It’s a pretty quiet week for new releases on both PSN and the Xbox One store. The same can’t be said for the Nintendo eShop, with the Switch alone receiving 12 new titles. Amongst these are a few big hitters, including sandbox RPG Portal Knights (£24.99), two-wheeled racer MXGP3 – The Official Motocross Videogame (£39.99), …
It’s a peculiar week for new releases, especially given the time of year. But while there’s no easily identifiable big name title, we still have a few titbits to tide us over. Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier on PS4 (Xbox One version due at a later date) had the potential to be a sleeper …
Call of Duty: WWII has managed to hold onto the UK chart’s top spot for a third week running, fending off EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2. According to Eurogamer, physical sales of Battlefront 2 were down 60% over its predecessor. However, it’s highly likely that Battlefront 2’s digital sales were far higher than that of …
The storyline in Sonic’s latest adventure could have easily existed within the Archie comic universe. After one of Eggman’s plans finally comes together, Sonic is taken captive and locked away in an off-world prison. The hedgehog’s homeland soon descends into chaos once Eggman’s army takes control, prompting Tails, Knuckles, Silver, and Team Chaotix to form …
It’s doubtful we’ll see another eShop line-up as jampacked as this in 2017. The Switch gains several big-name releases and a few new indies of note, while the 3DS receives Pokémon Ultra Moon & Sun. Despite it simply being an enhanced version of a game barely a year old, it’s easily the handheld’s biggest release …
Not only is Star Wars Battlefront II one of the biggest releases of the year – it’s also one of the most controversial. Loot boxes and pay-to-win elements have been a major cause for concern since the open beta, and in the run-up to release things have spiralled further into despair. It apparently takes 4,528 …
When it comes to discussing bad games it’s all too apparent that many internet pundits rely on second-hand impressions and recycled knowledge. Why experience the true horror of something first-hand, when you can head to YouTube and watch half-a-dozen gameplay videos and chalk up a few key observations? The answer, of course, is because it’s …
Have you ever played a game so glitchy that you’re left in perpetual fear of it crashing? NPCs begin behaving oddly, collision detection goes to pot, and the frame rate takes a nosedive. All the while you’re hoping that the last auto-save was before your character gained the ability to walk through solid objects. After …
Call of Duty: WWII has managed to retain the UK chart’s top spot. Thanks to word of mouth and heavy promotion it had a remarkably strong second week, beating FIFA 18’s second-week sales. FIFA 18 and AC: Origins swapped positions, filling slots #2 and #3. EA’s Need for Speed Payback entered at #4, once place …
It’s the busiest time of year for the gaming scene, and as such, more gaps in the Switch’s library are being filled. This week the system receives its first big-name shooter, meaning we can tick that box off the list. Sorry, Rogue Trooper Redux. You’re now surplus to requirement. DOOM on Switch is pretty much …
There’s a reason most HD re-releases are of last-gen titles – they provide the modern sensibilities and comforts we expect, and once the textures have been given a good scrub they often come up sparkling. 2000 AD tie-in Rogue Trooper Redux forgoes the last generation of gaming, taking us back to 2006. A time where …
In an ideal world, the Xbox One X would’ve made its debut this week alongside the system showcase Crackdown 3. With MS’s open-world shooter delayed until 2018 however, the Xbox One 2.0 launches with Super Lucky’s Tale…a mediocre, budget-priced, platformer. Sonic Forces hasn’t gained favourable reviews either. While not a travesty of Sonic ’06 proportions, …
Making a name for yourself isn’t entirely a good thing. B.J. Blazkowicz knows this well – after the events of the last Wolfenstein, he’s now the world’s most wanted man. Nazi propaganda portrays B.J. as a mass murderer, and with ‘wanted’ posters spread across Nazi-occupied America a low profile must be retained when the need …
The Nintendo Switch isn’t the only console prone to receiving belated conversions. Developer Witch Beam seemingly postponed the Xbox One version of this twin-stick shooter until the arrival of the Xbox One X. It’s an understandable decision, and not just because there’s an unspoken rule that every new console must launch with a snazzy twin-stick …
We expected chart compilers Gfk to provide a whole host of Call of Duty related statistics this week, but they simply state that Call of Duty: WWII‘s sales were 57% higher than Infinite Warfare, while revenue was up 21%. The ‘Legacy Edition’ of Infinite Warfare was remarkably popular, hence why the figure for WWII’s revenue …
