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I had a day off this week to go to an event out of town – so of course that’s the day of the week when everything seemed to happen. Capcom’s show, Suicide Squad’s delay, the reveal of the new Professor Layton game. . . Did anything else happen on Thursday that I missed? Oh, I suppose we also have a new trailer for the Super Mario Bros movie, but I’m not so sad that I’m missing it.
Starfield and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League were both pushed out of their original release window this week, though perhaps not for the same reasons. Starfield launches in September and I don’t think the delay from a planned 2023 launch is necessarily cause for alarm. Suicide Squad, on the other hand, feels more ominous. I don’t think the delay eases the concerns of fans who find the game’s live-service elements off-putting – they’re not getting rid of it, as much as we’d like them to.
In more positive news, Level-5 showed off the first proper trailer for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a proper Professor Layton game, and I’m curious to see what the new one will have. In other good news, the Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective remaster launches on June 30, and Exoprimal is coming on Game Pass, so I can at least check it out before deciding if I don’t like it.
Personally, I’m going to play the demo for the upcoming Resident Evil 4 Remake, because I’ve been waiting for what feels like an age for that game. I might also check out Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse since apparently I need all the horror games I can get my hands on this week. Maybe . . . maybe I will also try Hotel Renovator as it might be a good seasoning.
What to play this week
What’s new:
- Fatal Frame: lunar eclipse mask
- Clash: Artifacts of Chaos
- Hotel renovation
- DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Mayhem
- Big ambitions
- Monster Energy Supercross 6
- Oni: On the way to becoming the most powerful Oni
New on subscription services:
- Guilty Gear -Strive- (Xbox Game Pass)
- Dead Space 2 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Dead Space 3 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Battlefield 2042 (PlayStation Plus)
- Minecraft Dungeons (PlayStation Plus)
- Code vein (PlayStation Plus)
- Adios (first gaming)
- I’m Fish (Prime Gaming)
- Call of the Sea (GeForce Now)
- GRID Legends (GeForce Now)
- Scars Above (GeForce Now)
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