Best games you can play this week – shapeshifting and shenanigans

A new week, a new month, and some new games await us as we head into what May has to offer gamers.

This week, we see the reboot of a classic sci-fi shooter from a very different angle, an interesting-looking top-down adventure game, and a full release for Marvel’s misfit space heroes.

Prey

5 May 2017 (Xbox One, PS4, PC)

Prey is an interesting-looking sci-fi FPS and a re-imaging of the 2006 shooter of the same name. This time, however, everything has been thrown out the window for a completely new story and setting to the original.

Developed by Arkane Studios, the team behind the Dishonored games, Prey has you confined on a space station that’s been overrun by shape-shifting, shadow-like aliens.

Protagonist Morgan Yu will have to fight back against these invaders in a struggle to survive, even as his sanity seems to deteriorate bit by bit.

World to the West

5 May 2017 (Xbox One, PS4, PC)

World to the West is a pulpy, cartoony top down action adventure inspired by European adventure comics.

Take control of four unique characters — Lumina the Teslamancer, Knaus the orphan, Miss Teri the mind bender and the gloriously mustachioed strongman, Lord Clonington — each with their their own motivations, skills and interweaving storylines, as they seek to escape the dark shadow of an ancient prophecy.

Travel trough corrupt colonies, lush jungles and frozen tundras, as you snoop through the secrets of a forgotten civilisation.

World to the West features seamless transition between combat and puzzle solving to keep the gameplay dynamic. Enemies can be dealt with by force, cunning or avoided all together. Deal with them how you want as exploration is up to you.