There’s been a crisp bite to the morning air this past week, as autumn really settles in across the UK. Between that and the general dismay at what we’re seeing in the non-gaming headlines, there’s plenty of excuses to want to distract yourself with some video games.
In the News This Week
- Google Stadia will be shut down in January 2023 with full refunds for all purchases
- EA debuts Wild Hearts gameplay with February 2023 release date
- E3 2023 dates and new business & public format revealed
- Dead Space Remake screenshots have been released
- Skull And Bones delayed to March 2023, open beta confirmed
- Scorn release date brought forward by one week
- Dead Space Remake screenshots have been released
- WRC Generations is now coming out on 3rd November for all platforms
And as we came to the end of September, the free games coming to PS Plus Essential and Games with Gold were also announced:
- PS Plus Essential October 2022 line up has been revealed
- The two Xbox Games with Gold October games have been announced
Games in Review
With so much going on elsewhere, we had just a handful of reviews this week.
- Return to Monkey Island – NSW, PC – 9/10
- FIFA 23 – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC – 8/10
- The Diofield Chronicle – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 6/10
- No Place for Bravery – NSW, PC – 6/10
And we had a lonely, but very pricey in-ear monitor review:
- Audeze Euclid – 9/10
Featured Articles
Elsewhere, I delved into the Early Access release of Slime Rancher 2, finding the initial offering to be largely in-line with what we’d seen before, setting the foundations for other content to come. Also on the Early Access train, Dom enjoyed the Farthest Frontier’s take on survival city building.
I previewed the ‘kids on bikes’-themed sequel Kingdom Eighties, and Nic enjoyed his look at Beneath the Woods, an indie title with some Resident Evil puzzle mansion vibes.
Rounding things out, What We Played featured Return to Monkey Island, WRC Generations and FIFA 23.
Trailer Park
See the Wild Hearts gameplay reveal
HBO release official The Last of Us TV show teaser
Metal: Hellsinger music mod update is out now – here’s a nice Jazz: Hellsinger trailer
JETT: The Far Shore free expansion is coming next year
Your Achievements
Here’s what you in our community have been up to this week:
- Continuing his charge through a multiplayer trophy grab, willbuchanan played Dead or Alive 5, LittleBigPlanet3 and Watch Dogs 2. He also hopped into Lego The Hobbit on PS Vita and finished the main story of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood on PS3. There’s plenty of gaming and trophy hunting planned for this weekend too!
- With an easy platinum to get at the end, Andrewww played through Telltale’s Batman: Enemy Within
Enjoy your weekend and I’ll see you again soon!
