Normally, I open these BTD features with an image of some hotly anticipated title, but Comic-Con trumps them all. Taking place next week from July 9-12, San Diego Comic-Con International 2015 will be host to plenty of gaming and general geekery, and our writer Jeb Haught will be covering the show floor and other Comic-Con exhibits throughout the convention.
Now this doesn't mean there aren't any games worth looking forward to this month: the indie fighters Yatagarasu and Skullgirls 2nd Encore, the fourth episode for Life Is Strange, and the free-to-play Magic Duels: Origins. Wizards of the Coast is finally learning from its competitors, namely Hex: Shards of Fate, and updating the Planewalkers to modern times.
I was equally impressed with Feist, a game clearly inspired by Limbo but could actually live up to that comparison, as well as (surprisingly) Rory McIlroy PGA Tour which has significantly improved loading times and an arcade-style Night Golf. We also can't forget the remasters for God of War III and Legend of Kay; perhaps unnecessary but there they are.
Jul 1 – Prismatica (PC)
Jul 1 – DungeonRift (PC)
Jul 2 – Anna's Quest (PC)
Jul 2 – CABAL 2 (PC) [Open Beta]
Jul 2 – Ar nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star (Vita)
Jul 2 – How to Survive: Third Person Standalone (PC)
Jul 3 – SubSpace Continuum (PC)
Jul 3 – Unpossible (PC)
Jul 6 – Knee Deep, Act 1: Wonderland (PC)
Jul 7 – Skullgirls 2nd Encore (PS4)
Jul 7 – Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm (PC)
Jul 7 – Rocket League (PS4, PC)
Jul 7 – Scraps (PC)
Jul 7 – Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom (PC)
Jul 8 – Worms World Party Remastered (PC)
Jul 8 – Gunpowder (PC)
Jul 9 – Trove (PC)
Jul 9 – Bierzerkers (PC)
Jul 9 – Into the Stars (PC)
Jul 9 – Better Late Than DEAD (PC)
Jul 9 – Don't Crash (Wii U)
Jul 9 – Cosmophony (PC)
Jul 10 – Spectra (PC)
Jul 14 – Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (PS4, XONE)
Jul 14 – Guncraft: Blocked and Loaded (X360)
Jul 14 – Godzilla (PS4)
Jul 14 – Guild of Dungeoneering (PC)
Jul 14 – God of War III Remastered (PS4)
Jul 14 – Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess (PS4)
Jul 14 – Trials Fusion: Awesome Level Max (PS4, XONE, PC)
Jul 16 – Luckslinger (PC)
Jul 21 – Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (Banana Split Edition) (PS4)
Jul 21 – F1 2015 (PC, XONE, PS4)
Jul 21 – Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PS4, XONE) [Retail Version]
Jul 21 – ICY (PC)
Jul 23 – Feist (PC)
Jul 24 – Niko: Through The Dream (PC)
Jul 28 – Kyn (PC)
Jul 28 – King's Quest (PC)
Jul 28 – Lost Dimension (Vita, PS3)
Jul 28 – Legend of Kay Anniversary (Wii U, PS4)
Jul 28 – Swindle (PC, PS4, PS3)
Jul 30 – Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom (X360)
Jul 30 – Pump-Action Captain (PC)
Jul ?? – Magic Duels Origins (XONE, PC, iPad)
Jul ?? – Life Is Strange Episode 4: The Dark Room (PC, PS4, XONE, PS3, X360)