Nintendo dominates the UK chart another week with top ten that remains mostly unchanged. Animal Crossing: New Horizons tops the chart with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War following behind for a second week running. Ring Fit Adventure climbs from #7 to #4 while Minecraft on Switch rounds-off the …
While arguably in the minority, we weren’t won over by Little Nightmares. The fleeting 4-5 hour runtime, trial and error stealth sections, and lack of narration left us far from smitten. This week’s sequel looks set to correct some of those shortcomings, this time around pairing Six with new character Mono. Together they explore a …
While we can’t vouch for the PS4 and Switch versions, or even the PC original for that matter, Mad Tower Tycoon on Xbox One arrived in a sloppy state last November. Barely an hour went by without a progress halting glitch – the most common of which caused the tower’s inhabitants, including essential construction workers, to freeze …
Another week, another Switch JRPG with an incomprehensible title. Spike Chunsoft’s Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne is a full price (£53.99) affair on the receiving end of positive reviews. Dual Shockers called it a “fantastic experience†and one of better visual novels around, while Digitally Downloaded feels it does …
This twin-stick shooter is beyond great, and you should buy it as soon as possible. It’s a fun, neon-drenched affair with spaced-out Jeff Minter vibes, as quick as it is brutal. We’ve always lamented the lack of Geometry Wars games on Switch, and this manages to compensate in one fell swoop. End of review. [You …
As evidenced by this week’s UK chart, the Switch continues to be a popular pastime during UK lockdown. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has reclaimed the top spot, while the top twenty is littered with first-party Switch titles. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at #2 – which is close to spending 200 weeks in the top 40 …
PS5 games have been a little slower to surface than we anticipated, especially full-price retail releases. All change this week – the PS5 gets Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood, Control: Ultimate Edition, The Nioh Collection, and a brand-new PS Plus release – Destruction AllStars. Lucid Games’ smash and crash racer is due out Tuesday and …
The 16-bit Turrican series was so revered that speculation around a new iteration lasted not just throughout the N64’s lifecycle but that of the GameCube too. Of course, there’s no smoke without fire – a new Turrican was rumoured throughout both system’s lifes. Thornado, as it was known, sadly vanished into thin air. In fact, …
Stormind Games has lifted the lid on Batora: Lost Haven – an action RPG starring Avril, a sixteen-year-old gifted with newfound powers following the devastation of Earth. It sounds like a melting pot of ideas. Not only does it feature both twin-stick shooting and hack ‘n slashing, but an innovative dual mentality system too, allowing …
Visual novels are bountiful on Switch, with at least one hitting the eShop per week. Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition is one of the more memorable and engaging recent examples of the genre, featuring a Senses Sympathy System (SSS) which allows you to make choices based on the level of emotion …
The Switch eShop is rife with RPGs this week, all of which manage to entice in different ways. Crafting RPG Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy appears to be the most anticipated of all, shaking up the series significantly while featuring polished visuals. TSA awarded this sequel a lofty 9/10 earlier this …
Shared universes are a hot commodity these days, helping to expand the reach and potential of various forms of media, be it a cinematic universe or a comic book series. Developer 34BigThings have tapped into this concept with this space shooter sharing both its name and universe with their futuristic racer Redout. This may not …
Softly, softly, catchee monkey – Hitman 3 has managed to end Animal Crossing: New Horizons run at no.1, effortlessly topping the chart. It had an even better first week than Hitman 2, reports GI.biz, with the PS5 version being the biggest selling – by some margin. Unless we’re mistaken, Hitman 3 is the first major PS5 release since …
Xbox owners are ‘aving it medium this week, gaining not just the third-person realm-jumping horror adventure The Medium but also The Yakuza Remastered Collection. The former comes from Blooper Team and is the first major first-party Xbox exclusive since the Xbox Series X launched, while SEGA’s Yakuza Collection brings together Yakuza 3, 4, and 5. …
Now here’s a game suffering from an identity crisis. With both a name and cover art that give little away, THQ Nordic’s Fade to Silence is something of an enigma. A faceless product, only spoken by a select few. While it’s true that many games have uninformative titles these days – indie games, especially – …
