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 – …
Good news for all the ‘stay at home’ gamers on lockdown – it’s another busy week for the Switch eShop with plenty of new releases to purchase from the comfort of your sofa. Or perhaps bathtub. Hitman 3 arrived the same day as the PS4/Xbox versions, which is no mean feat, but there’s a caveat …
Cross-pollinate a farming simulator with a fetch quest game, expose it to sunshine, and you get Summer in Mara. You play as Koa, a young girl adopted by Yaya – a grandmotherly figure who found Koa lost at sea. After hopping into Yaya’s boat and skimming off across the seas to visit other islands, Koa …
This week’s UK chart is incredibly Switch centric. Animal Crossing: New Horizons claims a consecutive no.1 while ten Switch games sit within the top 20 alone. The top 40’s sole new release was a big seller on Switch too – Five Night at Freddy’s: Core Collection (also available on PS4 and Xbox One) entered at …
This week gives us the biggest release of the month in the form of the anticipated Hitman 3. It marks both a beginning and an end – it’s the trilogy’s grand finale, and also a fresh hassle/publisher free start for developer IO Interactive. As well as a darker tone it also features PSVR support. The …
After a three-year development period, solo developer Andre Ledermüller is about to release their interplanetary adventure AnShi on Steam and Switch. It’s an abstract explorative affair intended to last around 3 hours, taking inspiration from fellow indie classics ABZU and Journey. Playing as a crash-landed alien being, it entails discovering what happened to this once …
Scrolling shooters are a dime a dozen on the digital services these days. Assemble Entertainment’s Squadron 51 seemingly has what it takes to stand out from crowd, however, inspired by 1950s sci-fi classics such as War of the Worlds, Godzilla, and Dr. Strangelove. Presented in glorious black-and-white o-vision, it sees a rebel group of pilots – known as …
Scrolling brawler fans are spoilt this week with two big hitters arriving on the eShop. Ubisoft’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition has been greatly requested by fans since being delisted in 2014. It’s a genuinely decent movie tie-in, sporting excellent animation. This also marks its first appearance on a Nintendo …
Funnily enough, the John Wick films seem to be both perfect and impractical video game material. Set in a heightened fantasy version of the real world, they involve an assassin coming out of retirement to gun down goons while rival assassins argue out arcane rules and traditions. A couple of generations ago, a publisher would …
GI.biz reports over 260k games were sold in the first week of January, up by a third from this time last year. This is down to a combination of the UK lockdown, an influx of new Switch owners, and people spending Christmas money. It’s the Switch that leads the way with Animal Crossing: New Horizons …
Ever since being delisted from PSN and Xbox Live Arcade in 2014, fans have requested for Scott Pilgrim vs The World’s return. It’s finally back this Thursday, giving everyone the pleasure of paying for it for a second time. It does at least include all DLC, and Switch owners can also get in on the …
