Just like its predecessor, this Game Boy-style pixel art platformer prides itself on being tougher than frozen toffee. A typical stage features spiked walls and ceilings, projectile spitting turrets, and floors coated in fast-moving saw blades. Our vitamin-rich hero dies with one hit, and as there are no checkpoints, it can be a relief to …
The Switch rules the roost for a second week running, gaining not just a belated conversion of esteemed western RPG The Outer Worlds but also the anticipated Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – a follow-up to the Nintendo DS smash 42 All-Time Classics (aka Clubhouse Games.) The all-encompassing compendium has gained some surprisingly high review …
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is no longer the UK’s no.1, dropping down to #2. It’s doubtful Nintendo are the slightest bit concerned – their own Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition replaces it. The JRPG remaster apparently holds up incredibly well despite being almost ten years old. 2K Games’ Borderlands: Legendary Collection on Switch was the second-highest …
Critics were doubtlessly in a quandary when 2006’s Jaw Unleashed landed for review. The vastly belated movie tie-in came from a publisher with an iffy track record (Majesco), had no pre-launch hype, and was far removed from the PS2’s typical fare. Despite all this, it was a fun diversion. What’s a journalist to do? Give …
One thing I’ve noticed, and quickly grown to dislike, about PC simulation games converted to console is that their menus are rarely redesigned. It’s painfully obvious they were originally designed with mouse controls in mind, while the text is usually too small for a typical living room TV. Ultimate Fishing Simulator falls foul of this, …
Big-name Switch releases are bountiful this week. In fact, it’s quite possibly the biggest week for the Switch so far this year – there’s a lot of good stuff on the table. Today’s foodstuff puns come courtesy of Atomicrops, incidentally. From Nintendo themselves there’s the anticipated JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – a remaster of …
Being as far removed from a typical adventure game set-up as imaginable, STONE throws you into the role of an Australian koala with a fondness for weed, alcohol and casual swearing. The docile detective wakes up in his pigsty of a flat and realises Cockie, the love of his life, is gone. Yes, you guessed …
Hot on the heels of last week’s surprise Mafia Trilogy come another bunch of 2K re-releases, this time for Switch. BioShock: The Collection, XCOM 2 Collection, and Borderlands Legendary Collection make for a busy week for Nintendo’s handheld hybrid, and that’s before taking Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition and Minecraft Dungeons into account. Minecraft Dungeons is, …
Finally, some fresh blood. The UK top ten sees two new arrivals this week, both published by Deep Silver. Open water shark RPG Maneater swam in at #6, while the surprisingly slick Saints Row The Third: Remastered took #7. Animal Crossing: New Horizons remained no.1, this week followed by another Switch exclusive – Mario Kart …
What does simple mean? You have a really simple goal in Dungeon of the Endless. Find the exit, and transport your crystal there, so that you can move up to the next level. Seems easy. Seems simple. It’s not that simple and it’s not that easy. It’s not easy at all. Every level consists of …
Enjoy the Great British Summer Time – long days, surprisingly pleasant weather, and mandatory nationwide lockdown. To help with the social distancing, here are some of the games we’ve all been enjoying this month. Adam – Marvel’s Spider-Man Lockdown and foolishly hoping for an increase in free time meant it was time to upgrade the …
Anyone for golf? The Switch gains two very different golf games this week. Team 17’s Golf With Your Friends focuses on multiplayer, complete with offbeat power-ups. Switch-exclusive WHAT THE GOLF? prides itself of being made by people who know nothing about golf, meanwhile, cranking up the silliness. Everything’s a ball – even a poor old …
Publisher eastasiasoft has successfully managed to carve a niche on the digital storefronts, releasing arcade-style pixel art shooter at impulse price points. Task Force Kampas is their latest, being a vertical shooter with a choice of offbeat characters, each with a perk. In the absence of anything resembling a plot, we’re left to assume they’re …
It’s a wonderful week for new releases, catering for all tastes. The same can be said for next week, incidentally, which sees the potentially huge Minecraft Dungeons – arguably May’s biggest release – and a triple-whammy of BioShock: The Collection, Borderlands Legendary Collection and XCOM Collection on Switch. Quite why 2K didn’t want to space …
We may as well cut to the chase – not a great deal is going on in this week’s UK chart. Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to keep FIFA 20 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at bay, remaining top dog for a second week running. GTA V remains at #2 also, enjoying a sales …
