As any responsible adult will tell you, first impressions count. I finished this side-scrolling brawler on my first attempt in around 45 minutes and found it scrappy and overly chaotic, with the screen constantly panning and shaking and often littered with explosions that obscure the action – partly because one playable character carries petrol bombs …
The classic video game trope of a protagonist suffering from amnesia features in this peculiar yet inviting hybrid of farming sim and horror adventure. It’s used to much better effect than in most indie horror games, serving not only as one of many threads to unravel but also as a source of intrigue from the …
As is tradition, the latest Call of Duty has shot straight to the top of the UK retail chart. Usually, EA Sports FC and Call of Duty spend the rest of the year battling it out for no.1, but with Zelda: Ocarina of Time and GTA VI due out in the coming weeks, EA and …
Helping to fill the colossal gap left by the lack of first-party PS5 titles is Phantom Blade Zero – a hack-and-slash RPG developed in China and powered by Unreal Engine 5, clearly aiming to repeat the success of Black Myth: Wukong and Stellar Blade. You play as Soul, an elite assassin who has been framed …
When it came to Disney’s tie-in games, the priority was always to release them on formats children could access, rather than on the most powerful hardware. That’s why this retro collection begins in 1995 with a couple of late releases for the Mega Drive and SNES and ends with a late-2001 PS1 game. In both …
Far fewer games than usual are hitting the Switch eShop this week. We can only assume that indie publishers didn’t want to tangle with a triple threat of Call of Duty, Final Fantasy, and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort – three of the best-selling franchises of all time. Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is a Switch 2 …
Despite development budgets and team sizes being far smaller in the ‘90s, it seems that the 16-bit market was more cutthroat than we realised at the time. This is evidenced by the vast number of games for the Mega Drive and SNES that were completed but never released, presumably due to the cost of producing …
After being namedropped during a Steam backend leak, we imagined Shrek 2 Remastered to launch closer to the upcoming movie in 2027. But no – it’s out next month (10th November). Does this mean more Shrek game remasters are due between now and when Shrek 5 launches in June? Perhaps. Shrek 3 and Shrek Forever …
Meet Davy. He’s a low-level zombie in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by monsters that have left humanity on the brink. Davy isn’t like the ogres, lizard men and werewolves patrolling the crumbling surface, though. Not only does he refuse to eat humans, but he also has a reason to live after falling for a girl …
The PSP saw around 2,000 releases during its ten-year lifespan, the vast majority of which remain trapped on Sony’s humble handheld. Sure, many of these were merely bespoke versions of popular multiformat games, but you won’t have to look far to find an exclusive that has never been re-released. One franchise that managed to make …
For a second week running, the UK retail (physical) chart sees a smattering of new releases within the top ten. For a second consecutive week also, none were able to take EA Sports FC 27’s place at the top of the all formats top 40. EA’s sports sim remains no.1 in the PS5, PS4 and …
It’s new Call of Duty time once more. If you’re thinking this annual tradition has come around earlier this year, then you’re right – November is usually reserved for new entries. The ripples caused by GTA 6 are in full effect; not even the second-biggest name in gaming is safe. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare …
To mark the 40th anniversary of the retro platforming star Dizzy, Philip and Andrew Oliver have announced a Kickstarter for a new SEGA Mega Drive collection. The Eggcellent Dizzy Collection features Dizzy the Adventurer, PANIC! Dizzy, and Go! Dizzy Go! in a single cartridge. This is the same trio that graced 1993’s The Excellent Dizzy …
Kalanoro is a harmonious thing. Not just because it’s about a music-playing Madagascan forest spirit, but also because it’s a Madagascan-developed game, being Red Raketa’s debut. The main antagonist in this adventure platformer is a capitalist witch from overseas, Raneny – which is the Malagasy word for mother, so perhaps there’s an excerpt on the cutting-room …
As much as we’d love to see modern-day Acclaim revive some of their old franchises, that doesn’t appear to be something we expect any time soon. So much time has passed that most of their IP is either lost or has already seen a re-release – such as Turok and Shadow Man. Re-Volt has managed to …
