Ultimate Gaming Staycation Picklist
This Summer, we’re embracing a Staycation, and looking for you to join us!
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This Summer, we’re embracing a Staycation, and looking for you to join us!
We put together a list featuring some of the most popular games that are perfect to play at home with family, online with friends, or solo for some well deserved 'me-time'.
So get comfy, reserve some time for yourself, and play some games.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (2020)
Platform: PC, PS4
Developer: Mediatonic
Colourful, cute, chaotic. Fall Guys is a freshly launched, totally zany Battle Royale like no other, home to an arsenal of mini games and adorable customisations galore. The 60 player party game’s beta took place at the end of last month, during which it became the top game on Twitch with the internet raving about how much fun it is.
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (2019)
Platform: PC, Xbox, PS4, Switch
Developer: Playtonic Games
As the sequel to Yooka-Laylee, this game had high expectations to meet and nailed it. It’s a colourful platformer with two adorable protagonists solving puzzles and challenges to take down Trowzer in his Impossible Lair. For some of you, it’ll bring back memories of old times playing N64 games, but with fresher, crisp graphics and a better palette than ever before.
HyperBrawl Tournament (2020)
Platform: Mobile / PC (Coming Soon for Consoles)
Developer: Milky Tea Studios
Clobber your way through your friends or enemies as you try to score the most goals and win! HyperBrawl is a real showdown for the ages where the main goals are to rumble your opponents, master the Hypercurve, and create your legend in a variety of challenging arenas.
The Room: Old Sins (2018)
Platform: Mobile
Developer: Fireproof Games
Sometimes the best escapes from reality require being locked in a room full of puzzles and secrets. The Room: Old Sins is a story driven Escape the Room game with a wide variety of unique challenges to complete, all on your phone. Like you would in any good escape room, use everything you can pick up to solve the puzzles you face and uncover the big mystery.
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F1 2020 (2020)
Platform: PC, Xbox, PS4, Stadia
Developer: Codemasters
The latest title in the Formula 1 series, and the most complete. The graphics are crisp, the driving is so smooth, and the faces look so good that they might genuinely cry when you leave them in your dust. F1 2020 has 22 tracks set all over the world for you to set your pace on, then step up online and show everyone how fast you are.
Sea of Thieves (2018)
Platform: PC, Xbox
Developer: Rare
Get your crew and set sail! Sea of Thieves is the perfect game for a cool island getaway with your friends, so long as piracy, Kraken-slaying, and bountiful loot is on your To-Do list. Start a swashbuckling, cannon blasting, treasure digging adventure, with monthly updates and so many fearsome foes to take on.
Train Simulator 2020 (2019)
Platform: PC
Developer: Dovetail Games
While unrealistic in its depiction of trains being on time, Train Simulator 2020 is a perfect realistic simulation for any locomotion enthusiast, giving you the chance to step into the driver's seat and see the world from a different perspective. Choose from trains old and new and many different routes in picturesque places all over the world.
Planet Zoo (2019)
Platform: PC
Developer: Frontier Developments
Wild about animals? Spend your Staycation as the world’s premier Zookeeper. Build enclosures for a huge variety of animals from Bison and Buffalo to Boas and Bonobos. Planet Zoo is a great game to lose yourself in with a massive amount of enclosure customisation you can use to build the zoo of your dreams. Just let your creative mind flow free, and be the Bob Ross of the zookeeping world.
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