Something for the Weekend – 14/08/21

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August is rattling by, and so the good news for those that hate the summer gaming lull is that we’re getting closer to Gamescom. I felt E3 2021 was a bit lacklustre, so I’m hoping that Gamescom delivers a few more surprises.

Before we look to the future, let’s look to the past with a round-up of all the gaming news, reviews and more on TSA this week.

In the News This Week

Games in Review

We had a few good games under the microscope this week:

And just one hardware review, with Nic taking a look at Enacfire’s Gaming Earbuds:

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Kicking off the previews, Dom was full of praise for the JRPG, Tales of Arise, while Thomas was similarly impressed by Exo One.

Next up, Jim shared his thoughts on Back 4 Blood, a co-op zombie shooter from the developers of Left4Dead which has an open beta this weekend. He also went hands on with Marvel’s Avengers: War for Wakanda, the free expansion that arrives next week to introduce Black Panther into the mix.

Meanwhile, Adrian explored the historical significance of The Siege of Paris which forms the basis of the new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla DLC, as Christian looked back fondly at the early Lord of the Rings games from EA.

Last up, Jason implores everyone to play Hades, describing it as “one of the best games of the last few years”, while What We Played, featured that game, Marvel’s Avengers: War for Wakanda & Death’s Door.

Trailer Park

Aragami 2 has a new story trailer that focuses on protagonist Kurai

Tetris Effect: Connected is coming to Nintendo Switch in October

Going Medieval update has a lovely rack

Your Achievements

Here’s what you in our community has been up to this week:

  • Free of his family, Andrewww had plenty of time for gaming, finishing up the story for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. He also spent some time with Outlast 2, Resident Evil 7 VR, AstroBot and the Spider-Man demo.
  • MrYd has has a week of PS5 problems, with a power cut forcing him to wipe the system software and download everything again. Still, he got in plenty of Generation Zero, Watch Dogs Legion, and GRID, after it was added to EA Play.
  • And willbuchanan did get the 100% for Borderlands 3, and decided that he’d follow this up by trying to platinum Monster Hunter World and its Iceborne expansion.

That’s it for this edition. Have a good week and I’ll see you again in no time!