This Week In Video Games

It's 10th May 2021, so let's get into the news.

Epic VS Apple - The story so far

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-07-epic-vs-apple-what-weve-learned-so-far

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This week I’ve been dying a lot in Returnal, a new bullet-hell, rogue-lite from Housemarque. I've also been checking out the game you control by blinking called Before Your Eyes and finding out it's more than just a gimmick. I'm also looking forward to Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart given the recent focus on Sony's State of Play.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

03:20 Returnal review 

14:26 Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - Everything we know 

19:25 Before Your Eyes review

23:05 Charts

24:13 Tetris Effect Connected review 

28:45 Top 10 indie games on Xbox Game Pass 

38:47 Games coming soon

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It's 26th April 2021, so let's get into the news.

Apex Legends new Arenas mode

https://www.polygon.com/22400006/apex-legends-legacy-arenas-elimination-game-mode-preview

New state of play Thursday focus on Rift Apart

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/04/26/new-playstation-state-of-play-happening-this-week-with-closer-look-at-ratchet-clank-rift

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan announces departure from Blizzard after 19 years

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-20-overwatch-director-jeff-kaplan-announces-departure-from-blizzard-after-19-years

CD Projekt refunded 30K copies of Cyberpunk 2077 out of 13M

https://www.polygon.com/2021/4/22/22398340/cd-projekt-red-april-2021-investors-call-refund-details-costs

Discord ends acquisition talks with Microsoft

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-21-discord-ends-acquisition-talks-with-microsoft

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This week I’ve been hunting a lot of Monsters in Monster Hunter Rise, the latest in the franchise from Capcom out on Nintendo Switch. I've also been checking out Oddworld: Soulstorm, Pac-Man 99 and also looking forward to Solar Ash from developer Heart Machine.

00:00 Introduction

3:28 Monster Hunter Rise review 

13:54 Nintendo's Indie World Roundup

18:27 Oddworld Soulstorm review 

24:27 All Platform Charts 

25:34 Solar Ash - Everything we know so far... 

30:39 Pac-man 99 review

34:44 Games coming soon

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It's 11th April 2021, so let's get into the news.

Outriders Inventory Bug

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-10-distraught-outriders-players-report-losing-hundreds-of-hours-of-investment-after-latest-patch

Outriders Crossplay is fixed, but inventory bug remains

https://www.pcgamer.com/outriders-crossplay-is-fixed-but-inventory-wipes-remain/

Naughty Dog working on Last of Us Remake

https://www.gameinformer.com/report/2021/04/09/a-ps5-the-last-of-us-remake-is-reportedly-in-the-works

Deathloop Delayed

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-08-bethesda-delays-deathloop-again

Age of Empires 4 launches November 2021

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-10-age-of-empires-4-launches-autumn-2021-includes-norman-campaign

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This week I’ve been playing plenty of Outriders, since its full release last Thursday. It’s the latest looter-shooter to enter a tricky market and so far so good. I’ve also been playing 80s inspired Narita Boy as well as Genesis Noir.

Timestamps 

00:00 Introduction

03:18 Outriders first impressions

12:17 Xbox Series X review 

21:22 Narita Boy review 

26:23 Charts 

27:27 Genesis Noir review 

31:14 Coming up soon

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It's 28th March 2021, so let's get into the news.

Monster Hunter Rise's first major post-launch update bringing new monsters in April

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-26-monster-hunter-rises-first-major-post-launch-update-bringing-new-monsters-in-april

Call Of Duty Returns To A WWII Setting This Year

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/03/26/report-call-of-duty-returns-to-a-wwii-setting-this-year

Microsoft lists 22 ID@Xbox games coming to Xbox Game Pass

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-27-microsoft-lists-22-id-xbox-games-coming-to-xbox-game-pass

New Immortals Fenyx Rising DLC Launched Today

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/03/25/new-immortals-fenyx-rising-dlc-launched-today

Rust coming to PS4, Xbox One in May

https://www.polygon.com/22352750/rust-ps4-xbox-one-release-date-console-edition-double-elevenRELATED LINKS

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This week I've been playing Ghost of Tsushima, a game that's been on my backlog for some time but I finally got into it, and I'm glad I did. I've also been playing Loop Hero, a new roguelike, deck building RPG plus Maquette which is a first-person puzzle game from Annapurna Interactive.

Timestamps 

00:00 Introduction

03:14 What I've been playing this week

04:34 Ghost of Tsushima review

14:07 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

18:55 Square Enix Showcase Roundup

22:10 Charts

23:25 Loop hero 

29:10 Maquette

34:34 Coming up soon

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It's 14th March 2021, so let's get into the news.

Bethesda games arrive on Xbox Game Pass

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-11-20-bethesda-games-coming-to-game-pass-on-xbox-pc-and-cloud-tomorrow

Betheseda Games Exclusive info

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-11-phil-spencer-says-future-bethesda-games-will-be-exclusive-to-platforms-where-game-pass-exists

Halo info

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/03/12/new-halo-infinite-details-reveal-dynamic-weather-more-engaging-enemy-encounters-and-more

Square Enix Event

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-11-square-enix-showing-off-new-life-is-strange-next-week-as-part-of-spring-showcase

Loop hero success

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/03/11/loop-hero-sells-500000-copies-new-improvements-on-the-way

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This week I've been playing the Outriders Demo, this is a new 3rd person looter-shooter coming soon. Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos is another game I've been getting to plus I'm having a look ahead to Kena: Bridge of Spirits and rounding up all the info we have so far on this one coming later in Summer 2021.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

2:27 What I've been playing this week 

4:02 Outriders Demo 

11:00 Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

20:50 State of Play Roundup 

25:49 Charts 

27:04 Kena: Bridge of Spirits

32:42 Project Triangle Strategy

38:12 Coming up soon

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