Something For The Weekend – 14/04/18

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It’s just me at TSA Towers this weekend, with Teflon on a stag do and the rest of the gang at Rezzed. Expect plenty of previews and features in the coming week, but for now let’s begin our recap!

In the News This Week

Games in Review

The review drought of the past couple of weeks has come to an end, with plenty of titles worth checking out:

God Of War – PS4 – 8/10
Masters of Anima – PC, PS4, XBO, Switch – 8/10
Super Daryl Deluxe – Switch – 8/10
Rogue Aces – PS4, Switch, Vita – 8/10 (plus an interview with the Developers)
Blasters of the Universe – PSVR – 8/10
Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs – Royal Edition – PS4, XBO, PC, Switch – 7/10
The Adventure Pals – PS4, XBO, PC, Switch – 7/10
Extinction – PS4 – 5/10

Reviewed platform in bold.

This Week’s Features

Beginning with the previews, Stefan checked in with Conan Exiles to see how the game has progressed in Early Access ahead of it’s full release in just over a months’ time, and also went hands on with Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr, of which you can watch his footage below.

For his last preview, and described as being like “a surreal take on Robot Wars”, Robocraft Infinity has found a new home on Xbox One via ID@Xbox. The user-made content should lead to a wide variety of creations, from the bizarre to the brilliant, all seeking victory.

Looking at Dom’s contribution to the previews, he reckons that For The King could be the perfect digital tabletop game, thanks to its rogue-like adventure based gameplay and low-poly aesthetics.

From the blogs, Tuffcub had a rant about why he hates babysitting kids in games, while Jim shared his thoughts on why the year 3 content for Rainbow Six Siege shows how Ubisoft have got it right when it comes down to post-launch support.

Last up, Tef explains why the freedom offered by ID@Xbox has led to some great titles such as Robocraft Infinity, Sea of Thieves, and PUBG making use of Xbox Insider and Game Preview Pass.

Finally, TheSixthAxis Pubcast returned for April, and we ended the week with What We Played.

Trailer Park

Overkill’s The Walking Dead Gets A New Cinematic Trailer

My Hero One’s Justice Gets A Western Release

Star Wars Battlefront II’s Night On Endor

SEGA Confirms Shenmue & Shenmue II To Be Re-Released For PS4, Xbox One, And PC This Year

Your Achievements

Let’s check in with the community this week:

MrYd was first to post, sharing how this week he continued with Tera, and resisted adding to his backlog in the PSN sale.
ron_mcphatty has switched back to GTA V online as Tokyo 42 has started to grate on him with the annoying isometric view.
It sounds like TSBonyman was the busiest this week, finding time for Bloodborne, Trackmania Turbo VR, GT Sport VR, Bioshock 1 & 2, and finally No Man’s Sky!
JR. achieved 100% sync in AC Rogue, but leaves with a touch of sadness this it’s “probably the last ‘classic-style’ AC game we’ll ever get to play.” He also got the platinum trophy for SLYDE in just 30s!
And lastly, aerobes is struggling through AC Origins after playing the ‘fantastic’ AC Rogue, and found that 30 minutes of Far Cry 5 was “more than enough”.

If you want to be included in this section, make sure to comment on What We Played on a Friday evening.