Matt Gander 
If you’ve been keeping credit in your eShop wallet since Christmas, there’s a good chance you’ll want to splurge this week – there’s a slew of notable new releases. From Nintendo themselves, there’s Fire Emblem Engage, a strategic turn-based battler with summons and varied terrane. Reviews are now live, with scores being a mixture of …
With Raiden IV x Mikado’s PlayStation and Xbox release just weeks away, publisher NIS America has revealed plans to publish Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX this summer. This revamped package takes the 2005 shooter – which was released on PS2 in Europe via then budget publisher 505 Games – and adds rearranged music, wallpapers, online …
If you’ve kept an eye on this pixel art adventure, you’ll know that it’s centered around a cataclysmic event. To the developer’s credit, it does such a good job of absorbing you in the pursuits of high school teens Atma and Raya, that it’s easy to forget the said event will inevitably occur. Instead of awaiting …
We didn’t expect this week’s UK retail charts to be quite so eventful, for want of a better description. Anime tie-in One Piece Odyssey managed to enter at #14 in the all formats top 40, while also arriving at #4 in the PS5 chart, #5 in the Xbox Series top ten, and #11 in the …
We fail to recall a January anywhere near as busy as this one. Dead Space and Forspoken are less than two weeks away, while this week sees Monster Hunter Rise, Fire Emblem Engage, and a whole lot more. Rumours also persist of Microsoft launching GoldenEye 007 during their upcoming conference. After a successful launch on …
Given the time of year, the next two weeks are looking surprisingly busy for the Switch. With a first-party release on the agenda (Fire Emblem Engage) it’s doubtful anyone would disagree. This week is the quieter of the two – no major releases, but lots of intriguing indies. From JoyMasher – creators of Oniken, Odallus, …
This point ‘n click style adventure takes us back to a simpler time. The children within a ramshackle village play outdoors together, and the humble townsfolk share both a well and a communal food store. Most have a role within the community too, be it a baker or a farmer. All the more peculiar, then, …
This first UK chart of 2023 is here, revealing that God of War: Ragnarok was the biggest-selling retail release last week. FIFA 23 also managed to hold onto #2. Indeed, there’s very little change within the top ten, with just Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II at #3 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at #4 …
While a few new releases surfaced last week, there wasn’t enough to warrant a full-blown round-up. Just to recap, the Xbox gained the promising wildlife-saving strategic RPG We Are The Caretakers, pixel art platformer Shieldmaiden: Remix Edition, and the comic book-style tower defense roguelike Space Raiders in Space. New arrivals on PSN, meanwhile, included Arcade Archives: …
UK-based publication Wireframe comes to an end this month, with the final issue (#70) hitting newsstands today. Editor Ryan Lambie says farewell in a blog post, mentioning a “confluence of factors” are behind the closure. Wireframe launched in 2018 and was originally released fortnightly for £3 an issue, supported by a free PDF version. Issue …
It looks like we can expect just one new release on the Xbox Store this week. Thankfully, it’s a decent one – We Are The Caretakers has already proven its worth on PC, where it launched back in 2021 as an early access release. It garnered positive reviews from users. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Ogre …
While the Xbox Store and PSN remain in a Christmas coma, the Switch eShop is a hubbub of activity. Nothing in the way of major new releases, granted, but there might be an indie or two to temp. This week we can expect the 2D sci-fi arena multiplayer battler AlphaLink – which first launched on …
With no new releases out – One Piece Odyssey (due Jan 12th) appears to be the first retail release of 2023 – it’s no surprise to find the UK retail chart rather quiet. There has been a slight shuffle though. God of War: Ragnarok is back at no.1, nudging FIFA 23 to #2. At #3 …
Also known simply as ‘Ships’ on the title screen, this is yet another simulator with a name that fails to give much away. Well, other than the fact that ships feature in some capacity. Are we fixing them, salvaging them for parts, or voyaging across the ocean waves? If a publisher launched games called ‘Cars’ …
A typical January sees a dozen indie releases and a new major release or two at the month’s end, with Capcom being quite fond of capitalising on the January lull. This year, the first week of January is a tad slow – with just a dozen or so Switch eShop releases on the agenda, including …