One quarter of the way into February, and it’s all been kicking into high gear with two of the most anticipated games of the year launching this week – OK, so one has entered into that silly pre-order early access phase, but you can buy and play it now. Catch our KCD2 review now, but you’ll have to wait a little for our thoughts on Civ 7.
Anyway, you’re probably wondering what to do since PSN is offline. Why not read the rest of the week’s gaming news?
In the News This Week
There’s been plenty of twists and video game turns in the new this week. Football fans are sad, but Batman fans are probably quite happy about how things have gone…
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater August release date leaks
- The next Battlefield is set to release before April 2026 – Battlefield Labs program launched
- Football Manager 25 has been cancelled, shifting focus to FM 26
- Report: Rocksteady working on single-player Batman, as Wonder Woman game rebooted
- Age of Empires II & Age of Mythology are coming to PS5 this spring.
- Firaxis highlights three areas they’ll improve Civilization 7 after mixed launch reviews
- Wreckfest 2 hurtles toward PC Early Access in March
- Assetto Corsa EVO patch 0.1.5 finally brings the game online
- The next ID@Xbox Showcase is coming on 24th February
- Resident Evil Re:Verse multiplayer pack-in game is shutting down in June
Games in Review & Featured Articles
Let’s get on with those reviews, headlined by Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, which brings all its immersive sim-like RPG action back for another medieval sojourn.
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 8/10 (Video Review)
- Coridden – PC – 8/10
- Ninja Gaiden 2 Black – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 7/10
- The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II – PS5, PS4, NSW, PC – 7/10
- Big Helmet Heroes – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 4/10
Beyond the reviews, the release of Spider-Man 2 for PC wasn’t all that smooth last week, so we dug in to see what all the fuss was about and how the game plays on our computers – spoiler alert: we found it nice and playable with 60fps in sight.
I also previewed Season 24 and the sixth year of Apex Legends, where Respawn are doing the one thing everyone always asks for and are buffing the heck out of everything.
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Citizen Sleeper 2, KCD 2 and Immortals: Rise of Fenyx.
Trailer Park
PUBG: Blindspot is the new name for 5v5 top-down tactical shooter Project ARC
Onimusha 2 remaster confirmed by Capcom
Monster Hunter Wilds gets its sixth trailer
Your Achievements
What have you been playing this week? Well…
- TSBonyman popped his head into the comments to regale us with tales of No Man’s Sky’s Worlds 2 update, which has done wonderful stuff for the landscape variety and underwater – “I’ve explored my first gas giant and experienced storms that lifted me quite literally and threw me around like a kite.”
That’s the round up for this week. Hope you have a great weekend ahead!
