A long weekend is almost upon us. Nintendo fans shouldn’t worry if it turns out to be a wet one – another four releases are lined up for the Switch, while the 3DS eShop sees a sizeable sale. Even the Wii U gets a look in, with two Konami Turbografx Virtual Console re-releases – Final …
Annual sporting update season is upon us once more, with Madden NFL 18 and F1 2017 being first out the gate. With an all-new story mode, Madden NFL 18 is said to be the most accessible yet, gaining a 9/10 from GameSpot, a 4.5 from US Gamer and an 8.25 from GameInformer. IGN meanwhile went …
It’s easy to see why Housemarque called upon the talents of Eugene Jarvis to co-create PSN hit Nex Machina. The celebrated game designer is responsible for some of the greatest arcade twin-stick shooters of all-time, including Robotron: 2084 and Smash TV. Both are a clear influence on Circuit Breakers. Essentially, it’s an amalgamation of the …
We’re all for publishers and developers creating new IP. In Agents of Mayhem’s case however, we struggle to see why Volition didn’t give the world a new Saints Row instead. This generation hasn’t had a proper exclusive Saints Row title yet. Moreover, the franchise is more than popular enough to ensure a decent amount of …
The biggest compliment we can give Sonic Mania is that it feels like it was developed by a team who understands and loves the series more than SEGA themselves. SEGA’s once proud mascot has lost his way over the years, and Sonic’s sizeable fan base has seemingly taken it upon themselves to get the blue …
Even before taking it out the packaging, our expectations for Maximum Games’ Troll & I were low. We expected a low budget The Last Guardian, but it couldn’t even meet that shameful standard. Instead, we were pretended with a broken and blatantly unfinished mess. It’s so bad that the Xbox One achievement ratios suggest that …
There’s good news and there’s really good news. This is the case of the latter, as last week’s mobile re-release of SEGA’s seminal platformer Ristar showcases vastly improved emulation. The first batch of SEGA Forever titles left a lot to be desired. In fact, they were approaching unplayable even on high-end mobile devices. Ristar however …
The ‘AAA’ drought comes to an end with the arrival of Deep Silver’s Agents of Mayhem. This vivid and colourful shooter has more in common with Crackdown than the studio’s own Saints Row series, thanks to a focus on destruction and over-the-top weaponry. Review scores are wildly mixed, ranging from GameSpot’s 4/10 and an equally …
What goes around comes around. It’s an apt phrase to use when talking about Sonic Mania, given the blue blur’s passion for loop-the-loops. Some twenty-five years later, we’re back at the beginning once more with 2D pixel art Sonic game. Why has it taken this long for SEGA to go back to basics and give …
Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy has claimed a fourth week at no.1. The last title to hold onto top spot for this long was Activision’s own Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which had a five-week run at the end of 2016. The rest of the UK’s top ten remains mostly unchanged. Price drops on Bethesda’s back …
This week’s eShop update is pretty much identical to last week’s – another glut of Switch releases and two Turbografx titles for Wii U. The 3DS receives a new title too, in the form of 3D art program VoxelMaker (£4.59). That’s joined by a demo of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Stories, ahead of its 8th September …
This week Ninja Theory gives us Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, a ‘AAA indie’ releasing with a mid-point (£25) price tag. Those questioning why there isn’t a retail release are kind of missing the point. This is Ninja Theory standing on their own two feet to create something without restrictions, constraints and interference from bossy publishers and …
Monomi Park’s slime nurturing sim possess one of the most important hallmarks of video game excellence: the ability to make hours fly by like mere minutes. This is mostly achieved via the shrewd inventory management system. That’s shrewd from a design perspective; from the player’s perspective, the small amount of backpack storage makes for a …
Ignoring the fact that a whole bunch of Monty Python games were released during the ‘90s, Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator is essentially Monty Python: The Game. It even uses the famous ex-parrot scene as a scenario for an insult slinging stand-off. The only cause for concern here, outside of using Monty Python references a little …
With no new releases, and ample stock now available, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy takes the UK chart’s top spot for a fifth week. In doing so, it becomes the only PS4 exclusive to claim no.1 for five weeks or more. No other game released in 2017 has been able to remain at no.1 for …
