The Switch rules the roost this week, gaining not just the anticipated Deadly Premonition 2 but also Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town and Catherine: Full Body. The original Deadly Premonition was one of our favourite games of the last generation – a low budget horror adventure close to crumbling over its own ambition …
Unless you own a PSVR headset and have a passion for Marvel, the pickings are slim this week with no more than ten titles due. We’re reluctant chalk this up as a typical summer game drought though – it’s business as usual next week, with several big-name games planned. The PS Blog took a deeper …
If you’re looking to offset The Last of Us II’s ultra-violence, look no further than THQ’s SpongeBob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated. This krusty PS2 adventure – the first 3D Spongebob game, no less – has been given a complete overhaul, re-introducing cut content and adding a four-player mode. At around £25 it …
Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, The Last of Us Part II is on track to become one of the highest rated games of this year, if not the entire console generation. God is a Geek, Push Square, IGN, Game Informer and at least a dozen other outlets dished out top marks, praising …
First and foremost, this week sees the release of a new gaming platform. The anticipated Evercade handheld – officially out 8th June – uses low cost (£14.99) cartridges, with a library mostly consisting of retro complications. The Mega Cat Collection is the exception, featuring recent indie Coffee Crisis and a handful of others. A double …
The Switch rules the roost for a second week running, gaining not just a belated conversion of esteemed western RPG The Outer Worlds but also the anticipated Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – a follow-up to the Nintendo DS smash 42 All-Time Classics (aka Clubhouse Games.) The all-encompassing compendium has gained some surprisingly high review …
It’s a wonderful week for new releases, catering for all tastes. The same can be said for next week, incidentally, which sees the potentially huge Minecraft Dungeons – arguably May’s biggest release – and a triple-whammy of BioShock: The Collection, Borderlands Legendary Collection and XCOM Collection on Switch. Quite why 2K didn’t want to space …
Everything old is new again. This week sees the console release of Ion Fury, a new first-person shooter from 3D Realms, created using Build – the engine which powered Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior and a handful of other well-regarded ‘90s shooters. The PC version of Ion Fury from 2019 gained high praise from critics, …
The PS4 plays catch up this week, gaining belated releases of John Wick Hex – first released on PC late last year – and Void Bastards, the strikingly bold first-person shooter which went down well on Xbox One almost a year ago. The latter is out on Switch this week, too. John Wick Hex isn’t …
SEGA has certainly taken their time reviving Streets of Rage – the last entry was in 1994, beating the 18-year hiatus between Shenmue II and III by some seven years. During that time a handful of franchise reboots were pitched to SEGA. You’d think they’d jump at the chance of rekindling memories of one of …
We were expecting the intriguing sci-fi RPG Hellpoint this week, but for reasons obvious, it was delayed at the final hurdle. With no clear major new release, we’re left with a few smaller bits and bobs to talk about instead. Fallout 76 and Journey to the Savage Planet both receive significant updates and DLC. The …
The biggest release of the week, if not the month, is already in the hands of some lucky gamers. Square-Enix made the decision to ship physical copies of Final Fantasy VII Remake early due to COVID-19. Its bad news if you pre-ordered on PSN – Square-Enix are standing firm on 10th April for a worldwide …
While a virus outbreak is no fun at all in the real world, it does make a thrilling premise for a video game. This week’s new release line-up makes bold case points, including Capcom’s Resident Evil 3 and its online counterpart Resistance, along with the indie twin-stick shooter HyperParasite. Reviews of Resident Evil 3 dropped …
There was a time when strategy games were seldom seen on consoles, shunned by publishers who favoured more action-oriented affairs. This week is proof anything goes nowadays. Between the PS4 and Xbox One, no less than four tactical turn-based games are due out. While this may sound like overkill, they’re all quite different from one …
Some gaming pundits would have you believe DOOM Eternal is first ‘AAA’ title of the year. We’d argue that Sony’s Dreams, which was in development for most of this generation, holds that accolade. Still, there is a degree of logic here – chances are DOOM’s marketing budget alone eclipses the development costs of the recent …