When it came to their next project, the team behind Sonic Mania trekked into the intrepid world of 3D platforming and came out looking rosier than ever with the recent Penny’s Big Breakaway – a fun and capable platformer, with inviting mechanics. Galaxy Trail, meanwhile, has decided to brush up and refine their 2D talents …
Back in 2020, Coffee Talk invited players to become a barista and listen to their customers’ stories while sipping a hot beverage. Over time, secrets and revelations started to spill about their day-to-day lives. inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories, from the Tokyo-based Nagai Industries Inc and fresh from an appearance in Famitsu, presents a similar proposition. …
Nightdive Studios has waited until today, of all days, to announce PO’ed Definitive Edition. While many on social media brushed it off as an April Fool’s Joke initially, it’s definitely happening – and there’s a Steam page, with required PC specs and achievements, to prove it. It’s also very much in Nightdive’s wheelhouse, with retro …
If you’re planning on announcing a newfangled version of a bad game, it makes sense to do it on April Fools Day. A little bit of self-mockery never did any harm. During the mid ‘80s, Sunsoft released the top down shooter Ikki in Japanese arcades, with a Famicom version to follow. In the West, it …
Despite a handful of mediocre review scores – including a 5/10 from ourselves – THQ Nordic’s South Park: Snow Day managed to debut at #3 in the UK retail chart. The Switch version entered at #9 in the Switch top twenty – putting it above Mario Vs. Donkey Kong and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. That’s …
After a hectic start to 2024, it seems that April will offer a slight break, with most of the month’s big-name releases (Sandland, ZAU, Top Spin 2K25, Stellar Blade) still a few weeks away. This week we can expect Saviorless, a dark fantasy 2D platformer with hand drawn animation, and one of the first indie …
Ever since the humble N64 entered its twilight years, circa 2001, a lot has been said about its catalogue of games. It was a system often criticised for having glaring holes in its library, especially when it came to RPGs, and fighting games to rival the likes of Tekken 3 and Virtua Fighter 2. Racing …
One of the reasons we’ve never been treated to another South Park movie is because any ideas surrounding new plotlines and fresh directions are fed back into the series itself – it’s a beast that needs to consume, as Matt and Trey once put it. This stance applies to South Park video games too, with …
A long weekend is almost upon us, resulting in a Thursday that feels suspiciously like a Friday, and it seems that publishers have kept a few games back for the Easter period. THQ Nordic are back with South Park: Snow Day, a co-op battler set in the snowy streets of the titular town, playable …
This month has been busy for ol’ Games Asylum, bouncing from one new release to another. After plugging twelve hours into The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island, I invested roughly the same amount of time into Penny’s Big Breakaway, followed by playing Cartel Tycoon and Highwater for a good eight hours each. This, understandably, hasn’t …
The UK’s retail chart is a hubbub of activity, especially within the top ten. In fact, we almost saw an all new top five. Despite four new entries in the top ten though, the UK’s no.1 remains unchanged, with the top spot occupied by the currently discounted EA Sports FC 24. Capcom’s very well received …
It’s a modest week for new releases, with a handful of titles to consider playing while devouring chocolate eggs over the upcoming long Easter weekend. That’s if you can tear yourself away from the potential GOTY candidate Dragon’s Dogma II, which appears to be drawing a lot of people’s attention currently. THQ Nordic are back …
We always felt a little bit sorry for 2011’s Shadows of the Damned. EA published this hellish third-person shooter, fuelled by the warped minds belonging to Goichi Suda (No More Heroes, Killer7) and Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil, God Hand), but upon playing it there were clear signs of a rushed development. At the time, EA …
Just two decades ago, publishers wouldn’t touch anything that wasn’t heavily action orientated, with even puzzle games occasionally struggling to secure a publishing deal. Indeed, the landscape is very different today, where games fall into every genre imaginable. And perhaps some even beyond the typical imagination – A Little to the Left is based around …
Nobody tangles with Princess Peach. Or rather, it seems that few publishers want to stand in her way – it’s a quieter week than usual for the Switch eShop. This can be chalked up to a combination of Nintendo’s biggest Switch release of 2024 so far – Princess Peach: Showtime! – and the fact that …
