Fishing games are usually relaxing affairs. DREDGE stands out as quite the exception – it’s a sinister fishing adventure with a mystery to unravel. Darkness, thrashing tentacles, and large sea creatures with glowing eyes – it’s the complete opposite of SEGA’s blue-sky set Get Bass Fishing. You play as a down-on-their-luck fisherman, out to explore …
Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! is bouncing over to gamers in the west next year, ININ Games has revealed. You may also know the series as Bust-A-Move, where it suffered from hideous box art at the hands of publisher Acclaim. While the traditional match-three puzzle element remains unchanged, there is a new feature elsewhere – a four-player …
After launching on Steam earlier this year, where it accumulated ‘very positive’ user reviews, the Kickstarter-funded cartoon-style scrolling brawler Jitsu Squad is heading to Switch, PS4, and PS5 later this year both as a digital download and at retail. An Xbox version is also planned for later down the line. Lots of games are …
When THQ Nordic acquired the Alone in the Dark franchise rights in 2018, we expected them to simply re-release the older games in the series and perhaps give the much-maligned 2008 entry a HD makeover. Turns out they had far greater plans – a full-on franchise reboot has been revealed, seemingly taking inspiration from Capcom’s …
Just like the Spice Girls once sang, two have become one. SNK has bundled together the previously Japan-only NeoGeo Pocket Color battlers MEGA MAN: THE POWER BATTLE and MEGA MAN 2: THE POWER FIGHTERS into one package for Switch. Now known as MEGA MAN BATTLE & FIGHTERS, it pits Mega Man, Bass, Duo, and Proto …
The Switch’s vertical shooter Raiden IV x MIKADO remix – which boasts an impressive 86% Metacritic – is set to arrive on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and PC in early 2023. NISA are handling publishing duties, revealing Special and Deluxe versions for PS4, PS5, and Xbox One/Xbox Series. The Deluxe version includes a …
Say what you want about simulator games, but at least you always know what you’re getting into, whether it’s farming, pressure washing, or becoming a street artist. Street Artist Simulator gives the chance to become the next Banksy…or perhaps one of those annoying twerps that doodle wangers everywhere. A Wanksy. Set in a large …
QUByte and PIKO’s next multiformat retro re-release is a bit of an oddity. QUByte Classics: Thunderbolt Collection by PIKO – to use its full title – brings together two rare and obscure unlicensed Taiwanese shoot’em ups. Thunderbolt did the rounds on the Famicom bootleg scene in 1993, while Thunderbolt II made it to Mega Drive in …
The Mega Drive/Genesis Mini must have been a success for SEGA, as a follow-up has not only been revealed, but is now confirmed for the US. The Genesis Mini 2 – based on the smaller Genesis 2 – features improved hardware and comes with a 6-button pad as standard. Only one controller is bundled with …
The Rumble Fish is one of those mythical games – the kind you may see namedropped online, but never exposed in full. No retrospectives, no re-releases, no internet memes. It simply exists as something few have heard of, and even fewer have played. This 2D beat’em up series was developed by Dimps, a studio best …
If you’re in the mood for a twin-stick shooter, then we have some good news – Aniquilation launches July 27th on Steam and consoles. That’s providing you don’t mind waiting a couple of weeks, of course. Terraforming is the big attraction here, giving chance not to just use the environment as a weapon, but to …
After a lengthy three-year development cycle, the visually impressive sci-fi FPS Bright Memory: Infinite launches July 21st on PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch. It will include all paid DLC from the PC version – which launched last November and currently has ‘very positive’ reviews on Steam – and those who own the prelude Bright Memory …
We didn’t expect another Evercade cartridge to be announced this week, yet here we are. It seems manufacturers Blaze are listening to feedback, as the next cartridge is a Commodore 64 extravaganza, featuring 14 titles – including Impossible Mission, Summer Games, and Jeff Minter’s Iridis Alpha. Blaze has partnered with the C64 Mini creators Retro …
Following the popularity of their Xenocrisis/Tanglewood double indie game cart, Evercade has revealed a similar two-game package. Cart number 27 will include Alwa’s Awakening from Elden Pixels and a native port of Cathedral from Decemberborn. That’s to say, Cathedral isn’t an emulated version – it’s a bespoke and fully optimised conversion. Pre-orders go live …
Ever since the days of the original PlayStation, Atari has released at least one new retro compilation per generation. As such, they’ve become rather stale over the years, with Atari Flashback on Switch failing to even generate a minor buzz. It’s perhaps not much of a surprise to hear that Atari is going all-in for …