Snatch a look at five bright, vibrant trailers for adventures coming out of video games expo Gamescom: from the bouncy, action-oriented "Yooka-Laylee" and animé-influenced "Shiness" to the sibling journeys of "Silence" and "Blackwood Crossing" via an unashamedly retro-style "Thimbleweed Park" from the designers of classic point and click "Monkey Island."
Yooka-Laylee
Revisiting the classic 3D platformers of days gone by -- in particular, the "Banjo Kazooie" series that its senior studio staff became well known for. Due early 2017 on PlayStation (PS4), Xbox One, WiiU, Mac, Linux and Windows PC.
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
Plunge into the adventure of Chabo, searching for the Land of Life in spite of a war raging across his beautiful planet. The product of a successful and ambitious 2014 crowdfunding campaign, the team behind "Shiness" even went to the trouble of developing a new language for their characters to speak. Out at the end of 2016 on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC.
Thimbleweed Park
Introducing one of several main characters, Delores, heir to a pillow factory, its fortune, and the town's general weirdness. A return to the adventure game format that established designers Rod Gilbert and Gary Winnick with the late 80s, early 90s "Maniac Mansion" and "Monkey Island" games. Out early 2017 on iOS, Android, Xbox One, and computers. To view trailer Click here.
Silence
Emerging from an underground bunker, Noah sets off across the world of Silence to find his missing sister Renie. Annual German expo Gamescom is home ground for adventure game specialist Daedalic, whose latest project is as sumptuously realized as anything that has come before, if this trailer is any proof. Due late 2016 on PS4, Xbox One, Windows PC, Mac and Linux.
Blackwood Crossing
Orphan girl Scarlett wakes up on a very unusual train ride with her younger brother Finn -- though they're close, something happened in the past, and Finn blames Scarlett for abandoning him. And then there's this weird rabbit-man who keeps turning up. Out early 2017 on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC.
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