If player feedback is to go by, the latest free update to No Man’s Sky adds everything that was promised in the glitzy E3 trailers all those years ago. Hello Games has, finally, redeemed themselves, adding unlimited base building, multiplayer, vastly improved visuals and commandable frigates. At the time of typing there are no critical …
We haven’t seen a digital N64 re-release for a while, so it can only be good news to hear Acclaim’s early N64 tunnel shooter Forsaken is receiving an Xbox One remaster next week. It’s available to pre-order now for £15.99. Nightdive Studios are behind the re-release. Their recent Turok remasters went down rather well, praised …
We had an inkling Sonic Mania Plus would perform well in this week’s UK. Lo and behold – it’s in at #5, becoming the highest charting new release of the week. Not that it was up against much competition, mind. The PlayStation Hits re-release of The Last of Us: Remastered made #26, while the Amazon …
As Bob Dylan once sang, “The times they are a changin’†– this week’s eShop line-up is incredibly similar to the assortment of titles also hitting the PS4 and Xbox One. In fact, almost every new Xbox One release from this week is also on Switch. Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion (£34.99) kicks off …
Last week the price tag for Square-Enix’s pixel art JRPG Octopath Traveler come under scrutiny. It’s the turn of Atari’s Tempest 4000 this week, and for reasons far more justified. The psychedelic arcade shooter has launched at an eye-watering £24.99, double the price of Polybius, and almost five times the price of TxK – a …
This four-player co-op shooter is the gaming equivalent of store brand Coca-Cola. The creators have tried to replicate a highly successful formula – in this case, Valve’s classic Left 4 Dead series – but when it comes to sampling its delights, those accustomed to the real-deal will instantly notice something a little off. Perhaps ‘store …
None of last week’s new releases could topple Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, which remains the UK’s no.1 for a third consecutive week. LEGO The Incredibles settles for #2, with the PS4 version proving the most popular (followed by Xbox One and then Switch). At #3 it’s Square-Enix’s Octopath Traveler, which also had no trouble topping …
It’s a corker of a week for the Switch eShop – over 25 new releases, most of which appear to be worth a look. A rare case of quantity and quality, certainly. The majority look rather swish and stylish too, with Bomb Chicken’s impressive 2D artwork, razor-sharp monochrome boxing sim Pato Box, and the smartly …
It’s perhaps a cliché to say it, but Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is another Wii U conversion more than deserving of a second chance on Switch. Or in this case, not just on Switch but 3DS too. Both conversions are well worth your time, mostly gaining 8/10 review scores. The Switch also sees the release …
I’m currently 30 hours into Puyo Puyo Tetris with my wife. She keeps beating me. I see Puyo Puyo’s fall across my vision as I sleep at night. Her nonchalant face, as she beats me for the fifth time in a row, causes sweat to form on my brow as I slumber. I awake in …
Terrible games are relatively few these days. Publishers have so much riding on big releases that to put out something sub-par would only result in poor sales, consumer backlash and angry shareholders. It wasn’t always this way. Years ago, publishers were rather fond of releasing utter tripe in order to make a quick buck. In …
Even though it hit the digital stores a few weeks ago, Jurassic World: Evolution still managed to debut at #2 in the UK chart. Even more impressive is the fact that it’s #1 in the PS4 chart, toppling God of War. Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered – last week’s only other new release – wasn’t quite …
Pocket Rumble, a 2D fighter influenced by SNK’s NeoGeo Pocket beat’em ups, has been a long time coming. If memory serves, it was originally due not long after the Switch itself. After one hefty delay (“technical kinks†were to blame, apparently) it’s finally out this week for a mere £6.99. The first review to surface …
THQ Nordic picked the perfect time to launch Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered – this week’s line-up of new releases is the slimmest we’ve seen since early January. The general consensus is that Guerrilla is more than deserving of a remaster, being a franchise high note and all, but it’s hindered by technical issues. Both the …
It’s funny how one small feature can give a game an identity. What makes Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon feel like a Castlevania game of yore isn’t the long-reaching whip attack, or the items nonsensically hidden inside floating candles, but rather the fiddly to navigate staircases. They were a nuisance in Castlevania – requiring diagonal …
