It’s one of the biggest Februaries of games that I can remember, with a clutch of major RPGs and one of the most-anticipated 4X games in almost a decade now in our hands. All of that is set to be eclipsed at the end of the month by Monster Hunter Wilds, but could you imagine if Assassin’s Creed Shadows hadn’t been nudged back to March?
In the News This Week
This week’s State of Play brought a whole host of new trailers, and while there was only one major first party Sony announcement, there were some spectacular looking games and significant announcements. Let’s catch up on the big news:
Giveaways!
Games in Review & Featured Articles
Let’s get on with the reviews of the week, with Obsidian’s new RPG proving to be absolutely fantastic. You really should check it out if you can!
Avowed – XSX|S, PC – 9/10 (Video Review)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes – PS5, NSW, PC – 9/10
Robobeat – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 8/10
Civilization 7 – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 7/10
We joined this with a couple reviews that might perk your thumbs and ears up:
Looking to the rest of the features, and the week started off with Steve checking out the stylish bullet heaven action of Jotunnslayer, while I went hands on with the wave-based zombie shooter sequel Killing Floor 3.
Dom then had a cosy gaming two-fer with the charming shield-bashing adventure of The Knightling, and then the chair-based puzzling of Is This Seat Taken? Both have PC demos available via Steam, so check them out for yourselves!
Oh, and one last preview of that Monster Hunter Wilds games as well before it launches at the end of the month. Seems like it’s going to be a doozy!
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Avowed, Elden Ring: Nightreign & Killing Floor 3.
Trailer Park
Check out the Saros announcement trailer
See the first trailer for Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Directive 8020 takes Supermassive’s horror to space in October
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is coming out in August
Your Achievements
What have you been playing this week? Well…
TSBonyman popped his head into the comments to regale us with tales of No Man’s Sky’s Worlds 2 update, which has done wonderful stuff for the landscape variety and underwater – “I’ve explored my first gas giant and experienced storms that lifted me quite literally and threw me around like a kite.”
That’s the round up for this week. Hope you have a great weekend ahead!
