This weekend I’ll be enjoying the Six Nations and final Formula 1 pre-season test this weekend, trying to work out which teams look like they’ve cracked the new regulations. Mercedes new side pods certainly look different!
Also this week, Sony’s State of Play gave us a glimpse of some PS5 games are on the way, which seems to be going from strength to strength – so let’s dive right in!
In the News This Week
The latest PlayStation State of Play aired this week, focussing on new Japanese game announcements and updates. Here’s the headlines from that:
- A new Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin demo has dropped
- Capcom announce Exoprimal, a dinosaur filled team shooter
- The DioField Chronicle is a new Square Enix tactical RPG for PS5 and PS4
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R launches on consoles and PC later this year
- Returnal Ascension update adds free co-op and survival mode this month
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will remaster classic turtle power this year
- Valkyrie Elysium announced for PS5 and PS4
And from the rest of the gaming news, we had:
- Gran Turismo 7 1.06 update fixes the Rain Royalty trophy, progression blocks and more
- Sony, Bungie, Ubisoft, Take-Two and Activision halt sales in Russia
- Microsoft and EA suspend sales and services in Russia in response to Ukraine invasion
- Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp delayed indefinitely
- Dying Light free next-gen update out now on PS5
- GTA 5 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S pricing confirmed – pre-loads and character migration detailed
- F1 Manager 2022 revealed by Frontier – Out this summer for PlayStation, Xbox and PC
- Frontier abandon the console version of Elite: Dangerous, Odyssey is cancelled
Games in Review
It was another busy week for the reviews, albeit with a variety of scores:
- Roguebook Console – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO – 9/10
- Gunborg: Dark Matters – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC, NSW – 8/10
- GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon – NSW, PC – 6/10
- Babylon’s Fall – PS5, PS4, PC – 3/10
And for the hardware, Miguel shared his thoughts from the new Corsair headphones:
Featured Articles
On the preview front, Steve began the week with a look at Starmancer, a “worthy successor to FTL”. Another Early Access title that impressed was Rogue Command, a roguelike RTS with a deck-building twist that Dom enjoyed.
It was a relatively quiet week aside from that, but What We Played featured Elden Ring, Gran Turismo 7 & Babylon’s Fall.
Trailer Park
See the latest story trailer for Ghostwire: Tokyo
The House of the Dead Remake gets a trailer ahead of the Switch release
Trek to Yomi gameplay trailer has a supernatural samurai spin
Your Achievements
Here’s what you in our community has been up to this week:
- MrYd focused on Alan Wake and Uncharted remasters this week so he could clear enough space on his PS5 for GTA V, before sinking a few hours into Roguebook.
- Continuing his PS3 backlog, willbuchanan played LEGO Indiana Jones 2 and close to finishing the game.
Have a great week and I’ll see you again soon!
