Something for the Weekend – 29/06/19

I hope you’ve got desk fans, cool drinks and ice lollies this weekend, as today in particular is going to be very hot out today.

In the News This Week

• EA Access launches on PlayStation 4 on July 24th, games revealed
• Report: Games on Google Stadia will cost the same as other platforms
• Russia claims Metal Gear Solid is propaganda designed to turn Americans against Moscow
• Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled Patch adds free content and leaderboards
• The Spider-Man Far From Home VR Experience is out now and it’s free!
• Pokémon Masters revealed as a 3v3 battler, coming to mobile this summer
• Report: Microsoft shelve plans for second, cheaper, next gen console
• Scotland has left the UK due to Brexit, at least in the Watch Dogs Legion timeline
• Glen Schofield joins PUBG Corporation’s new studio Striking Distance as CEO
• The July PlayStation Plus games have been revealed and they are….
• The Steam Summer Sale 2019 is now on, here are some of the best deals

Games in Review

We had another bumper crop of reviews this week.

• F1 2019 – PS4, XBO, PC – 8/10
• Samurai Shodown – PS4, XBO – 8/10
• Super Mario Maker 2 – Switch – 8/10
• Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain – PS4 – 8/10
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 7/10
• Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 7/10
• War Tech Fighters – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 7/10
• Gato Roboto – Switch, PC – 6/10
• The Sinking City– PS4, XBO, PC – 6/10
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite – iOS, Android – 5/10
• Creative Pebble Plus – Loudspeaker Review – 9/10

This Week’s Features

Following on from our written Super Mario Maker 2 review, I followed up with a video looking at The Good, The Bad & The… Luigi? 

Jim went web-slinging in Spider-Man: Far From Home, finding a VR experience that we really want turned into a full game, while Miguel wasn’t so much swinging through the city, as levelling when looking at the BattleTech: Urban Warfare expansion.

We trawled the internet to discover just what fans want added to Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and there was a look at how Nintendo are teaching Luigi some new gooey tricks in Luigi’s Mansion 3.

Rounding things up, What We Played featured Judgment, Crash Team Racing & Super Mario Maker 2.

Trailer Park

Apex Legends Season 2 launch trailer promises Kings Canyon will never be the same again

Watch some enemies get dismembered in eight minutes of The Surge 2 gameplay

Gran Turismo Sport is adding rain at last

Hitman 2’s New York launch trailer has arrived

Your Achievements

It’s another pretty quiet week in the What We Played comments section.

• Andrewww has found that Bloodborne finally clicked for him, blazing through The Old Hunters DLC and picking up Dark Souls 2 and 3 in the sale.
• TSBonyman shared some of the audio-visual shenanigans that he’s been up to in Dreams:

The Week Ahead

Here’s what’s coming out in the next few days:

• Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers – PS4, PC – 02/07
• Scraper: First Strike – PSVR – 02/07
• Tour de France 2019 – PS4, XBO, PC – 02/07
• Stranger Things 3: The Game – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 04/07
• Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC
• Sea of Solitude – PS4, XBO, PC – 05/07

That’s it for this week, I’ll see you again soon!