Publisher Wired Productions staged their Wired Direct last night, revealing plans for several new indies over the next 12 months. It was Arcade Paradise, from developers of Vostok Inc, that caught our eye. It’s billed as an adventure game but sounds more like a business/management sim. That said, the majority of gameplay mechanics are yet …
This charming patchwork-style platformer is filled with puzzles to overcome as you set about finding your beloved Samantha. As seen in Yoshi’s Woolly World, the colourful design not only draws you in but makes for an incredibly eye-pleasing experience; one accompanied by some ‘easy listening’ tunes to put a spring in your step. Words from …
GamesIndustry.biz has crunched the numbers on this week’s chart, revealing Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise has earned itself a UK no.1. Physical sales did not exceed that of the multiformat Monster Hunter World, but it did have a far stronger first week than the 3DS’ Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. The rest of the top ten is …
Although April’s sketchier than March when it comes to new releases, there’s still plenty to look forward to including the PS5’s Returnal, PS Plus freebie Oddworld: Soulstorm, the long-time-coming New Pokemon Snap, the PS5/XSX iterations of SEGA’s Judgment, and the questionably named R-Type Final 2 due throughout the month. This week even could be the …
One running joke between ‘Team Games Asylum’ is that one of us should write an Asterix coin-op lookback, following our retrospectives on The Simpsons Arcade and TMNT: The Arcade Game. The joke here being that both Adam and Jake didn’t know such a thing existed. If you stepped into an arcade circa 1992, you may …
If you were to travel back to 26th March 2001, we’d definitely recommend grabbing as many factory-sealed N64 and Dreamcast games as you can carry. If we recall, retailers were clearing out stock around this time. We certainly remember Oxford Street’s HMV having rows and rows of Dreamcast games at rock bottom prices, including the …
Critics are so smitten by Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise that a few even went as far to claim that it’s the greatest Switch game since Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It received top marks from both Switch Player – who called it a contender for the best game on the platform – and Vooks, who …
It goes without saying that a lot has changed in the 20 years that Games Asylum has been kicking around. But we’ve never been ones to shy away from pointing out the obvious, so here we go: another birthday piece. While a lot has changed, a lot hasn’t changed too. Let’s have a look at …
Games Asylum is twenty years old this month. Turns out that early 2001 was the ideal time to launch a new gaming site. We caught the tail end of the Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, N64, and PSone – managing to cover the final big releases for all these systems, from Shenmue II to Conker’s BFD …
The Switch retail release of indie mega-hit Hades has made a surprise top ten appearance, arriving at a highly respectable #7 in the multiformat chart. It also claimed #4 in the Switch top 20, outperforming the likes of Super Mario 3D All-Stars. That’s pretty good going. It wasn’t the only new Switch game to feature …
With over twenty new releases on Xbox alone – including Yakuza 6 and the surprise arrival of Square-Enix’s Octopath Traveler on Game Pass – this week is easily the busiest of 2021 so far. Square-Enix also launches Balan Wonderworld on all formats. This 3D platformer comes from the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog and NiGHTS, …
No. Which I know because a rather neat tool came up on social media this week, which very efficiently searches Hansard (the extensive official record of the UK House of Commons) for the first mention of any word or phrase. Inevitably I went straight to Dreamcast – but nothing. The first mention of Sega, however, …
The Switch bears a busy release schedule this month, receiving the usual mixture of belated conversions and intriguing indies. Shame we can’t get excited about any new first-party releases from Nintendo themselves – it’s very quiet on that front. Â Conversions turning up tardy on Switch this week include the essentric online shooter Plants vs. …
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the UK’s no.1 this week, indicating more PlayStation 5 consoles have found their way to store shelves. Well, warehouse shelves. This ends Super Mario 3D World’s run at no.1 – it looked set to bag a fifth week at the top. The Wii U re-release for Switch, which also includes …
Sergey Noskov’s 7th Sector left quite the impression on us. This atmospheric adventure entailed a spark of electricity leaping around a cyberpunk city, harnessing the abilities of various electrical devices – from children’s toys to security drones. All the while, the threads of a plot started to emerge, mostly told using smart environmental storytelling. It …
