Maliki: Poison of the Past, Sunderfolk, Super Technos World, and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy hit the Switch

PS5, Xbox Series and PC owners are currently getting lost in the colossal RPG duo Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. Turns out the Switch isn’t without a smattering of RPGs this week either, if last week’s Lunar Remastered Collection wasn’t enough to be getting on with. Maliki: Poison of …

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Once Upon A Puppet review

At least once per console generation a developer will latch onto the concept of puppets and stage shows, with past examples including Puppeteer, The Gunstringer, and Dynamite Headdy, along with traces of cardboard stage-like level design also found in the likes of Little Big Planet and Fable Heroes. It’s a set-up that always generates a …

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Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy review

In 2021, the classic 1993 puzzle adventure Myst – which helped sell millions of CD-ROM drives to PC owners – gained a new lease of life through an Unreal Engine powered remake, taking the pre-rendered visuals and capturing their mysterious essence in 3D. The vastly similar Amerzone, released on PC and PS1 in 1998 through …

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Jaleco Sports: Bases Loaded steps up to Steam and GOG

We haven’t heard much from upstart publisher Rock It Games of late, presumably still hard at work on the strategic SPACE INVADERS: Deck Commander – which entered early access on PC last year. The retro focused studio has managed to push a new release out of the door though. Jaleco Sports: Bases Loaded is out …

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Out this week: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Days Gone Remastered, Steel Seed, Once Upon A Puppet, Amerzone, Super Technos World, New Evercade carts, more

It’s a busy week for new releases considering the time of year. In an ideal world, these would have launched late last week before the chocolate egg filled long weekend. It’s always the way. Sony continues their penchant for remastering releases barely half a decade old with 2019’s Days Gone Remastered. Due out 25th April …

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Whizz – The ’90s Platforming Mascot Always Running Late

By 1993, UK-based Flair Software was no stranger to the Commodore Amiga, even tasked with creating the movie-themed platformer Oscar as an Amiga CD32 pack-in. It was initially hoped that Zool 2 would become the flagship CD32 platformer, but Gremlin chose to add extra polish and release it on multiple formats at a later date, …

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LUNAR Remastered Collection, I, Robot, Rusty Rabbit, Hot Rod Mayhem, and DOKAPON! Sword of Fury hit the Switch

We’re mere hours away from the start of a long weekend. If you’re hoping to spend the next four days playing new Switch games, the ever-dependable eShop has you covered.   RPG fans can jump into LUNAR Remastered Collection, which brings together two PS1/Saturn role players – Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (1996) and Lunar 2: Eternal …

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Wings of Endless descends onto PC and consoles in May

If you enjoyed the recent 2D explorative platformer Shadow of the Orient, or perhaps have an appreciation for the genre as a whole, then you may want to mark 8th May on your calendar – the day the similar looking pixel art endeavour Wings of Endless is set to launch. Due on all formats for …

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Drug Dealer Simulator review

Let’s not beat around the bush – a drug dealer simulator is far from the most morally virtuous concept. The spin put onto it, by both the developer and publisher, is that it allows players to create a drug empire from scratch without facing the consequences of pursuing this “career” in real life. We can …

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Discounted Bandai Namco software floods the UK retail charts

The latest retail charts are filled with re-entries of older discounted titles, suggesting last week was sluggish for physical media sales. Almost half the top 40 comprises re-entries, in fact. These are turbulent times. Hogwarts Legacy has returned to the top spot, seemingly due to the Switch version being discounted somewhere, as the wand flicking …

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Farming Simulator 16-bit Edition announced for Mega Drive/Genesis

Well, pickle our plums. GIANTS’ all-conquering Farming Simulator is about to gain a Mega Drive/Genesis release on a physical cartridge. This isn’t an entirely new game – it was first seen in Farming Simulator 25’s collector’s edition, which was only for PC. This marks the first time the 16-bit version has gained a physical release …

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CarGo! review

True to its name, this speedy time management game entails ferrying cargo around in a bustling city. The tutorial doesn’t do much to arouse the senses, merely involving a truck carrying iron ore to a smelter before dropping off girders at a delivery point. Thankfully, this isn’t the most creative use of cargo hauling the …

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