Hoo boy. The Switch has been flooded with shovelware over the past week – everything from something called (I kid you not) The great battle of Shark Monkey Squirrel Dinossaur Bird Bee to a low budget racer known as Burnout that has nothing to do with EA whatsoever. It even looks like they’ve snuck a …
If a publisher or developer neglects one of their cherished IPs for too long, an indie studio will often swoop in with a spiritual successor. This fan-pleasing phenomenon occurred just months ago, with Bomb Rush Cyberfunk filling in for a new Jet Set Radio. But what happens when a franchise’s original creator returns with a …
It seems many gamers were happy to spend their dollars on RoboCop: Rogue City. The Nacon-published grisly shooter is the highest charting retail release of last week, entering at a respectable #4 in the all formats chart. It also took #2 in the Xbox Series chart, and #3 in the PS5 chart. A few other …
This year’s Call of Duty seems to be riling up the fanbase, with Modern Warfare III‘s file size clocking in at an Xbox Series S debilitating 234.9GB, no Platinum Trophy on PS5, a campaign that lasts under four hours, and intrusive adverts appearing on the Xbox dashboard. IGN wasn’t impressed by the campaign at all, …
During the last console generation, Japanese publisher Hamster re-released Neo Geo games on a weekly basis. The reason this Arcade Archives sub-series ended wasn’t due to diminishing returns, but rather because they ran out of titles to re-release, with pesky licensing issues to blame. They certainly had a good crack at it, putting out a …
This unexplainable CGI movie crossover event comes from Bamtang, creators of Nickelodeon Kart Racers – a series that saw marked improvements across its three installments. The first wasn’t up to much, with Nickelodeon’s renowned characters mute throughout, effectively removing all life from the colourful cast. It seems Bamtang has access to more resources these days …
Basing a Metroidvania on the works of Charles Dickens isn’t as farfetched as it may seem. One of the best NES games was also based on the English novelist’s most renowned character. It took a few liberties, turning Scrooge into a duck, but DuckTales remains a classic to this day. Joking aside, the premise here …
Square-Enix is back this week with two new titles on Switch. Their PSone remake of the sci-fi infused role-player Star Ocean the Second Story R features a similar, ravishing, art direction to Octopath Traveller and has a choice of three difficulties, with the lowest said to offer a “relaxing” journey. Reviews are positive so far, …
When Anakin Skywalker described sand as “coarse, and rough, and irritating” he certainly wasn’t wrong. Even the construction-infatuated protagonist in this casual but deep lifestyle sim must occasionally contend with sand clogging up their equipment, as well as sandstorms requiring specialist gear to endure. But there’s also a mountain of riches under the sandy dunes …
Blood Eater Games’ development ethos is one we can get behind: to create small and fun horror games at affordable prices, with no fuss or bloat. SANGUIVORE: Twenty Below is their latest, due in Early Access on Steam and Epic on December 1st. It’s a four-player first-person co-op experience centered around escape rooms – which …
It was easy to tell that Smurf games from the ’80s and ’90s were developed under strict guidelines from the licensees. Most took the form of simple side scrollers, mimicking the look and feel of the harmless ‘80s Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. These days appear to be behind us. Prisoner of the Green Stone is surprisingly …
Originally due out in June, RoboCop: Rogue City finally launches this week. The delay seems to have paid off – impressions from the recent PC demo were positive, suggesting this is the RoboCop shooter fans have long been clamouring for. We’ll buy that for sixty dollars. The downside of RoboCop’s delay is that it’s launching …
The UK retail chart continues to be a hubbub of activity, with four new games making their debuts. Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 was the highest charting, entering the all formats top 40 at #4. It also turned up at #3 in both the PS5 and Xbox Series charts, and #9 in …
Melbourne-based Art of Play is in possession of The Phantom license, with work well underway on a multiformat hand-drawn scrolling beat’em up based on the purple-clad crime fighter. While not quite as well-known as Batman and Superman, The Phantom did in fact debut around the same time as DC’s caped duo – the first strip …
Talk about perfectly timed. Mere days ahead of Halloween, Mega Cat Studios has launched a Kickstarter for The Meating – a blood-filled NES puzzle platformer crammed full of meat-shaped pixel arrangements. Kon, a ghost minotaur, is out to retrieve their missing body parts after Gyros, the Greek God of Meat, offers the former gladiator a chance …
