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, …
Just over a week ago, the 1998 scrolling beat’em up Legend quietly arrived on the Antstream Arcade service. Due to its obscurity, you’d be forgiven for not having heard of it before. Even searching Google brings up a dozen other PS1 games with ‘Legend’ in their title before showing a result. A paltry single result, …
Following on from Shockman, Gynoug, Gley Lancer and others that have slipped our mind, the next Masaya re-release from Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden has been revealed as Bike Daisuki! Hashiriya Kon – aka Rider’s Spirits. This Mode-7 racer launched in Japan on the Super Famicom in 1994, never making it to the West. While it’s easy to draw comparisons …
EA’s F1 24 was the one and only new entry in the UK’s latest retail chart, making its debut at a respectable #3 in the all formats top 40, and topping PS5 and Xbox Series charts. It was Hogwarts Legacy that claimed the top spot, seemingly fuelled by strong sales of the PS4, Xbox One …
After a lengthy gestation period, beginning development in 2019, the rail-riding lightshow shooter Aaero2 has finally been given the green light for a September release. It’s set to debut on Xbox Series first, with PC to follow. It’ll hit other platforms sometime after launch. The original Aaero played similarly to early PS2 music-based gems Frequency …
IllFonic’s latest asymmetrical multiplayer slasher takes the stupendously ridiculous cult movie Killer Klowns From Outer Space and works it into a familiar formula. Reviews went live last week in conjunction with the early access version and were generally positive, although it was possible to sense some genre fatigue too. The Xbox version boasts a 74% …
Turns out Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore isn’t the only unlikely Philips CD-i revival. Created by Twitch streamer SuperMegaDav, the idea for this old school single screen puzzle platformer comes from the CD-I’s Hotel Mario – a title which Nintendo had nothing to do with outside of a licensing agreement. You can watch SuperMegaDav play …
Blaze are about to tread on the toes of 1UP Arcade and Numskull with their new line of bar-top arcade systems, known as Evercade Alpha. Two models have been revealed, each containing six Capcom titles. One cabinet is embroidered with Mega Man – The Power Battle, and the other Street Fighter II. The SF model …
