It’s the Spring bank holiday weekend, and rather surprisingly, the weather is glorious! You might be planning to spend some time out in the sunshine, but before you slather yourself in sunscreen and realise you’ve forgotten to take sunglasses with you, let’s catch up on the week that was.
The biggest event of the week was the PlayStation Showcase featuring a bunch of cool games we can expect to grace our consoles in the not-too-distant future, so let’s dive in!
In the News This Week
For everything you need from Sony’s stream, here’s all the PlayStation Showcase trailers and announcements. Here’s the headlines, though:
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 new trailer shows Symbiote gameplay, out Autumn 2023
- Haven Studios reveal Fairgame$ for PlayStation and PC
- Helldivers 2 has been revealed for PS5 and PC
- Phantom Blade Zero brings a fresh take on samurai combat to PS5
- Square Enix announce Splatoon-like Foamstars
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Master Collection officially announced for PS5
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage is out this October
- Bungie announce PvP-only Marathon reboot for PS5, Xbox Series and PC
- PlayStation reveal Project Q PS5 remote play handheld
- Alan Wake 2 is digital-only, but THQ offers to help with a physical release
- PSVR 2 has sold 600,000 units in first six weeks, outpacing original PSVR
- Total War: Pharaoh heads to the Egyptian New Kingdom in October
- F1 Manager 2023 will release this summer with new Race Replay mode
- Gollum developers apologise for game launch, promise patches and improvements
Games in Review
We had reviews from both ends of the spectrum, with Beat Saber 2 being a ‘must buy’ for PSVR 2 owners, while everyone should avoid Gollum like the plague.
- Beat Saber PSVR 2 – PSVR2, PSVR, PC VR – 10/10
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 8/10
- Planet of Lana – XSX|S, XBO, PC – 8/10
- Protodroid DeLTA – PS4, XBO, PC, NSW – 8/10
- Death or Treat – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 4/10
- The Lord of the Rings: Gollum – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC – 1/10
Featured Articles
Nic kicked off the previews with a look at Final Fantasy 16 and came away very, very impressed. Another title that is one to keep an eye on is Exoprimal, a game that doesn’t take itself too seriously, as you could probably guess from the dinosaurs and mech suits.
Wrapping up the week, What We Played featured Planet of Lana, Beat Saber & Gollum.
Trailer Park
Space Marine 2 has more gameplay footage released
Alan Wake 2’s trailer looks epic, and it’s coming out in October
Destiny 2’s Final Shape teaser trailer brings back a much loved character
Your Achievements
Let’s check in with the vocal parts of our readership.
- MrYd grabbed and is enjoying Jedi: Survivor, but was lured back to PSVR2 with Beat Saber, which he’s found to be a tad broken in specific circumstances, and the “wonderful” Walkabout Mini Golf. He also sampled Humanity, Chivalry 2 and &C Rift Apart. Oh, and he got a shiny new Sony TV to enjoy it all on (once he’d messed with the settings)
Have a good long weekend and I’ll catch you all soon!
