Matt Gander 
Love makes people do crazy things. This is certainly the case for Star Overdrive’s punkish protagonist Bios, who has been cruising through space trying to find the whereabouts of his missing girlfriend Nous – with the two sharing a passion for loud music. After picking up a distress signal, Bios wastes no time in landing …
A pre-sequel to the cult classic PC/Amiga point ‘n click adventure Simon The Sorcerer is due to launch at the end of October, with ININ on publishing duties. This marks the first entry in the wizarding adventure series in almost three decades. Both the original voice actor (Chris Barrie) and the German voice actor (Erik Borner) …
To say publishers were choosey when it came to releasing titles on the GameCube is an understatement. True enough, the system was a much more appealing proposition than the N64, yet sluggish sales post launch, the use of smaller capacity discs than the competition, and the belief that Nintendo fans only buy first-party games all …
It seems that the glitzy trailers for MindsEye were enough to secure a bunch of pre-orders. The critically panned shooter, which currently has a 37% Metacritic due to being blatantly unfinished, managed to enter at #4 in the UK’s all formats physical chart. It also managed to top the PS5 top ten and make #2 …
A strangely vast number of games are due out this week, with somewhere in the region of 40 on Xbox alone. While a lot of these appear to be smaller, casual, puzzle games there’s a lot of meaty stuff to get stuck into as well. You’ll almost certainly find something to wash away the fowl …
Coming from Keita Takahashi, the mind behind the Katamari Damacy series, it isn’t much of a surprise to find that ‘to a T’ is imaginative when it comes to both its premise and character design. You play as a teenager permanently stuck in the ‘T pose’ who’s blundering their way through life and school, trying to …
QUByte Interactive’s Music Drive: Chase the Beat is a low poly action-focused driving game, influenced by favela communities. Rappers Tina and Tunner (ah!) are out to recover hard drives containing unreleased tracks, with Tina being the getaway driver and Tunner being a sharpshooter. The pursuit soon spills onto the streets, resulting in car chases and …
It’s one of the quietest weeks in Switch eShop history, with less than a dozen games due. We can only assume publishers believe Nintendo diehards are caught up in Switch 2 hype. First-person horror Y. Village – The Visitors is amongst the handful of games due, taking place in a mysterious village and featuring FMV …
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Vampire Survivors creator poncle should consider themselves so. Keeper’s Toll is brazenly influenced by the highly praised auto-shooter, right down to looking and sounding similar. But while clearly trying to ride the coattails of that game’s success, it not only shows a great understanding of the genre …
R-Type Delta isn’t the only PlayStation game about to gain a HD re-release. RPG specialists XSEED have also announced plans to bring Milano’s Odd Job Collection to the West for the first time. This Japanese exclusive, released in 1999, is a pixel art affair with a relaxed vibe. You play as Milano, an 11-year-old girl …
Seeking a companion, an old lady strolls down the halls of a cat adoption centre. She coughs and splutters while perusing the cats available, preferring an adult cat to spend her days with rather than a kitten. On the car journey home, the cat meows constantly, and once free of the carrier chooses to hide …
The UK retail (physical) charts are in, revealing which titles were purchased alongside a shiny new Switch 2 last week. The fact that nearly every physical release available on day one can be found within this week’s all formats top 40 suggests a strong launch. The only no show was Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. Coming …
Over the announcement-filled weekend, publisher Clear River Games revealed a few more titbits on their upcoming retro-inspired releases. First, a new game reveal. Side scrolling shooter R-Type Delta HD Boosted – based on the excellent 1998 PS1 original – is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC later this year, with a retail …
Third-person shooters were a dime a dozen during the Xbox 360/PS3 era. While the genre is still popular, they’re certainly fewer and further between nowadays. This week however sees two heavy hitters arrive, with both the IO Interactive published MindsEye and SEGA’s remaster Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Master Crafted Edition due out Tuesday. MindsEye – …
2020’s rhythm action platformer No Straight Roads is bringing the band back together for a sequel. Metronomik and Shueisha Games’ No Straight Roads 2 sees rock stars Mayday and Zuke joined by two newcomers after reaching international stardom, all of which have their own line of hack ‘n slash style combat. The story sees the …