When ’80s and ’90s publishers folded and began consuming one another, it wasn’t always immediately obvious who owned the rights to what. In an industry fixated on the future, nobody gave it much thought, but nowadays – with retro gaming being huge – it’s up to IP holders such as PIKO and Nightdive to try …
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is the UK’s no.1 for the second week running, meaning Techland’s Dying Light 2 settles for #2 within the all-formats physical top 40. GI.biz reports Dying Light 2’s physical sales were stronger than Guardians of the Galaxy, and just narrowly behind Battlefield 2042. Sales were split 54% on PS5, 27% on Xbox …
Reviews of OlliOlli World went live a whole five days ahead of launch, showing great confidence from publisher Private Division. If it wasn’t for the PC release of God of War, the skateboarding action-platformer would be the highest rated release of the year so far, with the Switch version boasting an 89% Metacritic. “Tight and …
With a name like Pupperazzi, you have to wonder what came first: the desire to make something centred around canine photography, or thinking of that pun-tastic name and then devising a game around it. Either way, it gives us hope that our game – Stalingrad, entailing a bunch of starlings squabbling over mealworms on a …
Back in 1989, US mail order service Funco updated their price list with Yeah Yeah Beebiss – a NES game that was never released and never heard of again. Nintendo fans have long speculated what it may have been, with some thinking it was merely a copyright trap – intended to catch those lazily copying …
Some games revel in your success, pushing you onwards to greater and more satisfying accomplishments in the moment-to-moment loop. Trigger Dungeon would like you to die and suffer while you’re doing it. Immediately familiar to anyone with a history of ‘rage games’ (I Wanna Be The Guy, et al), Trigger Dungeon isn’t so much about …
A commercial for a certain brand of butter once convinced the world that homemade cakes are better than store-bought. Sure, they may have runny icing, burnt edges, unevenly placed sprinkles and contain the occasional teaspoon, but it’s the care and graft that counts. Indie twin-stick space shooter Guntech 2 echoes this sentiment. It was made …
Considering the UK retail chart hasn’t amounted to much recently, it’s pleasing to see that physical releases can still ‘do the business’ in this digital age. Pokémon Arceus: Legends is proving to be a colossal success, with some retailers sold out, and Curry’s claiming it to be their biggest ever pre-order of all time. The …
Following on from last week’s double-whammy of Pokémon Legends: Arceus and the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection comes another pairing of a big-name release and an awaited remaster. Dying Light 2 Stay Human has been a long time coming, first announced in 2018. Some even feared it would never emerge from its development struggles. Techland …
After a two-decade hiatus, platform mascot Kao The Kangaroo is making a comeback this summer. This 3D platform series began on Dreamcast before heading to the likes of PS2, Xbox and GameCube for a sequel. Kao Challengers also hit PSP in 2005, being a remake of Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2. Over 700k units were …
Sometimes you stumble across a game that, as soon as you see it, think “That’s a great idea! Why didn’t someone do that before?” because it’s one of those obvious things that should’ve made complete sense to anyone to make. This was my reaction upon first seeing Cat Box Paradox on Twitter for #screenshotsaturday – …
According to Nintendo, almost 60 games launched on the eShop last week. A new record, we believe. This week is nowhere near as jam-packed, which may have something to do with a little-known thing by the name of Pokémon. Back in 2005, fans hoped Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness on GameCube would deliver a more …
Indie games are often designed to arouse nostalgia for the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Occasionally the 32-bit era, too. When Drakkar Dev set about creating this top-down mech hack ‘n slash/shooter hybrid, we very much doubt they hoped to bring back memories of the Xbox 360/PS3 era. Or more specifically, a half-baked licensed movie/cartoon tie-in …
Modern puzzle adventures are usually relaxed affairs that give ample time to solve their brain teasers. Summertime Madness is the exception, intended to be played with a six-hour time limit. At any time, it’s possible to bring up the protagonist’s pocket watch to see how much time is left. This isn’t merely a gameplay feature …
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Extraction – which boasts a 74% Metacritic – is the first new arrival of 2022 within the UK chart, entering at #4. It also managed to top both the PS5 and Xbox One Series X charts, and this was despite it being available on Xbox Game Pass. Chances are it didn’t …
