Retro specialists Mega Cat Studios are gearing up to release three new physical Nintendo games later this month – two for NES, and one for SNES. The SNES gains Super Fanger, a top-down and spooky take on tag that has a two-player mode, four maps, and characters with special abilities. The NES’ Plyuk meanwhile involves …
The Switch eShop has awoken from its Christmas slumber. It isn’t back up to full speed just yet, though, with fewer releases than usual – hence why this round-up is remarkably similar to our multiformat round-up from Monday. Those seeking a role-playing fix have two to consider. Fairy Tail: Dungeons is a deck-building roguelike, based …
Last November saw Rare’s mutant bashing beat’em up platformer Battletoads arrive not just on the Nintendo Switch Online Service but also on the humble Evercade via a new Rare collection. While it would have been neat to see the visually superior Mega Drive/Genesis version re-released, it was of course the 1991 NES original given a …
Rebellion’s revival of Speedball – the Bitmap Brothers’ brutal futuristic sports franchise – comes to PS5 and Xbox Series on 27th January, following a skint in early access on PC. Set in 2138, Speedball sees two cybernetically augmented teams go head-to-head in violent and unpredictable ball lobbing matches. Boasting a fast pace, it features arenas …
This week’s UK retail chart, dated the week ending 3rd January, gives insight into which games people were playing over Christmas and New Year’s. The top three positions are unchanged, so there’s not much to write about there. EA Sports FC 26 remains no.1, followed by Mario Kart World and Call of Duty: Black Ops …
Considering we’re barely a week into January, a surprising number of new releases are lined up for your perusal. tinyBuild’s cosy rooftop settlement builder I Am Future is about to arrive on all three console formats, currently boasting ‘mostly positive’ reviews on Steam. Set in a flooded city, it involves fishing, farming, tinkering and more. …
It’s the first day of the year, and already a new game announcement has been made. That’s apt, we guess. After making a splash on Evercade a few months ago, modern Amiga dungeon crawler Roguecraft DX has its sights set on a trio of retro-inspired formats, along with the confirmation that PC and current-gen console versions …
Possibly setting the tone for 2026, January sees a steady flow of Japanese RPGs and longer gaps between other major new releases. There are far fewer games than last January, that’s for certain. Things kick off with a console release of tinyBuild’s rooftop leaping post-apocalyptic camp builder I Am Future, along with eastasiasoft’s electrifying pixel …
Much like Pac-Man in the 1980s, Toaplan’s platforming mascots Nick and Tom – aka the Snow Bros. – never had a uniform design, with their looks changing depending on which publisher had them under their wing. We’ve seen the duo several times since the Toaplan treasure chest of classics was unlocked for plundering, and it’s …
Very little has occurred within this week’s UK retail (physical) chart, right down to a top four that remains unchanged. This means EA Sports FC 26 is no.1, followed by Mario Kart World, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Then at #5 it’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – meaning two Mario …
The pickings are slimmer than the remains of a Boxing Day buffet this week, which is to be expected – the gaming industry always enters a lull between Christmas and NYE. Even the Switch eShop is looking quiet, with only around five new releases due at the time of writing: the side-scrolling and puzzle packed …
Christmas always sees a slew of shovelware on the Switch eShop, and this year is no exception. The situation is even worse than usual as there are some rather brazen imitations of popular games, such as CloverPit Gamble – a near identical clone of the excellent CloverPit. Also lined up are feeble copies of PowerWash …
The SEGA Saturn’s Sonic R and the N64’s Diddy Kong Racing have far more in common than both being mascot-led racers. In fact, their development cycles are uncannily similar, both starting as entirely different projects before changing direction and going on to headline the winter line-ups for their respective systems, against all odds. If that …
In addition to the already confirmed PC version – available now on Steam – the passenger ferrying Taxi Chaos 2 has managed to simultaneously launch on Xbox this week. [UPDATE] It’s also out now on Switch for £31.49. This comes as a surprise – last week’s press release only mentioned that the PC version is …
The Evercade range of retro devices has really hit a stride this year, with reports of certain cartridges hard to find and the likes of the Neo Geo Hyper Pocket selling out online. From its humble beginnings of cartridges featuring nothing but NES arcade conversions and whatever IP holders Piko were able to provide, it …
