Today’s a leap day, unceremoniously shoving an extra day in before we get to March so that our calendar doesn’t slip and slide out of sync with the seasons they traditionally represent.
It also means that 1 in every 1,425 people is getting to celebrate their birthday on the date they were actually born for once. Can you imagine being 40 years old, but only having had 10 birthdays? Must be hard.
In other news, and we’re living through one of those times where the real world is having a major impact on one of our favourite pastimes. COVID-19 is forcing people, companies and governments to take precautionary and preventative action across the globe, and that’s now led to the postponement of GDC in San Francisco. Depending on how the spread of the virus continues, it could see everything from console announcements, to E3 and even video games themselves pushed back or cancelled. Naturally, this has been our top news story of the week.
In the News This Week
- GDC 2020 postponed until summer amid COVID-19 coronavirus fears
- EVE Fanfest 2020 and Capcom Pro Tour also cancelled
- Cyberpunk 2077 confirmed for Xbox Series X with free next-gen upgrades from Xbox One
- Microsoft confirm Xbox Series X will have a 12 teraflop GPU, and cross-gen game upgrades
- Baldur’s Gate 3 gameplay and screenshots revealed at PAX East, Early Access confirmed
- Borderlands 3 is coming to Steam in March, as second campaign add-on revealed at PAX East
- PlatinumGames announce Project G.G., a “giant hero-esque” game from Hideki Kamiya
- Little Hope revealed as the follow up to Man of Medan, coming this summer
- Insurgency: Sandstorm is coming to PS4 and Xbox One in August
- Stardew Valley is getting even more free content in update 1.5
And as we head into March, we’ve got the usual slate of free games to look forward to:
- The March PlayStation Plus games are Shadow of the Colossus & Sonic Forces
- The March Xbox Games with Gold include Batman, Shantae & Sonic
- Stadia Pro subscribers get GRID, SteamWorld Dig 2 & SteamWorld Quest in March
Games in Review
We had a clutch of well reviewed game this week, both new and upcoming, and things a little bit older. It was actually a game from the end of 2019 that had the highest score, so make sure to check out The Touryst on Switch if you can!
- The Touryst– Switch – 9/10
- Bloodroots – PS4, Switch, PC – 8/10
- Devil’s Kiss– PC – 8/10
- Draugen– PS4, XBO, PC – 8/10
- Rune Factory 4 Special– Switch – 8/10
- Overpass– PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 6/10
And we had a pair of ASUS headphones on the review bench as well:
- ASUS TUF Gaming H3 Headset Review– 3.5mm – 8/10
- Asus ROG Cetra In-Ear Gaming Headphones Review – USB-C – 8/10
Featured Articles
It was basically all reviews this week, with just a solitary preview for Deliver Us The Moon alongside them. This sci-fi thriller blends Interstellar and Gravity together with environmental puzzling, and is definitely one to keep an eye on when it comes to console in April.
Beside that, What We Played featured Darksiders Genesis, Beat Saber and some Animal Crossing!
Trailer Park
Maquette is a tiny, yet huge puzzle game and a love story, coming soon to PC
Insurgency: Sandstorm is coming to PS4 and Xbox One in August
Trials of Osiris will return to Destiny 2 as part of Season of the Worthy
Streets of Rage 4’s newest character revealed and multiplayer details confirmed
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions story trailer released
Your Achievements
A few of our regulars popped in to tell us about their week of gaming:
- Andrewww has been playing The Division 2 and finding it both topical and “quite addictive”.
- It’s been a lot of Hunt: Showdown for Crazy_Del, who’s trying to get all five characters to level 50!
- It’s also been The Division 2 for MrYd, who said it gets even better once you reach the endgame. He also got creeped out by a whispering controller after pausing Zombie Army Trilogy, and has been enjoying his usual VR shenanigans.
- And finally, TSBonyman has played No Man’s Sky in hopes of earning a living ship, and has been experimenting with physics, animation and lighting in Dreams, as he digs into the visual side of the game.
That’s it for this week. Hope you all have a good weekend, and our thoughts are with anyone affected by the aftermath of Storm Jorge.
