Something For The Weekend – 27/05/17

The bank holiday weekend is here, and it’s a cracking weekend for sport! From the streets of Monaco to the pitch at Wembley, there’s plenty of action over the next few days.

It’s also great BBQ weather, so whatever you’re up to, make the most of it while it lasts!

In the News This Week

• Red Dead Redemption 2 Delayed Until Spring 2018
  “Noooo!” cries MrYd. “On the other hand, if that’s how long it takes to get it right, fair enough. And those new screen shots do look rather nice.”
• Grand Theft Auto V Has Sold 80 Million Copies
  Triple figures can’t be too far off now, can it?
• Sony Confirms There Are Over 70 Million Active Users On PSN Per Month
  And they’re hoping to hit 78 million PS4 units sold by the end of the 2017 financial year.
• PlayStation Store Rolls Out New Curation Feature
• Far Cry 5 Is Out February 27th 2018, Get The Details Here
  
• Sonic Mania May Be Releasing On 15th August
• June’s PlayStation Plus Games May Have Leaked
  Life is Strange and Killing Floor 2 up for grabs. Speaking of which…
• June’s Games With Gold Have Been Announced
  Including Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed
• Xbox Game Pass Subscription Launches On 1st June
  $9.99 a month, over 100 titles available.
  
• Microsoft Rebrands Beam Streaming Service As Mixer
• Monster Hunter Is Coming To The Nintendo Switch
  That’ll be the Switch sold out for many more months to come then” says tonyyeb.

Games in Review

There were loads of reviews this week, feast your eyes on the following:

• Injustice 2 – PS4, XBO, PC – 9/10
• Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 – PS4, PS3 – 9/10
• Steel Division: Normandy 44 – PC – 8/10
• Rime – PS4, XBO, PC, Switch – 8/10 (Video Review)
• Shadow Warrior 2 – PS4, XBO, PC – 7/10
• Samurai Warriors: Spirit Of Sanada – PS4, PC – 6/10
• Portal Knights – PS4, XBO, PC, Switch – 6/10
• The Last Stitch Goodnight – PS4, PC – 6/10
• Demon’s Crystals – PS4, XBO, PC – 6/10
• Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers – Switch – 5/10
• VR Karts – PSVR – 3/10

Competitions

We’re offering you the chance to win a copy of Portal Knights on either PlayStation 4 or Xbox One! To be in with a chance of winning, get your entries in before 11.59PM on Monday, May 29th.

Good luck!

 This Week’s Features

We began the week with Jake looking at Micro Machines World Series, Codemasters attempt to bring back to life everyone’s childhood memories of the little racers.

Antihero, meanwhile, is a game with the aim of creating “a successful thieves guild that can succeed at completing various objectives in fast paced turn-based matches” says Aran. Elsewhere, Stefan looked at the highly anticipated Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, which he describes as a “massive nostalgia trip”.

Jim sets out the reasons why he thinks Overwatch is still the king, even 1 year after release.

Lastly, we rounded off the week with What We Played, which this time featured Rime, Injustice 2 & Final Fantasy XIV.

Trailer Park

Dirt 4’s Latest Trailer Shows Off Rallycross Racing

Watch Tekken 7’s Opening Cinematic Movie

Far Cry 5 Is Out February 27th 2018, Get The Details Here

The LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Announcement Trailer Is Here

Your Achievements

For the trophy hunters out there, Crazy_Del is just two trophies away from the platinum for Injustice 2, and also found the time to complete Dead Nation with Tony.

Elsewhere, ron_mcphatty (with the help of Forrest) grabbed all the multiplayer trophies in Carmageddon, while tactical20 completed Ghost Recon Wildlands. He says he’ll wait for the next free PS+ weekend to grab the two final multiplayer trophies standing between him and the platinum.

It looks like the rest of you, such as Eldave0, have been enjoying the sunshine this week, but I’m sure you’ll get some gaming time in over the bank holiday weekend!

The Week Ahead

And just before we finish, here’s your release radar for next week:

• Star Trek: Bridge Crew – PSVR, Rift, Vive – 30/05
• Rising Storm 2: Vietnam – PC – 30/05
• Lock’s Quest – PS4, XBO – 30/05
• Toukiden 2: Free Alliances Version – PS4, Vita – 30/05
• Danger Zone – PS4, PC – 30/05
• The Walking Dead: A New Frontier – Episode 5 – PS4, XBO, PC – 30/05
• Tokyo 42 – PC, XBO – 31/05
• Tekken 7 – PS4, XBO, PC 02/06

I hope you all have a lovely long weekend, and I’ll see you again soon!