Six Games To Watch From The Future Of Play Direct

Glitch’s Future of Play Direct is back for its third year, providing plenty of first looks,  premieres, and launch announcements for a bevy of games. A.I., V-tuber host of the Direct. broadcaster Melios, showcased new trailers featuring a glut of different genres and unique premises. We chose these trailers. 

Boyfriend Dungeon: Secret Weapons 

This dungeon crawler and dating sim hybrid officially launched last year and came with the promise of a free update complete with a new dungeon and love interests. It’s finally here. The new trailer introduced us to Hammer Laleh, who has a special ability called “the death spiral.” Axejohan, whom we had briefly seen in the main title, will also be returning to our hearts. Unsurprisingly, his special dungeon ability is “the swing.” We also met a dateable villain: the whip-wielding Dr. Holmes, who looks as scary as she sounds. Dr. Holmes was concepted by former Ghostwire: Tokyo director Ikumi Nakamura, and is voiced by Twitch streamer Loserfruit. The fun swings in this summer on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PC.

Hill Agency: Purity/Decay

We were intrigued by the announcement trailer of this new cyber-noir detective title. P.I. Maygeen Hill is your P.I. and you are assigned to the case of a girl who was murdered. This leads you into a world of deceit, conspiracies, and corruption in the Risen City. You will need to use your investigative skills and interview suspects in order to find the truth. Hill Agency: Purity/Decay launched on August 31, for PC.

Creature Keeper

The adorable, retro-themed monster-taming video game has been a long time in our sights. It allows you to fight with creatures that you have met in real time. To get your party stronger, you cook them delicious food, craft trinkets, and earn power-ups via your pocket garden. The trailer shown at Future of Play provided an in-depth look at some of the monsters you’ll tame along your journey, which include a bat, frog, bird, wolf, and more. Creature Keep will be available on PC and consoles but there is no release date. 

Psychroma 

Tense and haunting. trailerDebuted in this story-driven side scroller that you use as a digital medium. The past must be confronted by putting together the broken memories in a cybernetic household. And exorcise any ghosts within the machine. Although the narrative is intriguing, it’s really what makes this story stand out: its chilling structure. Any game telling you to run as fast as possible is likely to have something dark in store. Overall, the game looks quite trippy. Psychroma has been limited to the PC. 

Love Shore

Future of Play announced today that the visual novel will be released and available on a platform. Love Shore will take place in the cyberpunk capital of New York, where cyborgs, humans and gods all fight for their love. The choices you make can decide whether someone is your friend or foe. Either Sam or Farah can be your character. They are both learning as much as the dark secrets of their city. Love Shore has eight charming characters and a cast that is entirely LGBT+. Depending on what you choose, there will be multiple endings. Love Shore will officially launch on October 22nd for Xbox and PC. 

OU

OU’s pen-drawn art style is immediately striking, and Future of Play gave us a new trailerTo see more. OU wakes up in a new world without memories. Zarry, a flame-throwing possum named Zarry is his only guide. OU is contending with more than just amnesia, however, as a specter, who looks just like him, is haunting him at every turn. All of the characters OU encounters are there to change the story and how it ends, meaning his interactions with them are probably pretty important. OU will be available on Switch and PC sometime during the year.

Did you find any games that caught your interest? We’d love to hear from you in the comments!