Gamescom has been in full swing this week, with its streams from Opening Night Live to awesome Indies revealing a bunch of games and updates. Dom and Tef now have the job of writing up all their previews from the show itself, but did anything stand out for you in particular?
Elsewhere, we’re enjoying an extended weekend in the UK, and the weather is surprisingly good for a bank holiday!
In the News This Week
- PlayStation VR2 is coming in ‘early 2023’ Sony confirms
- Sony to raise the price of the PS5 in Europe, Japan, and other countries, but not the US
- The DualSense Edge is a pro PS5 controller
- The Lords of The Fallen announced is a sequel to Lords of the Fallen
- Dead Island 2 release date set as sequel returns from the grave
- Dune: Awakening revealed, an open world MMO for consoles and PC
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker console release date confirmed
- Return to Monkey Island sails to release in September
- Sonic Frontiers trailer and release date confirmed after leak
- Bungie reveal Lightfall, the next big expansion for Destiny 2
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord releases on PlayStation and Xbox this October
- Amazon offer to buy EA reported and quickly refuted.
- Space Channel 5, Days Gone, and Comix Zone movies in the works
Games in Review
It was another subdued week for the reviews, with PowerWash Simulator turning out to be a wonderful surprise:
- PowerWash Simulator – XSX|S, XBO, PC – 8/10
- Saints Row – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC – 7/10
- Dusk Diver 2 – PS5, PS4, PC, NSW – 5/10
Featured Articles
Turning our attention to the previews, Stefan brought us four for our attention this week. Starting with the familiar, yet never-the-less highly anticipated Splatoon 3, he is really looking forward to its release in a fortnight.
He then moved on to another sequel, PGA Tour 2K23, where the new triple-click swing addition opens up the game to more casual players, without dumbing down the difficulty of hitting the perfect shot.
Fans of Dead Space should keep an eye on The Callisto Protocol (which looks far too scary for me), while The Last Worker nails the dystopian future of a worker in a fulfilment centre. Keep an eye out for more to come along over the weekend!
Last up, What We Played featured Rollerdrome, Genshin Impact and a bunch of stuff from Gamescom.
Trailer Park
The Last of Us Remake launch trailer looks stunning
First The Expanse gameplay trailer revealed
New Tales from the Borderlands is releasing in October
Teslagrad 2 is coming out in Spring 2023
Your Achievements
Here’s what you in our community has been up to this week:
- willbuchanan continues his way through LEGO Batman 3 on Vita, with the platinum trophy in reach – but, as it will be his 150th platinum, he’s putting that on pause to replace with something a bit more special, such as AC Brotherhood.
- And Andrewww continued to play Everspace, but is feeling the desire to step away from its Roguelike structure with a return to Elite dangerous. Alongside that, Red Dead Redemption 2 has been “better than I expected”.
I hope you have a great bank holiday, and I’ll be back soon!
