This Week in Games: Sing with Apes and Knights

<p>Wow&comma; so this week is pretty slow&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s almost like it&&num;8217&semi;s soon the end of 2017&period; As I mentioned last week&comma; there really aren&&num;8217&semi;t any big tentpole releases coming anymore this year with very few exceptions&period; So This Week in Games is going to be a bit shorter each week or feature much smaller games that otherwise wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t get any attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In what is probably the biggest release this week&comma; Sony is offering a new PlayLink title that is centered around the <em>Planet of the Apes <&sol;em>universe&period; Released by Andy Serkis&&num;8217&semi; production company&comma; The Imaginarium&comma; <em>Planet of the Apes&colon; Last Frontier <&sol;em>is produced by FoxNext Games and developed by The Imaginati Studio&period; Taking place between the events of <em>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes <&sol;em>and <em>War for the Planet of the Apes<&sol;em>&comma; up to four players will make decisions that will deal with both ape and human species and their relationships between each other&period; Choices matter&comma; so expect multiple endings and a lot of fighting between players as you try and make group decisions&period; It seems like a neat property to use the PlayLink feature&comma; and I&&num;8217&semi;ll be curious to see the quality  of the story compared to the films&period; It releases on November 21st for PS4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Everything from this point on is a Nintendo Switch title&comma; so there&&num;8217&semi;s plenty of neat stuff to pick up for the Nintendo platform this holiday season&period; <em>Let&&num;8217&semi;s Sing 2018 <&sol;em>was released before on the Wii and the PS4&comma; but now the hit karaoke series has made its way to the Switch&period; On November 24th&comma; aspiring singers can test their harmonies out with the 30-song tracklist and competitive multiplayer modes&period; The Switch is a great party platform&comma; so this could be a good purchase for someone looking to bring together some non-gamers for some karaoke action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;131799" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-131799" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-131799" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;16093700&sol;PK&lowbar;Combat&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Portal Knights" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-131799" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Portal Knights&comma; 505 Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Also coming to the Nintendo Switch is <em>Portal Knights<&sol;em>&period; The multiplayer co-op game can also be played by yourself&comma; but utilizes the Switch&&num;8217&semi;s Wireless Play&comma; letting up to four players play together across two Switches&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s also touch screen support for managing your inventory quickly&comma; and online multiplayer&period; This is an easy sell for fans of <em>Minecraft <&sol;em>and adventure titles&period; It will be available on November 23rd digitally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then there&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Stick it to the Man <&sol;em>which is being ported to the Nintendo Switch on November 23rd&period; This game was surprisingly a lot of fun and is getting a spiritual successor called <em>Flipping Death <&sol;em>in the future&period; This is another game where if you haven&&num;8217&semi;t played it yet&comma; it can&&num;8217&semi;t hurt to pick it up on the Switch and add to your library of unique titles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That&&num;8217&semi;s about it for This Week in Games&comma; but hopefully next week we&&num;8217&semi;ll be back with more titles&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;