This Week In Video Games

This week I've been playing Diablo 4 and Street Fighter 6. We've also kicked off the summer of games with Summer Games Fest this week giving up a heads up about the future of video games. Today I'm going to round up all the latest news from the Summer of Games, plus reviews of two of the biggest games of 2023.

03:20 Diablo 4

12:19 Street Fighter 6

20:42 Charts

21:58 Summer Game Fest

31:51 Day of the Devs

39:42 Coming soon

This week I've been playing a lot of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, and I've been getting lost in Hyrule. Also this week I'm going to round up the PlayStation showcase from this past week, plus we've got all the latest news, plus a new game from Bungie to talk about.

LINKS

https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/05/10/hollow-knight-silksong-delayed

https://www.eurogamer.net/overwatch-2s-long-promised-flagship-pve-mode-has-been-scrapped

https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-in-sonys-playstation-showcase

https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/slrecap

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This week I've been checking out Resident Evil 4, a fantastic new remake from Capcom. Continuing the horror-theme I've also been playing Dredge, a great new indy game that blends fishing and horror. We had a couple of showcases this week with Nintendo's Indy World, plus Street Fighter 6, and the Tears of the Kingdom final story trailer, which was a blockbuster.

03:28 Resident Evil 4 Remake review

11:11 Dredge review

16:33 Indy World Showcase Roundup

23:40 Charts

24:52 Street Fighter 6 Showcase

30:17 Tears of the Kingdom Final Trailer Analysis

38:01 Bungie bans content creator for leaks

43:36 Coming Soon

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This week I've been checking out Tchia, a new indie platform adventure game. I've also been getting very hyped for Tears of the Kingdom, and Nintendo showed off some gameplay for the first time. I also managed to play some of the Diablo IV beta, and I'll bring you my hands-on impressions of that later on.

00:00 Introduction

03:59 Zelda Tears of the Kingdom gameplay analysis

19:08 Link's Awakening review

26:36 Tchia review

30:42 Charts

32:24 Diablo IV Beta

38:21 Destiny 2 News Roundup

45:48 Coming soon

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This week I've been catching up on some classic Metroid releases including Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion, both recently added to Nintendo Switch. I've also been played the latest Dead Cells Return to Castlevania DLC, plus I'm going to be looking why Lightfall's story in Destiny 2 felt very out of place.

03:40 Metroid Prime Remastered

10:26 Dead Cells Return to Castlevania

15:43 Charts

17:01 Metroid Fusion

23:37 Game Boy and Game Boy Advance on Nintendo Switch Online

31:27 Why Bungie changed plans for Lightfall and The Final Shape

39:08 Coming soon

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This week I've been playing a lot of Destiny 2, given the new Lightfall expansion is out. Today I'll run through my first impressions of Lightfall, the campaign, post-campaign and quality of life improvements. I'll also round up the latest gaming news including a release date and showcase for Starfield. 

00:00 Introduction

02:46 Destiny 2 Lightfall first impressions 

12:46 What went wrong with the story in Lightfall? 

24:46 Charts

25:52 News Roundup

31:52 Everything we know about Starfield

42:46 Coming soon

Sources 

https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/03/08/starfield-blasts-off-in-september

https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-confirms-this-years-xbox-games-showcase-airing-11th-june

https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/03/03/square-enix-president-yosuke-matsuda-is-stepping-down

https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/03/09/resident-evil-4-demo-available-today

https://www.eurogamer.net/resident-evil-4-remake-demo-has-a-secret-ultra-hard-mode

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This week I've been playing the monster-hunting game called Wild Hearts from Koei Tecmo and EA. I've also been checking out Atomic Heart, plus we had a State of Play from Sony. We've had some big news related to EA, with some big players pulling out, plus I'm looking forward to Destiny 2 Lightfall coming next week.

00:00 Introduction

03:09 Wild Hearts review 

12:02 State of Play Roundup

17:21 Charts

18:29 Atomic Heart review 

25:05 Nintendo out of E3 

33:02 Destiny 2 Lightfall QOL updates 

41:53 Coming soon

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This week we've had big Nintendo news with the latest Nintendo Direct including a new Zelda trailer, Pikmin 4 news, plus loads of demos and Metroid Prime! Today I'm going to round up all the biggest news from Nintendo, including Kirby Return to Dreamland, Octopath Traveller 2 and more. I'll also be bringing you my thoughts on A Space for the Unbound, plus rounding up some of the best demos from Steam's Next Fest 2023.

00:00 Introduction

03:03 Nintendo Direct headlines 

11:29 Tears of the Kingdom trailer analysis

23:38 Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe 

27:33 Charts

28:33 Octopath Traveler II

33:32 A Space for the Unbound 

37:30 Steam's Next Fest Roundup

43:06 Live service games get shutdown 

49:53 Coming soon 

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This week I've been checking out Hi-Fi Rush, a surprise new game coming from Tango Gameworks this week. Goldeneye also made it's long, awaited returning, plus it has online multiplayer too, so I'll be checking that out. I'll also recap the Xbox Developer Direct which was held earlier this week, letting us know of some major titles coming to Xbox in the first half of 2023

00:00 Introduction

03:38 Hi-Fi Rush first impressions

08:27 Goldeneye 007 review 

15:05 Xbox Developer Direct Roundup

22:32 Charts

23:58 Sea of Stars - One to watch in 2023

27:52 Fortnite Chapter 4

32:50 Destiny 2 Year 5 review

49:37 Games coming soon

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This week I've been checking out Need for Speed Unbound a racing game from Criterion and EA. I've been going back to some games I missed or fell off from including Hitman 3, plus getting back into Elden Ring. I'm also looking ahead to Diablo IV, which arrives later in June, as well as looking at a short history of secrets in Destiny 2.

00:00 Introduction

03:41 Need for Speed Unbound

10:05 Diablo IV - One to watch in 2023

18:52 Hitman 3 review 

25:36 Charts 

27:04 Elden Ring revisited 

33:19 The Secrets of Destiny 2 

45:58 Coming soon

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