Although it was a shorter working week, it still felt awfully long, especially with the sun shining outside. Still, there are positive signs that we’re starting to turn the corner so our social distancing and hand washing is paying off.
Meanwhile in the world of gaming, Crytek surprised us all with the announcement that Crysis will be heading back to our screens in the near future. I remember pushing the family computer to its limits back in the day, bouncing around the jungles in my exoskeleton. Will you be strapping on your nanosuit this summer? Will it push PCs to the absolute limits like it did before?
In the News This Week
- Crysis Remastered announced – coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch this summer
- Report: PlayStation 5 consoles will be “limited” at launch due to the “high price”
- Sony patent PS5 companion robot for lonely gamers
- Gamescom 2020 will be a digital event as German government extends events ban until end of August
- Journey and The Nathan Drake Collection are free to all PlayStation players
- Star Wars Episode I: Racer’s remastered podracing comes to PS4 and Switch in May
- Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord coming to PS5 & Xbox, claims source
- Get Just Cause 4 and Wheels of Aurelia for free on Epic Games Store
- World War Z GOTY Edition releases on May 5th, and a Switch version is incoming
Games in Review
It certainly wasn’t the strongest week for the reviews:
- Curious Expedition – PS4, XBO, PC, Switch – 8/10
- Vampire The Masquerade: Coteries of New York – PS4, XBO, PC, Switch – 7/10
- HyperParasite – PS4, XBO, PC, Switch – 6/10
- Femida – PC – 3/10
And Miguel had a look at the latest Corsair mouse:
Competitions
It’s been a while since we’ve had a competition, but good things come to those who wait! You’ve got until 6pm tomorrow (UK time) to enter for the chance to win an ASUS TUF Gaming H3 Headset. Good luck!
Featured Articles
For the previews, Dom said that Beyond a Steel Sky is “shaping up to be something special” and was similarly impressed Shieldwall, an Early Access battle sim. He rounded things out with a running jump into the Guilty Gear Strive closed beta, while Stefan looked at Shadow Arena‘s beta, a game that might appeal to both MOBA and Battle Royale fans.
With going outside a once-a-day luxury, it’s no surprise that Ring Fit Adventure has surged in popularity recently. Jim had a look whether the accessory is worth getting – hint: it is!
Last up, What We Played featured Warzone, Animal Crossing & Ring Fit Adventure.
Trailer Park
Minecraft RTX Beta Trailer
Blaston is a VR dueling game
Gears Tactics Launch Trailer
Observer: System Redux Announcement Trailer
Your Achievements
Here’s what the community has been up to this week:
- Crazy_Del added the Resident Evil 3 Resistance and The Sims 4 platinums to his collection, with DiRT nearly complete too.
- MrYd had a busy week as usual, diving into The Division 2, Just Cause 4, Borderlands 3, and DiRT also.
- ron_mcphatty has mainly been playing a game called ‘full time Dad’ in between grabbing the Life Is Strange Before The Storm platinum, and also spent some time away from a screen by enjoying the His Dark Materials trilogy.
- And Andrewww has continued with The Division 2, which he calls “excellent value for money” after spending well over 100 hours playing it, and with no end in sight!
That’s your roundup for another week. Stay safe and I’ll see you again soon!
Andrewww
Observer was very good. I hope the additional story content would also be available as DLC for us who got the game ALREADY, e.g. when migrating the game to PS5…