Reviews of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD are live, and somewhat unsurprisingly, the consensus is that if you missed it before you shouldn’t miss it the second time around. Nintendo has gone to great effort to implement quality-of-life improvements, in hope that it doesn’t divide opinions in the way it did in 2011. …
Well, the latest Evercade cart reveal is certainly a surprise. Renovation Collection 1Â will include 12 titles from Japanese publisher Telenet and its US subsidiary Renovation. While obscure, these are deep cuts of 16-bit (Genesis/Mega Drive) history – all 12 games are considered rare nowadays, and consequently cherished by collectors. The games list reads as follows: …
Cotton Reboot isn’t the only game with a hint of witchcraft set for release next week – indie specialist Sometimes You has revealed Witchcrafty, a “temporary PS Vita exclusive†out 20th July. This 2D pixel art ‘Metroidvania’ comes from PigeonDev, creators of Awesome Pea and Dungeons & Bombs, both of which we enjoyed. Set in …
This newest entry in the Worms franchise makes some significant changes. Instead of a team of worms fighting it out in turns, Worms Rumble puts you in charge of a single worm, wiggling around a side-scrolling arena in real-time while trying to annihilate other players. For those worrying that Worms Rumble is gaming heresy, don’t …
All signs point to PS5 consoles being restocked last week – Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has managed to return to the UK chart top spot, climbing from #6. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales usually resurfaces following a PS5 restock, but not this week – it dropped one position to #12. Our guess is that only …
If you’re under the impression Codemasters’ Formula One games are earlier every year, then you’re right – the long-running publisher, now under EA’s wing, has found success in launching F1 during the quieter summer months. This year’s release offers a two-player story mode titled Braking Point, and new split-screen multiplayer. The deluxe version launches Tuesday, …
Here’s something you don’t see all that often: A late PSP game which never made it outside of Japan, resurrected on modern formats for an international release. While Sony’s first handheld never quite took off here in Europe, it was huge in Japan. Coming off the back of a Monster Hunter fuelled boom just over …
It took a while, but eventually Capcom won over the west with their long-running Monster Hunter series. If you still aren’t onboard, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin offers a change of pace to the mainline entries, playing like a traditional JRPG – one with a fun combat system for an easier going experience. Reviews …
Nintendo has ended months of speculation by finally revealing a new Switch model. It isn’t a more powerful system, however, but rather a revision. Nintendo Switch OLED Model, as it’s officially known, boasts a larger 7-inch OLED screen, a new dock with a wired LAN port, a wider adjustable stand for tabletop mode, 64GB of …
Space Jam: A New Legacy – The Game launched on Xbox One last week, available as a free perk for Ultimate Game Pass members. Aside from being a rather brazen promotional tool, there’s one other downside – it’s incredibly short, with a runtime of around 30-40 mins. While it lasts, however, it’s pretty good. What we …
In what was a slow week for UK game sales, Mario Golf: Super Rush had no trouble maintaining the UK chart top spot. FIFA 21 also held onto #2 for the second week running. The rest of the top ten merely saw a slight shuffle, with the only noteworthy occurrence being Switch launch title Zelda: …
July’s big-name releases are spread thinly, with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD and F1 2021 Deluxe Edition due next week and then a lull until the likes of Cris Tales, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Samurai Warriors 5 arrive at the end of the month. This week is quite Switch centric – Nintendo’s platform …
I came to this arcade-style shooter expecting a sense of dread and despair – the artwork, showing hellish crimson backdrops, focuses on the game’s mechanical arachnoid adversaries. All the more surprising to find that the tone is light-hearted, backed by comic-book style presentation. You play as a baseball cap-wearing dogsbody, tasked with blasting metallic bugs …
Neither Destroy All Humans or Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny – two of this week’s biggest Switch releases – seem to be going down amazingly well with critics. Destroy All Humans, while still a lot of fun, has a few setbacks with Screen Rant mentioning that it’s prone to crashing. Not exactly the definitive version …
Some ideas are so remarkably obvious they leave you wondering why nobody has thought of them before. Arkan: the dog adventurer fuses arcade-style brick breaking, as seen in Breakout and Arkanoid, with traditional platforming. Our bipedal canine hero is able to double jump around the single screen arenas while returning the ball with his staff, …
