All eyes were on Microsoft this week, with their spec reveal for the Scorpio. No-one can deny that the console is going to be a beast, and it will certainly be interesting to see what developers can do with all that extra power unleashed!
Let’s take a look back over the past seven days on TSA.
In the News This Week
- Microsoft Reveal The PS4 Pro Beating Specs Of Xbox Project Scorpio
Digital Foundry did an excellent analysis of the innards of the Scorpio, I guess we’ll have to wait until E3 to hear more about games and the price - The Jak And Daxter Games Are Getting The PS2 Classics Treatment This Year
They’re not remasters, but it’s better than nothing! - SCUF Release Two New Pro Controllers For PlayStation 4 & PC
- The EU PS Store’s Easter Sale Kicks Off
- The THQ Nordic PlayStation Humble Bundle Looks To Be A Great Deal
- HTC Celebrates Vive’s Anniversary With Discount & Viveport Subscription Launch
- Mass Effect: Andromeda’s April 6th Patch Will Address Facial Animations
“All they need to do is patch the dialogue, plot and gameplay and it might be worth revisiting,” says JR. Ouch! - Firewatch, Rocket League, And Uncharted 4 Win A BAFTA
No La La Land fiasco’s here!
Games in Review
There was a good variety of genres in the reviews this week, and overall the scores were pretty decent too – except for Jim who had the displeasure of reviewing Troll & I.
- PaRappa the Rapper Remastered – PS4 – 8/10
- A Rose in the Twilight – Vita, PC – 8/10
- Thimbleweed Park – PC, XBO – 8/10
- Yooka-Laylee – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 7/10
- Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition – PS4, XBO, PC – 7/10
- Blaster Master Zero – Switch – 6/10
- Troll & I – PS4, XBO, PC – 3/10
- Razer Panthera Fight Stick – Hardware review
This Week’s Features
EGX Rezzed took place last weekend, and luckily Kris and a few others were on hand to bring us all the action first hand. Kris brought us some previews for Octahedron, Oh My Godheads and Augmented Empire from the show floor, and Jake rounded up some of his previews for Pocket Rumble, Immortal Redneck & More. Kris took a look at the Square Enix Collective, while Dave focused on the guys over at Double Fine.
Stefan, not wanting to be outdone, also had a busy week. He started with a look at Agents of Mayhem, and if you check out the video below, you’ll see it’s obviously come from the same people behind Saints Row. If you’re interested, he also spoke to Kate Nelson, Producer of the game, about how the team are stepping into new territory while still retaining their trademark sense of humour.
Dom had a look at the hilarious LEGO City Undercover, which he calls “arguably one of the best, if not the best, Lego games of the last ten years.” Meanwhile, Stefan described Battalion 1944 as “the classic WW2 shooter you have been asking for”, and interviewed producer, Joe Brammer, about managing expectations and why they decided against launching a glitzy trailer for the game.
Tef actually started his week with a look at the VR game, Dick Wilde, which is a gallery shooter making use of the new VR controllers out on the market. Elsewhere, he also gave us his impression of how the upcoming Mass Transit DLC will improve things for city managers in Cities: Skylines, which is soon to be arriving on Xbox One.
Lastly, What We Played hit the big 300, and so to celebrate the staff decided to share what were their favourite games – make sure you get your shouts in too!
Trailer Park
The Surge Gets A New Trailer Featuring Dismemberment
Steel Division: Normandy 44 Lands On 23rd May
Tethered Becomes Untethered From PlayStation VR, Gains 4K On Pro
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition Releasing For Wii U On May 23rd
Your Achievements
Dom’s What We Played article was derailed by the writers failing to name their #1 favourite game, and his article has now derailed the Achievements as most of you were to busy listing off your favourite games to share what you’ve been up to this week!
In fact, DividSmythe was the only one to mention his trophy hunting adventures as celebrated his 100th platinum with Virginia!
The Week Ahead
It’s all looking extremely quiet for the releases next week thanks to Easter, perhaps it would be a good time to get through your backlog?
- Yooka-Laylee – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 11/04
- Aaero – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 11/04
Enjoy the sunshine this weekend, and let’s hope it continues!
ron_mcphatty
Playing Driveclub Bikes last night I realised that I’ve been leaning with the corners! Has anyone else achieved this clearly ridiculous level of immersion?
gazzagb
Is that in VR or just normal Driveclub?
ron_mcphatty
Just normal, but Bikes! The viewpoint doesn’t even lean when you go round corners but the bikes go so far over I can’t help myself.
MrYd
That’s as bad as me. Except I also do it in a FPS, and quite possibly pretty much anything. I try and look round corners or over obstacles by leaning.
ron_mcphatty
Hah, I like it sounds like you properly get into the games! Having thought about it I’m pretty sure I even lean in puzzle games like Lumines, it’s a way of life.