The bank holidays come thick and fast this time of year, so I hope you have exciting plans for any extra time off you might have this weekend. At the same time, it’s really hotting up in the land of video games, as there’s the build up to Fake E3 season, the Switch 2 launch, and plenty more going on. Here’s what’s happened in the last 7 days, though.
In the News This Week
It was Warhammer Skulls this week, so there’s naturally been a whole host of Warhammer video game announcements, really demonstrating the strength of this franchise right now.
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is coming to PS5 this summer
- A Stellar Blade sequel has been confirmed by Shift Up
- There’s going to be an Elden Ring movie directed by 28 Days Later writer Alex Garland
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Space Marine are getting fresh remasters
- Space Marine 2 endless Siege mode is coming in June’s free update
- Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is the next RPG from Owlcat Games
- Boomer shooter sequel Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 announced
- Fortnite is back on the iOS App Store in the US, and it seems quite popular
- Sony is shutting down its PlayStation Stars loyalty program
Games in Review & Featured Articles
Some great indie games were featured in our reviews this week alongside MercurySteam’s blacksmith forged action RPG Blades of Fire.
- Blades of Fire – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 8/10
- The Flayed Man – PC – 8/10
- The Horror at Highrook – PC – 8/10
- Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny 2 – PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 5/10
Tangential to the reviews, I revisited the delightful indie JRPG Sea of Stars for the new Throes of the Watchmaker free DLC. You can’t really go wrong with free, and this is a great post-game addition.
I also got to preview Ubisoft’s Roman city builder Anno 117: Pax Romana, as well as go hands on with a trio of Sega’s Switch 2 launch(-ish) games, with Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut and Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S adding new content a
Having attended Digital Dragons in Poland this week, Dom dished out a smorgasbord of previews from intriguing indie titles, including Vale’s Echo, War Mechanic and XYZ: Tear Them Down.
And rounding out the week, What We Played featured Revenge of the Savage Planet, Sea of Stars and Blades of Fire.
Trailer Park
War comes to Super Earth in Helldivers 2: Heart of Democracy update
Check out the Neo City stage from Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide adds the brutal Arbites class this June
See the Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater opening movie
Your Achievements
What have you been playing this week?
- TSBonyman’s Oblivion Remastered adventure continued, but was joined by Her Majesty’s Spiffing, “an amusing 3D point’n’clicker.”
That’s the round up for this week. Hope you have a great weekend ahead and we’ll see you back here next week!
