You know you’ve been watching too much NFL when the Six Nations kicks off and you get mildly confused by the try and conversion scores, and think that the yellow cards look soft – though there’s very good reasons for being that strict!
Pour one out for any Welsh friends and relatives you have after last night’s opener, but today should provide some fun for the Scottish and Irish out there.
But on to the video games news of the week.
In the News This Week
It’s quite a news-ful week, it feels like. There’s some systemic changes for both PlayStation and Xbox fans, there was some sad game studio news, and some re-releases for classic games.
- Forza Horizon 5 is coming to PS5 this spring
- The Sims 1 & 2 have been re-released for the series’ 25th birthday
- BioWare is “downsizing” as next Mass Effect remains in pre-production
- Phoenix Lab lays off “majority of the studio” leaving Dauntless and Fae Farm future in doubt
- Sony makes PSN optional on PC games with new incentives for signing in
- Indiana Jones hits 4 million players, but Xbox revenue and hardware sales fall
- Is This Seat Taken? is a polite and cosy puzzler where you have to consider other people’s feelings
- MultiVersus will shut down and go offline only after Season 5
- Killing Floor 3 launches on 25th March 25 with Closed Beta in February
- Dino Crisis is back with enhanced PC releases on GOG.com
- PS Plus monthly games won’t guarantee PS4 games from January 2026
- The PS Plus Monthly Games for February 2025 gets heisting with Payday 3
Games in Review & Featured Articles
It was reviews around the clock this week, but what stood out?
- Bloomtown: A Different Story – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 9/10
- Eternal Strands – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 8/10
- The Mute House – PC – 7/10
- Sniper Elite: Resistance – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC – 7/10
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap – XSX|S, PC – 7/10
- Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 7/10
- Laika: Aged Through Blood – Switch Review – 7/10
- Cuisineer – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 5/10
- Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos – PS5, PS4, PC – 4/10
Elsewhere, Tuffcub asked why Sony has spent so much money of their failed Games As Service push, while overlooking what could have been an easy win?
I’ve also been driving things, first with a look at the imperfect Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access release, and then keeping to the tracks of Tramau’s streets in City Transport Simulator: Tram.
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Eternal Strands, Cuisineer and the Retroid Pocket 5.
Trailer Park
RoadCraft’s MudRunner disaster spin-off is coming out in May
Gran Turismo 7 update 1.55 adds 90s inspired Formula car
Split Fiction’s new trailer showcases its fantastical co-op action and some spectacular side content
That’s the round up for this week. Hope you have a great weekend ahead!
TSBonyman
Hello World! Just got my internet back after a week of none after the storm – it’s been grim!
Stefan L
Oh wow. Welcome back, though I’m sure that internet free life was kind of blissful in its own way.