Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct brought us two surprise releases – the kinetic 3D platformer Penny’s Big Breakaway and the 3DS revival Pocket Card Jockey. That wasn’t all, as five Rare games are also now available on NSO: Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll, RC Pro-Am, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Killer Instinct (SNES version), and Blast Corps. It’s also possible …
The clue is in the name, really. Geometry Survivor takes Geometry Wars glowing vector aesthetic – traceable to the dawn of gaming, with 1977’s Space War – and introduces an auto-shooting twist inspired by the far more recent Vampire Survivors. Resembling Geometry Wars was clearly intended to be the initial draw, but it plays vastly …
If you’re willing to step outside your comfort zone, you’ll find lots of intriguing (and some slightly peculiar) indies lined up for this week. Both the PS5 and Xbox Series also gain two belated PC strategy game conversions, with Frontier’s Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters involving the Grey Knights battling the Nurgle, and NeocoreGames’ …
Life’s a funny old thing. Last week I was lamenting the lack of a new Geometry Wars, this week I’m excited for a new spiritual successor. Geometry Survivor, as it’s known, isn’t far off either, due 21st Feb on all formats. A demo of the Steam version is now available to coincide with Steam Fest …