Did you think Summer Game Fest was done and dusted? Well, Nintendo didn’t get the memo, announcing and hosting its Summer Nintendo Direct on Tuesday with a slew of announcements. Let’s dig.
In the news this week
Find all the Nintendo Direct ports, trailers and announcements here, but here are our highlights and the rest of the week’s news.
Games Reviewed and Featured Articles
Do you like your games with all kinds of rubber bands? Well, check out Crushed In Time, from our small selection of reviews.
Along with the reviews, we also got a batch of games in the Early Access and Switch 2 ports. Dead as a disco is off to a promising start as a musical action game, while The Rise of the Tomb Raider is a competent port, and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – Switch 2 Edition is a mouthful for a pretty tasty upgrade.
We also got previews of the survival game Roman Romesteadthe prologue demo 1666: Amsterdamand Owlcat’s upcoming 40K RPG, Dark heresy. Rhythm Paradise Groove enchanted Reu with his offbeat rhythmic action, while I had a great time digging into Resonance: a legacy of Plague Talewhich makes for a very different style of action-adventure.
After getting our hands dirty, we spoke to Senior Editor of Resonance, Carol Ann Bañuls, and took Associate Producer of Crushed In Time Freddi Malavasi will be responsible for shipping another (deliberately) broken game.
Dom explored how Xbox’s changing strategy led to Marcus Fenix fights undercoverand we will end the week with What we played with NBA The Run, 33 Immortals and Rune Dice
Trailer park
Splatoon Raiders Gets New Feature-Packed Trailer
Orbitals brings its cooperative action It Takes Two to Switch 2 in September
Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen expansion arrives on all platforms
Pikuniku 2 enters the third dimension in 2027
Your achievements
What have you all been playing?
- Andréwww verified with his continued journey through Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden – “It’s interesting, the story and atmosphere are pretty good. But there are so many side quests and things to do, so open world fatigue will definitely set in at some point.” But he’s also looking forward to Alien: Isolation 2, announced last week.
That’s this week’s summary. I hope you have a good weekend (I’ll be watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans) and we’ll see you here on Monday!
