Flynn’s Arcade are taking us back to the 16-bit era with their next title. Freddy Farmer features arcade-like sensibilities, pitting the titular hero against an almighty dragon. It’s up to Freddy to collect potion ingredients which must be placed in a cauldron in a certain order, all while leaping over a roster of over 25 …
This week’s UK retail chart features the first new no.1 of the year in the form of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. The Metacritic score (78%) is probably lower than Nintendo expected but it appears to be selling well regardless. Two other new arrivals can be found in the all formats top 40. Koei Tecmo’s …
There’s no stopping Bandai Namco lately. Following on from Freedom Wars Remastered and Tales of Graces f Remastered, the prolific publisher is back with week with SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada – a resource gathering PvPvE extraction shooter set in 2222 – and the Switch version of the one-on-one brawler Guilty Gear Strive – which promises …
After months of leaks at the hands of peripheral manufacturers, Nintendo has officially revealed the Switch 2. Whether Nintendo’s hand was forced due to said leaks isn’t clear—a second, more in-depth look at the console is planned for Wednesday, 2nd April, during a Nintendo Direct. As speculated, the Switch 2 isn’t a complete revolution. It’s …
The second Evercade cart of 2025 has been revealed as a Broken Sword collection. This comes as a mild surprise considering a second Computer Heroes cart was heavily rumoured. Coming on a larger Giga Cart, meaning a £24.99 price point, it’ll include the PS1 versions of Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars and Broken …
Third time’s the charm? Perhaps not for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, which hit it out of the gate first time on Wii in 2010. This week’s HD iteration marks its third release, and while reviews have been positive – mostly being a mixture of 8s and 7s, resulting in a 77% Metacritic – some …
Here’s a game tricky to review. On one hand, it’s a fairly simple proposition. Star Trek: Legends is a turn-based RPG where you play as characters throughout the franchise’s history. On the other, it’s a belated console iteration of a mobile game that originally had microtransactions, since removed. It’s a shallow experience, with not much …
GungHo Entertainment America has outlined plans for the upcoming LUNAR Remastered Collection. This double-whammy of PS1 RPGs – originally released by Game Arts – is set to release on 18th April across PS4, Xbox One, Switch and Steam both digitally and physically on consoles, although it appears that the Xbox One physical release will be …
When Aspyr began re-releasing Star Wars games almost five years ago, it was assumed they were going to choose from the best of the bunch. While this was the case for a while, with early remasters including Episode 1 Racer and the former Xbox exclusive Republic Commando, the conversion specialists presently appears to be simply …
This week’s UK retail chart, dated for the week ending 11th Jan, merely sees a shuffle within the top ten. EA Sports FC 25 has returned to no.1, swapping places with Hogwarts Legacy. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – the PS5 chart’s no.1 – climbed to #3, the recently discounted Elden Ring dropped to …
The Xbox missed out on last week’s double-whammy of Freedom Wars Remastered and Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana, but there’s no blockade this week with Dynasty Warriors: Origins and Tales of Graces f Remastered both gracing the system. The connection here, of course, being that these are all Japanese games. Additionally, Namco Bandai’s SYNDUALITY …
Forever Entertainment has released a trailer for The House of the Dead 2: Remake, along with a helpful reminder that it’s due out this Spring. Their original THotD remake was released on Switch first before filtering down to other platforms. This sequel however will be multiformat at launch, set to arrive on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch …
My Arcade has had a prolific showing at CES 2025, revealing the Atari Gamestation Go and Atari Gamestation Mega – with over 200 built in games – along with a range of SEGA Mini Arcade systems featuring the likes of Sonic and Shinobi, plus the Gamestation Retro Go, Gamestation Retro Pro and Gamestation Retro Mega – which feature a mixture …
The first Evercade cartridge of 2025 has been revealed as Indie Heroes Collection 4. This doesn’t come as a surprise considering the Indie Heroes carts feature games released on Evercade Vs over the course of the previous year. Due out in February, Indie Heroes Collection 4 will include 11 games, mostly of the pixel art …
Two remasters are on the agenda this week, followed by another two next week – Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and Tales of Graces f Remastered. Thankfully there are games somewhat fresher on the horizon too. It also helps that some of these remasters are titles that have never graced a Nintendo platform before. Obviously …
