The promising bike parkour delivery sim Parcel Corps has both a new trailer, showing off fresh environments and even fresher faces, along with a confirmed Sept 3rd release date for PS5, Xbox Series and PC. Parcel Corps is intended to offer a satirical take on the poor working conditions delivery drivers endure, featuring three rival courier companies …
Thinking about it, the middle of the year is an ideal time to release an exhaustive 100+ hour RPG. Disposable income is thin on the ground during the start of a year, while winter sees a slew of big budget releases. This week’s Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is also destined for all formats, meaning …
Nightdive has announced another project they’re currently working on. The Thing: Remastered takes the cult PS2/Xbox original – based on the 1982 movie – and gives it a good spit ‘n polish. The retro specialists are reworking the 2002 original through their KEX Engine, adding new lighting and other atmospheric effects along with improved textures …
Retro specialists Digital Eclipse are taking the Power Rangers back to their roots with a 16-bit style scrolling beat’em up that appears visually similar to the SNES tie-ins. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind has a new storyline intended to please fans, with a newly resurrected Robo-Rita teaming up with a past version of herself to …
Bit Kid, creators of the 16-bit style Chasm, are rolling back to the 8-bit generation with their World War II set Metroidvania WOLFHOUND. “We’re aiming to be as authentic as possible, stylistically: an 8-bit color palette, 320×180 pixel resolution, and a soundtrack composed in Famitracker which has enabled homebrewers to create authentic NES music for …
The million selling Volgarr the Viking – a hack ‘n slash 2D platformer influenced by Rastan – is getting a long awaited sequel this August. The 2013 original was known for being hard yet fair – a game easy to learn, but difficult to master. This sequel, which stars an older Volgarr, promises to be equally challenging. It’ll …
Following on from PO’ed, retro specialists Nightdive are reviving another 3DO first-person shooter, this time in conjunction with IP holders Ziggurat. Killing Time: Resurrected takes the 1995 original and brushes it up with upscaled 4K textures and toggleable high-resolution character artwork/sprites. The controls are also being overhauled, and zero loading times are promised between areas. …
Originally released on mobiles – and now no longer available to download – Willy’s Wonderland – The Game comes to consoles and PC next week in a revised fashion. Based on the 2021 movie starring Nicolas Cage, this tardy tie-in takes the form of a 2.5D scrolling beat’em up with two playable characters (The Janitor …
Playtonic have been busy (bees) reworking their 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee. Which stars a bee as its villain. This new version, known as Yooka-Replaylee, boasts improved visuals and animation, more challenges, a new world map and tracker, additional tonics provided by the sentient vending machine Vendi, revised controls and camera movement, plus an arranged orchestral score …
After making a splash on Steam last October, indie underwater horror adventure The Sirena Expedition is coming to Switch this August. Taking the form of a 2.5D puzzle platformer with PS1-style visuals, you play as a deep-sea diver exploring an underwater facility in search of answers. Dialogue is fully voiced, and it also has a …
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away STAR WARS: Hunters was announced. Three years is a long time in game development circles, at least. After a few setbacks, the Zynga published PvP arena shooter is finally out this week on Switch (in addition to mobiles) as a free-to-play release. Early impressions are positive, …
A change of pace can do wonders for the soul. Nobody knows this better than Cleo, the protagonist of this nature-centric wetlands restoration sim. After city life takes its toll, Cleo heads back home to help an old school friend establish a frog refuge, all the while taking comfort in the niceties that working outdoors …
Canada-based Game Pill are gearing up to launch a demo for their ‘snack ‘n slash’ action RPG Hangry, with said demo available to play June 10th – 17th. The team hopes it’ll provide vital hands-on feedback. You play as the titular Hangry, a beastly blue brute who happens to be a mercenary for hire. They’re …
Every so often a new game is announced and it’s a wonder why nobody has thought of the concept before. Saborus is a perfect example of this. It’s a horror adventure in which you play as an everyday, vulnerable, chicken trying to escape from a slaughterhouse. Saborus – named after a fictitious food production company …
Japanese indie studio Odencat (Meg’s Monster, Bear’s Restaurant) has revealed Mousebusters, a ghost hunting adventure set in a cursed apartment block, featuring pixel art visuals. You play as the block’s newest tenant, who happens to wake the day after moving in to find they’ve been transformed into a mouse. A fellow rodent, known as Chief, …
