I’ve always had an appreciation for artwork created using ballpoint pens. I think this comes from the fact that they’re simple, everyday, items. Ergo a reminder that striking art can be created using even the most basic of writing implements. Puzzle adventure Inked: A Tale of Love taps into this, featuring isometric levels with a …
Tonight’s Nintendo Direct spells an air of uncertainty over this week’s eShop line-up, as it’s likely we can expect at least one shadow drop. The Outer Wilds is our guess, having now missed its proposed ‘summer 2021’ release date. [Update] Castlevania Advance Collection, SNES remaster Actraiser Renaissance, Arcade Archives PAC-MAN, Arcade Archives XEVIOUS, and free …
Narrative-driven dystopian crazy golf. It’s a high concept, but all three elements are crucial – Golf Club: Wasteland works because it adds up to more than the sum of those three parts. The dystopia is enjoyably bleak. Having made an absolute mess of Earth, the super-rich have moved to Mars, and come back to Earth …
Remember the scene in Finding Nemo where the clownfish and his newfound friends find themselves trapped in plastic bags following a daring escape? Bossa Studios’ I Am Fish takes that idea and runs with it, being a physics-based adventure in which four fishy friends – separated from a pet shop – attempt to escape from …
Following Nintendo’s decision to reduce the Switch’s price to £260, we expected to see first-party Nintendo games riding the all-formats retail chart high this week. The sudden price cut doesn’t appear to have had any impact whatsoever, however, with just four Switch games in the top ten. WarioWare: Get It Together – the latest major …
We’ve long wished for a SEGA Master System collection. This week, that dream becomes a reality. Well, kind of – SEGA’s investigative adventure Lost Judgment contains eight playable SMS games, including Enduro Racer, Woody Pop, Penguin Land, and Alex Kidd in Miracle World. We guess this means Lost Judgment has Alex Kidd in Miracle World …
If you frequent Twitter, you may have caught wind of the indie art package Colors Live – the retail release of which comes packaged with a SonarPen accessory. Shortly after Nintendo tweeted about the game’s impending release, they were hit with a backlash from fans. The mix up here being that many assumed it was …
Metal Slug 1st Mission and Metal Slug 2nd Mission are being plucked from the already released NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 on Switch for a standalone package. Metal Slug 1st & 2nd Mission Double Pack brings the two NeoGeo Pocket Color run and gunners together at a more appealing price point, adding modern features such as the ability to rewind. SNK’s …
On the first day of the year, most of the population is waking up with a hangover. Either that or they’re contemplating a gym membership. For humble medieval shop keep Merek, it’s a case of getting back to work to make some serious Crown. His friend Tess has just returned from travelling the world, bringing …
You’ll know exactly what to expect from brand new arcade-to-home port Cruis’n Blast just moments after firing it up for the first time. This is a game that unashamedly revels in its garish demeanour, its flashy presentation and wild vehicle line-up accurately setting the tone for its racing, where the difference between a first place …
Essentially a cat simulator, in a similar vein to the equally daft Goat Simulator, Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered entails making a mess in various households – in first person – before letting your chosen kitty run riot in a supermarket, a museum and a few other spacious locations. If you’ve ever returned home to find your …
Even with the absence of Sonic Colours: Ultimate, this week’s UK chart is one of the more eventful of recent times. Finally, some new releases have arrived. WarioWare: Get It Together takes no.1 in the all-formats top 40, replacing the evergreen Minecraft – the week before last was incredibly slow for UK game sales. …
More? More games? If you’ve finished those you already own, then sure – we’re happy to oblige. Providing you promise you aren’t telling us a porky. The PS5 gains another exclusive, in the form of Arkane’s Deathloop – a time loop involving eight-character assassinations, tasking you with breaking the cycle. After making sense of the …
When Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic launched in 2003, it took many by surprise – it wasn’t just a great Star Wars game, which itself was a rarity, but one of the greatest games of all time. One of the first titles we awarded a 10/10 to, if our failing collective memory serves. …
The current year in video games may well go down as one of the best as far as unexpected revivals of Japanese classics go. So far, we’ve seen classic shooting game series Cotton rebooted, No More Heroes 3 was finally completed, and classic adventure games Famicom Tantei Club and Tsukihime were remade entirely. Konami has …
