It's been a much tamer week here at Push Square Towers after the intensity of E3 2015. For starters, Robert Ramsey's taken some well deserved days off, which means that we haven't had to hear about the latest Samurai Warriors every six or so minutes. Moreover, there's been a real dearth of big news following last week's tidal wave. Let's hope that it continues this way for the next couple of weeks so that we can all sit and watch Wimbledon in peace!
Sammy Barker, Editor
Now that July is almost upon us, I'll be putting my summer gaming plan into action. Essentially, I aim to restrict myself to titles that exist solely in my backlog, unless I'm needed for review duties or simply have to play something for editorial purposes. My aim is to clear at least four or five titles out of my 'To Play' tray, with Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc being my first target.
Graham Banas, Reviewer
I very rarely find myself turning on my Xbox One so I think that this weekend I'm going to at least attempt to give it some attention. Otherwise, why on Earth did I buy it? In addition, I'm thinking I wanna spend a few hours and do some of the Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes stuff to prep for The Phantom Pain – and then daydream about the other games I really want like Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Adr1ft, and SOMA.
Jamie O'Neill, Reviewer
Batman: Arkham Knight is my most anticipated game of 2015, and six hours into its story mode, I've a feeling that it'll surpass my expectations. I'm already appreciating the diversity resulting from Battle Mode, Pursuit Mode, and the environmental puzzles in the Batmobile. The ominous mood of the fear toxin threat intensifies the potential of plot surprises, because Rocksteady excel at exploring Batman's phobias, especially as Scarecrow is well established as a manipulative super villain from Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Joey Thurmond, Reviewer
After renting The Elder Scrolls Online to give it a go, which I have mixed feelings about (in regards to making it my first MMO or not), it's more Assassin's Creed Unity for me this weekend, but I'd rather be donning the cowl in Batman: Arkham Knight like some of my fellow scribes. I'll get around to it within the next couple of months, though, since I'm a big fan of the series. In the meantime, it's nice to see all the great reception it's gotten on the PS4.
Marcello Apostolico, Reviewer
The Devil May Cry this weekend, as I wrap up my review for Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition. Upon finishing that, I will finally dive into Batman: Arkham Knight and experience the finale to quite the saga.
Sam Brooke, Reviewer
This weekend I'll be playing some PlanetSide 2, trying to take over the continent of Hossin as much as possible. I've shot my allies up quite a few times and been ran over by my own tanks a couple of times as well, so don't expect me to conquer the planet just yet.
Simon Fitzgerald, Reviewer
This weekend I'll be keeping to the shadows and using fear to send shivers down my enemies' spines in the fantastic Batman: Arkham Knight. I'm only 10 per cent away from full completion, with just a few more Riddler puzzles, so I'll also be diving into Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 3 – hopefully it's a good one.
Will you be donning the cowl in Batman this weekend, or busting up your backlog instead? Give us your best gravel voice in the comments section below.
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@Comrade44 He'll be back soon!
@Comrade44 Thank you so much!
My first MMO, Elders Scrolls Online! Really digging it
i have taken a trip to the past and im playing persona 3. i have also just watched the entire season of persona 4 as i just cant get enough of persona at the minute. i need persona 5 so bad, cant wait
I'll be playing Batman: Arkham Knight which is fantastic, and Planetside 2. I like PS2, but it feels so chaotic and disorganized. I think it's a combinations of finding out everything on my own, and everyone else struggling with that as well. I hear it's really good if you stick with it though, so I'll keep going as long as I have the patience for. All the running to battles drains it a bit.
Batman: Arkham Knight and Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition.
@get2sammyb - And now you lost him.
Xenoblade, 105 hours in. Maybe Splatoon. Met game tomorrow in the rain hopefully followed by The Steve Miller Band concert but I'm not optimistic. Brunch for my mom's birthday Sunday. And GoT withdrawals.
Saints Row 4, Battlefield 4, The Walking Dead, Sleeping Dogs
Tales from Borderlands Episode 3 for me and some other games from my backlog.
Tales of Symphonia and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair! Should be fun
I intend to finish Batman after I put it away for a few days. It's clear to see the game is gorgeous, the world is huge and beautiful, the combat is the best I've ever experienced and the game just oozes quality out of every pore....but for some reason I can't get into it. I feel like if this was the first game I played in the trilogy I would love it to bits, but I have the same feeling I had when I played Arkham City: I miss the Batman from the comics. Sometimes Rocksteady touches upon the "real" Batman when they zoom in on his mental struggles in Arkham Knight, but overall it's to much of a action game and not so much a Batman game. So maybe I should change my expectations, cause it's one of the best in it's genre, but it feels like Batman as a character was actually holding Rocksteady back instead of giving them some great material to work with like in Asylum.
A few of us finally finished crotas end tonight and we beat the majority with 4 people. Great times.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday is driveclub and tales from the borderlands episode 3 (which is boss so far).
@themcnoisy I beat your challenge earlier by the way by about .6 seconds. Need to up your game, bro!
I'll be finishing off Deadly Premonition on the PS3. Thoroughly enjoyed that. Bit of Alien on the PS4 along with some more Project Cars.
I am addicted to this site! And I'll be replaying MGS V: Ground Zeroes (PS3) this weekend and probably a little bit of Mass Effect also.
I've been playing Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, but I'll be playing Batman:Arkham Knight & Destiny over the weekend.
@get2sammyb So with Robert away you can go crazy with the Taylor Swift gifs huh.
I will be playing the following
Xbox — Knights of the old Republic
PS4 --Driveclub PSN Edition
Sega Genesis — Streets of Rage 2
Mobile — Hearthstone
PC — Heroes of the Storm
More Eso for me. Love it so far! However my internet has been up and down lately so I'm thinking of getting Shadow of mordor for when my internets playing up. Looks a great game and cheap now, been wanting it since release just had other games that I wanted more. Also will probably have a few races on driveclub even though I'm not in to racers, I enjoy a few every now and then.
Dishonored on PS3, Dark Souls 2 on PS4, and Witcher 3 on PS4.
Lord of Vermilion Arena
Ps4- The Witcher 3.
3DS- Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D.
Book- Clockwork Orange.
And a Bruce Lee's Movie Marathon.
Sadly, not Batman Arkham Knight. I haven't really felt like playing games recently, but I'll probably still play something. I'm thinking Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for some retro stuff, pick AC2 back up (I wanted to resume after I got the DLC, but it's been almost 2 months and I just want to finish the game before I forget everything), and start an Uncharted 2 playthrough on hard.
I'll be trying to finish the main story in Arkham Knight so that I can get back to the Witcher and just dip into Batman now and then to mop up the side quests.
@get2sammyb thanks for taking it on. the game seems loads better. Send us a challenge if you want Sammy.
I AM THE BAT!
Witcher 3 and tales from the borderlands ep3.
Maybe some Life is strange.
I'm playing J-Stars Victory Vs+, it's so much fun ^_^
For me it will be a little Arkham Knight & FF type 0. Also finally getting to see the Barenaked Ladies in concert tomorrow night.
Still playing the witcher. I feel like I've played a ton in that game but I only just now made it to skellige.
I'll be spending as much time as I can playing Arkham Knight. Played for about 5-6 hours so far and it has definitely lived up to my high expectations so far
Working all weekend so won't be playing much, maybe try and get abit more Arkham Knight in! My psn is jonny_aces_87 welcome to add me!
Starting a new Sims 2 Apocalypse Challenge 😎 (anybody? Beuller?)
Bought Arkham Knight yesterday so will be into the game for several weekends to come
More trophy hunting on the witcher 3 (50 crossbow head shots is such a time sink) and hopping on planetside 2 some more.
Batman all the way, too bad for the PC folks, there missing out on something amazing.
Wii U:
Splatoon
Fire Emblem Sacred Stones (GBA virtual console)
PS4:
Batman Arkham Knight
Devil May Cry 4
X1:
[nothing]
3DS:
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Xenoblade Chronicles
Vita:
[nothing]
Destinyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Ultra street fighter just bought a new fight stick. Splatoon lvling up.
After beating bloodborne i am still into the chalice dungeons. That and Dark Souls 2 SotFS, which i am enjoying a lot
Uh well I'm play devil survivor 2 on 3DS, sorry.
@VenomSnake08 Welcome
Back and forth between arkham and witcher far too much open worldeness to comprehend...
Elder scrolls online and still loving it. I'm a badass battlemage.
I'd like to be playing Arkham Knight but twenty-four hours in the ****ing thing hasn't bothered installing game data from the main menu. Why can't you just put a disc in a console and play a ****ing game anymore? Pathetic.
Typically, as soon as I'd wrote that the install finished. Now finally playing and... I hate the Batmobile. Somebody who's far in, please tell me you don't have to use it as much as you do at the start?
GTA V on PS3 and nothing else until its completed ,my new rule now is to stick to one game until completion. Getting through huge ps3 backlog bit by bit and by the time I've finished PS3 backlog PS4 games like the Witcher , Bloodborne , etc will cost only about £15 ! The wife is playing Valiant Hearts on our PS4.
I've been at Glastonbury and Lionel Richie blew everybody else away so I feel like playing a game that is smooth and oozing with class.
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