Currently playing...

[Rhythm]

revisited Tesla vs Lovecraft (game of the year edition) on PS5 as currently £2.99 on PS store
also picked up Crimsonland (£1.99) another twin stick shooter with RPG elements (unlock weapons and power ups)
and finally picked up Super Destronaut DX-2 (also £1.99 at the moment) a more straightforward updated version of space invaders

All fun and worth their respective entry price

Oh man, that PS version of Crimsonlands is great

I started Guardians of the Galaxy (PC, Gamepass). I don't have an affinity with the characters as I didn't enjoy the movie but this is flipping brill! Looks gorgeous, the dialogue is brilliant and it's a rare case of the game fitting with the story.

PC version has a couple of minor but prominent bugs (the best being that it can't decide whether to display prompts for PS or XB controllers) but seriously, it's really cool

[MattyP]

Subbed to PS Premium for a month to check out what it has to offer and I've been really impressed TBH especially with the steaming side. 'll probably sub for a year later in the month. A bit of a bargain at £99 IMHO. I'm even going to get rid of all my PS5 disk games to part fund it as I don't think I'll be needing them again!

I've been playing a game called Velocibox (on the service) which is punishingly addictive.. very much a twitch game.. Feels a bit like Trailblazer on steroids (if anyone remembers that C64 game!)

[Rhythm]

My beef with the new PS+ offering is that it's the exact same thing as PS Now, only you now have to have Plus, so it's actually a little more expensive. PS Now used to be available for £35 per year, as was PS+, and you could subscribe separately. Now you have to bundle them in together and it's a bit annoying TBH

Still though, it's a great service and has been for years. But you wouldn't know that by the way the press get distracted by all the shinier "new" games on GamePass

Ditto EA's Play service. At £20 per month for a great selection of games both new and old I'd say it's a no-brainer for PC gamers. And before anyone steps in with "it's now included in GamePass" - not really. The game lists are different - there are plenty games available on that £20 per year service that aren't included in GamePass

[MattyP]

My beef with the new PS+ offering is that it's the exact same thing as PS Now, only you now have to have Plus, so it's actually a little more expensive. PS Now used to be available for £35 per year, as was PS+, and you could subscribe separately. Now you have to bundle them in together and it's a bit annoying TBH

Still though, it's a great service and has been for years. But you wouldn't know that by the way the press get distracted by all the shinier "new" games on GamePass

Ditto EA's Play service. At £20 per month for a great selection of games both new and old I'd say it's a no-brainer for PC gamers. And before anyone steps in with "it's now included in GamePass" - not really. The game lists are different - there are plenty games available on that £20 per year service that aren't included in GamePass

I've been meaning to try PS Now for a while but never got around to it and I think this revamp is what drew my attention back to it again! Like the fact they have made it one service to be honest as its just one price for + and Now. Although can see why it would niggle people that just want one or the other and now forced to get both. Still at £99 a year which works out at £8.25 a month IMHO its not bad at all. Especially for volume of content on there just a bit more than say Netflix! I doubt I'll ever buy a disk game again or a game new at release again. More than happy having everything on tap to have a tinker with and stream to get a quick idea if I'd like a game or not.

I guess as an added bonus I can stream games to PC too.

Noticed that R-Type Final 2 is on there too... which is nice...

[Rhythm]

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of PS Now and for me it's a way better proposition than GamePass. But that bundling... urgh

[MattyP]

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of PS Now and for me it's a way better proposition than GamePass. But that bundling... urgh

Yeah know what you mean! That game collection on there is like a treasure chest full of stuff I want to play! R-Type Final 2 next up I think... Loved that game on the Xbox when I had one. Great that its part of this service so I don't have to rebuy it!

[Foozwah]

Somehow I've found myself playing Minecraft for the first time in years, with my kids cos its school holidays here.

Weirdly fun and addictive to come back to, and I have to say hooray for cross-platform. In the past we played in split-screen on PS3, but now while we're in the same room the eldest is on PS4 with the big telly, the youngest is on iPad with a PS4 controller synched, and I use the Switch. Works well!

(It was also a way to get the eldest off endless FPS playing. While he enjoys it, it also clearly stresses him out a lot at times, and there's only so much of him shouting at the telly, his mates, internet randos and himself that my missus and I can take. Minecraft is just... chill.)

Apart from that I knocked off The Touryst on Switch - short but fun, and just made me happy to have finally gotten to it; back into the first Sam & Max collection, up to the fifth of six episodes (Switch again) and chipping away at Tsushima DLC on PS4 in odd moments.

Oh, and both T4K on Switch and Polybius on PS4 get a late night workout every day or two, but that's kind of a given for me at the mo'.

[merman]

Got myself a new joypad for my laptop, so I am currently playing on Game Pass:

Katamari Damacy REROLL - never fails to put a smile on my face

TMNT Shredder’s Revenge - very cool beat ‘em up in the style of the classic Konami games, excellent animation and lots of challenges/achievements/hidden stuff to find

[pocketfun]

The Last Campfire

https://thelastcampfiregame.com/

Top 5 game for me, beautiful.

[merman]

Finished Story Mode on the new Turtles game, it’s good fun

[Misfit]

Vampire Survivors here too. It's on XBox Gamepass for PC.

Just opened the coffins in the wood and in the in library but the princess... er, vampire is in another coffin. Garlic in definitely the key.

Just had my first few goes of Vampire Survivors and not I'm getting it yet.

So it's just one stick control and you're basically avoiding all the enemies whilst hoping your weapons take them out?

[venusian]

Vampire Survivors here too. It's on XBox Gamepass for PC.

Just opened the coffins in the wood and in the in library but the princess... er, vampire is in another coffin. Garlic in definitely the key.

Just had my first few goes of Vampire Survivors and not I'm getting it yet.

So it's just one stick control and you're basically avoiding all the enemies whilst hoping your weapons take them out?

You grind (although in minutes rather than hours) your way to more weapons and defences, and the weapon choices matter when it comes to the different types of enemy. Also flight or run: changes with the waves and the level.

[WiteWulf]

Stray, lovely little game, lovely little cat....nuff said

[VNVObit]

Vampire Survivors here too. It's on XBox Gamepass for PC.

Just opened the coffins in the wood and in the in library but the princess... er, vampire is in another coffin. Garlic in definitely the key.

Just had my first few goes of Vampire Survivors and not I'm getting it yet.

So it's just one stick control and you're basically avoiding all the enemies whilst hoping your weapons take them out?

You grind (although in minutes rather than hours) your way to more weapons and defences, and the weapon choices matter when it comes to the different types of enemy. Also flight or run: changes with the waves and the level.

have sunk over 50 hours into the game. Simple controls alright but plenty of hidden depth to the game with different characters having different starting abilities (though power ups do bring a certain levelling out of that).
Plenty of updates to and secret levels

[venusian]

Garlic and King James Bible, both in overdrive, ftw, right?

I've still not managed to kill death.