Last year SEGA released Sonic Superstars the same week as Super Mario Bros. Wonder and went on to report lacklustre sales. This week, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD and Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble are going head-to-head. While not as heavy hitting as a new mainline Sonic or Super Mario, most are likely to choose Luigi …
No doubt many gamers spent the weekend revisiting Elden Ring in preparation for this week’s full price (£49.99) Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. Rather than being accessible to all, players must have defeated both Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood before accessing the new region. The achievement/trophy tracking sites reported that a very high …
Thinking about it, the middle of the year is an ideal time to release an exhaustive 100+ hour RPG. Disposable income is thin on the ground during the start of a year, while winter sees a slew of big budget releases. This week’s Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is also destined for all formats, meaning …
IllFonic’s latest asymmetrical multiplayer slasher takes the stupendously ridiculous cult movie Killer Klowns From Outer Space and works it into a familiar formula. Reviews went live last week in conjunction with the early access version and were generally positive, although it was possible to sense some genre fatigue too. The Xbox version boasts a 74% …
The Xbox gains a couple of belated bangers this week, with human shepherding puzzler HUMANITY hitting Game Pass, and the sentient action-figure shooter HYPERCHARGE Unboxed launching on 31st May. Microsoft’s box also gains Lesson Learned, a tower-defence game set in a peculiar daydream world. Makes a change from tanks and aliens. The sun soaked arcade-style racer …
Microsoft appears to be in a transitional period, provoked by less than stellar sales of the Xbox Series and the Game Pass subscriber count consequently reaching a cap. Our visions were once of regular first-party games from the dozen-or-so studios under the Xbox banner, and it beggars belief that regular output hasn’t occurred – major …
Originally due in April, Braid Anniversary Edition was pushed back until this week to give it breathing space. The cult puzzle platformer, with its novel time rewinding mechanic, has been given a lick of paint and now features new puzzles, along with a 15-hour developer commentary. Look out for it on 14th May. Proving just …
It’s a bank holiday here in the UK, but it seems no publishers have thought to capitalise on the long weekend. The first bunch of new releases roll out on Wednesday, opening the floodgates for a wave of new indies – it’s a busier week than anticipated with 21 new games on Xbox alone. We …
Accessibility appears to be at the core of Milestone’s MotoGP 24 – which is Switch bound unlike last week’s TopSpin 2K25 – with one of the major new additions being an adaptable difficulty curve. It’ll also feature split-screen play, a full 2024 campaign, and the ability to edit stickers that can plastered over both the …
Why so many publishers have major new releases planned for this week is a mystery – it’s a ridiculously busy week, with new titles from Sony, SEGA, 2K, EA, Atari, and Square-Enix. From Bandai-Namco comes the desert wasteland action RPG SAND LAND, based on the late Akira Toriyama’s 2000 manga series. You’re cast into the …
There’s something fishy about this week’s new releases, and we don’t mean the games themselves. Well, that’s not strictly true. The PlayStation formats gain the indie sensation Dave the Diver – a deep sea fishing RPG, with exploration during the day and restaurant management at night – while the stop-motion ‘future retro’ narrative adventure Harold …
Green fingered gamers can look forward to exploring Botany Manor this week. Set in 1890, this puzzle adventure involves growing rare plants in order to finish a botany book. The puzzle solving slant sounds intriguing, requiring ‘out of the box’ thinking for some solutions, with only limited resources available and the rules of nature to …
After a hectic start to 2024, it seems that April will offer a slight break, with most of the month’s big-name releases (Sandland, ZAU, Top Spin 2K25, Stellar Blade) still a few weeks away. This week we can expect Saviorless, a dark fantasy 2D platformer with hand drawn animation, and one of the first indie …
It’s a modest week for new releases, with a handful of titles to consider playing while devouring chocolate eggs over the upcoming long Easter weekend. That’s if you can tear yourself away from the potential GOTY candidate Dragon’s Dogma II, which appears to be drawing a lot of people’s attention currently. THQ Nordic are back …
Steady your wallets, as numerous big name titles are vying for your hard-earned cash this week. This should make for an interesting UK retail chart next Monday, with a handful of titles destined to set tills ringing. Or couriers out delivering, which is more likely the case these days. Dragon’s Dogma 2 is something long …