Something For The Weekend – 03/02/17

Fans of contact sports are in for a treat this weekend with the Six Nations having just kicked off with the match between Wales and Scotland, and the Super Bowl between the Patriots and the Eagles tomorrow night.

Let us know if you’re watching and who you’re supporting in the comments!

In the News This Week

• Red Dead Redemption 2 delayed until 26th October
• Kaz Hirai is stepping down as Sony CEO
• The Nintendo Switch has now surpassed the lifetime sales of the Wii U
• Far Cry 3 Classic Edition is coming to PS4 and Xbox One in the Far Cry 5 season pass this summer
• PlayStation 4 System Update 5.50 details leak, revealing supersampling mode for PS4 Pro
• Bungie reveal the Destiny 2 roadmap for the next few months
• Third Person MOBA Gigantic will be shut down in July
• Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions won’t start until September
• Mario Kart Tour announced for smartphones
• February’s PlayStation Plus games include Knack and Rime

Games in Review

The gaming year is off to one hell of a start,

• Shadow of the Colossus – PS4 – 10/10
• Dragon Ball FighterZ – PS4, XBO, PC – 9/10
• Shiftlings: Enhanced Edition – Switch – 7/10
• Lost Sphear – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 6/10
• Out of Ammo – PSVR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift – 6/10
• Black Mirror – PS4, XBO, PC – 4/10
• Assassin’s Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones – PS4, XBO, PC – DLC

Reviewed platform in bold.

This Week’s Features

Only a handful of features outside of the slate of reviews, as I went and tried to found a colony on Mars in Surviving Mars.

Jake revisited World to the West for Nintendo Switch, finding an interesting top-down adventure with a few little flaws on the hybrid console, while Jim shared his personal journey through the Monster Hunter series.

Hot on the heels of some rumours and speculation surrounding Microsoft potentially buying EA, Bluehole or Valve, we debuted a new feature called Mass Debate, discussing Xbox Game Pass and how Microsoft can try to recover in terms of first party exclusives.

Finally, we have the usual What We Played, featuring Monster Hunter: World, Destiny 2 and Assassin’s Creed Origins.

Trailer Park

Attack on Titan 2 gets a battle trailer

See a new Far Cry 5 story trailer

There’s a new trailer for Bayonetta 1 and 2 on Nintendo Switch

Your Achievements

Let’s check in with the community:

• tactical20 played the AC Origins: The Hidden Ones DLC through to 100% completion.
• Crazy_Del grabbed five platinum trophies in five days! Check The Inpatient, Paranormal Activity, The Assembly, Telltale’s Batman and Mortal Blitz off the list.
• Also nabbing a platinum was JR. with LEGO Ninjago, which was a lot more fun than he expected.
• Monster Hunter: World has got its hooks into gernboes, after he bounced off the series when playing it on Vita.
• TSBonyman’s mopping up side quests in Horizon Zero Dawn, as he’s pretty close the end of the story.
• Jag was another to grab the platinum in AC Origins, just in time for Monster Hunter to consume him.
• MrYd, meanwhile, is getting bored of collecting question marks in AC Oranges.

The Week Ahead

After the cracking end to January, February looks to keep up the momentum with Shadow of the Colossus.

• Shadow of the Colossus – PS4 – 06/02
• Civilization VI: Rise and Fall – PC – 08/02
• Rust – PC, Mac, Linux – 08/02
• Dragon Quest Builders – Switch – 09/02
• The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia – PS4 – 09/02
• Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] – PS4, PS3, PS Vita – 09/02

Have a good weekend, and I’ll see you soon!