Gaming
Bomber Crew review or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bomber Crew

I still remember my first crash landing in Bomber Crew. My mission was fairly simple. Escort an Allied boat to an Axis port. It was a ‘critical mission’ and came with a high risk but I was confident.
Enemy fighters had been repelled fairly easily and as I blew up the last of the guarding submarines, I turned back towards home, having completed my part in the infamous St. Nazaire raid. Home. The waiting sanctuary of London and my runway.
That was when the shit well and truly hit the fan.
It started with a big increase in the number of enemy fighters. I’d taken a few flak hits completing the main objective but I figured I’d be okay. As we battled, an optional objective appeared. I turned to it, hoping I’d be able to sneak it in before I escaped. That was when the enemy fighter ace appeared.
Before I knew it I’d lost an engine. I lost my engineer, Flight Sergeant Oscar Wingrove, who bravely traversed the wing to keep the right side of the plane attached. My pilot went down and the electrics failed. A squad wipe was inevitable.
I’d learned the first and most important lesson of Bomber Crew. Don’t be greedy.
A frantic, chaotic WW2 rogue-lite
Bomber Crew is a strategy game based around piloting a Lancaster bomber. You start off with a basic plane, green crew and no equipment. As you fly missions, you begin to advance.
Your gunners might level up and get skills which improve their accuracy. You might decide to buy an extra gun turret for pesky low-flying planes. Worried about losing crew more than the plane? Deck them out in survival gear so that when you crash land, they stand a better chance at making it back.
Standard missions are fairly basic, designed to help you raise the money and exp you need to attempt the main story/critical missions. Each critical mission is historically accurate and much harder, offering a nice change of pace from the basic standard operations.
Controlling the plane is slick and moving your crew around is fairly intuitive, a good thing considering Bomber Crew is closer to a simulation than you might initially think. You’re required to control the hydraulics, landing gear and turret ammo. Oxygen levels and temperature can climb and plummet, making micromanagement necessary.
It looks excellent as well. The bold, cartoon graphics make for a great art-style that is accessible without compromising depth. Everything is clearly indicated and the stripped-back style helps in the middle of a storm, with flak exploding on every side while you try to set up for the next bombing run.
“Bomber Crew is closer to a simulation than you might initially think”
Bomber Crew puts a lot of effort into letting you create the narrative. You become attached to certain crew members and each choice you make, no matter how small, will determine their eventual fate. I quickly got attached to the crew of my first plane ‘Jolly Good Show’ and losing them along with the plane in one swift blow was gut-wrenching.
This aspect of player-made narratives makes up for the fairly basic standard missions. They lack variety and are mostly used to farm for the main missions, which have much better and more unique feeling objectives.
Bomber Crew is at its best when all of this comes together, when one of your crew makes a heroic play during a critical mission. When your plane limps out of a huge dogfight, you feel invincible. It’s a shame that sometimes these basic missions feel like a necessary grind to reach these moments.
If you read our initial impression, you’ll remember that we found Bomber Crew to be a manic love-letter to games like B-17 Flying Fortress and Cannon Fodder. Playing the full game confirms that. At its core, Bomber Crew is excellent.
There’s a lot of thought and a lot of heart on display from developers Runner Duck. If you’re a fan of frantic strategy, rogue-lites or WW2 bombers, Bomber Crew has a wide range on offer for those looking to tag along for the ride.
Gaming
Want Diablo 4 immortality? Hardcore Level 100 Before Most Others

The devilish launch of Diablo 4 is days away (less for Ultimate Edition buyers). Blizzard has promised the ultimate reward for the first 1000 players to accomplish level 100 on Hardcore Mode: a statue of in-game antagonist Lillith.
Think you can cheat death?
Reach level 100 on hardcore mode and tweet #Diablo4Hardcore with proof to have your username immortalized on a statue of Lilith.
Offer limited to first 1000, restrictions apply: https://t.co/TLWxZwG0aQ
Get started June 1st. pic.twitter.com/pvVLZNPgx8
— Diablo (@Diablo) May 26, 2023
Diablo 4’s Hardcore Mode is a character-creation-only difficulty adjuster. It automatically deletes characters when they die, making things infinitely harder regardless of World Tier. But 100? That’s several playthroughs on increasingly difficult World Tiers with new adversaries in harsher setups and about 150 hours of flawlessly rapid gameplay.
Honoring the dying.
Being remembered with those brave souls lost on the journey is the ultimate gamer boast. Do you dare?
Gaming
Layers of Fear PS5, PS4 Trophy List Promises a Spooky Platinum

Bloober Team’s survival horror game Layers of Fear is terrifying. The Trophy List on Exophase just appeared, and players will have to go crazy to obtain Platinum.
With a Silver Trophy like “a new way” requiring players to “live through the third conversation” (and a few of Bronzes for surviving the previous two) and another called “face your fears” appearing when you “see your enemy and fail”, we might chase this one with the lights on.
Do you like Layers of Fear’s whole trophy list? Do you want the Plat?
Gaming
One of Sony’s Most Viewed PS Showcases

The PlayStation Showcase, which divided fans and prompted our full-throated Reaction, was a ratings winner. Gamesight’s number crunchers found that PlayStation fans were drawn in by the appeal alone, even though many of the titles we wanted to see didn’t show up.
🎮🔎 @PlayStation Showcase 2023: Viewership Analysis on @Twitch and @YouTube
Our team took a deep dive into the PlayStation Showcase performance on Twitch from 2019 through 2023, the first year without #E3.
Here's what we discovered:
1️⃣ The 2023 Showcase had the second-highest… pic.twitter.com/YVJbRiUTjc— Gamesight (@gamesight) May 26, 2023
It’s possible certain Showcase games were withheld. Summer Game Fest may bring something? Watched the big spectacle live?
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