Sunday, September 7th 2025
This Week in Gaming (Week 37)
Welcome to the second week of September and this week's AAA release comes straight from Kairos, a new world in the universe of vault hunters. This is followed by a modern 2.5D take on sidescrollers, taking on the role as a fireman, another side scroller, but this time with katanas, an isometric hack and slash game with co-op mode and finally we end the week with an anime based 2D platformer.
Borderlands 4 / This week's AAA title / Thursday 11 September
Borderlands 4 brings intense action, badass Vault Hunters, and billions of wild and deadly weapons to an all-new planet ruled by a ruthless tyrant. Crash into Kairos as one of four new Vault Hunters seeking wealth and glory. Wield powerful Action Skills, customize your build with deep skill trees, and dominate enemies with dynamic movement abilities.Break free from the oppressive Timekeeper, a ruthless dictator who dominates the masses from on high. Now a world-altering catastrophe threatens his perfect Order, unleashing Mayhem across the planet. Steam linkStar Fire: Eternal Cycle / Monday 8 September
Star Fire is a quick-to-pick-up, action-packed roguelite built for fast, satisfying gameplay—no steep learning curves, no overcomplicated systems. It combines the precision of side-scrolling action with the unpredictable buildcraft of roguelites, offering tight feedback, responsive movement, and random skill progression. Steam linkFirefighting Simulator: Ignite / Tuesday 9 September
Face unpredictable dangers head-on, fight perilous fires with your crew, and save lives in Firefighting Simulator: Ignite. Step into the boots of a U.S. firefighter in a sprawling city in the American Midwest, where every mission pushes your skills to the limit. Experience the rush of firefighting in stunning visual quality in an intuitive and cooperative multiplayer mode with 3 friends or with the help of your NPC controlled crew. Battle raging and dynamic flames, heat, and smoke - all simulated in real time. Steam linkKatanaut / Wednesday 10 September
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite set aboard a massive space station falling into cosmic chaos. With the station slowly spiraling out of control, and its once-human inhabitants twisted into terrors, you're the unlucky one tasked with uncovering what is going on... assuming you're able to survive the station's violent halls with souls-like combat. Steam linkShape of Dreams / Thursday 11 September
Shape of Dreams is a fast-paced action roguelite that fuses hack-and-slash combat, MOBA-style teamplay, and endless strategic variety. Journey through surreal dreamscapes where every battle tests your reflexes and every choice shapes your fate. Play solo for a tight, skill-based challenge or team up with up to three friends in real-time co-op, improvising distinct combat styles and forging powerful builds that can turn you into the nightmare your enemies fear. Steam linkChrono Gear: Warden of Time / Friday 12 September
You are Ouro Kronii, the Warden of Time. Your desire to become the strongest being in the universe led to the creation of the Chrono Gear, an artifact with the power to preserve timelines. But where power lies, evil will seek to control it. A fierce battle against the demonic Alter Laplus has shattered the Chrono Gear, scattering its Golden Gears across the stars. As Kronii, you must fight against the darkness that shattered your universe, find the Golden Gears, and repair the space-time continuum. Steam link
Borderlands 4 / This week's AAA title / Thursday 11 September
Borderlands 4 brings intense action, badass Vault Hunters, and billions of wild and deadly weapons to an all-new planet ruled by a ruthless tyrant. Crash into Kairos as one of four new Vault Hunters seeking wealth and glory. Wield powerful Action Skills, customize your build with deep skill trees, and dominate enemies with dynamic movement abilities.Break free from the oppressive Timekeeper, a ruthless dictator who dominates the masses from on high. Now a world-altering catastrophe threatens his perfect Order, unleashing Mayhem across the planet. Steam linkStar Fire: Eternal Cycle / Monday 8 September
Star Fire is a quick-to-pick-up, action-packed roguelite built for fast, satisfying gameplay—no steep learning curves, no overcomplicated systems. It combines the precision of side-scrolling action with the unpredictable buildcraft of roguelites, offering tight feedback, responsive movement, and random skill progression. Steam linkFirefighting Simulator: Ignite / Tuesday 9 September
Face unpredictable dangers head-on, fight perilous fires with your crew, and save lives in Firefighting Simulator: Ignite. Step into the boots of a U.S. firefighter in a sprawling city in the American Midwest, where every mission pushes your skills to the limit. Experience the rush of firefighting in stunning visual quality in an intuitive and cooperative multiplayer mode with 3 friends or with the help of your NPC controlled crew. Battle raging and dynamic flames, heat, and smoke - all simulated in real time. Steam linkKatanaut / Wednesday 10 September
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite set aboard a massive space station falling into cosmic chaos. With the station slowly spiraling out of control, and its once-human inhabitants twisted into terrors, you're the unlucky one tasked with uncovering what is going on... assuming you're able to survive the station's violent halls with souls-like combat. Steam linkShape of Dreams / Thursday 11 September
Shape of Dreams is a fast-paced action roguelite that fuses hack-and-slash combat, MOBA-style teamplay, and endless strategic variety. Journey through surreal dreamscapes where every battle tests your reflexes and every choice shapes your fate. Play solo for a tight, skill-based challenge or team up with up to three friends in real-time co-op, improvising distinct combat styles and forging powerful builds that can turn you into the nightmare your enemies fear. Steam linkChrono Gear: Warden of Time / Friday 12 September
You are Ouro Kronii, the Warden of Time. Your desire to become the strongest being in the universe led to the creation of the Chrono Gear, an artifact with the power to preserve timelines. But where power lies, evil will seek to control it. A fierce battle against the demonic Alter Laplus has shattered the Chrono Gear, scattering its Golden Gears across the stars. As Kronii, you must fight against the darkness that shattered your universe, find the Golden Gears, and repair the space-time continuum. Steam link
























12 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 37)
BL4 will probably be enjoyable but I'm not giving Randy Pitchford a dime and honestly the toilet humour in those games is a little too low-brow and cringe, even for me. It's definitely a title that I will pick up at some point though for the gunplay aspect and I quite like the world they've built with the franchise.
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I've already bought the game 'from my go to key site' so I will be playing it on day 1 so ofc I will report back once I've finished the main story.:) 'I'm more interested in the end game tho'
Meanwhile, Anno 117 has a demo out now, its short and huge download but it plays nice.