“Unravel” is a new adventure game for Windows PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Credit: EA International Ltd.
New video games out this week
"Unravel." This lovely-looking platform/adventure game about a red bundle of yarn named Yarny is a wordless story that seeks to yank at the heartstrings (or a yarn approximation thereof). Rated E for Everyone. $20, downloadable for Windows PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
"Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime." A hit at Fantastic Arcade, this cooperative platform game is hypnotic and addictive and new to PlayStation 4. $15. Rated E-10+ for Everyone 10 and Older. Also available for PC and Xbox One.
Also out this week: "Naruto Sippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4" (Xbox One, PS4), "Firewatch" (PC, PS4), "Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia" (PC, Xbox One, PS4), "Arslan: The Warriors of Legend" (PC, Xbox One, PS4), "Dying Light: The Following Enhanced Edition" (PS4, Xbox One), "Neverwinter: Underdark" (Xbox One), "Siralim" (PS4, Sony PlayStation Vita), "We Are Doomed" (PS Vita), "Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls" (PC), "Pesadelo: Regressao" (PC), "Defragmented" (PC), "Take the Dream IX" (PC), "Doors" (PC), "Q*bert: Rebooted" (Xbox One), "The Renegades of Orion 2.0" (PC), "Level 22, Gary's Misadventures" (PC).