Must Dash Amigos

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 …

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Damsel

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 …

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses is the UK’s no.1 for a second week

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 …

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Hi there Alec Baldwin! It’s the week in pictures

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 …

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses sets UK chart ablaze

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. …

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The Tower of Beatrice

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 …

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Must Dash Amigos brings a slice of Mexico to Xbox One next month

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 …

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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order

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 …

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This week’s Switch line-up brings the heat, including Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Pawarumi, and more

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 …

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