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Now Loading for the week of 05/02/2016

by: Jeremy -
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It’s a whole new month! Wow, we’re already approaching the halfway point of 2016 as we roar into May. Hell, E3 is only a few weeks away, which should help paint a nice picture of what we can expect for the rest of 2016. As for this week though, we have plenty on our plates between new games heading to stores and updated selections of free games on the various subscription services.

This week’s headliner is Gearbox’s new cooperative shooter, Battleborn. With this one, you need to think MOBA meets Borderlands. I got a chance to check the game out in depth last Fall, and many gamers got to spend some time with the game in the recent open beta test. The game is a ton of fun but you absolutely must bring along some friends in order to get the most out of the experience.

As I mentioned, with it being the start of a whole new month, that means that a lot of gamers are getting new “free games” on their respective services. Both Xbox Live and PlayStation Plus will update their lineups of free games for May. Xbox Live Gold members can look forward to the following for May’s Games with Gold offerings:

  • Costume Quest 2 for Xbox One (available 05/16 through 06/15)
  • Defense Grid 2 for Xbox One (available 05/01 through 05/31)
  • Grid 2 for 360 (available 05/01 through 05/15)
  • Peggle for 360 (available 05/16 through 05/31)
  • Sunset Overdrive for Xbox One (available through 05/15)

The PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection will be update with tomorrow’s PlayStation Store update and will add the following to the service:

  • Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 for PS3
  • God of War: Ghost of Sparta for Vita (PSP game)
  • LocoRoco Cocoreccho! for PS3
  • Switch Galaxy Ultra for Vita and PS4
  • Table Top Racing: World Tour for PS4
  • Tropico 5 for PS5

As for completely new games, this is what you have to look forward to this week:

  • Astral Domine for PC
  • Azkend 2: The World Beneath for PS4 and Vita (Cross Buy enabled)
  • Battleborn for PC, PS4 and Xbox One
  • The Beggar’s Ride for PC
  • Buff Knight Advanced for PS4
  • Castle Heist: Chapter 1 for PC
  • Coffin Dodgers for Xbox One and PS4
  • Color Chaos for PC
  • Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel for PC
  • Earn to Die 2 for PC
  • Fantasy Tales Online for PC
  • Fragments of Him for PC
  • HACK_IT for PC
  • Hyposphere for PC
  • I and Me for PC
  • Imhotep, Pyramid Builder for PC
  • Istrolid for PC
  • Kathy Rain for PC
  • The King of Fighters 2000 (PS2 classic) for PS4
  • Liveza: Death of the Earth for PC
  • Magic Quest for PC
  • Mind Unleashed for PC
  • Mindvinter for PC
  • Mystery Castle for PC
  • Neverending Nightmares for PS4 and Vita (Cross Buy enabled)
  • The Park for Xbox One and PS4
  • Parkitect for PC
  • Pitfall Planet for PC
  • Positron for PC
  • Push Me Pull You for PS4
  • Ray Gigant for Vita
  • Shadow Complex Remastered for PS4
  • Share for PC
  • Spunk and Moxie for PC
  • Superhot for Xbox One
  • Table Top Racing: World Tour for PS4
  • Tadpole Treble for PC
  • The Temporal Invasion for PC
  • Wars of Napoleon for PC
  • Yon Paradox for PC