Posted in: Games, Video Games | Tagged: Aegis Defenders, embargoed, Forager, humble bundle, Ikenfell, Keyboard Sports - Saving QWERTY, Mineko's Night Market, No Truce with the Furies, Staxel, The Occupation, Wandersong, Wizard of Legend

Humble Bundle Has Announced Their 2018 Publishing Lineup

Humble Bundle has already announced their line up of 2018 game releases, despite being a relatively new face in games publishing. They've already met great success with the release of their first PC and console published game, the critically-acclaimed A Hat in Time. You're absolutely going to want to add these games to your watch list.

From an adorable adventure game featuring cats to a police-procedural RPG, Humble Bundle's lineup of games has something for everyone on a variety of platforms! See below for a quick rundown of each game.

Game: The Occupation
Developer: White Paper Games
Platforms: Windows PC, Mac, Linux, consoles TBA
Genre:  First-person fixed-time investigative thriller
Release Date: Q2 2018
Website: http://occupation-game.com

The Occupation is a first-person, fixed time, investigative thriller sim set in North-West England on October 24, 1987. As a reporter, you are tasked with investigating an attack that has left 23 dead and has become the catalyst for the creation of The Union Act, a controversial law that threatens the civil liberties of the British population. Events happen in real-time over the course of four hours and you must make decisions based on the evidence surrounding you.

Game: Mineko's Night Market 
Developer: Meowza Games
Platforms: Windows PC, Mac, consoles TBA
Genre: Adventure (with cats, crafting, farming and more cats)
Release Date: Summer 2018
Website: http://minekosnightmarket.com

Mineko's Night Market is a whimsical adventure game where you play as Mineko, a curious girl who has just arrived at her new home on a peculiar Japanese island overrun by cats. Discover the mysteries of the island while completing quests, collecting resources, crafting, making friends and eating eats. Mineko's Night Market celebrates Japanese culture while introducing a heartwarming story about friendship, choices and cats.

Game: No Truce With The Furies
Developer: ZA/UM
Platforms: Windows PC
Genre: Isometric RPG
Release Date: 2018
Website: http://zaumstudio.com

No Truce With The Furies is an isometric RPG meets cop show. You play as a police detective in the city of Revachol where you can choose to solve a huge, open ended case, or just get lost exploring the city. Good cop, bad cop, fascist cop, socialist revolutionary cop, criminal mastermind disguised as a cop – take your pick and have the freedom to play any kind of law enforcer you want.

Game: Ikenfell
Developer: Chevy Ray Johnston
Platforms: Windows PC, Mac, consoles TBA
Genre: RPG
Release Date: Summer 2018
Website: http://ikenfell.com

Far to the North, children learn magic and enchantments at a mysterious school called Ikenfell. In this heartwarming RPG, a group of troublemakers attending the Ikenfell school of magic fight their way through strategic timing-based battles to solve a dark mystery. Luckily, you're never alone at magic school. With your friends by your side, you'll always have help along the way.

Game: Wizard of Legend
Developer: Contingent99
Platforms: Windows PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genre: Dungeon Crawler
Release Date: Early 2018
Website: http://wizardoflegend.com

Wizard of Legend is an action-packed dungeon crawler with an emphasis on dynamic magical combat! Use quick reflexes and powerful spells to unleash devastating combinations against your enemies. With Wizard of Legend's couch co-op mode, you can grab a friend and jump head first into the action in an out offensive or strategically equip your wizards with spells and items that compliment each other's play style.

Game: Aegis Defenders
Developer: GUTS Department
Platforms: Windows PC, Mac, PS4
Genre: Metroidvania Platformer / Tower Defense
Release Date: Q1 2018
Website: http://aegisthegame.com

Aegis Defenders is a Metroidvania-style action platformer featuring tower defense combat elements and the look and feel of 16-bit era titles like Super Metroid. You play as a pair of Ruin Hunters searching for the one thing that can save their village from an encroaching empire — an ancient weapon known as Aegis. Aegis Defenders reignites the magic of the old school adventure genre for a unique blend of gameplay and rich narrative that sets the stage for an instant classic.

Game: Wandersong
Developer: Dumb and Fat Games
Platforms: Windows PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Genre: Musical Adventure
Release Date: Early 2018
Website: http://wanderso.ng

Wandersong is a musical adventure where you use singing to save the world! Play as a silly bard who embarks on a globe-trotting journey to prevent the universe's imminent end by learning the mysterious melody Earthsong. Along the way, there's a huge cast of colorful characters to meet, puzzles to solve and songs to sing!

Game: Forager
Developer: HopFrog
Platforms: Windows PC, Mac, consoles TBA
Genre: crafting, survival, open world
Release Date: Q2 2018
Website: https://hopfrogsa.net/forager

As an open world, adventure and exploration game, Forager lets players explore a vast land filled with secrets, puzzles, friendly characters and foes. Build and grow a village by crafting useful items, managing resources, establishing and maintaining relationships with NPCs, defeating enemies and also finding secrets! With interesting progression systems and a really addictive core loop, Forager is hard to put down once you start playing it!

Game: Staxel
Developer: Plukit
Platforms: Windows PC
Genre: Sandbox, simulation
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Website: http://playstaxel.com

Staxel is a voxel-based sandbox farming game where, as the newest resident of a rustic village, players put down roots into a new life as a farmer. Carefully tend to your farm to make it grow, build your farmhouse, help villagers, grow crops or take to the wilds to fish and hunt bugs. If you're feeling social, you can even invite your friends over to share in the fun!

Game: Keyboard Sports – Saving QWERTY
Developer: Triband
Platforms: Windows PC, Mac
Genre: Keyboard Action Adventure
Release Date: 2018
Website: http://keyboardsports.com

Keyboard Sports – Saving QWERTY is a humor-filled adventure with very little actual sports in it, but it's filled with challenges that only ramp up once started. You play as the young apprentice to Master QWERTY who takes you on a wild adventure across oceans, through temples and into dreams in the search for your inner key using the entire keyboard as your controller. Use every single key and fall in love with your least sexy controller!

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