Publishers are clearly hoping that your first paycheque of 2020 will be blown on new games, rather than being spent on paying off a bloated Christmas credit card bill, as a busy week lies ahead. Obsidian Entertainment’s RPG Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – which was very well-received on PC back in 2018 – heads …
Try as it might, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot wasn’t able to hold onto the UK chart top spot for a second week, ushered to #2 by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. It was allegedly a close call though – GI.biz reports only 400 copies separate the top two positions. The evergreen GTA V rose to …
The Warhammer 40K universe is brilliant. Set in a world rippling with esoteric detail, it’s so quintessentially British. It brings together living-dead Emperors, weird Roman Christian iconography, and a bunch of eccentric green-skinned Orks. Moreover, there are no good guys and everyone’s a fascist. It’s just a shame that the tabletop game itself is finicky …
If the ‘January Blues’ are making you feel down then maybe this week’s eShop line-up will perk you up, this being one of those rare weeks where there’s something for everyone. The week’s biggest release is a toss-up between the cult classic Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath HD and the tactical Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf, with Psikyo …
We were expecting the intriguing Moons of Madness this week, but for reasons unknown, the Mars-based sci-fi horror was pushed back until the end of March. As such, this week is a little less exciting than previously anticipated. Well, as exciting as a week in January could ever possibly be. PS4 owners can get their …
This week’s UK chart is surprisingly eventful, and for a reason most unexpected. High street retailer Argos recently slashed the price of numerous 3DS games, most of which have managed to re-enter the top 40. And quite highly, too – a couple were able to outsell Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch. At £5.99, WarioWare Gold …
Maths and puzzles are great. Sudoku? Fun. Garam? Fun. Calculations? Fun. Dr. Kawashima knew this, and that’s why he put his name to Brain Training on Nintendo DS, which went on to sell over 19 million copies. That caused a lot of people to sit up and notice, including researchers who found the effects of brain …
We certainly didn’t expect the Switch eShop to be back up to speed this quickly. January is barely past the halfway mark, but already the Switch eShop schedule includes almost 30 new releases. There’s even a big first-party title – Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE Encore is the latest Wii U conversion to hit the Switch, …
Travel Mosaics puts a Parisian twist on Picross. For the uninformed, Picross puzzles are logic puzzles (also known as Nonograms) which provide a grid and a set of numbers to create a picture. The interaction of these numbers allows you to fill in the puzzle, before sitting back happy and smug while marvelling at the …
The two most anticipated games of the month are upon us – Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot on PS4, Xbox One and PC, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore for Switch. Rather than rolling out another 1-on-1 fighting game, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot sees the gang take to an open-world for a spot of role-playing. “Fish, …
FIFA 20 has topped the UK physical sales chart once again, ushering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to #2. This also had a knock-on effect for Star Wars Jedi which falls from #2 to #3. Positions #4 and #5 see Tekken 7 and Project Cars 2 propel themselves back into the top ten. As mentioned …
If you’re feeling the pinch this January, worry not – the trusty Switch eShop has your back, with a handful of new releases available for a pittance. Abstract duo THOTH and 140 come from Jeppe Carlsen, the creative mind behind indie hit Limbo. 140 isn’t exactly a spring chicken, first released on PC in 2013. …
Why is the Dreamcast still held in such high regard? That’s one of the questions that SEGA Dreamcast: Collected Works attempts to answer, through a mixture of editorial, contributions from key personalities – including Yu Suzuki, Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Peter Moore, among many others – and a whole lot of gloriously reproduced imagery. That question …
Royal Mail are jumping on the retro gaming bandwagon with a range of stamps, postcards and other collectables celebrating UK designed video games. Seasoned journalist Julian ‘Jaz’ Rignal provides a synopsis on each, presumably having a say on which games should make the cut. The Tomb Raider series is a focal point, with a collector’s …
The gaming industry has finally risen from its Christmas slumber, with both Microsoft and Sony issuing release schedules for this week. There isn’t a great deal out, mind. The multi-format AO Tennis 2 is this week’s biggest release, and by some margin. IGN has over 40 mins of gameplay footage, which suggests we’re in for …
