THQ Nordic is best known for their HD re-releases and smaller mid-tier titles. This week, they raise that bar with Biomutant – an ambitious open-world ‘kung fu fable’ from the minds behind the Just Cause series. Polished with next-gen sheen, and running at 4K on Xbox One, THQ Nordic is definitely giving it a bigger …
It’s doubtful anyone expected the 3DS’ Miitopia to end up on Switch, but here we are – Nintendo clearly believed their Mii RPG didn’t quite reach its potential on its original format. Perhaps they felt Animal Crossing: New Horizons has paved the way for other games with social aspects. Reviews aren’t live yet, but there …
If you peruse the digital storefronts often, you’ve likely caught wind of the Outbreak franchise. This ‘old skool’ horror series, paying tribute to Resident Evil, has gained several spin-offs and sequels over the past 2-3 years. Judging by screenshots alone, each instalment reuses assets and runs on a retooled engine, simply adding co-op and other …
Despite being mathematically made of 1s and 0s, quite often the difference between a game that works and one that doesn’t is the way it feels. That difficult to articulate gut sensation. Rising Hell feels great. The combat is satisfying, fun and addictive, but explaining why isn’t easy. First, let us back up. Rising Hell …
EA’s ravishing Mass Effect: Legendary Edition remaster – which currently boasts a 90% Metacritic – is no.1 in this week’s UK top 40. It also tops both the Xbox One and PS4 charts, meaning Resident Evil Village has been completely dethroned. Resident Evil Village fell to #2 in the top 40, while Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles …
We weren’t expecting May to be quite as busy as it has been, but here we are, trying to cram as many big-name titles into a headline as possible. It’s no secret that EA’s Rocket Arena flopped. Undeterred, the uber publisher is back roughly one year on with the dodgeball-based Knockout City. It stands a …
Disney and Lucasfilm Games have decided to dust off 1993’s Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its 1994 sequel Ghoul Patrol for a console double-pack. The collection, due out 29th June, offers museum features – including a video interview – plus save states and a jukebox. The two-player mode remains intact, as you’d expect. Both games …
Developer Unknown Worlds has waited until the launch date of Subnautica’s sequel Below Zero to bring both entries to Switch. This has resulted in a double whammy of underwater survival and exploration, with both games available for £24.99 each. The Subnautica series quickly rose to fame on PC and Xbox, mostly fuelled word of mouth. …
This side-scrolling brawler introduces us to Red, a young street dog entangled in gang culture following his parents’ untimely death. Treating his fellow gang members as family, he’s headstrong and streetwise – two traits beneficial for de-escalating a raging war between rival gangs. By featuring a cast of bipedal canines, the usual assortment of beat’em …
Resident Evil Village has ended New Pokémon Snap’s short run at no.1. GI.biz has crunched the numbers, revealing that Capcom’s horror adventure is the second fastest-selling game of 2021 so far, trailing behind Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. It was also the third biggest PS5 launch since the console debuted, and the second …
BioWare’s Mass Effect trilogy gets the remaster treatment this week, with all three games and over 40 pieces of DLC bundled into one £59.99 collection. We imagine time has been kind to high note Mass Effect 2, and that the original needed a lot of rework – even in 2007, it was a bit scrappy. …
Remember Castlevania and Metroid? Indie developers certainly do. From Hollow Knight to Dead Cells, you can’t move for modern takes. The Skylia Prophecy is another in the burgeoning genre of Metroidvanias, however, it skews a lot closer to the ‘vania side, taking both gameplay and visual cues. It starts with a slow-moving opening crawl that …
ININ Games has announced that Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World will launch 28th May on PS4 and Switch, with a Steam release to follow at the end of June. The physical retail releases (RRP £34.99) will also include the original Monster World IV, available as a download code on PS4 and on the cart itself …
Inspired by The Settlers and the Anno series, settlement builder The Colonists puts you in control of self-replicating robots intended to simulate human civilisation. Now there’s a tongue twister. The PC version failed to generate much of a buzz, so this week’s console iteration is a second shot at success. It appears to be going …
I’ve played a couple of games recently that should’ve never left the playable prototype stage. Both had novel control schemes that broke convention, and ultimately, suffered because of it. They took the mechanics and physics from one genre and tried to adapt it to another to make something fresh and new. The more I played …
