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I depart for one week, and everybody will get all acquisition-y on me! Sega and Rovio are apparently linking up, as Sega needs to get on cell and Rovio needs to get on consoles/PC, or so I hear. It’s not the pair-up I might have predicted, however that makes it even higher. I stay up for seeing what occurs after these two be part of collectively.
In different information, the PlayStation 5 is outwardly on monitor to lap the PS4 in gross sales figures. Mat Piscatella of Circana famous on Twitter that, “PlayStation 5 hardware unit sales have now surpassed those of PlayStation 4 on a time-aligned basis (29 months in market).” While that doesn’t shock me, it’s gratifying to know that avid gamers can get their arms on them en masse after provides being brief for therefore lengthy. Also, Resident Evil 4 Remake offered like sweet, which I discover much more gratifying.
I’ve additionally seen some small items of attention-grabbing information this week: Gary Bowser will allegedly be paying Nintendo off for the remainder of his life, regardless of now technically being a free man. Seems like a protracted technique to go to make an instance out of 1 dude, however I’m not an enormous video games writer. Also, Guerrilla Games launched Horizon Forbidden West’s large DLC Burning Shores. Alongside the DLC, it’s additionally added a thalassophobia mode, which, as somebody with mentioned affliction, I recognize.
In case you missed it, I used to be off final week, and spent a tiny little bit of that point catching up on video video games. It wasn’t all video video games, I promise — I additionally went to a conference and met individuals who acted in video video games — nevertheless it was good to step again and play some video games I needed to play, not simply to maintain up with the trendy releases. On that be aware, I’ve spent a part of this week enjoying Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Remake. Having performed the unique throughout my adventure-gaming darkish age, it’s been very attention-grabbing to revisit it with prettier graphics and a barely much less gaunt Holmes. Give me just a little time, and I’ll be catching up on Dead Island 2 as nicely.
Event
GamesBeat Summit 2023
Join the GamesBeat neighborhood in Los Angeles this May 22-23. You’ll hear from the brightest minds inside the gaming business to share their updates on the most recent developments.
What to play this week (together with final week)
What’s new:
- Dead Island 2
- Minecraft Legends
- Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
- Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Remake
- Homestead Arcana
- Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
- The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story
- God of Rock
- Mega Man Battle Network Legacy
- DE-EXIT – Eternal Matters
- Survival: Fountain of Youth
New on subscription providers (that is going to take some time):
- Ghostwire: Tokyo (Xbox Game Pass)
- NHL 23 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Medieval Dynasty (Xbox Game Pass)
- Peaky Blinders: Mastermind (Xbox Gold)
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Doom Eternal (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Riders Republic (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Slay the Spire (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- The Evil Within (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Bassmaster Fishing (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Paradise Killer (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
- Doom (PlayStation Plus Premium)
- Doom II (PlayStation Plus Premium)
- Doom 64 (PlayStation Plus Premium)
- Doom 3 (PlayStation Plus Premium)
- Dishonored: Definitive Edition (PlayStation Plus Premium)
- The Beast Inside (Prime Gaming)
- Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition (Prime Gaming)
- Crossed Swords (Prime Gaming)
- Ghost Pilots (Prime Gaming)
- Beholder 2 (Prime Gaming)
- Terraformers (Prime Gaming)
- Metal Slug 4 (Prime Gaming)
- Ninja Masters (Prime Gaming)
- MORDHAU (GeForce Now)
- 11-11 Memories Retold (GeForce Now)
- canVERSE (GeForce Now)
- Get Even (GeForce Now)
- Little Nightmares (GeForce Now)
- Little Nightmares II (GeForce Now)
- F1 2021 (GeForce Now)
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (GeForce Now)
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (GeForce Now)
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (GeForce Now)
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (GeForce Now)
- Pulseman (Nintendo Switch Online)
- Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (Nintendo Switch Online)
- Kid Chameleon (Nintendo Switch Online)
- Flicky (Nintendo Switch Online)
- Summon Quest (Apple Arcade)
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