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 …
If you’re able to ‘tear’ yourself away from Paper Mario, you’ll find yet another slew of new releases on the Switch eShop vying for your attention. The Switch didn’t gain Marvel’s Midnight Suns, making Daedalic’s Capes all that more appealing. It’s a turn-based strategy game with upgradeable superheroes and an unfolding storyline. It seems to …
The history of Duke Nukem Forever is one aspect of video game history that’s curiously well documented. While playing this throwback first-person shooter, intended to recall the early noughties with its pixilated visuals and shlock sci-fi setting, I couldn’t shake the fact that part of DNF’s DNA was present here. Not in a derogatory sense, …
With the video game market stalling, publishers have finally realised that it’s beneficial to release their games on as many platforms as possible. Microsoft made headlines with multiplatform announcements earlier this year, and Square-Enix has plans to cast their nets wider too. Yet, the allure is still there for publishers to release games on Apple …
If there’s one thing we can guarantee in these turbulent times, it’s that first-party Switch titles will always chart highly at launch. Proving as much, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is the UK’s new no.1 in both the all formats top 40 and the Switch top 20. The Prime Matter published System Shock missed …
The tutorial for this tower defence game takes less than two minutes to complete, duly informing how to place defences and gather resources by ordering your “minions” to chop trees and smash stones. Two minutes were all that’s needed – the controls are surprisingly intuitive, using only a few buttons on the joypad. Unfortunately, this …
The Xbox gains a couple of belated bangers this week, with human shepherding puzzler HUMANITY hitting Game Pass, and the sentient action-figure shooter HYPERCHARGE Unboxed launching on 31st May. Microsoft’s box also gains Lesson Learned, a tower-defence game set in a peculiar daydream world. Makes a change from tanks and aliens. The sun soaked arcade-style racer …
The Istanbul-based Hero Concept has revealed Mayhem Brawler II: Best of Both Worlds – a sequel to their mostly well-received 2019 scrolling brawler, set for release on consoles and PCs in 2025. Mayhem Brawler II won’t simply offer more of the same, or even be a retreat with additional characters – it’ll feature randomised Rouge-like …
In the early ‘80s, the console market was a three-way race between Atari, Coleco, and Mattel. Mattel was responsible for the Intellivision, one of Atari’s biggest rivals until Nintendo launched the NES in the US – an estimated 5 million Intellivision consoles were sold. Today, Atari has announced that they have acquired the Intellivision brand, along with …
