Oof. This week hasn’t exactly commenced in the best possible fashion, with three notable releases – Bravo Team, Frantics, and Fear Effect Sedna – receiving a bit of a kicking from critics. PSVR shooter Bravo Team and the indie reboot of Fear Effect have both garnered scores as low as 3/10, with the majority of …
As the Nintendo Switch celebrates its first birthday, the system’s big-name titles show no signs of waning in popularity. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – the UK’s best-selling Switch game – is up four places in the UK chart, taking #4. Super Mario Odyssey rises from #9 to #6, while Zelda: BotW climbs from #16 to …
Either we missed something between Metal Gear Survive’s reveal and launch, or Konami has pulled off some classic misdirection. After its somewhat disastrous debut, many gamers billed Survive as a generic co-op zombie shooter with tacked-on crafting elements, simply because that’s what the trailer portrayed. It was deemed the safest and laziest route for Konami …
Ladies and gents, it’s a record-breaking week for new eShop releases on the Switch – 23 titles in total, varying from (reasonably) big name titles to arcade re-releases. There’s definitely some shovelware in there, though, including a slightly worrying amount of card games. Outlast: Bundle of Terror (£19.99) has arrived to mild celebration, taking many …