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This week’s Xbox Developer Direct present was poised to be exactly as boring as I believed it could be — which, to be honest, they did warn me about forward of time. But then they needed to go and shadow-drop one of the crucial pleasant video games I’ve seen in a very long time proper in the midst of the present. Hi-Fi Rush seems just like the sort of motion recreation I’d love, however I noticed simply how a lot I needed it the moment I acquired it into my grasping mitts. That’s the perfect sort of shock — and now I need extra identical to it.
Funnily sufficient, it appeared that the opposite recreation to make a giant splash this week was an outdated one: Goldeneye 007, which introduced its growing old self over to Game Pass and Switch. I tease, however it’s good to see that an older but iconic recreation may be delivered to trendy consoles while not having a bells-and-whistles remake. Those are good after we can get them — and I’m going to devour Dead Space when I’ve the possibility — however no one has the time or cash to remake all the pieces.
On a barely extra wistful observe, Neil Druckmann mentioned in an interview that Naughty Dog isn’t concerned about making extra Uncharted video games and possibly gained’t make The Last of Us Part 3 both. I’m advantageous with the latter, as I used to be happy with how Part 2 ended. However, I miss Uncharted’s motion and whimsy. I needed to see the place it could go along with both Chloe or Nate’s daughter Cassie within the lead. And The Last of Us is hardly lifeless, as HBO simply signed the present for a second season.
On a private observe, I went from idling with one recreation per week to having the entire video games dumped in my lap. I’ve already revealed my review-in-progress of Forspoken — and I need to end the sport and assessment, out of respect for the builders if nothing else. I’m not precisely positive how I’m going to search out the time to try this with Fire Emblem Engage, Dead Space and Hi-Fi Rush all jockeying for my consideration. It’s good to be spoiled for alternative.
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What to play this week
What’s new:
- Forspoken
- Dead Space
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Oddballers
New on streaming providers:
- Goldeneye 007 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (GeForce Now)
- Watch Dogs: Legion (GeForce Now)
- Cygnus Enterprises (GeForce Now)
- Rain World (GeForce Now)
- The Eternal Cylinder (GeForce Now)
- Goldeneye 007 (Nintendo Switch Online)
- Squiggle Drop (Apple Arcade)
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