Launching a game near Christmas to achieve optimum storefront visibility is a tale as old as time. It comes as no surprise, then, to see dozens of titles lined-up for the Switch eShop this week, including several on Christmas Day. Big hitters include the colossal robot brawler Override 2 – this time starring Ultraman – …
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has bagged the prestigious Christmas no.1 slot. Not only is it the first time an Assassin’s Creed title has topped the festive chart, but it’s also Ubisoft’s first ever Xmas no.1. These truly are unprecedented times. Thanks to price cuts Immortals: Fenyx Rising and Watch Dogs Legion climbed the chart too, both …
This visual novel takes place in 2030 and is set in a nuclear research facility known as “LABO†– Laboratory of Atomic and Biological Organization. Two interconnected stories feature, both available from the outset. One part stars Watase Kasasagi, a rescue squad captain experiencing memory loss following a meltdown at the facility. The other features …
When the Past was Around should be right in my wheelhouse. It’s short – bingo. It’s about grief – good news. It’s a bit odd – please and thank you. It aims high, but I ended up with less than the sum of its well-crafted parts. It’s craft worthy of a better game. The hand-drawn …
Surprise! Nintendo’s Indie World presentation has sprung a bunch of new Switch releases upon us, with the most unexpected of all being Among Us. A game of teamwork and betrayal, it has become a runaway success on PC, proving incredibly popular with streamers. It’s such a success, in fact, that the developers cancelled the sequel …
Vaporwave seems to be the new big thing, with purple, pink and blue, clean lines and ‘80s soundtracks becoming the order of the day. Out of this trend has popped Electro Ride, a stylish street racer that leans into the aesthetic, maybe to its determent. Electro Ride initially appears to be a heavily stylised take …
I wasn’t alive when Space Invaders hit arcades in 1978, but if somebody told me back then that we’d still be playing Space Invaders games in 2020, it’s doubtful I would have believed them. Even during the late ‘70s arcade technology moved swiftly – a constant cycle of new cabinets replacing old. Not everything is …
The past week has been turbulent for Cyberpunk 2077, ergo developer CD Projekt. The PC version arrived to positive reviews last Monday, seemingly confirming that it’s a game worthy of the hype, if a little formulaic in places. Monday also saw a GameSpot reviewer ridiculed for their 7/10 review score; a score which was justified …
It’s a reasonably busy week for Xbox owners, especially those with Game Pass. Gears 5: Hivebusters – a three-hour campaign set on a volcanic island – is out Tuesday, with card battler Monster Train, minimalistic puzzler Wilmot’s Warehouse, and the rogue-lite deck builder Neoverse following after. On PS4 there’s Nioh 2: The First Samurai – the …
The lightning-paced Ghostrunner makes a belated appearance on Switch this week, helping to fill the void left by Cyberpunk 2077’s absence. It’s a sci-fi action game following in the footsteps of Mirror’s Edge, featuring deeper combat and a pleasing cyberpunk aesthetic. Reviews went live a few weeks ago, including an 8.5 from Nintendo World Report …
The word ‘dreamlike’ perfectly summarises this physics-based puzzle platformer. Set in a vibrant, cartoon-like, world you play as a wiggly, stretchy, double-ended dog. It’s backed by a supporting cast of cutesy critters that could have easily escaped from Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time. Specifically, the Candy Kingdom – PHOGS! has an entire world dedicated to foodstuffs …
Ubisoft’s new IP Immortals: Fenyx Rising is the only new entry in this week’s UK top 40, arriving at a slightly disappointing #11. It made #20 in both the PS4 and Switch charts while failing to make the Xbox top 20 entirely. This doesn’t quite show the full story though – the PS5 version was …
Here’s the cherry on top of an exceedingly warped year – the biggest release of 2020 is also the final major release, arriving days before Christmas. Cyberpunk 2077 is no ordinary game, however – first announced during E3 2012, it has seen a development cycle spanning an entire console generation and beyond. After an estimated …
With the ‘big day’ now just weeks away, we’ve laid out a spread of handpicked gaming goodies guaranteed to delight. Or if you simply fancy treating yourself, we aren’t ones to judge – 2020 has, frankly, been beyond tough. Cyberpunk is the talk of the town currently, and so it comes as no surprise that …
Josh Tsui’s Midway documentary ‘Insert Coin’ – a project five years in the making – is about to make the leap from Alamo On Demand, where it debuted last month, to several streaming services you may have actually heard of. These include Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Vimeo on Demand, and Google Play. Insert Coin takes viewers …
