There’s just one new arrival within this week’s UK top 40 retail chart, and that’s Milestone’s racer MotoGP 25, way down at #36. Not a particularly great start, and it’s unlikely to stick around. One game with staying power is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which has only fallen two places during its second week on …
Microsoft are taking a leaf out of Sony’s book and giving one of their classics a second remaster. Gears of War: Reloaded takes the 2006 original, which was revived in 2015 with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, and brings it up to modern standards. We can expect 4K assets and remastered textures, improved shadows and reflections, …
Deep Silver’s fast-paced sci-fi shooter Metal Eden was originally planned for this week, only to be pushed back until the summer. It’s a pretty busy week for new releases regardless, with handful of tactical RPGs and RPG-inspired games due, plus several anticipated indies. Would you believe a big-name release is actually launching on a UK …
The premise for this academy management sim sets the tone perfectly. Every 254 years a demonic force rises and attempts to conquer a magical realm. After someone accidentally marked the wrong year on a calendar to highlight The Lord of Evil’s return, the fate of mankind is at stake. With only a few years left …
May is looking sporadic for new Switch releases, and with the Switch 2 due on June 5th, this was perhaps to be expected. Next week sees the release of High On Life, while towards the end of May we can expect Capcom Fighting Collection 2, Onimusha 2, Monster Train 2, and Fantasy Life i: The …
Have you ever watched a trailer for an upcoming game that aligns with your tastes, only to notice a certain something which may harm its potential? Perhaps a racer where the AI appears far too aggressive or even passive, or maybe a modern day shoot’em up where enemy bullets blur into busy backdrops? Blazing Trail’s …
After toiling away in the licensed game mines for the last few years, 3DClouds are back to creating their own IP. Next month sees the release of the pirate adventure Trident’s Tale, while the newly announced accessible racer Formula Legends is due later this year on all formats. Although an arcade-like experience, it will still feature …
Combat systems in arena brawlers, especially those pitting you against several enemies at once, tend to put gratification above technicality. Grab a baseball bat and swing for the fences, making blood spurt and enemies hit the ground hard. KIBORG presents similar grisly sights, only it’s clear from the outset that the technical side of things …
WB’s Hogwarts Legacy has managed to hold onto no.1 in the UK all formats retail chart, fuelled by strong sales of the PS4, Xbox One and Switch versions. At #2 it’s a new arrival for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which also took no.1 in the PS5 chart and #2 in the Xbox Series top ten …
Last week ended up being far busier than anticipated, with Bethesda randomly dropping Oblivion: Remastered during a quiet Tuesday afternoon. On top of that, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s reviews were resoundingly positive, becoming one of the highest rated games of the year, while SNK’s FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves managed to silence the naysayers …
We’re going back to the PS1 era with Labyrinth of the Demon King, a dungeon crawler with a purposely grimy and low poly 32-bit aesthetic. FromSoftware’s King’s Field games were the biggest influence, we feel. Set in feudal Japan, you play as a foot soldier known as Ashigaru, whose mission is to slay the Demon …
PS5, Xbox Series and PC owners are currently getting lost in the colossal RPG duo Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. Turns out the Switch isn’t without a smattering of RPGs this week either, if last week’s Lunar Remastered Collection wasn’t enough to be getting on with. Maliki: Poison of …
The UK retail chart is largely stagnant this week, with just a few titles swapping places inside the top ten. We do have a couple of new arrivals, however, so it isn’t entirely void of activity. Hogwarts Legacy is the UK’s no.1 for a second week running, which appears to be down to a combination …
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, the industry’s worst kept secret, is out now on Xbox (via Game Pass), PS5 and PC via Steam. This makes a busy week even busier – Xbox Game Pass subscribers already had an RPG to look forward to this week, in the form of the excellent looking Clair Obscur: …
At least once per console generation a developer will latch onto the concept of puppets and stage shows, with past examples including Puppeteer, The Gunstringer, and Dynamite Headdy, along with traces of cardboard stage-like level design also found in the likes of Little Big Planet and Fable Heroes. It’s a set-up that always generates a …
