Pac-Man 99 has come to an end on Switch. There isn’t long to wait until the next competitive Pac-Man battle royale, though, with the mouthful that is Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs coming soon to consoles and PC. This 64-player battle royale sees players invade one another’s mazes to become the past dot devourer standing. …
Last week’s UK retail chart battle, which is more of a scuffle these days, saw EA Sports FC 24 fending off both Assassin’s Creed Mirage and Detective Pikachu Returns to claim a second week at no.1 Assassin’s Creed Mirage had to settle for #2 – not just in the all formats charts, but across the …
Vincent the thief steals a treasured necklace from a powerful witch believing he was simply robbing a wealthy old lady. As punishment, she condemns him to spend eternity in Whateverland, the witch’s personal purgatorial prison, where she sends just about anyone for a good enough reason. In this point and click adventure, we embark through …
Publisher Ultimate Games are best known for their line of simulators – with previous works including Demolish & Build, Aquarist, Castle Flipper, Fishing Simulator, and the disastrous Deadliest Catch: The Game – yet, and as the name suggests, Anthology of Fear takes the form of a psychological horror adventure. Stepping outside of their comfort zone …
Turn10’s Forza Motorsport rolls out on the Xbox Store and Game Pass this week, following last week’s early access granting Premium Edition. Fan feedback has been mixed so far – the graphics and level of realism have gained praise, but it also allegedly feels a little lifeless, and there’s far less content than Forza diehards …
The Finnish Museum of Games, located in Tampere, is currently holding an exhibition titled ‘A Fantastic Failure’ covering the story of the N-Gage – the handheld mobile gaming device Nokia invested hundreds of millions into, despite little in the way of interest from consumers. The exhibition aims to be nostalgic but thought-provoking – while the …
Inception, the 2010 grown-up blockbuster, is the best comparison I’ve got for Cocoon. Not just because they have similar mind-bending worlds-within-worlds structures, but both credit their audience with a good dose of intelligence, and trust that they can keep up. If anything, Cocoon is the more mind-bending, and the clever of the two. There’s no …
Thanks to the self-explanatory title, the premise of this pixel art tower defence battler doesn’t need much elaboration. A trio of mechs located on the left on the screen must protect a shielded wall, ergo the citizens behind it, from the kaiju monsters that emerge from the right. Think Plants vs. Zombies only super-sized and …
Camelot, of Arthurian legend, has fallen. A great thirst for power, the collection of the mythical Holy Grail, and a cataclysm of giants unleashed. They defeat the knights of the Round Table, even Lancelot who’s the best one. In his quest to put things right, Merlin transports Camelot to an in-between realm – The Astral …
Nintendo begins its winter Switch rollout this week, starting with the 3DS sequel Detective Pikachu Returns. Then, in the coming weeks, we can look forward to Super Mario Bros. Wonder, WarioWare: Move It, and Super Mario RPG. Not the most exciting of line-ups, granted, but enough to satisfy – especially with early hands-on impressions being …
Clear River Games has been quite prolific of late, especially when it comes to announcing new games. During the recent Tokyo Game Show, Tatsujin’s 3D shoot’em up Truxton Extreme was revealed for PlayStation 5, alongside the multiformat Snow Bros. Wonderland, which sees the single-screen platformer transformed into 3D top-down action game. The retro gaming-focused publisher …
What’s the opposite of a precision platformer? An ‘imprecise platformer’ would be the logical answer, but that doesn’t seem the correct terminology, almost suggesting a game’s controls are in some way loose. Whatever the correct answer may be, it describes Bang-On Balls perfectly. This 3D platformer is set in vast and vivid open worlds, where …
Admittedly, I’m a little jealous about the vast number of wholesome games aimed at the younger generation nowadays. Growing up in the ‘90s, choices were limited – if you asked a game store clerk for “something wholesome” they’d probably suggest pre-ordering The California Raisins on NES. The good news is that most modern wholesome games …
No license, no problem. EA Sports FC 24 is the UK’s new number one in the all formats retail chart, becoming the second fastest selling boxed release of the year behind Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. GI.biz does however note that sales were down 30% over FIFA 23, with only the new and improved Switch version …
With ‘big game season’ now underway, officially kickstarted by last week’s EA SPORTS FC 24, it’s no surprise to find another bunch of heavy hitters upon us. Following on from The Crew Motofest, Ubisoft is readying their second big winter release – the anticipated Assassin’s Creed Mirage. As you may be aware, it’s a smaller …
