I had an infatuation with Rampage growing up, first discovering it on the ZX Spectrum at a friend’s house before renting out the surprisingly slick Master System version, and then later discovering the excellent Lynx iteration – which added a new character. The focus on destroying a city instead of protecting it was novel for …
This is D3 Publisher’s latest attempt at the over-the-top action game series, following cult classics such as Earth Defense Force and Oneechanbara. On the surface it shares far more similarities with that latter series, though, sporting a combination of hack-and-slash gameplay and a purposefully out-of-place high school protagonist. Thus it may somewhat come as a …
Three big-name titles launched last week, and you may be surprised by their UK retail chart placings. The Callisto Protocol was the highest charting, debuting at #6 in the all formats top 40. It made a bigger dent in the individual format charts, arriving at #2 in both the PS5 and Xbox Series top tens. …
Contrary to popular belief, the gaming calendar isn’t over just yet – the next two weeks are looking rather busy. The week leading us into Christmas? Not such much, although that could change. A last-minute rush to secure premium digital storefront placement period often occurs. Square-Enix is back, once again, with Dragon Quest Treasures on …
Rogue-lites are in abundance at the moment, so it can only be good news to see the upcoming Flame Keeper attempting to do things differently. Playing as a piece of burning coal named Ignis, it’s a case of choosing to stay alive or make progress. Calling the main character ‘Cole’ was clearly too on …
Our last review was of Evil West – a game that felt trapped in 2010, evocative of Xbox 360/PS3 era third-person shooters. Gungrave G.O.R.E takes us back even further, being a sequel to a 2004 PS2 shooter that achieved cult status. It’s so true to that era that we even had to double check that …
The Switch may miss out on this week’s trio of big-name releases – The Callisto Protocol, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and Need for Speed Unbound – but rest assured that the Switch eShop is lively as ever. From Forever Entertainment – best known for their recent The House of the Dead and Panzer Dragoon remakes – …
The third-person shooting genre was one of the most popular during the PS3/Xbox 360 era, yet it seems to have fallen out of favour recently with developers and publishers turning their attention to newer trends. Even the last Gears of War seems like a distant memory. Enter Evil West, a potential stand-in. We wouldn’t be …
I never quite got around to Inertial Drift when it was first released in 2020, so this pumped-up version for next-gen consoles is mighty welcome. Even two years later, its twin-stick set-up remains an unusual proposition: left to steer, right to drift. It takes a good few laps to get the feel of it – …
World Cup fever has propelled FIFA 23 back to the UK retail chart top spot, meaning Pokémon Violet is no longer no.1. With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II climbing to #2, Nintendo’s creature capturer is down to #3. Pokémon Scarlet, meanwhile, falls from #2 to #6 during its second week on sale. Black Friday …
While there are a few more big-name games to come this year, including High On Life, Dragon Quest Treasures, and Core Crisis: FFVII, this may possibly be the last truly busy week of 2022 when it comes to new releases. The release lists are looking rather sporadic from the middle of December onwards. This week …
Claiming that gameplay will always be more important than graphics isn’t a particularly bold statement. Many will agree that this has been the case for video games ever since their conception back in the late ‘70s. Pong wasn’t much to look at, but it sold the concept of gaming to the masses. Tetris, meanwhile, sold …
It seems strange to call this week a quiet one for the Switch when there’s a potential million seller in the midst, but then again, the Just Dance series is laser-focused on a certain demographic. This series always does the numbers for Ubisoft, even though new entries are barely talked about on social media. This …
City Connection has two SEGA Saturn conversions on the horizon. The first, as reported during our new release round-up, is the cult Taito puzzler Cleopatra Fortune (also known as Cleopatra’s Fortune) from 1997. The PSone version was released in the UK by Midas, often remembered for being one of the better £9.99 budget games. The second …
The Atari Flashback console series launched in 2017, bringing together 150 games across three volumes – with bespoke versions later launching for Switch and PS Vita. With this in mind, you may be wondering why Atari 50 has generated a buzz, especially when this latest collection offers fewer games than 2019’s Switch iteration of Flashback. …
