If you can draw yourself away from Super Mario Bros. Wonder, you’ll find the usual assortment of big name releases, indie gems, annual updates, and retro re-releases on the Switch eShop this week. Konami has just launched their biggest release in quite some time. Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 doesn’t seem to be …
Sunsoft continues their dormant NES era franchise revivals with Ufouria THE SAGA 2 – marking mascot Hebereke’s long awaited return. The portly penguin has been absent for around two decades despite starring in around a dozen Sunsoft games back in the ‘90s. Ufouria THE SAGA 2 is a true sequel, in which Hebereke is out …
This interactive visual novel, henceforth just called Inescapable, is set on a tropical desert island. You find yourself kidnapped along with ten other seemingly unrelated individuals and forced to participate in a six month long social experiment. Think Love Island with a murderous Big Brother twist. At the end, as the last person standing, you’ll …
PS5 exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is off to an incredibly impressive start, even able to fend off Super Mario Bros. Wonder to become the UK’s new no.1 in the retail chart. This does come as a mild surprise – Switch physical release sales tend to be strong in the UK, especially for major releases. Sony’s …
Sequels and re-releases pave the way this week, several of which are long-requested. These include Remedy’s survival horror Alan Wake 2, which entails investigating ritualistic murders in a small town, and Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1. This re-release brings together the NES’ Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, PSone classic MGS …
The SEGA Game Gear, much like the Game Boy, had a long lifespan. Launching in 1990, it was intended to offer 8-bit gaming on the go, sharing many titles with the Master System. But as the years went by, the Master System faded into the past, prompting developers to create handheld iterations of their 16-bit …
The moons have aligned, creating a once-in-a-lifetime event – new side-scrolling Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog games launching side-by-side. If that wasn’t enough, there are new King Kong, Hot Wheels, and Hellboy games imminent too. Throw Agatha Christie into the mix, and we’re looking at the busiest week for the Switch so far …
World of Horror is an unsettling but interesting myriad of genres, twisting together Lovecraftian themes with a Junji Ito inspired art style, and packaged together as a 1-bit text-based cosmic horror RPG rogue-like. And what a blessed mishmash – everything has been intricately created in MS Paint with a chiptune soundtrack. Ahh the olden days. …
Recently revived publisher Sunsoft released an incredible number of licensed games during their heyday – covering everything from Batman to Road Runner. When it comes to creating retro collections nowadays, this is largely problematic, limiting the number of potential re-releases. Coupled with the fact that Blaze is more than likely holding back several titles for …
The Official PlayStation 2 Magazine played a pivotal part in generating hype for EA/Criterion’s 2006 first-person shooter Black. They claimed it would progress the shooter genre significantly, comparing its shootouts to Burnout’s crashes – every bullet had the potential to ricochet, bouncing off surfaces and into explosive barrels, causing unforeseen chain reactions. For the most …
The UK retail chart is in, revealing a few surprising new arrivals and re-entries. Some are due to Amazon’s recent Big Deal sale, while others are seemingly down to dwindling physical sales numbers. CI Games’ Lords of the Fallen was the highest charting new arrival, taking #4 in the all formats chart. This Unreal Engine …
This is it, folks – the busiest week of the year for new releases so far. Both Nintendo and Sony launch their biggest games of the holiday season, and there’s around a dozen noteworthy multiformat titles too, including a bunch of intriguing indies and a couple of retro re-releases. From Sony and Insomniac comes Marvel’s Spider-Man …
This deductive strategy card game pits players against each other to deduce their opponent’s cards and take the crown as Logic King – or Queen. Players each have 10 cards numbered from 0-9, and on the face of things seems quite simple, but there is some strategy and tactical planning required. Think Battleships but with …
We’re still waiting for the first IREM Collection to release, announced back in May, but that hasn’t stopped publisher ININ from confirming the contents of the third volume. No, they aren’t jumping the gun – the plan has always been to release five volumes in 2024. IREM Collection Vol. 3 will include the arcade shooters …
If you’re looking for something to tide you over until Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Sonic Superstars arrive next week, you’re in luck – this week’s assortment of eShop titles includes a handful of promising indies and retro re-releases. We can also expect Sabre’s 7v7 arcade-style US football game Wild Card Football, the bespoke Company …
