The first month of the year has already vanished into the past, and while it was slow going at times, it’s left us with plenty to look forward to through the rest of the year. February and March are going to be chock full of big game launches, that’s for sure!
But in the here and now, let’s start with the news.
In the News This Week
Nintendo’s been making a fair few announcements and dropping trailers lately, and there’s rumblings about a Nintendo Direct in the near future. Here’s our headlines for the week.
Games in Review & Featured Articles
It’s about to get a fair bit busier as we head into February, but the first big hitters always target the tail end of January. Code Vein 2 is the pick of the bunch this week, an ambitious sequel that looks to go beyond being just an ‘anime Soulslike’. I mean, it is still that, but….
Of course, the main game that was on people’s lips this week was Highguard, the Game Awards closer that immediately drew the ire or many an online gamer, but does it deserve it?
We also jumped at the chance to go hands on with Resident Evil Requiem, playing an extended chunk of the game and bouncing back and forth between the action-heavy Leon and sneaky scary Grace gameplay.
Jim revisited Warhammer 40,000: Darktide to see how it’s holding up in 2026, while I swiped a coin to check out Reigns: The Witcher.
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Speedball, Cairn and Highguard.
Trailer Park
See the Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Direct
Don’t Stop Girlypop’s hyper-Y2K shooter is out now
See gameplay for NORSE: Oath of Blood
That’s all for the round up this week. Enjoy the weekend and we’ll carry on carrying on on Monday.
