We had an exciting week for gamers, with two digital showcases, the big Battlefield 6 reveal, and plenty more on the continuing controversies over payment providers and the UK OSA.
In the News This Week
A bumper crop of news, so let’s dive straight in.
- Darksiders 4 announcement teaser confirms co-op and more
- Battlefield 6 launches 10th October
- Fatekeeper is a relic hunting RPG by former SpellForce 3 devs
- Titan Quest 2 Early Access is out now!
- The price of a Nintendo Switch to change in the United States
- Nintendo Switch 2 set a huge new console sales record in its first month
- The Adventures of Elliot is a new HD-2D adventure, and there’s a demo out today
- Octopath Traveler 0 is a HD-2D prequel coming later this year
- Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection announced with its first action-packed trailer
- Sony sue Tencent over Light of Motiram, their “slavish clone” of Horizon
- Xbox adds age verification in the UK for the Online Safety Act
- Atari set to acquire controlling stake in Thunderful Games
- August 2025’s PS Plus Monthly Games include Lies of P
Games in Review & Featured Articles
Let’s start with the reviews, because we had so, so many of them!
- Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 9/10
- Achilles Survivor – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC – 9/10
- Atomic Owl – PC – 8/10
- Tales of the Shire – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 7/10
- Killing Floor 3 – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 7/10
- Birdigo – PC – 7/10
- Wildgate – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 7/10
- Once Upon A Puppet – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 7/10
- Dear Me, I Was – NSW2 – 6/10
We also had a pair of hardware reviews, first going finger tapping across the Keychron K2 HE keyboard and then spinning the crank on the Playdate and its Season 2 games
Dom had a preview for Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, but I got to go hands on with Battlefield 6 multiplayer, ahead of the open betas that will arrive over the coming fortnight.
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Battlefield 6, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound & Tales of the Shire.
Trailer Park
Darksiders 4 is continuing the story from the original game
See the Battlefield 6 multiplayer trailer & beta reveal
Once Upon A Katamari revealed, and it’s coming out in October
Mario Paint is now on Switch Online, and it even has mouse controls
That’s the round up for this week’s round up, enjoy the weekend and we’ll see you for more gaming gubbins on Monday.
