Hands Across America

We loveKatamari Damacy, and I’m confident we’ll also love Keita Takahashi’s latest oddball,Wattam.

It’s been such a long time coming, but the friend-making puzzle-adventure game is about to launch. Look for it to land on PlayStation 4 and PC (via the Epic Games Store) on July 26, 2025.

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“Six years constipation has been relieved finally,”the creator said.

It’ll run $20, normally–but folks who pre-orderWattamon PS4 or PC can shave off 15%.

It’s a game about “more than 100” toy-like characters and the strange and often laugh-out-loud-funny bonds they can form. I feel like people are either capital-I Into It, or they never want to hear about this silly game again. No middle ground. Even if it seems mechanically simple,I wouldn’t write it off.

The ghost at the end of the hallway

If I had kids, I would play the absoluteheckouttaWattamwith them on Christmas day. Is that even a thing? Video games that play best on Christmas day? I don’t know. But if it is,Wattamqualifies.

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse