If you come to this arcade-style shooter expecting to top high score tables and perfect one credit runs, then you’re in for a disappointment. Although its roots can be traced as far back as the arcade classic Asteroids, due to it featuring a similar thrust and turn control scheme (not to mention countless asteroids), it’s …
Remember me raving about Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3? It reminded me of the all great games of the PS2 era, and how they’re sorely missed, being far removed from the endless time pits many modern titles are. Well, here comes MUA3’s first DLC. Should you buy it? No! Has my opinion of the game shifted? …
None of last week’s new releases were able to topple FIFA 20 from the UK chart top spot, with the sports sim remaining no.1 for a second week. Despite middling reviews – resulting in a 57% Metacritic – Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint debuts at #2. It’ll be interesting to see if it can stay …
In 2009 the iPhone was rising in prominence, putting a dent in the handheld market. iOS games like Canabalt, Angry Birds and Doodle Jump were available for less than a quid, making the £30 asking price for DS and PSP games seem steep. To counter this, Sony commissioned a range of ‘PlayStation minis’ – small …
With only three formats predominant on store shelves, purchasing a video game is a simple and effortless process these days. Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s however, the store shelves were a minefield. Never mind the fact that many systems had similar packaging to one another – the quality, in general, was far lower, with …
It’s a slightly more subdued week for the Switch than usual, with many of the more noteworthy releases being belated conversions. Some may have passed you by first time round, so don’t go hitting the ‘back’ button on your browser just yet. On the more obscure side of things, there’s 80 Days and One Night …
The evenings are drawing in, which means ‘big game season’ is upon us. Right on cue, not one, not two, but three spare time-draining ‘live service’ games are upon us this week, catering for all budgets. Destiny 2: New Light is the new free entry point for the series, launching alongside the £29.99 Destiny 2: …
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is a game with a name as convoluted as its development. Less convoluted, however, is its impact and legacy. Some of you may not know this, but for a grueling 15-year period until Paradox announced the sequel to the 2004 sleeper hit, vampire-loving RPG fans had to salvage and endure …
FIFA 20 has become the fastest-selling new release of 2019, outperforming previous record holder Borderlands 3 by some margin. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise – not even the almighty Red Dead Redemption 2 could beat FIFA 19’s launch week sales. But there’s a slight twist in this tale. Although FIFA 20’s physical …
Top-down space shooter Stellatum makes the jump from PC to consoles next month, arriving 9th October on PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. We’ve spent an hour with the Xbox One version (footage below) and early impressions are favourable, drawing comparisons with the excellent Sky Force Anniversary. The main campaign features 80 bite-sized missions spread across …
Square-Enix clearly hopes your purse strings are loose this week, launching no less than four Dragon Quest games on the eShop – the ‘definitive edition’ of Dragon Quest XI and a re-release of the original NES ‘Erdrick’ trilogy. The first DQ will only set you back a modest £3.99, whereas DQ2 and DQ3 are priced £5.35 …
Konami clearly wanted Contra: Rogue Corps to please everyone, yet it has ended up failing to please anyone at all. It takes plenty of well-worn ideas from similar twin-stick shooters to form an uneven package that’s lacking identity, and that’s despite one of the new playable characters being a panda. The shooter revival arrived to …
Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening had no trouble topping the UK chart. However, we were surprised to see the Maximum Games-published Truck Driver debut at #11. The lack of Euro Truck Simulator on consoles presumably fuelled demand. We’re even more surprised to find …
It’s strange to think that one of the biggest Switch releases of the year is an 8-bit Game Boy remake. Then again, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening wasn’t your typical Game Boy game – it was one of the handheld’s finest, cramming a console-quality adventure into a cartridge the size of an After Eight. …
Due to the arrival of the Switch Lite, publishers are falling over themselves to get their latest releases on the eShop. It may even be the biggest week the Switch has ever seen. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and Ni No Kuni Remastered lead the way – two very different role-players. Reviews of Ni …
