While the virtues of reading a book should never be ignored, interactive gamebooks have their conveniences too. Based on the 2013 choice-based novel of the same name, Down Among the Dead Men is fully narrated and keeps track of your current inventory and life points. That, and anything else you’ve acquired during your quest to …
Back in 2010, the Xbox 360 shooter collection Raiden Fighter Aces could be found lingering on online retailers’ release lists. It bounced around between publishers, including a newly reformed Tradewest and European outlet JoWood, only to mysteriously vanish. At a time when arcade shooters were seldom seen on the likes of Xbox 360, PS3 and …
Nintendo, Capcom and Bethesda, amongst others, must be hoping Switch owners have plenty of disposable income after paying off February’s bills, as it’s a corker of a week for new releases. From Capcom comes not just Resident Evil Requiem for Switch 2 but also Resident Evil 7 biohazard Gold Edition and Resident Evil Village Gold …
“Excelsior!” Limited Run, Marvel and Konami are joining forces to bring us mere mortals a rather comprehensive Marvel retro collection. A collection with thirteen games in total, no less. The multiformat MARVEL MaXimum Collection will include the following: We can expect a digital archive, a music player, a rewind tool, save states, cheat menus, and …
The 32-bit era saw quite a few battles between similar titles. At the start of the generation, Daytona USA and Ridge Racer went head-to-head, and later Virtua Fighter 2 and Tekken 2. One forgotten battle from 1997 saw a three-way struggle between snowboarding sims, with the N64’s 1080 Snowboarding, the Sony published Cool Boarders, and …
The impact of the N64’s still lauded Zelda: Ocarina of Time continues to be felt, with this 3D side-scrolling platformer brazenly borrowing OoT’s musical instrument playing element. It’s a magical flute that the minuscule elf-like hero Nai carries here, also doubling as a melee weapon. OoT may be fast approaching thirty years old, but we’re pretty …
It’s EA Sports FC 26 that continues to dominate the UK retail (physical) charts, not only no.1 in the all formats top 40 but the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series and Switch charts as well. Making for a double whammy, EA Sports FC 25 is at #2 in the Xbox Series chart this week. We definitely …
We’ve seen a few big name releases this year – including Nioh 3, High on Life 2, and Dragon Quest VII Reimagined – but nothing so far that has reached the same level of anticipation as Resident Evil Requiem. Capcom’s horror series has gone from strength to strength since the disappointment that was Resident Evil 6, …
Most RPGs cast you as a gallant warrior out to forge their own heroic destiny, or a plucky novice adventurer who suddenly finds the weight of the world on their shoulders. Our Adventurer Guild, which has just made the jump from PC to Xbox, presents a more unique proposition. As the name suggests, you’re in …
The M2 developed helicopter shooter collection Kyukyoku TigerHeli – Toaplan Arcade Garage launches digitally on 26th Feb. That’s next week! It brings together Kyukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra (1987) and Tiger-Heli (1985) with new on-screen overlays, easier difficulty modes, and extra arcade challenges. Toaplan’s 1991 brick based puzzler Teki Paki is being thrown in as a bonus download too. The Kyukyoku …
Nintendo systems, try as they might, have never been renowned for racing games, lacking a major franchise to compete with Forza and Gran Turismo. This may soon change, with the Switch 2’s extra horsepower able to do the genre justice. We’ve already seen GRID: Legends on Nintendo’s latest, and this week sees two other established …
It’s not hard to imagine that many ideas added to a project during early development end up nixed, either breaking things in some way or failing to suit the overall tone. The best example I can think of is how so few fantasy games with dragons let you harness the ability to fly, as this …
A price cut has helped EA Sports FC 26 hold onto the UK retail chart’s top spot, while also remaining no.1 in the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series and Switch charts. It’s curious to see that the Super Bowl didn’t propel Madden NFL 26 back into the top 40. EA Sports NHL 26 did however return to the …
During the development of the Virtual Boy, Nintendo believed that its then-upcoming stereoscopic 3D system was so unique and innovative that no other manufacturer would be able to replicate its features. Unbeknownst to them, Tiger Electronics had taken note of the Virtual Boy’s design and functionality, clearly expecting it to be a bigger hit than …
Today marks the day many Nintendo fans never thought they’d see – the Virtual Boy, and a chunk of its library, are finally being added to the expanded Nintendo Switch Online service. The only downside is that you’ll need either the additional replica headset or the cardboard model to play, due to the failed system’s …
