It's the weekend once again folks, which means it's time to shake off the stress and responsibilities of the week and wind down with a bit of gaming. Bliss . Before we get cracking with what we're playing, however, let's just recap some of the top stories of the week, hm? First up, Summer Game Fest was a whole thing, and you can check out every game that we managed to experience during the Play Days event .

With Nintendo's own Direct showcase on the horizon, too, we thought we'd lay out our predictions for what may be one of the final Switch Directs before Nintendo reveals its new console. Elsewhere, a new Switch update landed to remove options to post directly to Twitter/X, while Nintendo itself seemingly issued a whole bunch of DMCAs to the modding community website GameBanana. We also went hands-on with the upcoming Luigi's Mansion 2 HD and came away feeling pretty optimistic for the most part.

Disadventure Building Zero Dawn Spotlighting old-school horror If I had a penny for every time I felt personally victimised by an eShop sale, I’d probably have enough for one of those heavily discounted games that sit on my wish list and look at me with their ‘75% off’ puppy eyes every few months. I finally cracked and picked up the catchily-named Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (and exhale ) thanks to a tasty 50% off and good gravy, is that a slice of classic RPG action! I’ll be hoping to pour a bit more time into that this weekend, though I.