We’re still in two minds as to whether launching a new release during E3 is sensible or not. Any coverage is bound to be shoved off a gaming site’s pages quickly, in favour of E3 news. ARMS does have a few advantages, however – the global testpunch converted many naysayers, and Nintendo lifted the review …
Usually we see at least one surprise E3 release, with Trials of the Blood Dragon and Dead Rising 3’s Street Fighter remix being two key examples, but this year we were treated only to a new Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite story demo. If it isn’t in your download queue already, it’s probably worth a look. …
It could be argued that most, if not all, of the big-name publishers played it safe at E3 by sticking to their franchises and annual outings. Even so, this year’s expo could become one for the ages. The big boys bought out their biggest guns, resulting in an extravaganza of exceedingly promising titles. Sony had …
Proving that a new instalment was long overdue, WipEout: The Omega Collection has topped the UK chart. Amazingly, it’s the first in the series to do so – the 1995 PS1 original only made it to #5. Codemasters’ DiRT 4 is off to a good start too, arriving at #3. The third – and final …
In Refunct, the end is just the beginning. It isn’t until after the initial playthrough that it starts to resemble a conventional video game. Until then, it’s less of a ‘game’ and more of an experience. Set in a world stripped of colour, it’s your job to bring it back to life, restoring colour by …
It’s the Switch that has the most appealing eShop line-up this week, despite comprising of just two titles. The new releases for the 3DS and Wii U are somewhat questionable, shall we say. On Switch there’s WayForward’s Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (£15.99), which gained excellent reviews when it hit the likes of Wii U back in …
Being a Bethesda-published title and all, we didn’t expect to see reviews of The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind prior to release. It so transpires critics received ample time to play it, with a handful of reviews available online in time for yesterday’s launch. IGN found it to be a neat nostalgic trip, awarding it an …
Developer Digital Images did something unimaginable in November 1999 and released WipEout 2097 on the humble Amiga. A system best known for such 2D classics as Worms, Theme Park, Cannon Fodder, and Sensible Soccer, three-dimensional Amiga games were few and far between. They often veered on the “experimental” side of things, too, guilty of pushing …
Can a game be too well designed? After playing Rime, I reckon so. It was about half way through that I realised that I didn’t need to think. I stopped worrying about where to go, because I realised that Rime is precision engineered to guide the player in the right direction. It’s really, really impressive. …
A 2D side-scrolling racer with looping stages and minuscule sprites, SpeedRunners recalls Sonic 3’s oft-forgotten two-player mode. It plays by the rules of different retro classic, however – Codemasters’ legendary Micro Machines. The idea is to outrun other players, causing them to fall behind and become edged off the screen. We could’ve use Codemasters’ own …
Bandai-Namco must be pleased as punch. Tekken 7 has become the first in the series to shoot straight to no.1 since 1998’s Tekken 3. For those curious about entries prior, 2012’s Tekken Tag Tournament 2 had to settle for #2, while 2006’s Tekken 6 debuted at #8. Tekken 7’s arrival knocked Injustice 2 down to …
When compiling this week’s new release round-up we were surprised to find very few reviews of Harvest Moon: Skytree Village online, despite it launching in the US over six months ago. Destructoid’s review may give incite as to why. They awarded it a middling 5/10, suggesting Natsume likely kept it out of critic’s hands due …
Nobody can deny THQ Nordic hasn’t made the most of their THQ acquisitions. Case point: Lock’s Quest, a Nintendo DS tower defence game from 2008, makes the jump to PS4, Xbox One and PC this week. While it may have been more at home on 3DS and PS Vita, with its tiny 2D sprites and …
Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed a certain game managed to elude last week’s new release round-up – the Kickstarter-funded Friday The 13th: The Game, which snuck out on Friday. We guess waiting until October 13th – the next Friday 13th of 2017 – was out of the question. It’s a shame publisher Gun Media couldn’t …
Nintendo Switch big-hitters Ultra Street Fighter II and Disgaea 5: Complete both managed to enter this week’s UK top 40. As was to be expected, it was a case of the former vastly outselling the latter – Ultra SF II made #10 while Disaega 5: Complete settled for a lowly #36. Arriving at #27, PS4/XO …
