A pastiche of Honey I Shrunk the Kids serves as the opening world for this jolly time-traveling platformer. It isn’t long until our titular heroes – an adventure-seeking rabbit and his dependable chimpanzee chum – stumble across a shelf full of supersized video games. Platformers, specifically, with such comical names as Plonker’s Bad Breath Day, …
The majority of new Switch eShop releases for this week originate from Japan, making for a week full of eastern promises. From Nintendo themselves, there’s Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, a remake of the Wii million seller with amiibo support, four-player co-op, and an extra adventure starring Magolor. Check out the demo if you haven’t …
It’s easy to see how the incessant act of pogo hopping could form the basis of a video game. In fact, this is the second pogo-based platformer out this month, following on from the side-scrolling Go! Go! PogoGirl. On the same token, it’s also easy to see how pogoing could facilitate something risqué, simply by …
The UK retail charts have been freshly issued, revealing four of last week’s new retail releases managed to enter the top 40. None, however, were able debut within the top ten. Square-Enix’s well-received Theatrhythm Final Bar Line was the highest charting, making #16 in the all formats chart, #15 in the Switch top 20, and …
It’s a ridiculously busy week for new releases. How busy? Well, we had to start compiling this piece a day earlier than usual. By our estimation 42 new titles are ready to launch alongside the PSVR2, including the system showpiece Horizon Call of the Mountain. Another 20 new releases are imminent too, including several big …
We see you, Limited Run Games, sneaking Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection onto the Switch eShop and PSN late on a Friday afternoon. The publisher recently released a physical edition of this two-game retro collection, and as mandated, every PS4 and Switch title that gains a retail release must also be available digitally. The …
The recent arrival of GBA games on Nintendo Switch Online was a cause for celebration. The first wave includes some of the handheld’s finest, and Nintendo has already confirmed that Golden Sun, Fire Emblem, F-Zero, and more are coming. But there was one title within the launch line-up met with disdain – Mario Kart: Super …
If you’re able to tear yourself away from Metroid Prime Remastered – which could very well end up being one of the highest-rated games of the year – you’ll find another deluge of new releases on the Switch eShop this week. There are not one but two JRPGs to mull over. Namco’s fan favourite entry …
Let me start by saying The Redress of Mira is imperfect, but by no means unplayable. In fact, there’s a lot of fun in its simplicity and it’s balanced well with varied puzzle-solving, fantasy elements, platforming, and a good story. It’s one of those games that drops the player into the world with little context. …
If you stuck with the SEGA Dreamcast until its twilight years, you may recall Cosmic Smash – the 2001 Naomi-powered arcade game that saw a DC release in Japan. It wasn’t exactly one of SEGA’s biggest hits, which may be why we’ve had to wait over twenty years for a follow-up. It certainly has its …
Warner Bros’ controversial Harry Potter spin-off Hogwarts Legacy is the UK’s new no.1 in the physical retail chart. This doesn’t come as a huge surprise following reports of substantial pre-order figures. What is a surprise, however, is just how well it has performed. GI.biz crunched the numbers, revealing that not only is it the fastest-selling …
EA’s recent Dead Space revival was allegedly fuelled by the positive reception and – more importantly – the huge sales figures generated by Capcom’s Resident Evil remakes. It seems that the uber publisher has been paying attention to Capcom’s other successes, with this week’s Wild Hearts – developed by Omega Force and Koei Tecmo – clearly …
In this pastel-coloured world, friendly forest animals dwell. They need your care and attention to help ‘The Tree of Happiness’ grow. If it wasn’t already obvious by now, this is vey much aimed at younger gamers. For ‘The Tree of Happiness’ to sprout, it’s up to you to gather happy feelings. This is achieved by …
Here’s an upcoming indie that’s putting a lot of ticks in a lot of boxes. Eternights is an anime-style apocalyptic hack ‘n slash RPG with dungeon crawling, scavenging, day-to-day life balancing, and…dating. The storyline is described as “a race against time” to combat a surreal evil turning humans into monsters, with our five heroes trying …
How’s about that Nintendo Direct, eh? In addition to shadow-dropping Metroid Prime Remastered for £34.99 – with a physical release coming in a matter of weeks – and Konami’s WBSC eBASEBALL: POWER PROS, Game Boy/Game Boy Color and GBA games are also coming to NSO later today. You’ll need the additional NSO Expansion Pack to play …
