It’s that funny Saturday in the middle of the Easter weekend again, and I hope you’ve got all the shopping done for a roast tomorrow, a little egg hunting for the wee ones, and generally making the most of the extra extra long weekend to relax.
In the News This Week
There’s a lot of games heading toward early access releases in the coming weeks and months, it feels like.
- Elder Scrolls Online Season 0 brings new Night Market zone – Skyrim teased for 2027
- Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and Gears of War: E-Day Direct taking place June 7th
- Rec Room will be shutting down on June 1st
- Mario Kart World gets Bob-omb Blast in update 1.6.0
- State of Decay 3 Alpha playtests have been announced
- Petit Planet galactic life sim ‘Stardrift’ beta test is coming this month
- Friendslop horror game Content Warning is now out on consoles
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era drops into Early Access this month
- Zero Parades: For Dead Spies will launch May 21st for PC
- The April 2026 PlayStation Plus Essential games are confirmed
Games in Review & Featured Articles
The best game of this week’s crop of reviews was about a stealthy octopus.
- Darwin’s Paradox – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 8/10
- Legacy of Kain: Ascendance – PS5, XSX|S, NSW2, NSW, PC – 7/10
- EverSiege: Untold Ages – PC – 7/10
- Overthrown – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 5/10
- Damon and Baby – PS5, PS4, NSW, PC – 5/10
Beyond that, I served up a review in progress for The Division: Resurgence, spoke to Ubisoft about its creation, and put together a little comparison between this mobile game and the original game on PS4 – yes, I dusted off my PS4 for this.
Ade dipped into the PS5 release of South of Midnight, and love his time with this port of last year’s Xbox title, while Dom delved into Wyldheart and its more manageable RPG campaigns, and the blended Greek Mythology and PS1 era visuals of Tartaros.
Finishing up for the week, What We Played featured Life is Strange: Reunion, The Division: Resurgence and Legacy of Kain: Ascendance.
Trailer Park
Serious Sam: Shatterverse is a multiverse based co-op shooter coming this year
Watch 11 minutes of Mortal Shell II gameplay
Doug Cockle’s gravelly voice accompanies the launch trailer for The Occultist
That’s the round up for this week. Hope you have a great weekend ahead and we’ll see you back here on Tuesday!
