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- A Star Wars classic returns,

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an interactive blast from
gaming's past and so much more.

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Hey, it's Jen and welcome
to Kotaku's Week in Games.

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Here are our picks for what
to check out this week.

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Passing by a tailwind
journey is a 2D platformer

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with low poly paper craft vibes.

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In this whimsical world
of Floating Isle, you play

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as curly a young balloonist who's tasked

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with delivering a mysterious letter.

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And frankly, not enough
games let you play

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as a young balloonist.

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You'll solve puzzles on each
island while managing your

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resources to survive.

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There's a lot more to
games than just button

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mashing and battle passes.

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Case in point. Llamasoft:
The Jeff Mintor story

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is a collection

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of 42 classic titles across
eight platforms from one

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of Britain's most
influential game designers.

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This is the second installment
in Digital Eclipse's

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Gold Master series.

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Following last year's
excellent making of Karateca.

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Llamasoft is an interactive
documentary featuring

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interviews, archival footage

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and other supplemental materials

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to contextualize winter's games

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and offer a fuller
portrait of their creator.

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Highwater is a
story-driven adventure game

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with isometric turn base combat.

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It's set on a version of Earth

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that's almost entirely underwater
following an apocalyptic

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event, and you'll guide Nikos

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and his friends as they
fight for a chance to escape

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to a new life on Mars.

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Is there room for one more in that raft?

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2004 is so back baby.

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The quintessential Star
Wars combat sim returns

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with a remaster of Battlefront
and Battlefront 2.

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You can play online with up to 64 players

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or offline as a slew of
characters from the galaxy far,

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far away fighting over iconic
locations from the series.

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That'll do it for this week.

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Which games are you looking
forward to? Trying out?

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Let us know in the comments below.

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And for more gaming coverage,

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be sure to check out Kotaku.com.