As if the end of British Summer Time this weekend wasn’t enough of a hint, the back-to-back storms battering the UK are a pretty big clue that the awfully hot and dry summer of ours has truly come to an end.
In the News This Week
The news this week was really dominated by the closure of BioWare, ending its 30 year legacy.
- EA is shutting down BioWare and cancelling Mass Effect 5 amid fresh job losses
- The Mass Effect Universe trailer leaked, teasing a game we will never see
- Report: Star Wars Battlefront 3 is in production along with Fight Night and Project Gridiron
- Report: Xbox handheld for 2027, Project Helix for 2028 and it may cost $1200-$1800
- Creative Assembly address Total War Shogun 2 Complete Edition issue including AI use
- Sega makes Football Manager 27 free to play for a Launch Preview long weekend
- Xbox Series X|S is getting FSR 4.1 support to rival PS5 QSSR
- Directive 8020 gets online multiplayer in latest update
Games in Review & Featured Articles
It’s Call of Duty for the weekend for so many, and it will be for us too! Alas, no review just yet, but we’re working on that.
- Ghost of Yotei: Echoes of Sekigahara – PS5 – 9/10
- Tenebris Sombnia – PS5, XSX|S, NSW2, PC – 8/10
- Final Fantasy Resonance – PS5, XSX|S, NSW2, NSW, PC – 8/10
- Nintendo Switch Sports – NSW2 – 8/10
- Stupid Never Dies – PS5, PC – 7/10
- One Piece: Grand Gourmet – NSW2, NSW, PC, iOS, Android – 7/10
From the files of Steam Next Fest, I delved into the raccoon rampaging of Dumpster Gang, and the pinball shooter action of Appulse this past week. With a big update, I also dipped a toe into the tactical shooter Gray Zone Warfare, and then got to spend a good few hours playing various periods of Stranger Than Heaven’s sprawling crime drama.
We wrap up with What We Played featuring We Were Here Tomorrow and Ghost of Yotei.
Trailer Park
Check out the launch trailer for Phantom Blade Zero
Croteam announce Serious Sam: The Third Encounter
CDPR has a surprise Cyberpunk 2077 update for Edgerunners II
Genshin Impact verion 7.2 brings the Hour of Ruin
That’s the round up for this week. Hope you have a great weekend and we’ll see you back here on Monday!
