translated from Spanish: April’s five most anticipated games

The second quarter of the year begins and although the effects of the pandemic continue to feel between releases, April has some great games to enjoy. We review this month’s featured releases, including action, photography, platforms and some other refried worth enjoying again almost 20 years later.
Studio: People Can Fly
Platforms: PC/PS/XB
Date: Thursday 01

People Can Fly, the studio behind Gears of War: Judgment and Bulletstorm, enters the world of games connected to Outriders, a game that has more of The Division than Destiny, which appears to be the immediate reference. Outriders puts us in the shoes of a soldier affected by a planet’s anomaly, who wakes up 30 years after the accident in the midst of a civil war. With several character classes—each with their own abilities—countless armor and weapon options, various difficulty levels, and a full campaign that allows you to repeat missions for better tools, People Can Fly expects us to spend long nights alone or with up to two more players in co-op mode. Outriders is available on the Xbox Game Pass service for Xbox consoles, so if you’re subscribed there are no excuses not to give it a try.
Studio: Oddworld Inhabitants
Platforms: PC/PS
Release: Tuesday 06

One of the great PlayStation classics is back. Oddworld is one of the founding franchises of the Sony console, and that’s why it’s no wonder this new installment is exclusive to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Soulstorm is a sequel to New ‘n’ Tasty, the reboot of the 2014 series, and a reimagination of Abe’s Exoddus, the 1998 game, which not only adapts graphics to take advantage of new technologies, but also introduces some new mechanics and an item manufacturing and improvement system. As always, Abe will need to use his psychic powers to help his own escape the slave labor of the factory they work in, and PlayStation 5 users who have a PlayStation Plus subscription will be able to download it for free. 
Study: Aspyr
Platform: PS/PC/NS
Release: Tuesday 06

The Aspyr studio, which had already been in charge of remastering Star Wars: Episode I: Racer, re-cools an old Star Wars classic for new consoles and PCs. Star Wars: Republic Commando is a first-person action game set during The Clone War that puts you in control of a squadron of Republic soldiers fulfilling different missions. It is a game that precedes online co-op experiences, so the player controls the squad leader and has to give orders to the rest of the soldiers, such as defending, attacking and healing, while trying to survive the shooting. It is a cult classic that will surely be better received by the nostalgics of the original than by the new players. Anyway, it’s worth getting back in even if it’s not to see Yoda’s cameo.
Studio: Nintendo
Platform: NS
Release: Friday 30th

More than 20 years ago Nintendo launched Pokémon Snap, a Pokémon spin-off that became a cult classic. The game offered a rail experience, in which the player had to take photos of the different Pokémon in their natural habitat, using different elements to attract them or waiting for certain moments to get them out of hiding. And after much waiting the company returns with a new installment that takes advantage of new technologies to expand the possibilities, improve character models and offer integration with the community to show the best photos.
Studio: Housemarque
Platform: PS5
Release: Friday 30th

After a long partnership with Sony, Housemarque decided to try their luck with some cross-platform games without too much success, so for his new project he re-joined the PlayStation home. Returnal combines the strengths of the Housemarque team, known for the quality of its effects and particles and shooting mechanics, with the industry’s new tendency to games known as “roguelike”, which are those in which the player is in a loop that forces him to progressively overcome levels as he gains new skills or weapons.  It will be one of the first great exclusivities of PlayStation 5, so there is a lot of expectation about it.

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