Matt Gander 
While Nightdive and Aspyr regularly remaster classic and cult first-person shooters, from Star Wars: Dark Forces to SiN Reloaded, a handful of developers are creating new experiences that draw from the past. MAETH’s SPRAWL zero is a fine example, intended to look and feel like a noughties shooter. It’s easy to imagine playing it on …
Hot Wheels games from the ’90s and noughties weren’t up to much, simply being casual racers with a handful of recognisable vehicles to justify use of the licence, and a forgiving difficulty level to keep the younger audience content. Then, in 2021, along came Milestone with Hot Wheels Unleashed, a racer that made good on …
Proving that physical media isn’t quite dead yet, this week’s all formats UK retail (physical) chart features an all-new top three. This isn’t something we see too often. Bandai Namco’s The Blood of Dawnwalker and Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword take positions #1 and #2, respectively. Both have crossed the 1m sales mark worldwide, …
Milestone has seemingly put the Hot Wheels Unleashed series on hiatus, choosing to give us Hot Wheels Infinite Rush instead. This is an open-world racer, set across four islands, with countless challenges to complete – not just races, but also stunt, photo, and destruction-based affairs. If you’re still lamenting the fact that EA never gave …
It seems fair to say that Jaleco Sports Faceoffs – out today on PS5 and Switch, with PC to follow – offers some deep cuts of retro sports sim history. In fact, one of the games present (Pro Sports Hockey for NES) reportedly sells for hundreds of dollars nowadays. The full roster reads as follows: …
We’ve seen a few LEGO consoles in the past, including the NES, Mega Drive and Atari 2600. Now it’s Sony’s turn with a 1:1 recreation of the original PlayStation. Regrettably running a few years late to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the console, the LEGO PlayStation is formed of 1,911 pieces and comes with a …
Last week gave us a cracker of a conversion in the form of Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, with numerous critics smitten by how it looks and plays on the Switch 2. We aren’t quite as fortunate this week, as the fellow Souls-like Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition is reportedly arriving on Switch 2 with …
This week’s UK retail (physical) chart sees six new entries in the all formats top 40. Not exactly unprecedented, but still far more than usual. Riding the chart high is Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2, securing a rare no.1 for Konami. It also tops the PS5 chart, while taking #2 in the Xbox Series …
If it wasn’t for the fact that this is a sequel, I could believe that the Marsupilami licence was added to this platformer mid-development. Like its predecessor, it showcases platform mastery usually associated with Nintendo and its carefully chosen partner studios. That’s to say, there was clearly a desire here to make a polished platformer, …
All is not well in this titular lagoon. A storm has torn through the tropical archipelago, ruining the lives of the oddball critters that live on the various, otherwise calm, islands. Lou, a kind soul many are proud to call their friend, has also gone missing, believed to be somehow connected with the storm emerging …
For years, if not decades, Capcom fans have clamoured for a new Onimusha. This week their pleas are fulfilled – in the form of the multiformat Onimusha Way of the Sword – but due to being brought forward a few weeks, it finds itself up against Bandai Namco’s The Blood of Dawnwalker, which is tipped …
What’s better than a new Worms game? Two, of course. That’s just like cutting a worm in half to make two new worms. An old playground myth, there. Worms Galactic Tactics is in development at Guildford-based Absolutely Games (creators of Classified: France ‘44) and is a 3D tactical turn-based affair with destructible environments and roguelike elements. There’s …
Another day, another retro revival. This time it’s the turn of the plucky cavemen Joe & Mac in a new retro collection from Red Art Games. It’s our understanding that this project was Kickstarter funded around a year ago. There’s still a while to wait, especially if you want to own it physically, as the retail …
In one of the more surprising announcements made at gamescom, the Commodore 64 Ultimate – a modern take on the much-loved microcomputer – is about to receive a Cyberpunk 2077 edition. A cosmetic makeover results in a smoked grey translucent case, a soft turquoise glow and graffiti tags, giving a scruffier yet futuristic appearance. It’ll also …
In a surprise move, Atari and Activision are joining forces to re-issue 39 physical Atari 2600 games. The surprise here being that Activision was originally formed by disgruntled Atari employees. That was yonks ago, of course – and the two companies are worlds apart nowadays. The Atari x Activision Collection, as it’s known, has three ways …