This week the Xbox receives a shot in the arm, or perhaps a bite in the neck, with the arrival of Bethesda’s Redfall. It’s a slight departure for Arkane Austin (Prey, Dishonored) being a co-op open-world FPS that sees an island under siege from vampires. While the cast of characters is pleasingly unconventional, and the …
It’s only human to be wary of new experiences. Jess, the protagonist of The Chant, wasn’t too englamoured with the idea of an island-based spiritual retreat, but after being plagued by visions following a death in the family, she eventually warmed to the idea. As for myself, I was wary of The Chant – a …
Happy Alien Day, to those who celebrate it. To coincide, the Switch gains a cloud release of 2021’s co-op shooter Aliens: Fireteam Elite. We gave the Xbox Series version a 7/10 at launch, praising it for offering a whistle-stop tour of the Aliens universe, while scorning it for feeling a tad generic. If you just …
Despite the deep space setting, this simulation is less about exploring the stars and more about survival. A core meltdown has occurred on a spacecraft, prompting a frantic dash to the nearest one-person escape pod. Less than a minute is given to grab vital spare parts, with the rest of the experience then taking place …
Tozai Games and ININ Games have partnered to release a new line of IREM retro collections for PS4/PS5, Xbox One, and Switch. Five volumes are due in total, and many games never seen before in the West are promised. The first of these (IREM Collection VOL.1) is due out “soon” and will feature shooters Image …
A certain red-headed witch in a certain seven season HBO series once said, “The night is dark and full of terrors.” It rings true for Hunt the Night, where darkness falling heralds the uprising of unholy creatures affected by the corruption of the night, damning humanity again and again. In the 9th Age of Man, …
Holy moly. There we were thinking last week was busy for new releases, yet this week manages to pip it, with close to fifty new games across both PlayStation and Xbox formats. Is it October already? The anticipated, and PS5/Xbox Series only, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor towers above all. Set five years after the original, …
We forget how long exactly, but a long time has certainly passed since we last saw three new arrivals occupy the top three positions in the UK retail chart. The ultra-violent Dead Island 2 claimed the top spot across the board – it’s no.1 in the multiformat chart, along with the PS4, PS5, and Xbox …
Like a lot of men my age, I’m a huge Haruki Murakami fan. Yet, whenever someone asks me why I like his work, I struggle to come up with a reason. Nothing really happens in a lot of his stories. There’s often a well and a cat and people just wandering around not doing very …
This toothy take on The Binding of Isaac goes for a gross-out aesthetic, filled to the brim with bile, phlegm, and all manner of other bodily fluids. As the name suggests, dental hygiene is its central theme – you play as a bipedal gum able to fire teeth, via a twin-stick shooting set-up, and must rid …
Even before today’s Indie World was revealed, complete with stealth drops for Teslagrad 2, Teslagrad Remastered, and Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach, this week was looking like a corker for new Switch titles – with big-name releases from Nintendo, Microsoft, Square-Enix, and more. The WayForward developed Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp launches Friday, bringing …
Following on from the excellent Donut Dodo, publisher Flynn’s Arcade has revealed another new faux arcade game, again closely mimicking the look and feel of a coin muncher circa 1983. Murtop takes Dig Dug’s underground burrowing and combines it with the ability to drop bombs, a la Bomberman. You play as rabbit Murti, out to …
Tetris is, to my mind, close to perfection. It’s also a game that can support an unfathomable amount of mutations. There’s the classic Game Boy Tetris, the annoying controls and T-Spin ticks of the arcade games, the frantic battles of Tetris 99, the blissfulness of the Tetris Effect, the mad energy of SEGA’s Puyo Puyo …
Super Mario mania continues to grip the UK retail chart, with two Mario titles within the top five – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at #2, and the current Switch pack-in Super Mario Odyssey at #5. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe also returned at #10 – up from #17. The plumber is causing such a …
To say Dead Island 2 has been a long time coming is an understatement. Development first began in 2012, ahead of a 2014 reveal. Since then, it has bounced around three different studios and even managed to elude a whole console generation, originally due on vanilla Xbox One and PS4. Cast aside images of a …
