It’s a busy end to the week as five new games hit the Xbox One store today. First up is Drunk-Fu: Wasted Masters from Rusto Games. Flail your intoxicated ragdoll around in a wrecked rampage in online or offline modes with friends. If you’ve no friends then just howl in a drunken fury as you beat up AI controlled bullies in different arenas across the globe. Pick it up here for $9.99.
Staying with the party game theme, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, from Steel Crate Games, also released today. One player is trapped in a room with a ticking time bomb they must defuse. The other players are the “Experts” who must give the instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the information found in the Bomb Defusal Manual. But there’s a catch: the Experts can’t see the bomb, so everyone will need to talk it out – fast! The game is for local co-op (no single player mode) and requires an additional web-enabled device to view or print the Bomb Defusal Manual. Buy it here for $14.99.
Also releasing today is Treadnauts from Topstitch Games. Players must pilot a tank through arenas to land a deadly shot on your opponents. You’ve got a slew of useful tricks at your disposal, including treads that stick to any wall, boosters for midair hops, zero-friction slides, and rocket jumps for soaring into the sky. The game comes with four playable zones, each with unique mechanics and physics objects, couch competitive mode for 2-4 players, as well as single-player Target Test mode with medals to earn. Pick it up here for $9.99.
Next we have Polygod, a rogue-like, randomly generated, single & multiplayer FPS with a brutal difficulty curve. The game from Krafted Games, blends a fast-paced, Quake-esque feel with the randomness, difficulty and power-up system of The Binding of Isaac. Polygod is a hardcore gamer and speedrunners dream. Each of the arenas features five Altars of Worship, offering you Blessings in exchange for Souls you have collected along your journey. And don’t forget, death is permanent. The game also includes online and offline multiplayer and co-operative modes. Buy it now for $14.99.
Finally, Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders, a hidden objects adventure game from Artifex Mundi also released today. In the absence of a mortally ill king, the Grand Vizier Zaved rules the kingdom with an iron fist, while a mysterious plague casts a dark shadow on the people of Persia. The young apothecary Tara decides do conduct her own investigation and discover the cause of the illnes before it’s too late. Pick it up here for $14.99.
