DISCOVER THE UNCHARTED: THIS WEEK'S GAMING REVOLUTION

The loot can begin its Flight once more: the single-player adventurer and multiplayer strategist can now cooperate and compete in a new crop of worlds. After a sleeping period, the chest has been thrown open wide, and games from within dystopian concrete jungles to medieval heartlands and alien frontiers are waiting to be tried. Here’s what you need to know from this week in gaming.

DISCOVER A NEW REALITY: AAA TITLES TO INDIE GEMS

Leading the array of new titles is the AAA Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, in which a true immersion exercise has the player return to the roots of the Na’vi culture to rediscover their unique notion of togetherness and resilience. And this is just the beginning. The relentless strategy of El Dorado, the haunting realms of Pax Dei … Each game, ‘a world up for grabs’, refines the skill of ‘worlding’ – the mental capacity to envision a world as if it were real.

DISCOVER YOUR LEGACY: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

In Pandora’s lush, rich, verdant world, you rediscover yourself and your heritage in a battle for liberty and identity At its core, this first-person action-adventure game is a prequel, as well as a return to the mythical world that made Pandora an irresistible phenomenon and opened up one of videogames’ most generative and original innovations: we recognise that the game is obsessed with us as much as we are with it. As part of our return to Pandora, we can expect not only to learn more about the events of the first film, but to discover as players, and with the Na’vi, that our struggles for identity and tribal identity find resonance in each other.

DISCOVER RICHES AND GLORY: El Dorado

El Dorado calls with gold and the favour of the gods, and players will get to taste the satisfaction of the strategist and the city-builder who must contend with the harsh verdict of history and the gods alike. At what cost?

DISCOVER ADVENTURE: Pax Dei and Sandwalkers

In the medieval-flavoured MMO Pax Dei, players can make their way in the world and learn that myth and magic can be as real as it gets. Players can also wander through evolving landscapes in the roguelike Sandwalkers, where each step is a lesson in survival and tactics.

DISCOVER CAMARADERIE: Aska

Explore the unknown with Aska, where Viking honour and the spirit of fraternity are the secrets for surviving in a hostile world. You can level up together, or by yourselves, as your build by yourself or alongside your friends to carve out a name beneath the Eye of Odin.

DISCOVER THE UNKNOWN: EXPANSION AND EXPLORATION

Encounters with new stories, foes, and challenges await those willing to explore the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree expansion to a land that is already full of more twists, turns and brutal dangers than almost any other game ever made. And if that isn’t enough, an endless supply of new stories have been created in a universe that feels like it craves our attention. Embrace it.

DISCOVER YOUR DYSTOPIA: Dystopika

One final week It’s your city; it’s your dystopia. Get ready to reveal your vision of the future metropolis with Dystopika. A colourful combination of city-building and cyberpunk, players will build their own neon dreamland that holds all the tensions of dystopian life that we’ve grown to love.

RELEASE DATES TO DISCOVER

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: Monday, June 17
• El Dorado: The Golden City Builder: Monday, June 17
• Pax Dei: Tuesday, June 18
• Sandwalkers: Wednesday, June 19
• Aska: Thursday, June 20
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree: Thursday, June 20
• Dystopika: Friday, June 21

ABOUT DISCOVER

Discovery is at the heart of the appeal of gaming; it enables us to exercise our innate curiosity, to explore unfamiliar territories and narratives. Whether it’s slaying dragons, conquering a chessboard or building an empire, games invite us to enter other worlds, uncovering aspects of ourselves we didn’t know existed, and other players who share our spirit of adventure. This has been another week in gaming. What will you discover?