The hunter becomes the hunted in this 2D pixel-art platformer. Transformed into a deer by the Elder Gods, six relics must be found in order to become human again. Often mistaken for junk, these relics are handed out as rewards for completing the six pleasingly nonsensical quests at hand. If you’re thinking that six is …
It’s the end of an era. Hideo Kojima bids farewell to the Metal Gear Solid series with the incredibly well-received The Phantom Pain. This is also likely to be one of Konami’s last big-budget games, save for the Pro Evolution series, with the publisher turning their attention to mobile and gambling devices. What a way …
Next time Microsoft reveals a lackluster assortment of Games with Gold titles, bite your tongue and spare a thought for Japanese Xbox owners. A far smaller catalogue of titles in Japan has lead to some very questionable choices for freebies, with Microsoft themselves having to provide content most months. The free games on Xbox 360 …
The studio behind Blues and Bullets shrewdly picked the perfect time to launch a new episodic adventure. The foregone conclusions of Game of Thrones and Tales from The Borderlands are almost upon us, while the end of Dontnod’s Life is Strange also draws near. Blues and Bullets is packaged in a similar fashion to the …
After several quiet weeks (Rare Replay was the last significant release) we finally have a UK chart worth reporting on, featuring five new arrivals in the top ten alone. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition takes the top spot, followed by the very well-received PS4-exclusive Until Dawn at #2. Disney Infinity 3.0 enters at #3 while …
Nintendo loyalists shouldn’t feel envious about the slew of big-name titles that have hit PS4 and Xbox One recently – this week’s eShop line-up is chock full of decent downloads. Making for a pleasant change, the upcoming discounts aren’t too shabby either. The Wii U is in line for six new arrivals this Thursday – …
What better use of the current generation than to tart up past hits? Probably several, but don’t tell this week’s new releases. Gears of War gets an Ultimate Edition (Xbox One), while for Dishonored it’s a Definitive Edition (Xbox One, PS4). Critics are pretty stoked with the former, but thin on the ground on the …
Bad games. We’ve seen plenty since this site started in 2001, but in this day and age of big budgets and high expectations they’ve started to become few and far between. Godzilla on PS4 was the most recent, and it’s fair to say that many were surprised by how awful it was. We’ve come to …
Oddly, there are no new Virtual Console releases due this Thursday. That’s not a huge cause for concern though – the Wii U is set to receive two retail releases and a smattering of intriguing downloads. Admittedly, we do have concerns about Devil’s Third as previews were far from flattering. It’s also set to cost …
As predicted, it’s another quiet week in chart land – the only new release out last week was Risen 3: Enhanced Edition, which hasn’t even broken the PS4 top 20 let alone the UK top 40. LEGO Jurassic World remains #1 for a second week. This is its fourth non-consecutive week on top, and also …
Former Wii U-exclusive ZombiU might be fast approaching three years old, but it’s still one of the finest zombie survival games available. When you consider how many games filled with the festering undead have been released since 2012, that’s quite the compliment. For a launch game in particular it was incredibly ambitious. We’d even go …
Reviewing BigBen’s multi-format racer Motorcycle Club would make us appear even tardier than usual (it was released in March) and having spent just a couple of hours with it, it can hardly be considered for one of our ‘Most Played’ features. Yet, I feel inclined to write something about it as it’s the most schizophrenic …
Seeing there’s just one new retail release out this week, it makes sense to cover that first before delving into the week’s downloadable offerings. That lone retail release is Risen 3: Titan Lords – Enhanced Edition on PS4, available Friday for around £30 (or £34.99 on PSN). We spent a few hours with the vanilla …
The Wii U has stolen the eShop limelight for the past few weeks. Now it’s time for the 3DS to shine, all thanks to one little game – 3D Gunstar Heroes. Treasure’s run and gunner has proven to be a timeless classic – it plays just as well today as it did back in 1993. …
Even though the buzz surrounding the movie fizzled out weeks ago, LEGO Jurassic World has managed to reclaim the UK chart’s top spot. We imagine that a new video game is a highly cost-effective way of keeping the kids quiet over half term. This means Rare Replay has been dislodged from the top of the …
