Although new Switch releases The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, Ring Fit Adventure and Overwatch managed to perform well in this week’s chart, none were able to knock FIFA 20 from the top spot. In fact, the game which came closest to beating FIFA 20 was the evergreen Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which races up the …
Plagiarism is a touchy subject of late, with many indie releases taking inspiration from retro classics and forgotten gems. Most arrive to much fanfare, heralded as spiritual successors and passion projects. Others crumble under scrutiny, accused of copying ideas and artwork a little too closely. We firmly believe it’s down to whether the property in …
Say farewell to your free time – no less than five social life sapping RPGs hit the Switch this week. Perhaps it’s for the best that the Switch iteration of The Outer Worlds – due next week on PS4 and Xbox One – is still a few months away. As you’ve no doubt heard by …
The cumbersomely titled Virtual Villagers Origins 2Â made the jump from mobile to Xbox One last week. It’s another free-to-play release which feels out of place on a console, involving little more than assigning tasks to villagers and then popping back a few hours later. No skill or mastery is required, just patience (or deep pockets …
Many ‘80s movies and cartoons – the kind still embedded in pop culture today – were ripe for video game adaptations. But due to publisher greed, tight deadlines and consoles being in their infancy it sometimes took years, even decades, for the perfect tie-in to finally surface. Konami managed to do The Simpsons, TMNT and …
When the sun begins to set on this generation, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt and Overwatch will no doubt be referred to as two of the best games this current crop of consoles had to offer. Both head to Switch this week, and while there are some expected visual shortcomings, both allegedly perform surprisingly well …
FIFA 20 has managed to hold onto the UK chart top spot for a third week running. Next week is a given too, but a fifth consecutive week is unlikely – the almighty Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is just around the corner. The two gaming juggernauts will doubtlessly spend the rest of 2019 duking …
Well lookie here – it’s another busy week for the eShop. A few titles have even caught us unawares, including the lavish-looking anime tie-in Doraemon Story of Seasons – a demo of which is available – and the 8-player competitive online arcade game Killer Queen Black. Reviews of Killer Queen Black are now live. It’s yet …
The first Yooka-Laylee was a modern-day take on the classic N64-style platformer. Instead of jumping straight back into the third dimension for sequel Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Playtonic Games has turned to the Donkey Kong Country series to create a new buddy-based platformer. It’s far from being the step backwards it may initially seem …
There’s a lot going on in Freedom Finger. It’s a shoot ’em up, sure. But it has at least three unique selling points: the mechanics, the presentation, and the music. The first two are connected: your ship is a hand giving it the middle finger, which gives us the non-standard shoot ’em up mechanics, and …
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 …
