I hope you all managed to weather the nonsense that usually pops up on April Fools’ Day yesterday. I managed to block the vast majority of it out, but were there any genuinely good gags that got bandied about this year?
Aside from that, we had a good bit of ground to cover in the not-so-foolish gaming news. Here’s our weekly round-up.
In the News This Week
- E3 2022 has been completely cancelled, both physical and digital
- The new PlayStation Plus launches in June with three tiers & more classic games
- The Breath of the Wild sequel has been delayed to spring 2023
- A Cities: Skylines VR adaptation is coming to Meta Quest 2 in April
- DICE preview Battlefield 2042 changes for Kaleidoscope and Renewal maps
- Epic Games sued for copying another Fortnite dance emote, but it’s complicated…
- Everybody’s Golf server shutdown will make it single-player’s golf only in September
- Bungie sues 10 individuals over false Destiny DMCA takedowns on YouTube
- Naughty Dog just axed its worst Uncharted game
And we had the reveal of the freebie games for PlayStation and Xbox in April
- PS Plus Free Games for April 2022 Confirmed – Hood: Outlaws & Legends leads the lineup
- The April free Xbox Games with Gold have been announced
Games in Review & Features
It was a rather quiet week for both reviews and other featured articles on the site, but we dove into some great games for this week.
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC – 9/10
- Crusader Kings 3 Console Edition – PS5, XSX|S – 8/10
- Conan Chop Chop – PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 7/10
- Weird West – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC – 5/10
And I popped into a cinema to watch the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie:
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie – 8/10
Alongside that, Ade looked at the 10 of the best games bringing history to life, while I weighed up the“All-New” PlayStation Plus vs. Xbox Game Pass to see which is better value?
Rounding out the week, Elden Ring, Shredders and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands featured in What We Played.
Trailer Park
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is coming out in April
Fortnite’s Zero Build mode is here to stay… but for how long?
Warhammer 40,000 Darktide release date confirmed
Your Achievements
And finally for this round-up, we come to… you!
- MrYd played exactly the same as last week, so that means a lot of GT7, GTAV and Roguebook, and The Assembly and Red Matter in VR. He’s added to the fun by looking after and easily confused dog, though.
- willbuchanan has been playing through Mercenaries 2 on PS3, which is “glitchy as hell”, but still fun. He’s also been continuing on with Hungry Giraffe on PS Vita.
- Andrewww got in some Rayman Legends with the kids and started another Telltale Batman game.
- And TSBonyman played more Dreams and Elden Ring. There’s another dungeon boss defeated and some more exploration around Stormveil castle.
That’s it for this week’s gaming round-up. Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch you again next week.
