If you’re going to name a game after someone, Amelia Earhart is a fine choice. Not only was she the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, but she also formed a feminist organisation, may have been a spy, and disappeared under mysterious circumstances. She was, as the children say, ‘lit’. Airheart developers Blindflug …
It takes just a spark to ignite a war. The same can also be said for turning a peaceful protest into a full-blown riot. A projectile lobbed too hard, a push becoming a shove, or some looney turning up to a quiet demonstration with a backpack full of fireworks. The police take aim with rubber …
THQ Nordic are currently knocking out Switch conversions left, right, and indeed centre. The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is the third from the publisher we’ve seen this year, being a fantasy point ‘n clicker first released in 2015. Despite its age reviews are mostly positive, including 8/10 from GameSpew and 3.5/5 from Screen Rant. …
Like something out of a Craig David song, Respawn’s Apex Legends was leaked on a Saturday, revealed on a Sunday, and launched on a Monday. Why the stealth launch? With EA’s own Anthem just weeks away, we guess this was deemed the best way to get the public’s attention. Early impressions are positive. It’s a …
Square-Enix’s long-awaited Kingdom Hearts III has ‘done the business’ at retail, ending Resident Evil 2’s short spell at the top of the UK chart. It’s the first ever Kingdom Hearts title to claim no.1, boasting sales double that of its 14-year-old PlayStation 2 predecessor (thanks GI.biz). Incidentally, sales were split 82% on PS4 and 18% …
Of the 35 new releases hitting the Switch this week, two stand out from the crowd – Wargroove and Downwell. Not only have they gained some surprisingly high review scores, but they’re also generating a buzz on social media too. Wargroove – Chucklefish’s amalgam of Fire Emblem and Advance Wars – is out on PC …
Thirteen years have passed since the last main entry in the Kingdom Hearts series. In that time, Square-Enix has kept the franchise alive and in the public’s eye with handheld spin-offs, prequels, and mobile titles, all of which expand the backstory by filling in the gaps. Kingdom Hearts has seen so many spin-offs, in fact, …
As revealed in the latest Argos catalogue, budget publisher System 3 is about to release a range of £9.99 code-in-a-box Switch titles. Ah, Argos. An unlikely source if ever there was. The range includes a bunch of games already available, including Super Putty Squad, Fruitfall Crush, Rally Racers, and Stern Pinball Arcade, along with two …
Thanks to game creation tools becoming simpler and readily available, the size of a typical indie development team has significantly reduced over the years. This has allowed for smaller, more personal, experiences usually handled by teams barely into double figures. Heck, we’ve even seen some indie releases created by one-man teams. Polygonal Wolf’s Drowning is, …
If you spent a lot of pocket money on video game magazines back in the ‘0s, then the story of how Mean Machines magazine was divided to become Mean Machines Sega and Nintendo Magazine System should be familiar. It’s not quite so common knowledge however that Impact’s Sega Force Magazine also eventually split into two different …
Even though physical sales were down 18% over Resident Evil 7 – which we can likely attribute to the ever-growing popularity of digital downloads – Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake can be heralded a success. It tops the UK chart this week, duly becoming the fastest selling game of 2019 so far. No surprise there. …
The surprise launches of the outlandish sandbox sim Goat Simulator: The GOATY, 2D action-adventure Unruly Heroes, and the physics-based construction puzzler When Ski Lifts Go Wrong have made a busy week for the Switch eShop even busier. These unexpected arrivals haven’t overshadowed Pikuniku though – reviews of this colourful, oddball, puzzle platformer went live earlier …
There’s no doubting Capcom could’ve pulled out all the stops to launch Resident Evil 2 on the day of its 20th anniversary (21st January), but for whatever reason, they’ve settled on this Friday. It’s probably for the best – a Monday launch would’ve caught many off-guard. The Resident Evil 2 one-shot demo was downloaded over …
There may be very little new in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, but that hasn’t stopped Nintendo’s latest Switch re-release from claiming a second week at no.1. Due to a certain horror game launching on Friday, a third week at the top of the chart looks incredibly unlikely. There’s no doubting it’ll remain in …
Developers and publishers have well and truly woken from their Christmas slumber, collectively bringing over 30 new releases to the eShop. We even have a new Wii U release – El Silla – Arcade Edition – which appears to be based on The Simpsons’ chair meme, of all things. So much for letting the system …
