Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection, Just Dance 2024, CRYMACHINA, Dave the Diver, DESOLATIUM, and Enchanted Portals hit the Switch

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 …

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Hebereke is back! Sunsoft reveals Ufouria THE SAGA 2 for Switch

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 …

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Inescapable – No Rules, No Rescue review

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 …

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Out this week: Alan Wake 2, UFC 5, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection, Ghostrunner 2, Frog Detective, Just Dance 2024, more

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 …

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How bad was the Game Gear’s Sonic Blast?

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 …

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Sonic Superstars, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, Gargoyles Remastered, and World of Horror hit the Switch

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 …

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World of Horror review

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. …

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Evercade Sunsoft Collection 1 review

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 …

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Trepang2 review

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 …

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Out this week: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Sonic Superstars, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, Hellboy Web of Wyrd, Inescapable, more

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 …

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LogiKing review

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 …

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Wild Card Football, Dementium: The Ward, Haunted House, Company of Heroes Collection, and RedRaptor hit the Switch

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 …

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