This randomised dungeon-crawling RPG is drenched in arcade sensibilities, including combat centred around twin-stick shooting, simplified menus, and a two-player mode. Comparisons with the classic coin-op Gauntlet aren’t far off the mark, a fact helped by the appearance of enemy generators later on. A gravelly-voiced narrator telling us not to shoot food would have sealed …
First and foremost, this week sees the release of a new gaming platform. The anticipated Evercade handheld – officially out 8th June – uses low cost (£14.99) cartridges, with a library mostly consisting of retro complications. The Mega Cat Collection is the exception, featuring recent indie Coffee Crisis and a handful of others. A double …
Possibly fuelled by a lack of football on TV, FIFA 20 has returned to the UK chart top spot. Last week’s no.1 – Nintendo’s Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – had a rough second week, tumbling to #28. Fellow recent Switch releases Bioshock: The Collection and Borderlands Legendary Collection didn’t manage to stick around either, this …
Robot Squad Simulator X – Xbox One The concept behind Robot Squad Simulator X is so perfectly suited for a video game that it makes us wonder why nobody has drawn upon it before. Here, you’re tasked with controlling various robots and drones as they undergo such dangerous pursuits as bomb disposal, crash investigation and …
Just like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics is arriving at the perfect time. This comprehensive compendium represents excellent value for money, with enough variety and depth to keep you engrossed for hours. It’ll end up being the next Switch million-seller. Just you watch. “No matter if you want something to help …
The Game Gear Micro is the latest in the long line of miniaturised systems, revealed earlier this morning as part of SEGA’s 60th anniversary celebrations. SEGA Japan has opted for four different colour models, roughly 40% the size of the original, with each featuring four games. The colourful collectables are due out in Japan 6th …
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 …
