It’s inevitable that Starfield will send you hurtling back to 2015 at some point, recalling playing Fallout 4 for the first time while a launch model Xbox One or PS4 hums in the background. For me, this phenomenon occurred when I wasn’t playing – leave the controller alone for a while and the camera automatically …
It would be great to see more Dreamcast HD re-releases. The system had an excellent library, and games with arcade-style gameplay are often timeless. Luck would have it there is at least one on the horizon – ININ and Success are remastering the 3D shooter Rainbow Cotton, which never made it outside of Japan back …
Aspyr, the publisher behind many re-releases of classic Star Wars games, has announced that they’re partnering with Crystal Dynamics to remaster the first three Tomb Raider games. While the announcement was made during today’s Nintendo Direct, this collection is in fact multiformat, heading to PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, and Switch. PC players …
The GameCube’s twilight years were a funny old time for Nintendo fans. Nintendo, and the gaming magazines of the era, were trying their hardest to get GC owners interested in the likes of Baten Kaitos, Geist, Odama, and Star Fox Assault – but none of these could match the excitement of earlier system sellers. As …
Fantasy meets futurism in this twin-stick shooting dungeon crawler. The titular, ominous, mystic gate leads to a succession of increasingly difficult randomised dungeons filled with goblins, slime blobs, pigmen, floating ancient tomes, and screen-filling dragons. Rather than evening the odds with an array of magical and medieval weaponry, our daring female adventurer is armed with …
This animated point-and-click adventure cranks up surrealism to an almost incomprehensible level. At one point – and bear with me on this – a man with a lightbulb for a head booted his illuminated noggin through the open window of a house, which had a gleaming face, and then the house transformed into Aladin’s lamp. …
Bethesda’s sci-fi opus Starfield has entered the UK retail chart at no.1 This is pretty impressive and for a few different reasons. Firstly, and most obviously, it’s available on Game Pass – which around 40% of Xbox owners reportedly subscribe to. Secondly, the retail version is Xbox Series X only, with the majority of Xbox …
If our page views and X (née Twitter) interactions are to go by, nobody is interested in anything other than Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 at the moment – except perhaps for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 news. A pity, as this week is packed full of promising titles, and there’s a good mixture of genres too. …
Back in May it was revealed that a remake of the Game Boy classic Bubble Ghost was underway, but for whatever reason, that announcement escaped us. Spanish publisher Selecta Play has had more to share today, revealing that renowned illustrator Ken Niimura will be providing artwork. Demos for both the PC and Switch versions …
Give a big hand to Super Adventure Hand! – a new 3D platformer from DevM Games, creators of Moving Out. A couple of inspirations spring instantly to mind, including the Glover series (or would-be series if the sequel wasn’t canned) and The Addams Family’s handy helper Thing. It does, however, look like it’ll be able …
Christmas is fast approaching. Or at least, the likes of Asda and Tesco would have you believe, with boxes of festive chocolates already adorning their shelves. Orbit Studio and Play on Worlds are readying their newest release, meanwhile – Ebenezer and The Invisible World is a 2D Metroidvania based on Charles Dickens’ ghost story A …
In a possible bid to prevent Switch owners from missing out on BG3 and Starfield hype, it seems Nintendo has lined up a few RPGs for this week. Or it could just be our imagination. Who knows! Nintendo is giving Fae Farm – from Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs – a reasonably big push, with a …
The three-man team behind The Vagrant have revealed Detained: Too Good for School – a scrolling beat’em up that lets you break noses as well as hearts. The story is one of revenge, with our angsty schoolgirl protagonist out to harm those who killed her brother. Classes and the gym must be attended during the …
Step into the world of intrigue and deduction with this captivating detective sim – one that pays homage to classic mystery stories. Developed by Happymeal and Undercoders, this title combines nostalgic aesthetics with modern gameplay mechanics to deliver a unique and engaging mystery-solving visual novel that plays out like a TV show. Heavily inspired by …
This week’s new release round-up looks a lot like last week’s. This is due to both Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5 and Starfield on Xbox/PC gaining early access editions a few days ago, ahead of this week’s standard versions. Starfield reviews went live last Thursday – something hard to ignore on social media, and likely …
