As its name suggests, Going Overboard is a party game of sorts featuring the explosive, peg-legged penguin creatures from Nippon Ichi’s Disgaea series. They became popular enough to star in spin-offs, including Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? Following the 2020 Switch re-releases, the Prinnies may even be more closely associated with those games …
Retro re-releases usually feature an imaginative new subtitle or, at the very least, brand themselves as a remaster in the title. The more astute of you will have already noticed that isn’t the case for this re-release. What we have here is merely the 1999 PC version of Re-Volt optimised for modern consoles, so to …
Reports claim that the Switch 2’s Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is performing incredibly well commercially. Chris Dring, from The Games Business, states that not only can it claim the biggest UK physical launch of 2026 (beating Resident Evil: Requiem, EA Sports FC 27, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4) but it’s also the …
There’s still plenty to play this month: the number of indies, retro re-releases, and AA titles hasn’t changed all that much. We’ve seen fewer big-budget titles certainly, almost solely due to GTA 6, but we defy anyone who says there’s nothing to play at the moment. This week brings us SEGA’s Football Manager 27 for …
Loath as I am to resort to a ‘back-of-the-cigarette-packet’ description: think of Desolus as Myst with some of the mechanics of Portal. It’s stronger than Myst, but not quite as slick as Portal. Don’t let this dissuade you, though. Yet despite having been out on PS5 since mid-October, I’m seemingly one of only a few …
While it is hard to praise EA lately, especially after shutting down BioWare, they’ve done something undeniably neat today and re-released 25 classic PC games on Steam and GOG. Some of these are new Anniversary Editions with quality-of-life improvements. They’ve also taken the time to restore and re-edit FMV clips for Wing Commander using Betacam, …
This is the seventh time I’ve tried to write an opening for this review. Each time, I’ve deleted it. Every time I have tried to write an intro to what Titanium Court is, I have utterly failed to capture anything about it. My first attempt was to talk about match-three puzzle games. At its heart, …
The N64’s Zelda: Ocarina of Time has always been a special game, boasting spectacle and near-flawless design. While later Zelda releases expanded greatly on the formula, even as soon as Majora’s Mask, Link’s first foray into 3D remains impressive in so many areas, from its dungeon designs to its playful nature. The N64 managed to …
Nintendo’s F-Zero hit the SNES in 1990 to critical acclaim. It wasn’t until 2001 though that we saw the franchise come to a handheld, with portable systems unable to replicate the SNES’ infamous Mode 7 rotation effects until the GBA’s debut. Rocketship Park and Thalamus are about to give us a glimpse of how a Game …
When it comes to licensed games, especially those aimed at younger gamers, it pays for a developer to know their intended audience. This 2D platformer with light puzzle-solving is a perfect example, offering just enough depth to satisfy its target demographic of 6-10-year-olds. It’s also packed with appearances from the popular graphic novel series’ quirky …
Being a detective must be challenging, never knowing whether your next assignment will be a straightforward case of death by misadventure or lead you down a rabbit hole involving linked murders, a family secret and experiments that could potentially change the world – for better or worse. As you can probably guess, Beyond the Evil …
Atari are clearly hoping players will be done with GTA 6 by the start of December, as they’ve just announced that Thief: The Dark Project Remastered will be out on the 3rd. This is a modern version of Looking Glass Studio’s innovative 1998 stealth game, remastered using Nightdive Studios’ KEX Engine. Additionally, it will …
Despite last week being reasonably busy for new releases, there aren’t all that many fresh faces within this week’s UK retail (physical) chart. The latest Evercade cartridges are the only exception, with Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack entering at #14 and The DOOM Collection at #24. The top ten meanwhile has seen a shuffle, including the return …
Proving that publishers do occasionally listen to fans, this week gives us Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered from Atari – a long-requested revival of their 2002 monster-mashing brawler. It adds online play, a new unlock system, greatly improved visuals and other quality-of-life features. Atari are back next week with Barbie Rewind, a retro collection …
This precision platformer uses its monochromatic aesthetic to impeccable effect. It not only strengthens the ‘comic book come to life’ feel the developers strove for, complete with detailed and fluidly animated 2D characters, but the occasional splashes of red and green help to draw your attention to incoming danger, with even bottomless pits emitting a …
