T’was the weekend before Gamescom, and we’ve got a busy few days of playing, seeing and previewing dozens of games ahead of us. Dom and I will be out in Cologne this year, and you’d better believe our schedules are absolutely packed.
Are there any games you’re looking forward to hearing more about? Or are you keen to see what new games get announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live?
In the News This Week
- New Ghostbusters game will launch in time for Halloween
- New Lord of the Rings game coming from Take-Two and Weta
- Nintendo promises investigation into new sexual harassment report
- Court documents reveal PS4 sold more than doubled the Xbox One
- MultiVersus Season 1 patch notes reveal buffs, nerfs & new characters
- Overwatch 2 is getting cross-progression with account merging
- Evil West has been delayed to November
- Death Stranding will be added to Xbox Game Pass PC August 23rd
- Quake 4, Wolfenstein 3D & more join Xbox Game Pass PC for Quakecon
- Wreckreation announced by the creators of Burnout, blending open world racing with creation
Games in Review
It was a relatively subdued week for game reviews, but We Are OFK and Rollerdrome are both real highlights for fans of indie games with narrative adventures or retrofuturistic bloodsports at their core.
- We Are OFK – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 9/10
- Rollerdrome – PS5, PS4, PC – 8/10
- Kirby’s Dream Buffet – NSW – 5/10
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Outside of the trio of scored reviews, Miguel went hands on with the rather monstrous-looking Up-Switch Orion, finding something that’s far too unwieldy, despite seeming like a good idea on paper.
I checked out a pair of upcoming games from Wired Productions, with Tiny Troopers: Global Ops a straightforward twin-stick shooter that’s shaping up quite nicely, and Tin Hearts a puzzle game that blends the core of Lemmings with fully 3D environments and an intriguing story.
Reuben trotted on down to the real world location for ‘Mogchute Farm‘, getting hyped up for Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming farming features in Patch 6.2.
Finally, What We Played featured We Are OFK, Saints Row and Rollerdrome.
Trailer Park
See new gameplay from the XIII re-remake
Wolverine gameplay revealed in Marvel’s Midnight Suns
Planet of Lana delayed to 2023, but it’s now coming to Xbox Game Pass
Your Achievements
Here’s what you in our community have been up to this week:
- TSBonyman got back into gaming with a fresh play-through of Fallout 4 on PS5, installing a bunch of cosmetic mods to make it prettier than it was on the last generation.
- willbuchanan grabbed the platinum for Lego Movie on PS Vita and jumped right into Lego Batman 3, also on Vita. He’s also continuing to plug away at Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood multiplayer, trying to level up and grab the last online trophies before the server switch off. 28 levels down, 22 to go!
- MrYd’s gaming has been hampered by yet another digital injury – as in, he stabbed himself in the thumb – but he’s persevered with Yakuza: Like a Dragon and made some progress in Returnal by beating the first boss.
- And Andrewww made use of PS Plus Premium to revisit Fallout New Vegas, which hasn’t aged well, and Red Dead Redemption 2’s opening, which hasn’t grabbed him. Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One was “so bad it made us laugh”, while Pixeljunk Eden is just “brilliant”, he endured sports games with his son and unwrapped his disc of Dreams, which left them feeling disappointed. Quite a few gaming lows this week, then!
Have a great weekend and we’ll catch you on the other side!
