Something for the Weekend – 07/02/26

The Six Nations is again, having kicked off on Thursday with a radical drubbing of Eire by France. Has that set the narrative for this 12 months’s competitors? It was actually an ominous efficiency, however we’ll need to see how England host Wales, and Italy host Scotland as we speak to see if anybody looks like they will problem Les Bleus.

Within the Information This Week

We had a brand new Nintendo Direct this week, simply as predicted, with a concentrate on all of the third social gathering companions and their video games coming to Change 2 (and Change) by this 12 months. Right here’s that and the whole lot else from the week.

Video games in Evaluate & Featured Articles

Only a handful of scored recreation evaluations this week, but it surely was one other excellent soulslike that was the cream of the crop. That and a remade JRPG traditional.

We additionally despatched Nic alongside to BAFTA Games in Concert for its opening evening, and he had a stunning time seeing nice gaming soundtracks carried out dwell.

I began off the week speaking about how World War Z x The Walking Dead blends slower zombies into a quick zombie co-op shooter, earlier than turning my attentions to reporting from a Change 2 preview occasion. This included placing my face into the recreated Virtual Boy accessory, savouring the social gathering environment of the brand new Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Meetup in Bellabel Park DLC, and the wild motion of Mario Tennis Fever. I additionally acquired to dip a toe into Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata on Switch 2, to see how they evaluate to my earlier time enjoying on PS5.

Ade spoke to the Lead Narrative Designer of Titan Quest 2 to discover its tackle Greek mythology, whereas Miguel sat down to speak with Suda51 for his upcoming Romeo is a Dead Man

Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Overwatch (nonetheless 2), Nioh 3 and Speedball.