With the work week completed it is time to get right down to the enterprise of propping up our toes and enjoyable with some good grub, a number of drinks, and loads of video video games.
This weekend, a few of us aren’t doing a lot, working, making an attempt to do an excessive amount of, or on the lookout for one thing new to attempt.
Here is what we’re as much as this weekend:
Connor Makar, Workers Author – Nada
This weekend is unfortunately going to be a guides weekend. With Warzone Season 2 coming subsequent week, and Future 2’s subsequent growth on the horizon in addition to an embargoed recreation I can’t discuss, I’m going to be slightly busy.
I will even be kicking off my gymnasium membership, so want me the perfect with that, I assume. Good points!
Kelsey Raynor, Guides Author – Rust and an excellent RPG
This weekend will, hopefully, be a quiet one. I began enjoying Rust casually once more with some shut buddies, so I will undoubtedly make a while to leap on with them and trigger some chaos.
Other than that, I fancy an RPG or simulation recreation to sink my life into in the mean time whereas I patiently await the Resident Evil 4 Remake, however have not been too positive on the place to start.
Dom’s latest article on the perfect magic/college sim has me curious to check out Hearth Emblem: Three Homes, however I additionally just like the look of Persona 4 or 5; we’ll see. Watch this house.
Stephany Nunneley-Jackson, Information Editor – Steam Subsequent Fest demos
As with the final Steam Subsequent Fest, and the one prior, I’m as soon as once more making an attempt out some recreation demos.
One of many demos I’ve grabbed is Darkish and Darker, a fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE journey recreation the place you and your pals make use of braveness, wits, and crafty to uncover legendary treasures and attempt to keep forward of different treasure-hunters. I am not normally good at PvP video games, however this recreation appears so fascinating, I need to give it a attempt.
Sons of Valhalla is a particular play this weekend. It is a fight and base-building recreation set within the Viking Age. In it, you’ll construct fortresses and lay siege to enemy strongholds, and interact in private fight. The sport options pretty pixel-art, and I can not wait to construct a warband, board a longboat, and raid and conquer my method throughout England.
Since I like city-builder video games, I’m going to provide Fabledom and Pixelshire a attempt. The previous is ready in a world of Fairytales turn into actuality, the place you will note your village develop alongside along with your relationships with the neighboring kingdoms. The latter is a RPG sandbox which mixes life sim parts with city constructing, exploration, and fight. You may plan the city to your liking, grasp trades, get to know your neighbors, and discover the continent. I additionally downloaded Builders of Greece, one other metropolis administration title, depicting Hellenic metropolises earlier than the time of Roman conquests
One of many extra fascinating video games on my record is Townseek, an exploration-trading recreation the place you are taking to the skies and discover the world to find the misplaced legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston. What’s appears enjoyable about it’s you journey the skies in a ship related to a shark, rabbit, or carrot.
Planet of Lana has been on my radar for months, so I’m wanting ahead to making an attempt the demo out.
I additionally put in the demo for Bramble: The Mountain King, a grim journey set in a twisted land impressed by darkish, Nordic fables. Then, there’s The Final Case of Benedict Fox, a Lovecraftian Metroidvania the place you journey round with a demon buddy who means that you can discover the minds of the lately deceased. It sounds actually neat.
And at last, there’s Darkest Dungeon 2, the sequel to slightly nice turn-based roguelike Darkest Dungeon. Introduced in 2019, the sport went into Early Entry by way of the Epic Video games Retailer again in 2021, and shall be launched by way of the Epic Video games Retailer and Steam in Might with consoles to observe.
That is ten demos, so I’ll seemingly not have time to play all of them. Nonetheless, I will give as many as I can a attempt.

That is us. What about you? What are you enjoying this weekend?