This Week In Video Games Tom Kershaw
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126: Diablo 4 and Summer Games Fest 2023
This week I've been playing Diablo 4 and Street Fighter 6. We've also kicked off the summer of games with Summer Games Fest this week giving up a heads up about the future of video games. Today I'm going to round up all the latest news from the Summer of Games, plus reviews of two of the biggest games of 2023.
00:00 Introduction
03:20 Diablo 4
12:19 Street Fighter 6
20:42 Charts
21:58 Summer Game Fest
31:51 Day of the Devs
39:42 Coming soon
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125: Tears of the Kingdom and PlayStation Showcase Roundup
This week I've been playing a lot of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, and I've been getting lost in Hyrule. Also this week I'm going to round up the PlayStation showcase from this past week, plus we've got all the latest news, plus a new game from Bungie to talk about.
LINKS
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/european-commission-approves-microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal
https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/05/10/hollow-knight-silksong-delayed
https://www.eurogamer.net/overwatch-2s-long-promised-flagship-pve-mode-has-been-scrapped
https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-in-sonys-playstation-showcase
https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/slrecap
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124: Resident Evil 4 Remake and Dredge
This week I've been checking out Resident Evil 4, a fantastic new remake from Capcom. Continuing the horror-theme I've also been playing Dredge, a great new indy game that blends fishing and horror. We had a couple of showcases this week with Nintendo's Indy World, plus Street Fighter 6, and the Tears of the Kingdom final story trailer, which was a blockbuster.
00:00 Introduction
03:28 Resident Evil 4 Remake review
11:11 Dredge review
16:33 Indy World Showcase Roundup
23:40 Charts
24:52 Street Fighter 6 Showcase
30:17 Tears of the Kingdom Final Trailer Analysis
38:01 Bungie bans content creator for leaks
43:36 Coming Soon
Links
Indy World Showcase Round Up https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-featured-in-todays-nintendo-indie-world-showcase
Street Fighter 6 DLC characters https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/04/20/street-fighter-6-reveals-first-year-dlc-characters
SF6 World Tour detailed https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/04/20/street-fighter-6s-wacky-single-player-world-tour-mode-detailed
SF6 Demo Out today https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/04/20/street-fighter-6-demo-out-today-on-playstation-other-platforms-next-week
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123: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and Tchia
This week I've been checking out Tchia, a new indie platform adventure game. I've also been getting very hyped for Tears of the Kingdom, and Nintendo showed off some gameplay for the first time. I also managed to play some of the Diablo IV beta, and I'll bring you my hands-on impressions of that later on.
00:00 Introduction
03:59 Zelda Tears of the Kingdom gameplay analysis
19:08 Link's Awakening review
26:36 Tchia review
30:42 Charts
32:24 Diablo IV Beta
38:21 Destiny 2 News Roundup
45:48 Coming soon
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122: Metroid Prime and Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
This week I've been catching up on some classic Metroid releases including Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion, both recently added to Nintendo Switch. I've also been played the latest Dead Cells Return to Castlevania DLC, plus I'm going to be looking why Lightfall's story in Destiny 2 felt very out of place.
00:00 Intro
03:40 Metroid Prime Remastered
10:26 Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
15:43 Charts
17:01 Metroid Fusion
23:37 Game Boy and Game Boy Advance on Nintendo Switch Online
31:27 Why Bungie changed plans for Lightfall and The Final Shape
39:08 Coming soon
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121: Destiny 2 Lightfall and Starfield's Release Date
This week I've been playing a lot of Destiny 2, given the new Lightfall expansion is out. Today I'll run through my first impressions of Lightfall, the campaign, post-campaign and quality of life improvements. I'll also round up the latest gaming news including a release date and showcase for Starfield.
00:00 Introduction
02:46 Destiny 2 Lightfall first impressions
12:46 What went wrong with the story in Lightfall?
24:46 Charts
25:52 News Roundup
31:52 Everything we know about Starfield
42:46 Coming soon
Sources
https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/03/08/starfield-blasts-off-in-september
https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-confirms-this-years-xbox-games-showcase-airing-11th-june
https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/03/03/square-enix-president-yosuke-matsuda-is-stepping-down
https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/03/09/resident-evil-4-demo-available-today
https://www.eurogamer.net/resident-evil-4-remake-demo-has-a-secret-ultra-hard-mode
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