Despite being a remake, it seems reasonable to suggest that Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the biggest Switch first-party release of 2024 so far. With Nintendo gearing up for the Switch 2, their primary teams are clearly working on games for the new system. It’s amicable that we’ve received one new game a month; …
There’s no medium more nonsensical than video games. Doug’s Nightmare is a perfect example of this, being a twin-stick top-down shooter based around anxiety and the darkness it brings. It’s a subject well worth highlighting, impacting more people’s lives than many realise, but it also has a coffee-loving banana called Doug as its protagonist. Then …
The UK physical sales charts must be in freefall currently, as the top ten includes two PC games: The Sims 4: For Rent at #5 and Football Manager 2024 at #8. It also seems that the boxed PC version of Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is selling well, helping it to remain at #2. For those …
There’s a demand on the digital services for inexpensive games; something cheap and cheerful to brighten a dull afternoon that could potentially be bought with leftover credit. With both limited budget and resources in mind, it pays for the developers of these smaller titles (Musashi vs Cthulhu costs just over £4, incidentally) to keep things …
When a publisher plans for multiple instalments of a retro compilation, it’s pretty obvious that well-known games are going to be kept back for later collections. That’s definitely the case with the Taito Milestones series, which is set to receive its third entry this winter – and it’s looking like the best yet. TAITO Milestones …
Microsoft appears to be in a transitional period, provoked by less than stellar sales of the Xbox Series and the Game Pass subscriber count consequently reaching a cap. Our visions were once of regular first-party games from the dozen-or-so studios under the Xbox banner, and it beggars belief that regular output hasn’t occurred – major …
The NSO service updated earlier this week, revealing a distinct theme to Nintendo diehards – the three new titles added to the Game Boy library were all launch titles for the monochromatic marvel, launching 1989 in Japan and the US, with Europe trailing behind in 1990. Glancing over reviews from ‘90s gaming critics, via …
A cat-based take on Untitled Goose Game has been a long time coming, especially considering there’s no better creature suited for similar fearless frolics. After all, you can’t spell ‘catastrophe’ without the word ‘cat’. Little Kitty, Big City doesn’t just provide a sandbox (litterbox?) to play around in, but also a main objective to pursue. …
Publisher and developer QUByte has announced the retro-style boomer shooter Extinction Rifts – their first entry into the genre, and one that has been a long time coming. The ‘boomer’ part rings true here. Extinction Rifts has a focus on destruction with the protagonist able to charge up a gauntlet by causing destruction and chaos. …
Recently I looked back at a Switch eShop round-up from early in the system’s life. Fifteen games hit the console that week – an amount considered remarkable at the time. Skip forward to this week, and you’ll find almost triple that amount due. While there is some obvious garbage, there are at least a dozen …
Even those outside the US will have noticed the American government’s actions bleeding into their subconsciousness. Just by scrolling social media, glancing over newspapers, listening to radio, or flicking through TV channels, you’ll inevitably catch wind of current news concerning US political parties, especially in the run-up to elections. This bleeds into video games too, …
The ever popular EA Sports FC 24 has managed to return to the UK physical chart’s top spot this week, while also claiming no.1 in the PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series charts. The Switch version saw a sales boost too, driving it from #12 to #3. Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition was last week’s unlikely no.1, …
Every console generation has seen a fad or two, be it gratuitously violent beat’em ups, dancing ‘n singing party games, casual titles with motion controls, or predominantly beige first-person shooters. In the early ‘90s, the biggest craze was mascot platformers, fuelled by the astonishing popularity of Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog. This seven-game strong …
Originally due in April, Braid Anniversary Edition was pushed back until this week to give it breathing space. The cult puzzle platformer, with its novel time rewinding mechanic, has been given a lick of paint and now features new puzzles, along with a 15-hour developer commentary. Look out for it on 14th May. Proving just …
When I play games, I play with the experience gained from other games. I might mess around with the combat system to see how it differs from similar titles. I might look at the responsiveness and intuitiveness of the controls and compare them to genre standouts. With Endless Ocean Luminous things were remarkably different; I …
