We might be coming to the end of this heatwave, but there’s still a little time to try and enjoy the last of this good weather through this bank holiday. Given that there’s the extra day (once again) to the weekend, there’s still plenty of time for gaming, and I’ve got a big long list of games big and small that I’ll be sinking time into.
In the News This Week
It was a busy old week for video games news, and while we had the gameplay deep dive for Borderlands 4, it was the GTA 6 delay that was the biggest story of the week. Thankfully, there’s still tons of big games for 2025, so it’s not like we won’t have plenty to look forward to through the rest of this year.
- GTA 6 gets a release date, but it’s been delayed to 2026
- Xbox Series X|S console prices are jumping up around the world – games to hit $80 this winter
- Report: EA lays off more than 300 staff and cancels rumoured Titanfall spin-off
- Borderlands 4 release date moved forward by a fortnight
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows year one roadmap detailed
- EA Sports WRC will get no more content, future rally game development paused
- Paradox Interactive will announce grand strategy game Project Caesar on 8th May
- Nintendo Switch system update 20.0.0 is here – Virtual Game Cards, GameShare, new icons, and more Switch 2 prep
- Evil Dead: The Game is getting delisted
- The Shadow Syndicate revealed for Xbox Series XS, PS5, Switch 2 and PC
- Devolver reveals co-op fungi shooter Mycopunk – Steam demo out now
- May 2025’s PS Plus Monthly Games features Balatro, boomer shooting & dinos
Games in Review & Featured Articles
Just the one scored game review this week, where we ask, what if a loose cannon police man decided to go arrest Satan?
- Shotgun Cop Man – NSW, PC – 7/10
But what will you be sitting on while arresting Satan? Why not a great big lovely bean bag?
Away from this, we had a good batch of previews. I went hands on with Devolver’s freshly announced co-op shooter Mycopunk, shared some impressions of the “First Person Booter” GLUM. For a change of pace from that, I also went hands on with the real time tactical wargaming action of Broken Arrow, while Dom broke all the music laws while previewing Unbeatable.
Finishing up for the week, What We Played featured Oblivion Remastered, Clair Obscur & Mycopunk.
Trailer Park
Check out the Borderlands 4 gameplay reveal – everything we now know
Get a 10 minute look at Elden Ring Nightreign’s systems
StarRupture gets 10 minutes of showcase footage showing gameplay
Sea of Stars free Throes of the Watchmaker DLC ticks to release in May
Your Achievements
What have you been playing this week?
- TSBonyman has made a good start on Oblivion Remastered, he just needs to stop breaking so many lockpicks…
That’s the round up for this week. Hope you have a great weekend ahead and we’ll see you back here next week!
