Last Week on GameGrin

It’s been a bumper week in the games industry this week. There’s been some major launches, some big betas and some massive announcements of new games. It truly is a great time to be a gamer. With so much going on, we wouldn’t blame you for missing some of the events of the week gone by. This week, we covered more news than ever here on GameGrin and we’re proud to be growing in size all the time so we can bring you the latest news, reviews, previews and opinion content right here. In case you missed any of last week’s bumper selection, here’s some of the highlights.

Reviews and Previews

Thomas played Warden: Melody of the Undergrowth for review.

Steven took a pre-release look at Parkitect, the Roller Coaster Tycoon spiritual successor.

Richard gave his thoughts on space game Stardust Galaxy Warriors.

Thomas played with some tiny little men in his preview of Super Arcade Football.

Vodka reviewed Outsider Games' point-and-click Wailing Heights.

James played Just Cause 2 so that he could say So I Tried...

The_Apothecary played Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade for Preview.

James spent six days with the Mirror's Edge Catalyst beta, here's his take on it.

Bixy played the second installment of the epic viking tale in our review of The Banner Saga 2.

News

The latest Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games, set in Rio, is out at the end of June on the Wii U.

Superhot got its Xbox One release.

We took a look at the Kickstarter campaign for STARDROP.

Norse teams arrived in Blood Bowl 2.

Innogames hired Peter Mayenburg, the former Rakuten PR head honcho, as their new head of PR.

Audio experts Turtle Beach introduced their new "Elite Pro" Headset designed for pro gamers.

Is there a prequel novel for Mass Effect: Andromeda coming?

The latest Call of Duty game, Infinite Warfare was announced. Special editions of the game will come with an HD remaster of the classic Modern Warfare.

With Battleborn coming on the third of May, Gearbox and 2K treated us to a funky launch trailer ahead of the release.

The third and final episode of Rival Game's adventure, The Detail, was released on Steam.

Respawn are making a new Star Wars game. The Titanfall devs are creating the title, set to be published by EA.

id's latest creation, DOOM, hit the PC and they gave us an awesome trailer for the shooter.

And Finally

Emsey explored the romantic side of gaming with her article on in-game romances.