Something for the Weekend – 23/07/22

The Sun’s showing its face again in the south of the UK, but I’m not really ready to forgive it yet. Beyond my natural dislike of being too warm, there’s the plight that it’s been putting Europe through the last few weeks, and I think it’s a bit of cheek to turn up again and be all  hot and bright.

It’s felt like a quieter week in video games on the news front, but that’s been more than made up for by a slew of great games releasing, including one with a handsome ginger cat. Let’s catch up on the week in gaming.

In the News This Week

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora delayed until at least 2023
• FIFA 23 features two women’s football leagues and 1v1 cross-play
• Killzone: Shadow Fall, Killzone: Mercenary, and RIGS servers to be shut down
• No More Heroes 3 is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One & PC in October
• Mario Strikers: Battle League Football first update adds Daisy, Shy Guy, new armour & a stadium
• No Man’s Sky Endurance update overhauls freighters, fleets, nebulae & more
• PlayStation Plus Extra & Premium free trial arrives just in time for Stray
• Oddworld: Soulstorm Oddtimized Edition is heading to Switch
• The MultiVersus open beta is live now
• Splinter Cell VR and Ghost Recon: Frontline cancelled by Ubisoft

Games in Review

We had just a handful of reviews this week, but there’s an absolute cracker out for every major platform.

• Stray – PS5, PS4, PC – 9/10
• As Dusk Falls – XSX|S, XBO, PC – 9/10
• Live A Live – NSW – 9/10
• Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW – 7/10

Featured Articles

It fell on my shoulders to deliver a bunch of previews this week, and started things off by diving into Halo Infinite’s campaign co-op with Dom, finding that, as is so often the case, playing with a friend makes pretty much every game better.

Following that jaunt on a Halo, I then reported in on all the pitchside developments coming to FIFA 23. EA’s final FIFA-branded game is set to be their broadest game to date, set to include two world cups, women’s leagues for the first time, and significant changes to Ultimate Team.

Then it was off to the streets where Saints Row is making a resurgent comeback with a brand new look and origin story, but with plenty of the same audacious attitude of later games in the original series.

Jim asks if Ghost of Tsushima 2 should replace Jin Sakai as its protagonist, and we rounded out the week with What We Played featuring Stray, As Dusk Falls and Halo Infinite co-op.

Trailer Park

The Last of Us Remake gameplay showcases improvements

FIFA 23 gameplay and content features revealed

Your Achievements

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

• When not melting in the heat willbuchanan played more of Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars, aiming to snap up the platinum this weekend.
• And even though he could hear his PS5s fans for the first time, MrYd plugged away at the various games he’s been playing the last few weeks. A second playthrough of Man of Medan led to an improved Little Hope, before he played Stray and wondered a little about what all the fuss was about.

Have a great weekend and we’ll catch you on the other side!