You know what word I don’t often have a reason to use in this job? “Depraved.” God bless Sultan’s Game for giving me a chance to dust it off. In this strange and fascinating roguelike, depravity is survival. Chosen by the cruel and decadent Sultan to be his proxy in a mystical card game, you…
Just hoppy. NetEase Games and NITRO PLUS have announced that action platformer Rusty Rabbit will be launching on Nintendo Switch on 17th April 2025 (via Gematsu). Now, on the surface, you might notice the gruff-looking, middle-aged rabbit that chain smokes carrots and think: “huh!”. You might be entertained as he rides around maze-like maps in…
“I think they’ll be waiting a while for inflation to catch up”. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest hold a somewhat infamous position in the history of the JRPG franchise. Intended to introduce Western audiences to the genre, it offered a watered-down take on the series and, as a result, has become something of a black sheep…
Back in 2022, the Tennis Australia’s forward-thinking management released 6,776 images of tennis balls as digital NFTs. Each one sold for 0.067 in the ethereum cryptocurrency, about $278 AUD at the time. Those same NFTs are now reportedly trading for as little as 0.003ETH or $15 AUD on OpenSea, the self-described “world’s first and largest…
I think, with the appropriate amount of hindsight, we can all agree that Starfield didn’t take off as the multi-year industry titan that Bethesda was hoping it would be. While I, and plenty of other players, got a reasonable amount of enjoyment out of it, it wasn’t quite in line with the studio’s other heavy-hitters….
This year’s CES saw the announcement of the first third-party device “Powered by Steam OS”, the Legion Go S, and if Valve has its way it certainly won’t be the last. The Linux-based operating system has been in development at Valve since 2012, though what really catapulted it into peoples’ hands was the success of…
Alongside Amnesia: Rebirth and Amnesia: The Bunker. Abylight Studios has announced that it’s bringing three of Frictional Games’ horror titles to the Switch in 2025. SOMA, Amnesia Rebirth, and Amnesia: The Bunker will all be getting digital and physical releases later this year. This means all Amnesia games will at last be on Switch, alongside…
The new season will premiere on Netflix on January 16th. Netflix has released another trailer for the eagerly anticipated second season of Castlevania: Nocturne, ahead of its release on the streaming platform later this week on January 16th. The eight new episodes will follow on from the events of season one, which took place in…
Monkey business. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is just around the corner and, now that the embargo on our review coverage has lifted, we can officially confirm that developer Forever Entertainment is responsible for the porting duties on Retro Studios’ platformer. However, much like Metroid Prime Remastered before it, Nintendo has opted to omit the…
That’s what you get for not hailing to the chimp. It’s not unfair to say that the gaming landscape was somewhat different when Donkey Kong Country Returns first fell into our laps in 2010; 2D platformers were a rare breed, and ol’ DK himself hadn’t arguably had a mainline entry in his series since 2004’s…