A total of 16 games make their way to the Xbox platform next week, including Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master, which also joins the Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass libraries. Other than Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master on January 27th, there aren’t really any other big-named titles launching next week, but that’s not to say there aren’t a couple of interesting games on the way. The Longest Road on Earth is a narrative-driven adventure game, featuring four short stories that are up for interpretation. Vagante looks like a funny little roguelike platformer, and Cannibal Cuisine brings some multiplayer fun to the mix. From this page, you can view a game’s achievement list if it’s been released, subscribe to a game for news updates, add them to your wishlist, and even click through to the Microsoft Store to preorder or purchase. Here’s a breakdown of everything coming to the world of Xbox next week. Let us know which of these you’re planning on picking up in the comments!January 25thCannibal Cuisine — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsThe god Hoochooboo is hungry… for you. But serving is better than being served in this co-op cook ’em up! Chop up vegetables, fruits and tourists and serve your divine delicacies in arcade style with up to 4 chefs!Tour the islandReady, steady, cook your way through 20+ levels in a full campaign across the island. Overcome spikes in mysterious temples, bushwhack your way through tourist infested jungles, stay out of the water at the beach, and dodge the lava boiling around the volcano.Other-foodly activitiesAll kinds of extra-culinary skills are also needed to appease Hoochooboo. Skills such as outrunning the Spiky Log of Doom™, defeating waves of tourists and the tour boss in the jungle arena, as well as other challenge levels to prove yourself as the one true cook.Choose your cooking styleSpecial powers are the perfect ingredients to success, allowing you to dash, place healing totems or even breathe fire. In multiplayer each chef can choose a different ability to fit their personal cooking style.Foodfest or FoodfightCook your way through hell’s kitchen solo or with up to 4 chefs. Challenge each other to foodfights in PvP! With so many chefs in the kitchen, chaos is sure to follow.Reverie Knights Tactics — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneReverie Knights Tactics is a turn-based tactical RPG with strategic battles in isometric grids where every decision can alter the story. Travel through a hand-drawn fantasy world and lead your heroes in a story-rich adventure, visual novel style!January 26thCake Invaders — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneShoot to protect humanity’s valuable sweets from hungry alien swarms!The Japanese just love their famous German-inspired Baumkuchen cakes, and hungry invaders from across the universe have discovered these delicious treats too! Are you up to the challenge of protecting the precious desserts from waves of alien attacks? The hungry invaders are approaching one after another, wanting the all-important Baumkuchen Cake carried by your spaceship for themselves.Defend and shoot the invaders with your minigun to protect the Baumkuchen! If you keep defeating the invaders with your minigun, a mysterious Baumkuchen will appear, glowing in rainbow colors! If you shoot and destroy it, you will gain exploding bullets, increase your crew, and more. The further you progress, the more numerous and powerful the invaders will become, and the more Baumkuchen will eventually be consumed. Will you lead your crew to sweet survival?Elasto Mania Remastered — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneA NOT TOO CASUAL BIKE GAMEElasto Mania (commonly known as Elma) is an indie motorbike simulation game, a colorful 2D racing experience first released in 2000 as a successor to Action SuperCross. The remastered version is bigger & better than the original – the definitive way to play. This gem is challenging to master, but you will quickly get the hang of it, once you start playing!A NEVERENDING EXPERIENCEThere is always something new to discover when it comes to this beloved enduro platformer. When you think you have completed all the levels and collected all the goodies, it’s time to go online and compete on the leaderboards, or play together with a friend for a new perspective on old levels. And don’t worry, you won’t run out of content – there are more than a hundred additional levels in this version, with even more on the way.A CULT CLASSICThe days of floppy disks, CRT monitors and dial-up internet are long gone, but our old school favorite outlived them all – and it’s still going strong. A lot has happened in the past two decades, but this fully formed cult classic is still the same “hard, but casual, but hard” retro game we all love. Play it now in its best form!Gav-Gav Odyssey — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneGav-Gav Odyssey is another way to get the blast from the gaming past! This game merges the best elements from golden age gaming: platforming, scroll shooting and puzzles. Cute doggies as key heroes are combined with challenging puzzle tricks and can capture your interest for a solid amount of time. This setting looks so authentic that someone can even think that this game was released on 8- or 16-bit platforms 20 or 30 years ago! Nice pixel art graphics, friendly gameplay and funny cutscenes are able to charm kids and grown-ups alike, especially those who can still remember the best platforming games of the 80’s and 90’s!Key features:— Detailed and colourful pixel art approach— Nice canine plot that requires you to save your doggie friends— Two types of gameplay: scroll shooter and puzzle platforming— Rich amount of secrets, easter eggs and cultural referencesS.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneS.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster.Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – The S.W.A.N. Institute.Summertime Madness — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneSummertime Madness is a single-player first-person puzzle game.The player, in the role of a painter who has made a deal with the devil, has to find his way back to the real world after being cheated and trapped into one of his canvases. A dreamlike journey into a surreal world of the artist’s own creations where the atmospheric gameplay provides mysteries to discover, puzzles to solve and artistic landscapes to explore.Summertime Madness — Xbox Series X|SSummertime Madness is a single-player first-person puzzle game.The player, in the role of a painter who has made a deal with the devil, has to find his way back to the real world after being cheated and trapped into one of his canvases. A dreamlike journey into a surreal world of the artist’s own creations where the atmospheric gameplay provides mysteries to discover, puzzles to solve and artistic landscapes to explore.January 27thCOGEN: Sword of Rewind — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneRewind, rethink, redo.COGEN is a brand-new kind of 2D action game where there’s no time for death.■StoryAwakening to find herself sprawled on a floor of hard steel, the first thing that greets Kohaku’s eyes is a strange talking sword named ExeBreaker. Unsure of where she is or what’s going on, she agrees to this sardonic sword’s proposal to join forces, and together they journey deep into the heart of a transformed Cogen City—once Kohaku’s home, now a collapsing ruin. Both mystery and mayhem await her, but with the power of ExeBreaker’s Ouroboros System on her side, nothing will stop her from discovering the truth of what happened to her beloved home.■Defy Death by Rewinding Time!Any hit you take is a death sentence in this side-scrolling 2D action game. But fear not! You may lack the HP to weather a beating, but you’ve got the Ouroboros System on your side. This futuristic technology kicks in the instant death embraces you and allows you to rewind up to 3 seconds of time. Slip up and wish you could take it back? Want to play around and experiment? Easy, just rewind the clock! Hone your skills through trial and error, and triumph over diabolical traps and legions of fearsome foes!■StaffComposer: Motoi SakurabaCharacter Designs: ntnyGunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneThe Longest Road on Earth — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneVagante — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneDiscover an invaluable treasure in a fantasy world full of dangers in this truly challenging pixel-art rogue-like adventure with RPG elements. Play solo or join up to 3 friends local or online!Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsJanuary 28thActive Neurons – Puzzle game — Xbox Series X|SActive Neurons is a game that trains the player in spatial logical thinking.By controlling the power of thought, you must charge the neurons. The more the neurons are charged, the healthier the brain becomes. The healthier the brain becomes, the more of a fully-fledged life the person will live.Re:Turn 2 – Runaway — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneSuper Onion Boy 2 — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneSuper Onion Boy 2 is a classic 2D action and adventure game in retro style in pixel art.Your mission is to save your friends who were captured by a terrible monster with psychic powers.Defeat enemies on the way with the help of superpowers and epic transformations, collect coins and stars to earn extra lives. Find chests with magic potions and defeat all the terrible bosses until you reach the final boss.Features* Action and adventure game* Epic boss fights* Magic potions with superpowers* 8-bit chiptune style music
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