So, I’ve checked my calendar, consulted my star charts and asked Siri, and it’s apparently the weekend now. That means it’s time to down tools and look back on the last seven days in video games with our weekly round-up.
In the News This Week
- Nintendo suspends legacy Nintendo Network ID logins after 160,000 accounts were compromised
- Battlefield V’s summer content update will be its last
- GameStop staff including CEO take pay cuts, will begin reopening stores in Italy, Germany, and Austria
- Red Dead Redemption 2 joins Xbox Game Pass in May
- C’mon Snowy! There’s a Tintin game in the works!
- Peaky Blinders: Mastermind is the next game from Futurlab
- Borderlands 3 Mayhem Mode 2.0 and the Revenge of the Cartels is now live
- Minimal Affect is a video game parody of Mass Effect and sci-fi action RPGs, coming in 2021
- Facebook to launch a gaming app to rival Twitch, YouTube and Mixer
- PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2 is free to download, links here
Games in Review
We had some great games in for review this week with a mixture of the old and the new. Anything you think you’ll be checking out?
- Moving Out – PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 9/10
- Below – PS4, XBO, PC – 9/10
- Freedom Finger – PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 8/10
- The Shattering – PC – 8/10
- Trials of Mana – PS4, NSW, PC – 8/10
- Call of Juarez: Gunslinger – Switch – 8/10
- MotoGP 20 – PS4, XBO, NSW, PC, Stadia – 7/10
- Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories – PS4, NSW, PC – 4/10
- DiRT Rally 2.0 – Colin McRae: FLAT OUT – PS4, XBO, PC – DLC
And Dom tapped his fingers all over a keyboard for review as well:
Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E. 4 Gaming Keyboard Review – 7/10
Featured Articles
Outside of the review train, Jason hopped aboard the preview train to tell us about the unique roguelike card-battling of Monster Train.
Meanwhile, Miguel went hands on to unbox the Azur Lane: Crosswave Limited Edition, full of goodies for fans of the boat-girl series.
And rounding out a week that’s been light on features, What We Played featured Moving Out, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Trailer Park
Minimal Affect is a video game parody of Mass Effect and sci-fi action RPGs, coming in 2021
Animal Crossing: New Horizons update 1.2.0 out now, with new villagers and new events
Desperados III release date revealed for mid-June
Super Mario Maker 2 final update is a big one
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix launches in May for Switch
Your Achievements
Heading into the weekend, you’ve already got a ton of gaming under your belts:
- Crazy_Del has been playing DiRT this week, which has proven a bit too tricky for him to handle with his choice of car. Alongside that, he’s started Shadows Awakening, and is loving Predator: Hunting Grounds.
- TSBonyman has been splitting his time between Dreams and a blast from the past with Half-Life 2 on PlayStation 3!
- Not to be outdone, ron_mcphatty’s been playing the original Half-Life on Steam… but is thinking he might cough up for the Black Mesa remake. He’s also been loving the awful story mode from Need for Speed: Payback.
- And finally, Andrewww has been continuing on with The Division 2 as he preps for a trip to New York. Aside from that it’s been couch co-op with the kids in Star Wars Battlefront (the 2015 one), Plants. vs. Zombies (which was quickly deleted), Resogun and Rayman Legends.
That’s it for this week. Stay safe and healthy, wash your hands, and we’ll see you again soon.
