The Reticule

What a week it has been in the land of video games. Nintendo snuck out with a Direct, the first full length on since the closing months of 2019. With Covid-19 impacting on Nintendo as much as any company, their 2020 range of Directs were of the Mini variety. The full 50-minute Direct led to much expectation of Bayonetta or Metroid news, but most principally people were expecting news of the next Breath of the Wild. All we got was an acknolwedgement that we’d hear more about Link’s next adventure later this year, and confirmation of an HD release of Skyward Sword. Safe to say fans were left disappointed, but for me I was more than happy to see a new Splatoon announced.

The other big news came from BlizzCononline at the end of the week, with more details of Dibalo 4 unveileved with the confirmation that The Rogue class will be returning to the series. That wasn’t all as Blizzard also revealed their HD remaster of Diablo II, an announcement sure to send fans wild.

If you’ve kept on top of the news, then you might want to satisfy your Sunday reading by taking a look at this deep-dive into Xbox Game Pass. It’s a brilliant piece from Chris Tapsell that debunks some of the myths that exist around Game Pass with plenty of developers chipping in with their own thoughts. If you have any interest in the industry as a whole, not just in playing games, it’s a worthwhile read.

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We’re in the depths of winter with snow flurries aplenty, the Six Nations underway and another inevitable saga around CD Projekt Red and continuing fallout from the release of Cyberpunk 2077. The events of the past week have seen claims of a massive hack of CD Projekt Red servers, and the potential sale of the stolen data. While the release of Cyberpunk was undoubtedly bungled, the hate and vitriol that has ensued casts the entire games industry in a negative light.

All is not lost though, and hopefully the tales of Our Week in Games offers some entertainment on this Valentine’s Sunday afternoon. …

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The big news this week was the big unveiling of the Mass Effect remaster. It is a series which defined a generation, and is going to be returning with plenty of lens flare and a bit less sexualisation of FemShep. There’s a lengthy interview on Eurogamer which is very much worth a read.

If you want some other Sunday reading, I’d point you in the direction of this GI.biz article which looks into the broader consequences of Google’s decision to close their internal Stadia development teams. Streaming certainly has a future, but what it looks like is still very much up for debate.

And now, on with Our Week in Games.

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It’s been a momentous week in the real world with a new President and Vice President taking office. More momentous than that? Agent 47 has returned with the latest Hitman. While we don’t have a Hitman Verdict for you to read, we do have another edition of Our Week in Games. Hit the break!

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Not since the end of November have we done one of these Our Week in Games features, with December giving us a run of articles looking back at our 2020s.

If you want some non-Reticule Sunday afternoon reading, this Bloomberg article provides a deep dive into the shenanigans behind the development of CyberPunk 2077.

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