Skills gained by obsessively playing Tetris in the ‘90s may come in handy when packing groceries into shopping bags, but they’ll only get you so far when playing the tetromino-featuring Tricky Towers. It requires just as much luck as skill, and it’s because of this it’s neither a puzzler nor a party game. The set-up …
Given the scope and scale of No Man’s Sky, plus the fact that the press were pretty much left to source their own advance copies, we didn’t expect to see reviews of Hello Games’ sci-fi opus roll out until next week. A whole bunch surfaced today, however, just in time for the PC launch. With …
No Man’s Sky sparked mild controversy last week after news broke that review copies wouldn’t be reaching press until launch day. This prompted many to jump to the conclusion that Hello Games had something to hide; that perhaps NMS’s wasn’t the magnum opus we were promised. Hello Games was quick to step in and claim …
If The Fall was released 25-odd years ago, it would have almost certainly taken the form of a PC-only point ‘n clicker. You know, the kind where half the screen is taken up by the GUI. The spirit of such games as Maniac Mansion and Beneath a Steel Sky is still alive here, but being …
Although there are a fair few new indie titles due on both Wii U and 3DS this week, most have a whiff of uncertainty to them. Indeed, only the easily excitable would be thrilled to hear that the Wii U is set to receive yet another Breakout clone. That game is 360 Breakout (£6.00), which …
Surprise! GTA V has re-claimed the UK’s chart top spot for the first time since March 2015, making it nine weeks in total for Take-2’s crime caper. Chart-Track informs that it was a close call between GTA V and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, with sales just “a handful†apart. GTA V’s rise to the …
It so transpires that if a developer wishes to make a game based around the Olympics, they don’t actually need the official license. One clear benefit is that this allows developers to cast realism and all tight-fitting lycra sporting attire out the window, putting their own characters and creations in place, and in some instances …
Telltale seems to be going through a rough patch at the moment, which we’d wager is down to spreading the talent a little too thinly. We’ve heard barely anything, good or bad, about the extra Minecraft Story Mode episodes while The Walking Dead: Michonne was over before it started. Batman: The Telltale Series – out …
Some role-playing games are surprisingly fast-paced, allowing you to tick a few sub-quests off the list and level up once or twice within the space of an hour. Typically, these RPGs are both pleasurable and satisfying to play with examples including Diablo III, Arcania: Gothic 4 and the ever-popular Fallout 4. Then there are RPGs …
Does anybody look forward to the weekly eShop announcements? If so, you may want to curb your enthusiasm for this round-up – the 3DS gets two new indies, while the Wii U sees discounts on a slew of Zen Pinball 2 packs and tables. Aside a few Hello Kitty and Pokemon 3DS themes, that’s about …
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens has bagged its fifth consecutive no.1, putting it neck-and-neck with current LEGO record holder LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. There’s one more chart to go until No Man’s Sky launches, meaning The Force Awakens may very well go on to become a LEGO record breaker. Uncharted 4: A …
There’s some beyond the grave stuff going on with this Dungeons & Dragons RPG – developer N-Space, best known for Geist on GameCube, closed their doors back in March. Publisher Digital Extremes has carried the baton for Sword Coast Legends since, handling all future DLC and this console conversion. We’re in deep D&D territory here …
General consensus has it that We Happy Few – available now on PC and Xbox One in early access form – has the potential to be something really quite special, but it needs a lot of work in order to achieve that greatness. It also seems that it isn’t quite what people expected, either. The …
Presumably because news stories covering anything slightly nostalgic bring in the clicks, everybody from The Mirror to BT ran stories today reporting on the return of the humble Mega Drive. This news originates from a press release issued by FunstockRetro last Friday, announcing a 25th Sonic Anniversary edition Mega Drive with 80 built-in games, plus …
Yesterday likeable YouTuber Larry Bundy Jr. published a video detailing the history of the ill-fated Tubrografx-16 mascot Johnny Turbo; today a trio of TurboGrafx-16 titles highlight this week’s UK Nintendo eShop line-up. Coincidence? Yeah, it probably is. We have Konami (yes, really) to thank for Wii U re-release of R-Type, New Adventure Island and Bonk’s …
