Something for the Weekend – 22/02/25

Despite the fact that it’s the shortest month, it’s been a bit shocking simply how rapidly it looks like February has raced by. We’re just some brief days away from the discharge of Monster Hunter Wilds, and I do know that’s one which collection followers have been salivating over for a very long time – and never only for the in-game chef’s creations!

However MHW remains to be sooner or later, what about within the right here and now? Effectively, the week’s two largest releases (full releases, not pre-order shenanigans releases) are the wonderful Avowed and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Are you taking part in both of those this weekend?

Within the Information This Week

Steam Subsequent Fest was the massive and fascinating factor this week, flooding the airwaves with bulletins and demos. Let’s see what’s been taking place:

Video games in Evaluate & Featured Articles

We don’t have our Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii assessment within the can simply but – search for that subsequent week, hopefully – however we’ve had some enjoyable with these video games:

• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 8/10
• Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog – PS5, PS4, NSW, PC – 7/10
• Dog Man: Impawsible Mission – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 7/10
• Warriors: Abyss – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 6/10

And we acquired pad in hand for a controller assessment:

We had the movie projector out for a online game documentary with Grand Theft Hamlet, chronicling the 2021 efforts to placed on a manufacturing of Hamlet inside GTA On-line – you may watch this now on MUBI, by the best way.

Over within the preview room, we checked out the upcoming exo-suit extraction sport Exoborne, which is all about seismic climate occasions mixing up the map. Dom and I additionally teamed up for the MudRunner spin-off RoadCraft, which is all about what occurs after seismic climate occasions have rolled by means of the world.

In the meantime, Dom checked out Xenoblade Chronicles X on Nintendo Switch, and had a palms on take a look at the subsequent mission from PlayerUnknown, the procedural survival expertise that’s Prologue: Go Wayback!

Rounding out the week, What We Played featured RoadCraft, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and Avowed.

Trailer Park

Relic reveals Earth vs Mars – Advance Wars meets Mars Attacks!

Shotgun Cop Man sees My Friend Pedro creator blast their way to Hell

Hades 2 – The Warsong Replace is now stay

Dive into Solasta 2 with the Steam Subsequent Fest demo

Your Achievements

What have you ever been taking part in this week? Effectively…

• Andrewww has been taking part in a bunch of backlog video games and titles that had been quickly to go away the PS Plus catalogue. That included The Outer Worlds, although this was too quaint, and he began Life Is Unusual 2. He additionally acquired The Shapeshifting Detective, which didn’t communicate to him, and he performed Name of the Sea together with his daughter, however acquired a bit caught on a riddle.

That’s the spherical up for this week. Hope you may have an awesome weekend forward!