Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s finally Friday, and in addition to rewatching old Alien movies, making horse memes, and explaining Dragon Age to our clueless friends, we\u2019re of course getting into some video games! Some of us are playing new releases while others are catching up on titles our mutauls haven\u2019t stopped jabbering about. We\u2019ve got\u2026 Read more… Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":937556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[13680,8428,12044,13681,13679,8681,6596,2456,545,10661,13682,9545,6998,936,13683,6579,34,13684,6639,1503,9504,6577,13381,6578],"class_list":["post-937555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-avatar-the-last-airbender","tag-carolyn-petit","tag-ethan-gach-madden","tag-julia-minamata","tag-kenneth-shepard","tag-linux-games","tag-madden-nfl","tag-minecraft","tag-moises-taveras","tag-nancy-maple","tag-persona-3","tag-persona-4","tag-persona-5","tag-robert-saleh","tag-role-playing-video-games","tag-rpg","tag-shepardson","tag-single-player-video-games","tag-stardew-valley","tag-super-bowl","tag-video-games-developed-in-japan","tag-wildermyth","tag-windows-games"],"yoast_head":"\n
Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can't Wait To Play | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s finally Friday, and in addition to rewatching old Alien movies, making horse memes, and explaining Dragon Age to our clueless friends, we\u2019re of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can't Wait To Play | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s finally Friday, and in addition to rewatching old Alien movies, making horse memes, and explaining Dragon Age to our clueless friends, we\u2019re of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-30T05:30:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can’t Wait To Play\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-30T05:30:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":73,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"aaron rodgers\",\"avatar: the last Airbender\",\"carolyn petit\",\"ethan gach madden\",\"julia minamata\",\"kenneth shepard\",\"linux games\",\"madden NFL\",\"Minecraft\",\"moises taveras\",\"nancy maple\",\"persona 3\",\"persona 4\",\"Persona 5\",\"robert saleh\",\"role playing video games\",\"RPG\",\"shepardson\",\"single player video games\",\"Stardew Valley\",\"super bowl\",\"video games developed in japan\",\"Wildermyth\",\"windows games\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Kotaku\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can't Wait To Play | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-30T05:30:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"It\u2019s finally Friday, and in addition to rewatching old Alien movies, making horse memes, and explaining Dragon Age to our clueless friends, we\u2019re of\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can\u2019t Wait To Play\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can’t Wait To Play\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can't Wait To Play | Arcader News","description":"It\u2019s finally Friday, and in addition to rewatching old Alien movies, making horse memes, and explaining Dragon Age to our clueless friends, we\u2019re of","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can't Wait To Play | Arcader News","og_description":"It\u2019s finally Friday, and in addition to rewatching old Alien movies, making horse memes, and explaining Dragon Age to our clueless friends, we\u2019re of","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-12-30T05:30:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can’t Wait To Play","datePublished":"2025-12-30T05:30:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/"},"wordCount":73,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg","keywords":["aaron rodgers","avatar: the last Airbender","carolyn petit","ethan gach madden","julia minamata","kenneth shepard","linux games","madden NFL","Minecraft","moises taveras","nancy maple","persona 3","persona 4","Persona 5","robert saleh","role playing video games","RPG","shepardson","single player video games","Stardew Valley","super bowl","video games developed in japan","Wildermyth","windows games"],"articleSection":["Kotaku"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/","name":"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can't Wait To Play | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-30T05:30:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"It\u2019s finally Friday, and in addition to rewatching old Alien movies, making horse memes, and explaining Dragon Age to our clueless friends, we\u2019re of","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can\u2019t Wait To Play"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kotaku\u2019s Weekend Guide: 5 New And Old Games We Can’t Wait To Play"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1444059,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937555\/revisions\/1444059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kotakus-weekend-guide-5-new-and-old-games-we-cant-wait-to-play.jpg\"\/)
<\/p>\n