It’s been another early morning for the most diehard of Formula 1 fans (unless you just watched when you woke up) with the mixed up action of the Chinese Sprint Race and main qualifying heaping the pressure onto the teams to figure out how these new cars are meant to work. The nice thing about the early start is that this means there’s no overlap with the final day of the Men’s Six Nations this afternoon, and most of Sunday free for playing far too much Pokémon Pokopia.
In the News This Week
- Resident Evil Requiem is getting story DLC and more
- Fortnite Save the World will be free to play from April 16th
- Epic raising the price of Fortnite V-Bucks because $5.7 billion isn’t enough to cover their costs, apparently
- EA confirms layoffs for Battlefield Studios, even with Battlefield 6’s record sales
- Dave the Diver: In the Jungle DLC gets a June release date
- This little piggy’s Adorable Adventures will start with an April release date
- Roguelite spin-off Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core digs up an Early Access release date
- A Tropico 7 closed beta will be taking place and you can register now
- Next-gen Xbox Project Helix dev kits won’t start arriving until 2027
Games in Review & Featured Articles
We had a big collection of reviews this week, headlined by the Monstie battling of Monster Hunter Stories 3.
- Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection – PS5, XSX|S, NSW2, PC – 9/10 (Video Review)
- Laysara: Summit Kingdom – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 9/10
- Fatal Frame II: The Crimson Butterfly Remake – PS5, XSX|S, NSW2, PC – 8/10
- Under the Island – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, NSW, PC – 8/10
- Love Eternal – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 8/10
- John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 7/10
- Crabmeat – PC – 7/10
- Calamity Angels: Special Delivery – PS5, PS4, NSW, PC – 6/10
- Greedfall: The Dying World – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 5/10
Without a score for the time being, Jim gave us some early thoughts and impressions from Bungie’s extraction shooter Marathon, accidentally abandoning Dom and Tuffcub while playing together.
Meanwhile, I teamed up with Miguel for some Ready or Not and its new Boiling Point DLC, which made me think of horror games and film tropes with its opening level, and I spoke to the team behind Rainbow Six Mobile to get insights on how they adapted Siege for phones and tablets.
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Marathon, Toxic Commando & Monster Hunter Stories 3.
Trailer Park
DEFECT story trailer released as NCSoft joins development
Ready or Not: Boiling Point DLC is out now with three new maps
CALX is a new sci-fi action adventure game with a gorgeous art style
Take a look at the remake of the cancelled Star Wars: First Assault
That’s all for the round up this week. Enjoy the weekend and we’ll carry on carrying on on Monday.
