Come on everyone, let’s have a big lads’ night in. SEGA’s sci-fi horror Alien: Isolation is now available on Switch, and it might just be the system’s most impressive conversion so far. Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry makes the bold claim that it even looks superior to the PS4 version, running in 1080p and boasting smoother visuals. …
The history of on-foot racing games isn’t particularly eventful. Codemasters’ Micro Maniacs failed to repeat the success of its toy-endorsed counterpart, early Xbox release Mad Dash Racing sunk without a trace, while Rayman Rush arrived on PSone too late in the day to make an impact. Sonic the Hedgehog is the only mascot to find …
Long before the Dark Souls series became a runaway success, FromSoftware attempted to break into the western market with their 2004 mech shooter Metal Wolf Chaos. There was just one small problem – not a single publisher was interested in releasing the Xbox exclusive in either the US or Europe. And so Metal Wolf Chaos …
We get the impression Codemasters’ Micro Maniacs sold poorly upon release. Not only did it never receive a sequel, but it’s rarely mentioned in conversations about top-down racers either. The few who played it though will no doubt testify that it was a decent alternative to Micro Machines. Almost twenty years later, it’s about to …