Dating back to 2013, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood on Switch is a conversion more belated than most. It’s a welcome enough eShop addition though, and for a reason that may not be immediately obvious – the series’ roots can be traced to 2010’s moderately successful WiiWare game Max & the Magic Marker. This puzzle-platformer …
For a few years I stopped gaming. There were a few reasons. A new relationship meant that I just didn’t have much alone time anymore (and my other half didn’t really care about any game that wasn’t Zuma), I’d started getting into modern boardgames instead, but mainly I just fell out of love with games. …
The pickings are slim on the Nintendo eShop this week. There are no new 3DS or Wii U games to speak of (yes, the Wii U still receives the occasional new indie title), while the Switch sees just three new releases. They are Grand Prix Rock ‘N Racing (£7.99) – a top-down racer that received …
Usually, the digital stores come to standstill between Christmas and New Year’s Day. There was no seasonal break for the Xbox One store last week though, as a trio of titles turned up unexpectedly. Dustoff Heli Rescue 2 may resemble one of those terrible, terrible, Minecraft clones that plague the Nintendo eShop, but don’t be …
The final UK top 40 for 2017 was published earlier today, revealing a trio of Switch titles in the top ten. Super Mario Odyssey was the highest placing, making #6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Zelda: Breath of the Wild both re-entered the top ten meanwhile, taking #9 and #10, with Zelda rising a whole …
It doesn’t seem fair to apply a review score to this free add-on, because, and as the name suggests, it’s a new mode rather than a full-blown expansion. To put it into perspective, it would be like giving a new harder difficulty setting the review treatment. Sure, we could talk about how tougher and more …
The achievement for finishing this additional episode is currently listed as ‘rare’. This seems a trifle odd, as not only is this add-on free but it’s also rather short, lasting around two hours. We can only assume it has taken such a long time coming (it was originally due shortly after RE VII’s launch) that …
Last year Capcom took advantage of the quiet month of January. With no other major releases to compete against it, Resident Evil VII gained the lion’s share of press coverage. Skip forward twelve months, and they’re ready to steal January’s limelight once again with Monster Hunter World. A franchise usually associated with Nintendo, this marks …
The Nintendo Switch eShop is utterly restless. Hot on the heels of last week’s twenty-five (!) game assortment comes another sizeable selection of titles. Of these, SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition (£14.99) is arguably the biggest. As the name suggests, it includes content previously released as DLC, including The Outsider campaign. For those not aware, SteamWorld …
Ah, that glorious quiet spell between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Everything pretty much comes to standstill, gaming news included. Case point – this week’s UK chart remains largely unchanged. Sales were up 29% during the run-up to Christmas, however. Call of Duty: WWII takes its 8th consecutive no.1, with sales up 43%. The last …
No task over the festive period is more arduous than preparing Christmas dinner. Even for those who regularly cook a Sunday lunch with all the trimmings, it’s a meal many are glad they only have to cook once a year. A Sunday lunch on a grander scale, it isn’t uncommon to ask for an extra …
Out of the 25 (twenty-five!) new releases lined-up for the Switch this week, it’s the oldest out of the lot that piques our interest. Arcade Archives VS. SUPER MARIO BROS. (£6.29) marks the first time this arcade-tailored rendition of Super Mario Bros. has reached a home console. Intended to be a coin guzzler, it features …
Developers must be banking on the PSVR being a popular Christmas gift, as there’s a wealth of VR titles arriving on PSN this week. The self-explanatory Shooty Fruity seems to be going down well with pundits, and Accounting+ VR – from Justin Roiland, the co-creator of Rick and Morty and William Pugh, the designer of …
If there’s one thing you can guarantee during these times of uncertainty, it’s that the next LEGO game is never more than a few months away. You can more or less rely on them being superhero flavoured nowadays too, which is fine by us. Superhero licenses suit the structure of Traveller’s Tales’ LEGO games perfectly, …
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds had an incredibly successful worldwide launch, selling over a million copies within its first 48 hours alone. Unsurprisingly, it puts in a very strong showing in this week’s Christmas top 40, arriving at #4 while also topping the Xbox One chart. As per this piece’s headline, and as what was expected, Call of …
