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 …
During my youth, banks and building societies would often offer small gifts to entice new customers. Things that would appeal to students, generally, including OurPrice vouchers and season train tickets. It was believed once a customer had signed up they would remain with that bank for life, so it made sense to lure people in …
Another week, another heady mixture of brand-new indies, belated conversions and arcade re-releases make their merry way to the Switch eShop. Jet Lancer has been flying under the radar somewhat. The offbeat pixel combat shooter had critics smitten when the embargo lifted earlier this week, currently sitting pretty with an 80% Metacritic. “While Jet Lancer does …
Everything old is new again. This week sees the console release of Ion Fury, a new first-person shooter from 3D Realms, created using Build – the engine which powered Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior and a handful of other well-regarded ‘90s shooters. The PC version of Ion Fury from 2019 gained high praise from critics, …
Rumour has it that when Microsoft showed Rare’s Kameo: Elements of Power to the gaming press, ahead of the Xbox 360’s launch, they were asked to go easy on the ‘f word’. It was believed the very notion of playing as a fairy would be a huge turn-off for most gamers, being the opposite of …
The UK chart undergoes a slight shuffle this week, with no new entries to speak of. This isn’t a surprise – by our reckoning Construction Machines Simulator on Switch was last week’s sole retail release. It is a surprise to see SnowRunner leave the top 40 after just one week, however – we expected the …
Lots of lovely Switch indies have gained impressively high review scores from the gaming press this week. A couple we could see coming from a mile off, having already proven their worth on other formats. Lonely Mountains: Downhill is one such game – a superbly designed downhill racer with plenty of picturesque views. In fact, …
Everyone loves a good board game – the perfect way to take our petty gripes and frustrations out on those we love. It’s no secret or surprise that they’ve gone through a renaissance in the last ten years. Modern examples are often fun, snappy, and varied thanks to interesting themes. El Dorado sees you trek …
The premise for this arcade-style shooter sounds like the greatest Futurama episode that never was. After the animatronic robots at a cowboy-themed amusement park go haywire, a rootin’ tootin’ cowpoke – the titular Dixie Dash – is called in to save the day. Why the metal menaces were given live ammo in the first place …
The PS4 plays catch up this week, gaining belated releases of John Wick Hex – first released on PC late last year – and Void Bastards, the strikingly bold first-person shooter which went down well on Xbox One almost a year ago. The latter is out on Switch this week, too. John Wick Hex isn’t …
