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Belated Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody! It’s been an attention-grabbing, if not particularly thrilling week, with some monetary earnings experiences giving us a peek behind the scenes with some video games corporations. One of these is Embracer, which has apparently determined it’s going to launch all of the video games within the subsequent few years. If this implies I get a brand new Tomb Raider, that’s one factor. If it means I get a brand new Deus Ex sport, then Embracer, you’d higher put your cash the place your mouth is.
Firaxis additionally gave me an end-of-week shock at the moment by saying a brand new Civilization sport. Not certain when that’s going to return out, however that’s optimistic information. Sadly, it additionally got here packaged with information concerning the departure of Jake Solomon, however a minimum of he gave us Marvel’s Midnight Suns, which I completely loved.
I additionally realized whereas I used to be scripting this column that I missed the reveal, earlier this week, of the most recent PS Plus Extra sport titles. These will embody comparatively current releases like Horizon Forbidden West and The Quarry, amongst others. I ponder the query generally: Will PlayStation ever get to the purpose the place it’s prepared to place its video games on PS Plus at launch, if solely to compete with Game Pass? My intestine says, “No,” however my head says it’s inevitable. As but, the query is hypothetical, however it reoccurs to me each time I see the listing of PS Plus launches on my information feed.
This week, I can lastly reveal that I’ve been, and can proceed to play, each Octopath Traveler II and Like a Dragon: Ishin! While I’m not prepared to provide my opinions on both, the juxtaposition between the 2 has made for a very weird week. At this charge, I’m by no means going to complete the Dead Space remake, however I can’t complain in any respect. Just to make issues even stranger, Slime Rancher 2 simply launched a brand new replace. That means I’m going to need to take a break from my fantasy RPG and a jaunt with my Samurai-Kiryu to rejoin my wiggly youngsters. (Pretty certain I’ve by no means written that sentence earlier than.)
Event
GamesBeat Summit 2023
Join the GamesBeat group in Los Angeles this May 22-23. You’ll hear from the brightest minds inside the gaming trade to share their updates on the most recent developments.
What to play this week
What’s new:
- Wild Hearts
- Blanc
- Tales Of Symphonia Remastered
- Dust & Neon
- Wanted: Dead
- The Settlers: New Allies
- Elderand
- Tomb Raider Reloaded
- Wild West Dynasty
- Souls of Chronos
- Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
New on subscription providers:
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (Xbox Game Pass)
- Cities: Skylines – Remastered (Xbox Game Pass)
- Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition (Xbox Game Pass)
- Guts N Goals (Xbox Games with Gold)
- Across the Obelisk (GeForce Now)
- Captain of Industry (GeForce Now)
- Cartel Tycoon (GeForce Now)
- SimRail — The Railway Simulator (GeForce Now)
- Warpips (GeForce Now)
- Farmside (Apple Arcade)
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