It’s difficult to separate the memories and nostalgia of The Simpsons Arcade Game from the chlorine fumes and fizzy drinks of the swimming pool/leisure centre where I spent many an hour button bashing post-swim, but to this day the original Simpsons arcade game remains one of my fondest arcade memories, alongside Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, …
At the start of the week the UK Switch eShop line-up was looking slim with only the hardcore RTS Battle Worlds: Kronos and the purplish point ‘n clicker reboot Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry on the agenda. Then E3 and a new Nintendo Direct happened, and well, let’s just say it’s another …
We can all agree old age comes on suddenly. For Galand, the hirsute hero of this action platformer, it comes on a little too sudden after a witch transforms the young adventurer into an elderly gent. Worry not, as he’s still able to fight, dash, and leap through the air like a youngster. A platformer …
Before diving into this week’s assortment of new releases a recap is in order, as during Microsoft’s E3 conference last Sunday a trio of surprises appeared on the Xbox One store. Both Supermarket Shriek – a comical supermarket-based crash and smash racer – and the voxel-generated co-op adventure Riverbond were added to Game Pass, while …
Further proving Project Scarlett has Microsoft’s full attention, this week sees the final batch of Xbox One backwards compatible titles. The backwards compatibility team is about to focus on the next Xbox, ensuring all four generations will be playable on the new system. While this may sound a little disheartening, the final update is a …
Everybody loves an arcade light-gun shooter. Knowing this, Devolver Digital has teamed up with Griffin Aerotech and Dodge Roll to create Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead. Yes, it’s a new arcade game, not an arcade-like shooter for consoles. It arrives in arcades early next year and for those wanting a cabinet of their …
Despite FIFA 20 being officially announced over the weekend, it’s FIFA 19 that claims the UK chart top spot this week, all thanks to Sony’s current Days of Play sale. The event sees several first-party games reduced at retailers, along with reductions on select hardware. This includes PS4 bundles with FIFA 19 as a pack-in. …
When THQ Nordic announced plans to revive the original THQ’s Nickelodeon tie-ins, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom was by far the most requested. Making good on those demands, a remaster for PS4, Xbox One and Switch was announced earlier this week, implementing cut content – such as the axed Robo Squidward boss fight – …
SEGA revealed the final batch of Mega Drive Mini titles earlier this week. In a surprise twist, instead of unveiling ten games as expected, twelve made the cut. This brings the grand total up to 42. The final 12 are a mixture of expected entries and genuine surprises. Tetris, in particular, has come out of …
After tomorrow’s launch of Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, there isn’t a single 3DS release in the pipeline. If the colourful JRPG ends up becoming the final 3DS game (admittedly, we may see something at E3 next week), it’s a cracking way to bow out. The dungeon crawler is one of this week’s highest rated …
Role-playing games with cumbersome titles rule the roost this week, with no less than four extraordinary adventures on the agenda. Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr is arguably the biggest – in fact, in what’s a relatively quiet month, it’s one of June’s biggest releases full stop – this time taking place in Elsweyr, home …
In what was a slow week for physical game sales, Sony’s PSVR showcase Blood & Truth had no trouble topping the UK top 40. We had an inkling it would perform well, and not just because of the positive reviews – first-party PSVR titles often break the top 10. Even Bravo Team – which had …
The titular homestead refers to the cosy abode belonging to Tim, the protagonist of this first-person horror adventure. It initially seems the house is somewhere peaceful to spend downtime between chapters, looking for scattered pages of his missing girlfriend’s diary while taking in other forms of environmental storytelling. But after the first trip back home …
“The developers must be on drugs!†was a phrase uttered by many ‘80s and ‘90s journalists, usually when a game featured a nonsensical plot or an enemy assortment consisting of household objects and whatnot. During the early noughties, it was a phrase seldom seen, with publishers refusing to release anything that would easily confuse the …
In absence of a new Nintendogs for Switch, long-running Japanese developer Imagineer has stepped in to offer an alternative. Little Friends: Dogs & Cats allows animal lovers to pet and play with nine different breeds of cats and dogs, with three available at any given time. You can even dress them up in daft clothing, …
