Annual sporting update season is upon us, with two sports titles due this week. Madden NFL 23 introduces a new animation system for enhanced control, while Little League World Series Baseball 2022 is aimed at the younger crowd. Madden has a cult following in the UK, so expect it to chart highly next week…before swiftly …
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 …
Simulators seem to be rising in popularity, with the likes of PowerWash Simulator, Microsoft Flight Sim, plus various farming and trucking sims, becoming money makers almost overnight. Publisher Wired Productions could have easily asked developer Nosebleed to cram the word ‘simulator’ into Arcade Paradise’s title to form Arcade Management Simulator (or similar), which may have …
It’s a pretty good week for new Switch releases, with a couple of system exclusives joining the multitude of multi-format titles – all of which are promising. Those exclusives are Shin Chan – also known as the mouthful that is Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation -The Endless Seven-Day Journey – and …
We have no qualms with comparing this colourful and chaotic vertical shooter to an arcade game. Unfortunately for fans of the genre, the comparison is with one of those modern child-sized novelty cabinets that dish out prize tickets. Bright colours, big explosions, simple gameplay, and little else. Pop in a pound and walk away five …
Nintendo’s Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – last week’s chart-topper – has fallen to #10 during its second week on sale. This isn’t quite as severe as it may sound, however – many JRPGs leave the top 40 entirely the week after launch. Horizon Forbidden West takes its place at the top of the UK retail chart. …
It’s a case of quality over quantity this week – only a handful of new releases per format, but the majority appear to be worthy of your valuable time. Two Point Campus makes its debut as an Xbox Game Pass release, and unlike Two Point Hospital, the Switch version launches day one also. Whereas Two …
EA has been around since 1982, amassing a back catalogue of hundreds – if not thousands – of games. Yet, the company very rarely explores its past, being firmly fixated on the future instead. This has been true for around a decade now, with the uber publisher doubling down on its annual sporting games, online …
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 …
It’s one of those rare weeks where there are no easily definable big-name releases due. To call this week a write-off though would be folly – there are a couple of RPGs, an unexpected retro collection, and a few intriguing indies. Before We Leave has made a belated appearance on Switch too. It’s a post-apocalyptic …
I’m done with humans. And humanoid aliens, and anthropomorphised animals – all an utter waste of gaming’s unbounded potential. If nothing else, Stray demonstrates what an unusual protagonist can do for a game. This should be familiar territory: a post-apocalyptic city inhabited by robots, you have to find out what went wrong and help out, …
Coming as no surprise, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the UK’s new no.1 in the all-formats retail chart. The Switch exclusive JRPG arrived to rave reviews, with some critics calling it the best in the genre on the system. The Metacritic currently sits at an impressive 89%. Switch RPGs tend to chart highly one week before …
One of the most renowned tales in gaming is how Rare become so sick of making cutesy 3D platformers that they went entirely in the opposite direction, turning Twelve Tales: Conker 64 into the crass and chaotic Conker’s Bad Fur Day. Not even Nintendo themselves would touch it, leaving THQ to pick up publishing rights. …
ININ Games will be bringing two ‘Ray-series’ shoot’em up collections to PS4 and Switch next year, one as a download and as a retail release, and one that’s download only – outside of a physical limited/collector’s edition. RayForce was the first in the ‘Ray-series’ to be released, hitting Japanese arcades in 1994. Western gamers may …
This week was originally looking a little quiet, but as if by magic, a gaggle of new indie releases have appeared. A ‘gaggle’ is the correct term, we believe. The PS4 and PS5 are set to receive the giant monster brawler GigaBash, featuring destructible environments and ten titans to master, along with the Unreal Engine …
