Have you ever bitten into a chocolate only to be repulsed by the flavour of the filling? Coffee crème is a pretty good candidate, or perhaps coconut. That was my experience with this on-rails shooter, only not so much disgust but rather disappointment – like finding out a box of gifted chocolates expired several months …
Nintendo begins to assemble their autumn line-up this week with the release of Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Switch and Switch 2. That’s set to be followed by Pokémon Legends: Z-A on 16th October, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment and Kirby Air Riders in November, before ending 2025 with Metroid Prime …
Creating an RPG aimed at the younger generation must be a tricky task. There’s the obvious need to implement RPG-like features so that it falls within the genre, but at the same time, there’s the requisite to keep things relatively simple so that children can wrap their heads around it. As a licensed product, Nicktoons & …
Almost without fail, the digital storefronts see handfuls of hidden object and spot the difference games released on a weekly basis. Search for ‘Spot the Difference’ on the Switch eShop, for instance, and you’ll be presented with close to 1,000 results. As such, we’ve always believed that titles in these genres are both cheap and …
The next game from Flynn’s Arcade is the intriguing Silver Bullet – a pixel art shooting gallery that cites Wild Guns Reloaded and Cabal as its influences. You play as Van Helsing and are out to stop a vampire. Not from terrorising a village, but rather from stealing puppies. Helsing isn’t alone in his pursuit, aided by …
This colourful co-op construction game is a departure from Sometimes You’s previously published titles, which tend to fall into either into the retro inspired platformer or abstract adventure category. By offering a different kind of experience, it sticks out like a sore thumb. The idea is to lay down foundations and follow blueprints carefully to …
We’ve lost count of how many remasters retro specialists Nightdive currently has in development. Today we can add another to the list: 1997’s cult first-person shooter Blood. Blood: Refreshed Supply has been licensed through Warner Bros (the original was created by Monolith Productions) and marks its debut on consoles. An enhanced re-release for PC made …
Last week’s big name new releases have given the UK retail (boxed) charts a shake-up. Coming as no real surprise, EA Sports FC 26 has scored a no.1 in the all formats top 40. It also took no.1 in the Switch, PS5, PS4 and Xbox Series charts. Last year’s entry is still knocking around the …
The kookie month of October is upon us, meaning we can expect a handful of big-name releases – including the likes of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Battlefield 6, The Outer Worlds 2 and Ninja Gaiden 4 – along with a glut of Halloween themed games towards the month’s end. Retro fans may also want to look …
Sunrise’s anime series City Hunter is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary, and to coincide the PC Engine’s side-scrolling action game adaptation is being revived. Originally released by Sunsoft in 1990, this re-release is being created in conjunction with Red Art Games and Clouded Leopard Entertainment. It’s based on City Hunter’s first season and sees Tokyo’s …
Red Art Games are bringing back the cult vertical shooter series Psyvariar with a new entry developed by indie outfit Banana Bytes – the team responsible for the positively received moder arcade-style shoot’em up Sophstar. The original games in the series were handled by Tatio and Success in Japan. Due out early 2026, Psyvariar 3 …
Aspyr are taking a break from remastering old Star Wars and Tomb Raider games in order to bring back Eidos’ cult cyberpunk stealth adventure Deus Ex. Deus Ex Remastered sees the first entry in the series – which debuted on PC in 2000 before gaining a PS2 release – revived with improved lighting, dynamic shadows, …
On first glance, nothing seems too innocuous about this remaster. The more I thought about its existence though, the more questions came to light. The good news is that they aren’t the kind of concerns anyone curious should worry about. In fact, the more intrigued you are the better. The original Puzzle Quest dates …
Here comes a new challenger! If it wasn’t for Nintendo’s Switch 2 releases of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, Supergiant Games’ roguelite Hades II would be sitting pretty as the highest rated game of 2025, with its current 95% Metacritic score – formed from dozens of 10/10s – leapfrogging both …
Art of Play, Boat Rocker Studios and the BBC are combining efforts to create a new Danger Mouse game, based largely on the 2015 reboot while featuring hand-drawn/painted visuals to mimic the look of the 1981 series. Crumbs! The storyline is canonical and sees Baron Greenback forcing Danger Mouse and Penfold to re-live their past encounters. …
