We’re really hurtling our way through the summer months, and Gamescom is now almost upon us, with the hordes of gamers and fans set to descend on Cologne next week.

Dom and I will be out there, going hands on with upcoming games, speaking to their creators, trying to churn out previews and, come the nighttime hours, demanding that bar staff serve Kölsch in larger glasses.

But what about the week that’s been? Let’s round up this week’s gaming news.

In the News This Week

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard October release date confirmed
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 gets delayed February 2025 release date
• Tango Gameworks is back as Krafton revives Hi-Fi Rush studio
• The Plucky Squire is leaping from the page on 17th September, and day one with PS Plus Extra
• nDreams announce Vendetta Forever for PSVR 2 and Quest
• Curate quirky exhibits in Two Point Museum, ‘coming soon’ to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC
• Surprise Arizona Sunshine Remake revives one of the best VR shooters this October
• Trombone Champ will glissando its way onto VR later this year
• Terminator: Survivors early access will now release in 2025

Games in Review & Featured Articles

Black Myth: Wukong was the biggest embargo drop of the week, but did it live up to the hype and expectation?

• Sam and Max: the Devil’s Playhouse Remastered – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO NSW, PC – 9/10
• Black Myth: Wukong – PS5, PC – 6/10
• MTG Arena – Bloomburrow – PC, iOS, Android – 6/10

Dom also dished out a gaming accessory review:

• CRKD Nitro Deck+ – NSW – 8/10

Beyond the reviews, I dipped a toe back into VR with the PSVR 2 PC Adapter, and with Sony’s first party investment in the platform seemingly non-existent, this feels like the future of the headset. Also, I got to finally play Half-Life: Alyx.

Speaking of older games that I’m playing for the first time, I also got to sample the opening few hours of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, which is a much bigger deal than its title would suggest.

And Dom played the Early Access release Cataclismo, which is a really intriguing fusion of construction and defence.

Rounding things out as always, What We Played featured Kunitsu-Gami, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster and Black Myth: Wukong.

Trailer Park

Watch the 36 minutes STALKER 2 developer deep dive for another big gameplay reveal

Do your own stunts in Action Hero for Meta Quest 2 & 3

Your Achievements

Let’s check in on what you’ve been playing in the community:

• Andrewww helped his daughter play Bendy and the Ink Machine this week, which is “just the right type of scary for her age.” Speaking of scary, he’s off to watch Alien Romulus this weekend.

That’s the round up for this week. We’ll be back next week for more gaming news and more. See you then!

Good job, everyone! The cat talk in the comments has never been stronger. I miss my cats back in England very much. Though I did visit a cat cafe recently, and I got to boop some sphinx kittens on the nose. Life pretty much peaked then, so I'm in a bit of a slump right now. So do me a favour and sound off even more than usual about what your fur babies have been up to lately! And also, if you feel like it, let us know what you're playing this weekend too. Here's what we're clicking on!

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The search for the cheapest and yet best quality supermarket drink-as-you-go coffee continues. I know it's the first time I've made you aware of this project, but it's been going on since I moved to Glasgow. So far, Lidl's own brand remains the clear winner, a solid 8 on the taste meter at just 59p. But while writing this, I'm sipping an "Intenso" Arctic Coffee from Morrisons, which is giving the Lidl frontrunners some stiff competition at last, albeit at 145% the cost. Will one true victor emerge? Find out next week! For now, here's what we're all clicking on this weekend!

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Good job, everyone! The cat talk in the comments has never been stronger. I miss my cats back in England very much. Though I did visit a cat cafe recently, and I got to boop some sphinx kittens on the nose. Life pretty much peaked then, so I'm in a bit of a slump right now. So do me a favour and sound off even more than usual about what your fur babies have been up to lately! And also, if you feel like it, let us know what you're playing this weekend too. Here's what we're clicking on!

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The search for the cheapest and yet best quality supermarket drink-as-you-go coffee continues. I know it's the first time I've made you aware of this project, but it's been going on since I moved to Glasgow. So far, Lidl's own brand remains the clear winner, a solid 8 on the taste meter at just 59p. But while writing this, I'm sipping an "Intenso" Arctic Coffee from Morrisons, which is giving the Lidl frontrunners some stiff competition at last, albeit at 145% the cost. Will one true victor emerge? Find out next week! For now, here's what we're all clicking on this weekend!

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We’re getting over the hump of the Olympics this weekend, and Team GB has been doing a generally fantastic job of picking medals through the first half. Oh sure, a few of those came from the horsey stuff (it’s still super strange that horse dancing is an event, right?), but we’ve also done pretty darn well in and on the water, with early biking events, triathlon, and more!

There’s always this kind of scepticism in the run up to the Olympics – invariably from the locals who fear being subjected to local travel and life disruption – but it’s followed by a swell of pride and joy as everyone gets to see their nation’s representatives compete, and this year is no different.

Anyway, on to the video games stuff.

In the News This Week

The end of the week brought the THQ Nordic Summer Showcase, with a good haul of new trailers and announcements, but the biggest and most depressing news came from Bungie’s mass layoffs.

• Bungie lays off 220 staff – Destiny spin-off cancelled and The Final Shape underperformed, but Bungie layoffs were always planned
• Car smashing sequel Wreckfest 2 has been announced
• Avowed gets new release date of February 18th 2025
• See the first gameplay trailer for Titan Quest 2
• Prison Architect 2 delayed indefinitely
• The Eternal Life of Goldman is a platformer with a wonderful ligne claire art style
• The Thing: Remastered artwork shown in developer deep dive
• Skydance Games and Plaion partner for Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
• Zula Hendricks revealed as the protagonist for Alien: Rogue Incursion
• The PS Plus Monthly Games for August 2024 have been revealed

Games in Review & Featured Articles

It was a high-scoring week for reviews, as we all found games that we thoroughly enjoyed playing.

• SteamWorld Heist II – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 9/10
• F1 Manager 24 – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 8/10
• Earth Defense Force 6 – PS5, PS4, PC – 8/10
• Deadlink – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 8/10
• Thank Goodness You’re Here – PS5, PS4, NSW, PC, Mac – 7/10

Away from the reviews, Dom got to go hands on with Star Wars Outlaws and decided that, yes, this definitely feels like the open world Star Wars game we’ve been looking for.

Reu ventured into the latest Ace Attorney remasters, getting to play the Miles Edgeworth spin-off Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, one of which is coming to the West for the first time.

And with the latest themed expansion for Magic: The Gathering, Nic took a look at the cutesy Bloomburrow and shared how best to get started with MTG Arena.

Rounding things out as always, What We Played featured SteamWorld Heist 2, EDF 6 & Thank Goodness You’re Here!

Trailer Park

Darksiders is coming back: watch the teaser now

Get a deep look at Gothic Remake’s world, gameplay and story

Slide into 15 minute of Planet Coaster 2 water parks and coaster changes

That’s the round up for this week. We’ll be back next week for more gaming news and more. See you then!

It's Saturday morning, everyone! Birds are swaying, the trees are singing. Time to celebrate all the ways in which we'll be staying indoors staring at screens. I've given the outside world a go, but it feels a bit unbalanced, a bit glitchy. I think I'll wait until they've added a bit more content. So here's what we'll all be clicking on this weekend!

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Wrong answers only please: how did I slice open my finger earlier this week? Bystander in a climactic shinobi duel? Fell afoul of the local mantis shrimp? Got out of bed too quickly? Whatever the case, typing is painful for me at the moment, so let's get straight to it. Here's what we're all clicking on this lovely weekend!

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It's Saturday morning, everyone! Birds are swaying, the trees are singing. Time to celebrate all the ways in which we'll be staying indoors staring at screens. I've given the outside world a go, but it feels a bit unbalanced, a bit glitchy. I think I'll wait until they've added a bit more content. So here's what we'll all be clicking on this weekend!

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Wrong answers only please: how did I slice open my finger earlier this week? Bystander in a climactic shinobi duel? Fell afoul of the local mantis shrimp? Got out of bed too quickly? Whatever the case, typing is painful for me at the moment, so let's get straight to it. Here's what we're all clicking on this lovely weekend!

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The skies roil. The forests burn. The oceans drink themselves, then throw themselves back up, then drink themselves again. That’s gross, oceans. Don’t do that. Wait. Wait. Sorry. I misread the memo. It’s not the end times, it is simply the end of the week. That’s much nicer. Weekends bring with them solid videogame hours, and perhaps even video game hours? We shall have to see. Here’s what we’re clicking on.

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The skies roil. The forests burn. The oceans drink themselves, then throw themselves back up, then drink themselves again. That’s gross, oceans. Don’t do that. Wait. Wait. Sorry. I misread the memo. It’s not the end times, it is simply the end of the week. That’s much nicer. Weekends bring with them solid videogame hours, and perhaps even video game hours? We shall have to see. Here’s what we’re clicking on.

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Ollie is beset by maladies unknown today, so this is my domain now. I was tempted to recreate a hellish mockery of his fun hidden face game by trapping a crumbling mirror image of his visage, Dorian Gray style, somewhere in the above image. Alas, my version of Photoshop appears to be lacking that function. I suppose I will have to turn to other avenues of entertainment, such as a video game, should any exist.

So I just checked there's actually loads of them. What a turn out! Here's what we're all clicking on this weekend.

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You may notice there's a stowaway this week. He crept in during all the recent kerfuffle, and secreted himself in a cosy little nook of the treehouse. He was quickly discovered, but despite patient attempts to explain that it's been several years since he was last here, and as per tradition he's now dead to us, we've so far been unable to dislodge him. Like the smiley face hidden in the above image, he's just... there. So I decided, hell, let's hear what he's playing this weekend as well.

Here's what we're all clicking on this weekend!

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Ollie is beset by maladies unknown today, so this is my domain now. I was tempted to recreate a hellish mockery of his fun hidden face game by trapping a crumbling mirror image of his visage, Dorian Gray style, somewhere in the above image. Alas, my version of Photoshop appears to be lacking that function. I suppose I will have to turn to other avenues of entertainment, such as a video game, should any exist.

So I just checked there's actually loads of them. What a turn out! Here's what we're all clicking on this weekend.

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You may notice there's a stowaway this week. He crept in during all the recent kerfuffle, and secreted himself in a cosy little nook of the treehouse. He was quickly discovered, but despite patient attempts to explain that it's been several years since he was last here, and as per tradition he's now dead to us, we've so far been unable to dislodge him. Like the smiley face hidden in the above image, he's just... there. So I decided, hell, let's hear what he's playing this weekend as well.

Here's what we're all clicking on this weekend!

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Busy week, this one. We've had a whole load of games announced over the past few days, and there'll doubtless be a whole lot more this weekend. Most of them we can't play yet. But as a general rule, talking about games makes us want to play games, even if they're completely unrelated. Everyone has those moments where they see the trailer for a new multiplayer hero shooter or some such thing, and for reasons only known to themselves, they say, "yes, I really must play more Simpsons: Hit And Run." So: here's what we're all clicking on this weekend!

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Merry weekends, everyone! It's time for a chill couple of days, I think. A bunch of us have recently returned from trips down to the Brighton office to meet some new faces. Weird to think I'm now the most far-flung of the lot, living way up here in Glasgow. Maybe that's why I elected to take over these Playing This Weekend posts, to help fill the friendless void growing inside my heart.

So just know that if you don't sound off in the comments below with news of what you're playing this weekend, the void in my heart will grow, until one day it consumes me. And then who will write these posts? Here's what we're clicking on this weekend!

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It's been a week. Possibly, a three-day weekend of rest and games will do us all some good. And maybe by the end of it, it'll be a new week. Here's what we'll be clicking on this bank holiday weekend.

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This weekend is a big one for me. My brand new fancy shmancy ottoman bed is arriving in my new flat, after two weeks of curling up on the sofa with a weighted blanket. I'll also be topping it with my brand new ultra-thick memory foam mattress topper, raising me off the floor another crucial few inches. Think of the view I'll get from up there! To imagine there'll be any time for games! Pah!

I kid. Plenty of time for games for us all, even while reclining on gloriously beds with ungodly amounts of storage space. We love playing games here at Rock Paper Shotgun. Even Alice, who has routinely told me that actually there are no good games. Here's what we'll be clicking on this weekend.

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One or more of you raised suspicions a couple weeks back that I was a stone-cold liar. I told you that I was going to hide a smiley face inside every Playing This Weekend header image, and here's the proof! Naysayers, the lot of you! You may redeem yourselves by finding today's one above. And once you've done that, have a scroll below and tell us what you'll be getting up to this weekend, eh? Here's what we'll be clicking on.

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How like Ollie to volunteer to take over Playing This Weekend and then go on holiday, or whatever it is he's done that means he isn't here today - I don't know, he's a law unto himself. What am I, his mother? Thus it falls to me to ask the other staff what they're playing, and thence communicate that to you. Jeeze, why can't you just text each other or something, why all this middleman-ing. What am I, your mothers? But we're playing a bunch of different stuff, so have at it.

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Hello! This is weird. Last time I was here, I predicted the future. I can't say I'm not proud of my clairvoyance, but sometimes it is a curse. In any case, I shall endeavour to continue Alice0's great work in finding endless excellent vintage illustrations to pop at the tops of these posts. And I'll also be hiding a little smiley face in each one, for giggles. Ooh, can you find it? What fun! Now then: here's how we'll all be dangerously blurring the lines between work and play this weekend.

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Friday was my final day at RPS, after ten years, so how come I'm posting this on Saturday morning? Reader dear, I'll let you in on a little trade secret: I do not wake everyone up at 7am to ask them what they're playing. I actually make them tell me on Friday. I have felt tremendously guilty about deceiving you across the 353 previous WAWAPTW posts. The weight of that is honestly why I've left. It feels good to finally come clean. Whew! Alright, now tell me, what are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on!

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Please excuse my lack of pleasant chitchat today; my kitten has decided I no longer get to sleep. This week she's woken me up by sprinting down the full length of my body, licking my armpits, dropping toys on my face, and generally shouting. Baby, I love you, but night is when I do my sleeping. You wouldn't be happy if I came and licked your armpits at noon when you're snoozing in your hanging radiator bed, little cat. But go on, do tell, what are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on!

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Just to check: you've already sent a Mother's Day card, if necessary, right? Because the final post pickup is noon and you know that won't even arrive until Monday. So. Just so you know. If you need to know. Anyway! What are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on!

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Look, I know you've come here purely to read my trite wittering about weather and daylight, but I don't have time for it today. I need to go play Balatro. Every additional word I type is another half-second I could have used to play Balatro. Oh god that was 8 seconds of unBalatro, and for nothing. That's another 6! I must stop this. Go on, tell me, what are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on!

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I have an extremely annoying neck and shoulder ache that I can't get rid of, but on the other hand I found the backing to the right earring in my all-day black studs. On a third hand, I found this after I bought a replacement pair. Less ideal. But at least video games have never let me down. That's an egregious lie, though. Games let me down all the time. Which ones are you pinning your hopes to this weekend? Here are ours.

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I am slightly kicking myself for not taking Friday off to chase what was possibly the final good snow of winter. Well, I say "good snow", it wasn't great. It quickly turned to sleet in many places and was carried by monstrous gusts in others. I likely would have ended up sodden and sullen halfway up a hill. But what if...! Ah well, what are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on!

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