Due to being described as a retro style survival horror, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect from Malformation Games’ debut release. While it definitely makes good on its promise to provide an experience recalling Capcom’s 32-bit era horrors – with a little bit of Silent Hill and Parasite Eve …
Capcom’s celebrated puzzle shooter Pragmata missed out on becoming a coveted UK no.1 at launch, beaten by the Switch’s Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. This week’s retail (physical) chart corrects things, with Pragmata claiming a belated no.1 during its second week on sale. It also remains no.1 in the PS5 and Xbox Series charts. Tomodachi …
Limited Run are continuing their Nickelodeon partnership with a new Rugrats collection that includes a mixture of handheld and console games from the late ‘90s and early noughties. While we did see a few Rugrats games on the N64, this collection features PS1, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance titles only, all of which …
April has turned out far stronger for new releases than previously envisioned, with Pragmata, Vampire Crawlers, Tomodochi Life, and the surprise hit Mouse: P.I. for Hire generating a buzz on social media and gaining impressively high review scores. If you’re able to tear yourself away from that little lot, you’ll find another bumper crop of …
The press release for Kalanoro paints a vivid picture of the experience developer Red Raketa Studio are busy creating. As the studio is based in Madagascar, they’re injecting this upcoming action adventure – described as a “feel good rebellion” – with all manner of Malagasy folklore. We’re introduced to Kalakely, a fluffy creature blessed with mystical …
Finally, a relatable video game. Way back in middle school, every pupil was encouraged to dress up for a charity fun run around the school field. The next evening was then spent crudely creating a robot outfit using two cardboard boxes taped together and wrapped in tin foil – think Eric Cartman’s Awesom-O. While other …
When PC CD-ROM drives started to hit the market, a whole bunch of developers sought to harness the new possibilities of the medium, creating software that wasn’t possible before. Slowly, a catalogue of cutting-edge software was formed, led by the likes of Myst, Star Wars: Rebel Assault, and The 7th Guest. Many early PC CD-ROM …
The Switch gains a bunch of RPGs this week. Even if you closely follow gaming news, we imagine at least a couple of these come as a surprise. Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster, from Inti Creates, involves collecting resources in side-scrolling stages and then using them to restore a kingdom, with this …
Back in 2024, a Kickstarter launched to fund this brand new Mega Drive shooter – one intended to push SEGA’s humble 16-bit system and delight dedicated fans who still have a Mega Drive (or Genesis) hooked up to a dusty CRT somewhere. News of ZPF’s campaign spread through the retro gaming community, helping to smash …
The saying “There’s no smoke without fire” rings true in this Slavic folklore-filled fantasy adventure. Playing as an Asher – a fire mage able to see and alter memories of the past – you’re tasked with restoring the timeline, ergo altering the fate, of an entire village. This is achieved by trekking across the Finnish countryside …
This week’s UK retail chart further proves that Switch owners prefer physical media over digital. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream – the first major Switch release in some time – has managed to top the all formats retail chart, outselling Capcom’s highly acclaimed (and multiformat) Pragmata. The sci-fi shooter had to settle for #2, although …
Because it’s 4/20 – a day advocating cannabis culture – Atari are releasing the arcade style scrolling brawler Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch today to coincide. It features local co-op and vocal quips from Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith themselves. The appropriately themed Switch 2 version of High on Life 2 was originally planned for today …
Much like 2024’s puzzle platformer The Meating, this side-scrolling action game resembles a NES classic of yore, but isn’t something that could have existed during the NES’ heyday. This isn’t so much to do with looking and playing like a NES game on steroids – with numerous sprites on screen at once, fast action, and …
After successfully bringing back the Atari 2600, Atari 7800 and the Intellivision, Plaion are now turning their attention to SNK’s NeoGeo AES. The NeoGeo AES+ isn’t a mini console but rather a 1:1 recreation that can play existing and new cartridges, with ten games lined up for the 12th November launch. Neither is it merely …
After what feels like aeons, a new first-party Switch release is finally upon us. We are, of course, referring to the original Switch – Nintendo’s attention has been turned to their latest console mostly this year. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is a brand-new game too, and not a re-release or HD conversion. We really …
