Prima Games | End of the Week Recap #33

Friday is here at last, which means it’s time for the one and only End of the Week recap here at Prima Games!

If you’re new to Prima’s End of the Week recaps and are curious as to what exactly the “End of the Week recap” is, it’s a feature we put together every Friday in order to help our readers quickly and easily catch up with all of the gaming events of the week.

By looking through our End of the Week recap, you should be able to spot all of the news, reviews, guides, and features that we’ve published during the week in a nice, concise list.

We also have a Staff Chat section where the Prima Games team shares their thoughts on some of the biggest stories of the week. And, if you use Twitch, we do a recap livestream every Friday starting at 5:30 p.m. (EST) on twitch.tv/primagames.

If you have time, we highly recommend tuning in! With all of that out of the way, let’s dig right in to the delicious batch of content posted to Prima Games during the week of June 7 through June 11! 

Prima Games | End of the Week Recap #33

E3 Times The News Part Deux

• Asmodee Digital Publishing Ember Knights & Innchanted
• Playdate Handheld Pre-Orders Start July, New Stereo Dock Accessory Announced
• Rainbow Six Quarantine Renamed to Rainbow Six Extraction
• Live Action Cowboy Bebop Show to Feature Yoko Kanno as Composer
• Capcom Showcase Date and Time Confirmed
• Battlefield 2042’s Explosive Reveal Trailer Shows Off Tornados, Jets, & More
• Blizzard Announces Cross-Play For Overwatch On All Platforms In New Developer Update
• NIS America Confirms MONARK Localization for 2022
• Xbox & Xbox Game Pass Are Coming To Smart Televisions & Browsers Soon
• Koch Media Group Announces New Publishing Branch “Prime Matter”, Roster Includes Payday 3, Gungrave, Painkiller, & More
• Elden Ring Trailer & Release Date Shown At Summer Game Fest
• Metal Slug Tactics Brings the Carnage to the Grid
• Gameplay in Evil Dead: The Game Revealed by Bruce Campbell
• NieR’s 2B is Coming to Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• SMITE x Stranger Things Collab Announced
• Sable Gets September 23 Release Date
• Castlevania Netflix Series to Continue in Rondo of Blood Adaptation
• Witcher Season 2 Teaser Shown During Netflix Geeked Week, Witchercon Also Announced
• Three Different Ubisoft Netflix Anime Adaptations Announced

Follow the Features 

• It’s Not As Easy As It Looks | Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 Event

Rave Reviews

• Neptunia ReVerse | Next-Gen Neptune
• Guilty Gear -Strive- | Striving For Greatness
• Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Review | Framerate no Justu
• Chivalry 2 Review | The Return of Chivalry

Get Ready, Get Set, Get Guides 

• Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 | Where to Get Nuts and Bolts
• Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 | How to Get Alien Artifacts
• Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 | Converse with Sunny, Abstrakt, Dreamflower, Riot, or Bushranger
• Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 | Collect Stone From the Aftermath
• Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 | Upgrade Weapons at Upgrade Benches
• Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 | Interact with Bunker Jonesy’s Conspiracy Board
• Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 | Place Rubber Ducks in Retail Row, Pleasant Park, and Believer Beach
• FF7 Remake | How to Upgrade to PS5 Intergrade
• Best Order to Play Mass Effect 2’s DLC
• Ratchet And Clank Rift Apart | How To Change Weapon Shortcuts

Staff Chat 

Lucas

What’s been your favorite announcement of the week? 

Gosh, it would’ve been so easy to say Metal Slug Tactics, but then the Castlevania/Rondo show today got me yelling internally as well. It’s a great time to be a nerd about older games.  

Have you had a chance to play the new Ratchet & Clank? If so, what do you think of it so far? 

I haven’t! I’m really not a PS2-era mascot games kinda person so I’ve never really dived into this series. Maybe some day! 

So… Elden Ring. Everyone’s talking about Elden Ring. What are your thoughts on Elden Ring? 

I don’t give the tiniest bit of a crap about George Martin but also this game seems to have horseback double-jumping so I’m in.  

Rick from Rick & Morty in Fortnite… yay or nay? 

Rick & Morty is this generation’s South Park so uh… I’m good thanks. 

Favorite piece(s) on the site this week, and why? 

Morgan’s very open-door game preview for Sniper was awesome. Love candid experience stuff like that instead of pure preview fluff! 

Are you playing any fun or exciting video games this weekend? 

I am playing… too many videogames. 

Have any TV, anime, movie, or music recommendations that you’d like to recommend? 

No, but I was reading the Deadpool: Samurai manga earlier and just dying at almost every joke. I don’t even like Deadpool that much, so that says something. 

Bonus question, who is your favorite Final Fantasy character, and why?  

Of the main casts, probably Noctis? His whole arc is so grounded in reality and relatable that it’s like you’re part of the group of homies along for the ride. Also shout-outs to the “Fables” Chocobo; little guy has spunk and a heart of gold. 

Jesse 

What’s been your favorite announcement of the week? 

Honestly I’m weirdly hyped for Jurassic World Evolution 2??? I really enjoyed the first one, but never saw a reason we would get a sequel. So I’m jazzed about that.

Have you had a chance to play the new Ratchet & Clank? If so, what do you think of it so far? 

I’ve played the opening hours and I’m really digging it so far. It’s one of the most visually dense games I’ve seen. So much is going on throughout the screen at any given moment.

So… Elden Ring. Everyone’s talking about Elden Ring. What are your thoughts on Elden Ring? 

Elden Ring is one of those things I never really cared all that much about, besides making dumb jokes about it. That trailer has me super interested, but before that reveal it wasn’t even really on my brain. 

Rick from Rick & Morty in Fortnite… yay or nay? 

Yay but because I love to watch the world burn.

Favorite piece(s) on the site this week, and why? 

So many pieces have gone up this week my brain is rattled. Every review we put up this week was all killer no filler. Seriously hit the reviews tab and read to your hearts content.

Are you playing any fun or exciting video games this weekend? 

E3 weekend baby, we’re going to be streaming all weekend long at Twitch.tv/Primagames go check it out!

Have any TV, anime, movie, or music recommendations that you’d like to recommend? 

I have not really had anytime to consume media lately, but Japanese Breakfast put on a really stellar performance at Summer Game Fest and you should check it out.

Bonus question, who is your favorite Final Fantasy character, and why?  

This is a tough one, probably Vivi because Vivi rules and every Final Fantasy should have Vivi in it. 

Morgan

What’s been your favorite announcement of the week? 

That’s tricky, there’s been a lot announced. I guess Witchercon, it came from left field and I wasn’t expecting it but as a Witcher fan I think it sounds cool. 

Have you had a chance to play the new Ratchet & Clank? If so, what do you think of it so far? 

I have not yet unfortunately, but I really want to. Visually I think it looks gorgeous, video game graphics have come so far it’s mindblowing. 

So… Elden Ring. Everyone’s talking about Elden Ring. What are your thoughts on Elden Ring? 

I’m curious about Elden Ring, but I think because everyone is talking about it, my brain is less hyped for it and more, “I wonder what this will turn out to be once it’s released.” 

Rick from Rick & Morty in Fortnite… yay or nay? 

Both yay and nay. Rick looks cool and it makes sense because there’s probably a crossover audience between Fortnite and Rick & Morty… but, I just think it’s a little too late. It doesn’t work as much now as it might have a year or two ago.

Favorite piece(s) on the site this week, and why? 

I concur with Jesse, some great reviews on the site this week. I loved Jesse’s review of Guilty Gear Strive, and loved Lucas’s Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection review.

Shoutout to my Chivalry 2 review as well I guess, I definitely spent too long on it but I was nervous about conveying everything the way I wanted. Either way, check out the Prima reviews tab! 

Are you playing any fun or exciting video games this weekend? 

I’m mostly keeping tabs on the E3 events so no, but I will probably wind up soaking a lot of time into Chivalry 2 and that’s exciting to me.  

Have any TV, anime, movie, or music recommendations that you’d like to recommend? 

I started rewatching 11/22/63 on Hulu and I think it still holds up pretty well. It’s an adaptation of one of Stephen King’s more unique books, though I guess it could connect to his Dark Tower series.

You can connect all of his books to The Dark Tower… but I’m not going down that rabbit hole today. Either way 11/22/63 is a good watch.

Bonus question, who is your favorite Final Fantasy character, and why?  

Sephiroth, he’s one of the most memorable video game characters ever created. And I’m biased because of shirtless Sephiroth in Smash. I’m a simple human with simple likes/dislikes.