Let’s not beat around the bush – Boom Ball: Boost Edition is Arkanoid in 3D. How much can you do with 3D Arkanoid? It’s nicely presented. There are sixty levels, grouped into themed sets like a harbour, penguins and farms. The graphics recall PopCap’s classics – cute, colourful and tactile. The music reminds me of …
Ubisoft aims to rejuvenate the toys-to-life genre with Starlink: Battle for Atlas, a deep space adventure that mixes interplanetary exploration with dogfighting. It’s aimed at a slightly older demographic than Skylanders and Disney Infinity, which may help it succeed where others failed. Ubisoft has another fallback, too – the Switch version features Fox McCloud and …
The retail sector has been hit hard recently with physical sales of FIFA 19 and AC Odyssey down considerably over last year’s iterations. Amazingly, or perhaps alarmingly, not even the almighty Call of Duty can fill retailer’s coffers with cash – Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII’s physical sales were the franchise’s lowest in eleven …
While Xbox One and PS4 owners get busy with Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (and continue to flood our Twitter feed with images of Zeus’ dong) Switch owners have a slew of time-consuming gems to crack on with. Pull the curtains, grab a hot drink, and get ready to be glued to your Switch. …
Unless Activision is holding back their promotional campaign until the very last minute, it’s fair to say this year’s Call of Duty is being treated to a quiet launch. The Black Ops games have always been strong performers, so perhaps it’s believed Black Ops IIII (ugh!) will sell by the lorryload on name alone. For …
The announcement of a fishing mini-game in Red Dead Redemption 2 caused much jubilation. This excitement came as no surprise – fishing is the ultimate pastime for those seeking a means to relax and unwind. A gentle breeze, the calming sound of birdsong, the tranquil stillness of the water, the grating ear-piercing alarm from a …
EA’s FIFA 19 has claimed a second week at no.1, forcing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey to settle for #2. According to GamesIndustry.biz, physical sales of Odyssey were down 25% over AC Origins. All signs point to the digital early access edition proving rather popular. In an attempt to avoid Red Dead Redemption 2 mania, this year’s …
There really ain’t no party like a Super Mario Party. Thanks to touch-screen centric mini-games, multi-screen play and new Joy-Con controls, reviews of Mario’s latest knees-up have been full of praise with scores mostly clocking in at 8/10. Mega Man 11 has been well received too, gaining 9/10 from Nintendo Life and an 8/10 from …
Brandon Cobb must be a Supervision super fan as they’ve just launched a new fan site dedicated to “the handheld of the less fortunateâ€. It’s a project fifteen years in the making, in fact. The Supervision launched in 1992 as a low-cost alternative to the GameBoy. While it gained a fair amount of press attention …
There are far fewer new releases than what we’ve seen in recent weeks, but it’s no cause for concern – every new major title due out this week has received almost universal acclaim. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey sees the franchise ‘on the up and up’ once again, quite possibly being the finest entry in the series …
The recent Dead Cells sparked a debate as to whether the term ‘Metroidvania’ is still relevant, all because it has been some time since we’ve had a new traditional Castlevania or Metroid. It was even argued that today’s gamers are likely oblivious to Castlevania’s existence entirely. On this bombshell, allow us to introduce Pizza Titan …
It seems the ability to play FIFA 19 early, via either the digital Champions Edition or Ultimate Edition, was a tempting proposition. While the sports sim has managed to take the UK chart top spot, becoming the fastest selling game of 2018 in the process, physical sales were down a colossal 25%. The PS4 version …
Once the first part of an episodic adventure is out of the way talking about the ensuing episodes becomes a tricky task. You can pretty much guarantee at least one dramatic twist, an unforeseen discovery or a character death – or perhaps even all three – which in turn makes going into detail about an …
Thirty-three new releases make their way to the Switch eShop this week, which we’re pretty sure is a new record. We lost track of grand totals a few months ago, if we’re being honest – between 25-30 new games a week seems to be the norm currently. It’s both astonishing and ridiculous. The big hitters …
This futuristic racer from Shortround Games – a Brighton-based studio formed of ex-Burnout and Split/Second developers – is the latest to follow in the footsteps of OnRush, casting aside convention in order to offer something fresh and new. 1v1 races are the order of the day, entailing weaving in and out of heavy traffic at …
