It’s a lovely sunny day today, and a morning excursion has meant that this week’s round up a little later in the day than usual…. so let’s hop to it, because it’s been a pretty big week for announcements and reviews!
In the News This Week
- Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has been revealed, and it’s coming out in July
- Splatoon Raiders snags a July release date for Switch 2
- Square Enix unveils Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold – coming in January 2027
- Final Fantasy XIV is coming to Switch 2 in August!
- Here’s your first look at the Elden Ring movie – confirmed for 2028 release
- Xbox Game Pass loses day one Call of Duty, but it’s getting cheaper because of it
- Age verification will roll out for PlayStation in the UK and Ireland in June
- Xbox gets a new logo, a new mission, and reports of more changes to come
- From Sayonara Wild Hearts to Stray, Annapurna brings 5 games to Switch 2
- The REPO Cosmetic update launches May 7th, adds three magic staffs
- Golf With Your Friends 2 swings for a Fall 2026 release
Games in Review & Featured Articles
The pick of the bunch was Housemarque’s Saros, which is launching for PS5 next week and takes their riff on the roguelite and bullet hell shooters to the next level.
- Saros – PS5 – 9/10 (video review)
- Minos – PC – 8/10
- Mini Tank Mayhem – PC – 8/10
- Vampire Crawlers – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 7/10
- Smash It Wild – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 7/10
- Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 5/10
We also had a little hardware review for the Final UX5000 headphones from Dom, while Miguel shared an early verdict on Morbid Metal‘s early access release.
I then had a trio of previews. Heave Ho 2 was an uproariously good time at New Game Plus last weekend, while Petit Planet is channelling a lot of cosy vibes from the company behind Genshin Impact, and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is putting a greater emphasis on discovery for its latest platforming adventure.
Finishing up for the week, What We Played featured Saros, Vampire Crawlers and Replaced.
Trailer Park
See the gameplay overview for Black Flag Resynced
Deep Dish Dungeon brings foodie dungeon crawling to Xbox, PC & Game Pass this autumn
Beastro has cooked up a release date
Check out the tools of the trade in Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions
That’s the round up for this week. Hope you have a great weekend ahead and we’ll see you back here on Monday!
