Despite microtransactions being snuck into Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, the colourful kart racer has managed to reclaim the UK chart top spot. Super Mario Maker 2 moved up to #2, while fellow kart racer Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also enjoyed a sales boost, going from #7 to #3. Where’s Team Sonic Racing, you ask? Not …
This week’s biggest Switch release won’t set you back a single penny – DC Universe Online is a free to play MMO supported by IAPs. While its no spring chicken, fast approaching its 8th anniversary, it turns out the humble Switch is able to give the action MMO a new lease of life. The Switch …
In Europe, the 16-bit console war was a two-man battle between the SNES and Mega Drive. Things were different in Japan and America, with the TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine also trying to hold its own. On 19th March 2020, European gamers finally get a piece of TurboGrafx-16 pie – albeit under the guise of the PC Engine …
The history of on-foot racing games isn’t particularly eventful. Codemasters’ Micro Maniacs failed to repeat the success of its toy-endorsed counterpart, early Xbox release Mad Dash Racing sunk without a trace, while Rayman Rush arrived on PSone too late in the day to make an impact. Sonic the Hedgehog is the only mascot to find …
Long before the Dark Souls series became a runaway success, FromSoftware attempted to break into the western market with their 2004 mech shooter Metal Wolf Chaos. There was just one small problem – not a single publisher was interested in releasing the Xbox exclusive in either the US or Europe. And so Metal Wolf Chaos …
As tempting as it is to run ‘n’ gun in Damsel, sending vampires back to their graves while dashing through the stages in leaderboard breaking time, doing so often ends in instant failure. You see, the small multi-floored levels are littered with hostages that can be accidentally killed by stray bullets. A single wayward shot …
Niche titles tend to sell out once word of mouth spreads, and consequently vanish from the chart the following week. This isn’t the case for Fire Emblem: Three Houses, which remains at no.1 for a second time running. Nintendo clearly didn’t underestimate demand. At #2 it’s a game anything but niche – FIFA 19. As …
News hit this week that Alec Baldwin is going to be promoting the ten year anniversary of Words With Friends from this autumn. The accompanying photo of him playing a definitely-real game against Bernard Kim, Zynga’s President of Publishing, is enjoyably basic. But the photo of Bernard Kim? Brace yourself. His profile on the Zynga …
Can this week’s UK Switch eShop line-up topple last week’s double-whammy of Wolfenstein and Fire Emblem? In short: no. There are a few bits and pieces of note though, even if some are knocking on a bit. As for stuff shiny and new, there’s the strategic shooter Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, which includes …
Rewinding back to last week, the original DOOM trilogy stealth launched on PS4, Xbox One and Switch over the weekend. DOOM and DOOM II will set you back a mere £3.99, while DOOM III is a penny shy of eight quid. In the grand scheme of things (i.e, the ridiculous price of some Switch conversions), …
Surprise! Nintendo Switch exclusive Fire Emblem: Three Houses is this week’s UK no.1, fending off competition from the multi-format Wolfenstein: Youngblood. Bethesda’s co-op shooter was forced to settle for #2. Digital sales may tell a different story – we imagine it has ‘done the biz’ on PSN, the Nintendo eShop, and the Xbox One Store. …
Somewhat ironically, it seems impossible to escape the ‘escape room’ craze. After flooding the likes of Steam as a puzzle game sub-genre (although we’d argue the first series of The Crystal Maze, which aired in 1990, is where the concept began), escape rooms now cover every medium imaginable, books and board games included. Sometimes You’s …
We get the impression Codemasters’ Micro Maniacs sold poorly upon release. Not only did it never receive a sequel, but it’s rarely mentioned in conversations about top-down racers either. The few who played it though will no doubt testify that it was a decent alternative to Micro Machines. Almost twenty years later, it’s about to …
Get ready for an ‘old-man-yells-at-sky’ moment. The gaming industry has changed drastically over the last ten years, with games as a service becoming more predominate. Keeping up with the likes of Fortnite and FIFA is almost a full-time job, with seasons, timed events and continual updates designed not only draw in new players but keep …
Rather than appearing months later, the Switch iteration of Wolfenstein: Youngblood is launching alongside the PC, PS4 and Xbox One versions on Friday. If only Bethesda could have wangled a Labo VR rendition of Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, we would be entirely smitten. Critics claim Wolfenstein: Youngblood is a bit of a hard sell for solo gamers …
