Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (March 12 - 18)
thegamer.com2022 marches on and the video game industry has been moving right along with it. It feels like it has been such a busy year for games already that even though the past two and a half months have flown by, they have also been absolutely jam-packed with big moments and new games. Elden Ring features in this week's biggest stories yet again despite being on the market for three weeks, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe shows its face five years after launch, and there has been a lot of GTA 5 news this week almost a decade after it arrived. More on all three of those games and a few others below as we recap the biggest video game news of the past seven days.
RELATED: Is Hogwarts Legacy Worth All The Drama?
PlayStation owners were a little taken aback at the start of the week when Sony revealed it would be holding another State Of Play just one week after the last one. Even more surprising was the reveal that it would focus solely on Hogwarts Legacy, a title not exclusive to PlayStation. Thursday's presentation featured a lot of fresh information about the Harry Potter game including a lot of gameplay, a holiday 2022 release date, and weird timers that seemed as if they would be tied to microtransactions, but apparently they're not. The game still remains mired in controversy due to its connection to JK Rowling and her comments about trans people. You can find everything you need to know regarding TheGamer's coverage of the game right here.
Gran Turismo 7 launched on PlayStation earlier this month and while it wasn't showered with quite as much praise as Forza Horizon 5, it has still been lauded as a pretty terrific title. That was until people spent some time with it and realized the game's cars require an incredible amount of grind to
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