Monkey Island, Asterix or even Sonic: 7 games for the whole family to follow closely

On the occasion of the gamescom, Tech & Co walked the halls of the fair in Cologne (Germany) in search of video games for the whole family. Nostalgia, fantasy and collaboration are on the program.

• Return to Monkey Island

Series created by LucasArts, George Lucas’ video game studio, Monkey Island was born 22 years ago. Nostalgic players will be delighted, the little ones too, with this return 13 years after the last release of the pirate. This sixth game takes up the torch and the adventures of Guybrush Threepwood launch an assault on the Caribbean seas. The hero must uncover the secrets of Monkey Island and foil the plans of the infamous LeChuck, his lifelong enemy.

Return to Monkey Island will be available on September 19, 2022 on Nintendo Switch and PC.

• Sonic frontiers

The most famous blue hedgehog in video games is renewed. The 90’s SEGA star returns in sonic frontiers that takes up the codes of the saga (the hero stumbles at full speed, pieces to recover, enemies to eliminate). The game offers great areas to explore in the open world, but also more classic levels to explore. The player can face mini-puzzles as well as enemies to fight. Sonic should find his usual companions there (Amy Rose, Dr. Eggman, Tails, Knuckles, etc.).

The game will arrive on November 8, 2022 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and PC.

• Asterix & Obelix XXXL: The Aries of Hibernia

The most famous Gauls land on an XXXL adventure. Asterix and Obelix go to Hibernia (now Ireland) to repel the Roman invasion and come to the aid of Keratin, the daughter of chief Irishcoffix. Asterix and Obelix XXXL: The Aries of Hibernia offers cooperative action play for up to four players locally, in the form of puzzle solving and exploration, all in top view. But a game that doesn’t forget the basics of the duo’s adventures: slapping the Romans.

Asterix and Obelix return on October 13 to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and PC.

• Dordogne

This unassuming little game has a crazy charm. Designed by the French studio Un Jeu Ne Sait Quoi led by animation specialists, Dordogne plays the nostalgic card through its heroine, Mimi, 32, who has just lost her grandmother and has to empty her house in the Dordogne. She then turns into little 10-year-old Mimi who spent the summer in the country. Using mini-games, puzzles, you have to go fishing for memories through words, sounds and objects to collect to understand what marked that summer. With its deceptively naive graphic style of children’s cartoons coming to life and her soothing music, Dordogne It strikes a chord with us, a marvel of Proust’s madeleine.

The game will be available in early 2023 on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series (on Xbox Game Pass), and PC.

• Songs of Sennaar

Another find from publisher Focus Entertainment as dordogne, Songs of Sennaar remember the poetic video game Trip. It will be of interest to lovers of puzzles and puzzles. Rundisc’s title is based on the Tower of Babel myth. A traveler embarks on a mission to reunite the Peoples of the Tower who speak ancient languages ​​that will have to be deciphered to unify them. To achieve this, it is then necessary to try to understand the inhabitants crossed by crossing their sentences and the actions to be carried out to advance the story. A deceptively minimalist game in content and form that quickly becomes addictive as you try to decode languages.

The game is expected in 2023 on consoles and PC

• Moving 2

I’m looking for a game to have a good time with friends, move out 2 belongs to the same category asOvercooked with his dose of madness and his speed game side. Use the winning recipe from the first Move : Assemble a moving team, stack the boxes and follow the often catastrophic missions, avoiding as much as possible to break the vases or lose the furniture along the way. move out 2 adds online multiplayer and additional levels.

The game will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X∣S, Nintendo Switch and PC during 2023

• Time of the crime

Posted by JustForGames, crime time is an investigation game that takes place in five different eras throughout time and is presented in the form of a vast black and white drawing in which you must zoom in or out to find the clues of a crime to solve. A “Where’s Waldo?” in which sometimes you also have to know how to play with time to solve an enigma. Some fifty surveys will be proposed.

The game will be available in early 2023 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC.