Finally Meet Lady Dimitrescu in This Week’s Xbox Games (May 3-7)

It’s a huge week for Xbox games this week with the long-awaited arrival of Resident Evil Village and the oh-so-tall Lady Dimitrescu! Microsoft has a heaping helping of terrific games coming throughout the week, some of which have already arrived. Check out this week’s crop of games!

Already Released

The Colonists

The Colonists is a relaxing city-building game inspired by classics like Anno and The Settlers. Help these cute robots build their dream settlement. Each bot has a job to fulfill, from harvesting crops and fishing at the lake to transporting resources and discovering distant lands. You’ll advance through three different Ages as you build infrastructure for your colony by constructing road, boat, and train transport systems. Help them work together to achieve automated harmony.

Dragon Quest Builders 2 (PC/Console Xbox Game Pass/Xbox Play Anywhere)

Embark on an epic journey and become the master Builder! Customize your character and set off to revive a forsaken world alongside a mysterious companion named Malroth. Then, take your builder online and join your friends to collaborate and create something truly magnificent. Don’t let the name fool you, despite the 2, this is a completely standalone experience featuring new characters, an expansive world, unlimited building combinations, and a storyline that’s sure to satisfy long-time fans and newcomers alike!

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

Adventure in the strange town of August with local radio hosts and secret lovers Poe and Munro, as they encounter six unique mysteries on and off the air. Direct the banter and the action as they fend off a nightmare stalker who just won’t let go, a vengeful ghost looking for everlasting closure, a demonic painting that grants wishes – and more – but can you keep Poe and Munro together, and alive…?

Dull Gray

Dull Grey is an award-winning visual novel about growing up. It tells about mother and son, free will, and the search for happiness among foggy mountains and grey pipes. You will be making one and the same choice, again and again, deciding who the son should become – a lamplighter or a tallyman. At first, it may seem that the situation leaves you no choice at all. But don’t jump to conclusions, take a moment to think it over, and then, perhaps, you’ll see your story in full color.

The Wardrobe: Even Better Edition

The Wardrobe: Even Better Edition is a tribute to the awesome geekery that was born in the last four decades, and to the classic 2D point-and-click adventures from the ‘90s. Each dialogue, scene, background, or item in the game pays homage to the nerd and pop culture you grew up with; from the most evident reference to the most hidden ones.

Thursday, May 6

Skate City

Skate the streets of real-world, iconic destinations from around the globe. Master combos of flip tricks, manuals, and grinds to set high scores in challenge mode, or ride at your own pace with Endless Skate. Head over to the skate shop to customize your skater & unlock everything else available!

Friday, May 7

Blazing Beaks

Roguelite – where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters, and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover, and levels to explore.

Chroma Quaternion (optimized for Xbox Series X/S/Smart Delivery

In a world with four kingdoms, each colored by a season, where roles are granted by the Quadeities, strange happenings suddenly threaten the peace there. A quest begins to find each one’s calling in this intrigued fate and journey through the kingdoms to get to the bottom of the mystery! Make use of up to three roles per character to enjoy the variety in skills, effects, and even costumes. In turn-based battles, you can charge special orbs to use Act Over and launch up to four continuous actions. It’s fun just to watch the charm of pixel arts in this fantasy JRPG!

Flowing Lights (Xbox One X Enhanced)

Why is Flowing Lights different from other shooting games? Puzzle elements! They offer a challenge for the brain on top of the immediate fun of destroying monsters. Deeper challenges, a deeper sense of achievement!

Flowing Lights

Infestor (Optimized for Xbox Series X/S/Smart Delivery)

Welcome to Human Colony 31-5B! Playing Infestor you are a cute little green space alien invading your way across the colony. However since there are many physical obstacles in your way, you must gain control of the human inhabitants and use their powerful bodies to perform tasks that are beyond your tiny stature. Jump high, push heavy crates, avoid pointy spikes, gun turrets, and other hazards in each brain-teasing level as you snatch bodies of the human race one at a time. How far can you take the colony conquest as you progress through 70 challenging levels?

Kursk

You assume the role of a spy who finds way on the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk. Your task is to collect secret information about the revolutionary Shkval supercavitating torpedoes. While trying to complete your mission, you become witness to the dramatic events which shook the world at that time.

Nogunz: Doppelganger Edition (Xbox One X Enhanced)

Nongunz is a nihilistic action-platformer roguelike. Obscure in both gameplay and theme, it’s a riddle that demands sacrifice. Rebuilt from the ground-up, the Doppelganger Edition is a remastered version of the original, never previously released on console, and features two all-new modes: Arena and Local Co-op.

Resident Evil Village

Experience survival horror like never before in the eighth major installment in the storied Resident Evil franchise – Resident Evil Village. Set a few years after the horrifying events in the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 7 biohazard, the all-new storyline begins with Ethan Winters and his wife Mia living peacefully in a new location, free from their past nightmares. Just as they are building their new life together, tragedy befalls them once again.

Hood: Outlaws and Legends – Year 1 Edition (Optimized for Xbox Series X/S/Smart Delivery)

Faced with a merciless, unchecked state, rebels and rogues battle to claim their place among legends. To win influence with oppressed people, rival gangs compete in daring heists to hit the wealthy where it hurts. Two teams of 4 compete to execute the perfect heist, in medieval environments patrolled by deadly AI guards. With the unique skills and mystical abilities of each character, moving in stealth to steal treasures unseen or dominating through loud and brutal combat.

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