, this week, with a sequel to an unexpected take on Batman.

Pick Of The Week: Batman: The Enemy Within Episode 1, Tuesday ($5, $25 for Season Pass, PS4, Xbox One, PC, iOS, Android, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Yes, the Batman franchise returns to Telltale, this time with even more Batman villains and different takes on the beloved billionaire ninja detective. The real fun in Telltale’s approach to Bats was how utterly unbeholden they felt to previous continuity. Everything, from origin stories to the nature of beloved characters, was up for grabs and it made for a deeply exciting and unpredictable game, if one a bit overly-focused on its own overarching plot. This time around, tying into the crossover playing out in The War of Jokes and Riddles in the comics, the Riddler is back and just a wee bit Jigsaw like. We’ll be excited to see how he and the Joker play off each other.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Tuesday ($30, PS4 and PC)

Ninja Theory, which did superb work on Disney Infinity as well as DmC: Devil May Cry, is back with an attempt to give their action-adventure style a bit more meaning. Senua is a Celtic warrior who is slipping into mental illness and goes deep into Hell (or does she?) to save her lover. This mix of history, personal story and combat is attention-getting, to say the least, and promises to be one of the more compelling games even as fall picks up.

Sine Mora EX, Tuesday ($20, PS4, Xbox One, and PC)

If you miss the good old days of sidescrolling, 2D, bullet-studded shooters, Sine Mora was the kind of throwback you could get excited about. But bad timing, arriving right when the PS3 and Xbox 360 were leaving the scene, meant it didn’t really get a shot. Fortunately THQ Nordic is bringing the game back for another round, and it’s worth experiencing if you missed it the first time.

Jump Step Step, Friday ($10, Xbox One)

Jump Step Step takes platforming in a fascinating direction; turn-based decisions. Not unlike how robots operate in the real word (and in fact the game was inspired by a toy robot), the idea is that you plan out a path for your little robo-buddy to follow, and he follows your instructions exactly. So, better plan ahead, or you’re going to feel really, really bad about what you did to that poor sweet robot.

LawBreakers, Monday ($30 PC, PS4 version arrives Tuesday)

A throwback to Unreal Tournament, LawBreakers aims to be old-school style team multiplayer with the goal of, well, defeating the other team. Shipping with five modes, ranging from the familiar team deathmatch to the more absurd Blitzball, it promises to be the multiplayer game to lure you away from Overwatch, or at least have you play as a breather between games of Overwatch.

Any games we missed? Let us know in the comments!
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