‘Live service’ games have been the source of contention of late, fuelled by reports of numerous publishers having at least one in the pipeline. Publishers love the concept as there are countless ways to implement microtransactions while retaining player engagement. Gamers, however, tend to audibly ‘sigh’ whenever a new one is announced – they’re demanding …
A new Atari Lynx collection is coming to Switch, and there isn’t long to wait – it’s due out April 25th for £11.99 ($11.99/€13.99.) The Epyx Collection Handheld comes from Pixel Games UK and Imagine Software, who recently released a Monty Mole collection and Chip’s Challenge on the eShop. As the name suggests, it includes …
Even though the Vampire Survivors influenced ‘auto shooter’ genre isn’t long in the tooth, I’m still surprised that it has taken this long for a Roman gladiator-themed rendition to come along – especially with a sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 box office hit Gladiator imminent. It’s thematically perfect, with its circular arena in which one …
Blaze has officially confirmed that a Tomb Raider Collection is coming to Evercade. This cart will also be the pack-in title for the refreshed Evercade VS-R and Evercade EXP-R systems. Tomb Raider Collection 1, as it’s known, uses Blaze’s new larger Giga Carts that are set to retail at £22.49 ($24.99/€24.99.) It’ll feature 1996’s Tomb …
The ever-prolific WayForward are teaming with Atari to develop Yars Rising. The original Yars Revenge was a popular Atari 2600 space shooter, something that’ll be referenced here in mini-games. The bulk of the experience instead takes the form of an anime style side-scrolling exploration-based adventure, in which young hacker Emi Kimura attempts to sneak into …
After appearing in countless side-scrolling brawlers (in fact, there’s yet another due out in a matter of days) the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are about to front something fresh. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a top-down co-op roguelike from Super Evil Mega Corp that capitalises on the strengths of each Turtle, with Donetello’s …
Today’s Nintendo Indie World Showcase saw two unannounced titles casually slide onto the eShop. The pun-tastic Sticky Business involves running a sticker store, designing new items to sell and listening to customers’ stories. That’s joined by Stitch, a puzzler not dissimilar to Picross in principle, only based on embroidery. An image will eventually be revealed …
From today Antstream Arcade subscribers will find four new titles waiting to be revisited. This quartet comes from Factor 5 and comprises of the 1988 Amiga horizontal shooter Katakis and its expanded re-release Denaris, the Lucasarts published Ballblazer sequel Masterblazer, and the SNES’ Super Turrican: Score Attack – a rejig of the classic run ‘n …
Evercade manufacturer Blaze has revealed refreshes to their EXP and VS lines, along with cheaper price points. Releasing in July, and available to pre-order at the end of April, the revised Evercade EXP-R will cost £99.99 ($99.99/€119.99) while the Evercade VS-R sees a drop to £89.99 ($99.99/€109.99.) Both systems come in charcoal grey and turquoise colour schemes …
Very few new retail releases have launched this month. The UK physical charts reflect this, mostly comprising of evergreen titles and older games that have received price cuts recently. It’s EA Sports FC 24 that rules the roost, with Hogwarts Legacy holding onto #2. Incidentally, Hogwarts Legacy is the Switch’s no.1 for a second week …
Modern day Game Boy releases tend to take inspiration from either Castlevania or Zelda. It pays to crib from the classics, certainly, and the genres in which these two fall allow for a wealth of possibilities. With its top-down perspective and dungeon-style locations, it’s clear where the bulk of Kudzu’s inspiration lies. The premise is …
There’s something fishy about this week’s new releases, and we don’t mean the games themselves. Well, that’s not strictly true. The PlayStation formats gain the indie sensation Dave the Diver – a deep sea fishing RPG, with exploration during the day and restaurant management at night – while the stop-motion ‘future retro’ narrative adventure Harold …
Back in 1988, Commodore 64, Amiga and Spectrum owners found Elite’s action platformer Beyond the Ice Palace to be a more than sufficient alternative to Ghosts ‘n Goblins – which was also published by Elite on home computers. Today, PQube has a sequel. Beyond The Ice Palace 2 is coming to all current formats, and …
A few years ago, we looked at the partnership between SEGA and the radio-controlled car manufacturer Tyco, which resulted in Pocket Power – a unique line of pocket-sized toys, varying from launchable cars to glow in the dark skeletons. This wasn’t the only unlikely partnership between a toy car manufacturer and a video game giant, …
A new teaser for the 1930’s ‘rubber hose’ style cartoon shooter MOUSE has crawled out the woodwork, reminding us all to eat ‘five a day’ – in this case, cans of spinach. Yes, our gun-toting mouse will be able to ‘power up’ with cans of the green stuff and lay the smackdown to his fellow …
