Greatest games you can play this week — throwbacks and spin-offs

Last week was an extremely busy period for video games. E3 took place, giving us tons of news, videos, and some massive game announcements, but this week the video game release calendar gets back on track.

Here are our picks for the games releasing 20-24 June 2016:

Umbrella Corps (PS4, PC)

21 June 2016

A spin-off of the Resident Evil franchise, Umbrella Corps has been developed by Capcom’s Osaka studio and is set two years after the events of Resident Evil 6, and twelve years after the collapse of the Umbrella Corporation. A competitive multiplayer shooter that features zombies, Umbrella Corps. has you playing as a mercenary from either a first-person or a third-person perspective.

You can use semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, pistols, grenades and explosives to make your way to victory, and even use a “Zombie Jammer” which makes the enemies ignore you. There is no campaign here, with all the action focused on multiplayer.

Mighty No. 9 (Xbox One, PS4, PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U)

24 June 2016

Considered as the spiritual successor to Mega Man, Keiji Inafune’s Mighty No. 9 – being developed by Japan-based Comcept and Inti Creates – came to life on crowdfunding website Kickstarter. It reached its funding goal of $900,000 (around R14.2 million) just two days after the campaign started and eventually went on to secure $3.8 million (almost R60 million).

The game is largely 2D platforming, with a mix of 2D and 3D artwork. You control a robot named Beck who can pick up both weapons and abilities from enemies it defeats. At the end of each stage (of which there are eight), Beck has to face a “Mighty” i.e. a boss battle.