Adding a rearview mirror to a first-person shooter might sound like a daft gimmick, but as PC Gamer’s Ted Litchfield discovered three years ago, the defining mechanic of Hellscreen is anything but: “You have a mini, lower-res screen in the upper quadrant of your view at all times, and can blow it up and shrink…
Who cares for The Last Caretaker? Channel 37, that’s who! The Finnish developer— cofounded by the creators of the Trials series—has been diligently maintaining its oddball survival sim since it splashed into Steam early access last year. The game, which sees you play as a robot tasked with saving the human race by artificially growing…
But how do they fare in a straight-up head-to-head? Escape from Ever After is the heir apparent to the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door throne. Sleepy Castle Studio released it on 23rd January to all major platforms with a simple promise – deliver Paper Mario fans the game they’ve been clamouring for ever since Nintendo…
Space Channel 5! PaRappa the Rapper! Minecraft on Saturn! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Space Channel 5! PaRappa the Rapper! Minecraft on…
Epic Games may have since left the BSP-carved valleys of Unreal in favour of the cartoonish hills of Fortnite, but at least it hasn’t locked the series that put the company on the map deep in a digital vault somewhere. In the last few years, it has given permission for the Internet Archive to assume…
Give us a hand. Howdy partners! It’s time for this week’s Box Art Brawl! Last time, it was a one-on-one match-up for the SNES’ Super Bomberman 2 to celebrate its arrival in the Super Bomberman Collection, and it was a pretty tight contest. The Japanese cover just came out on top, in the end, winning…
NIS America teams up with Happinet. The Switch 2 is getting another strategy RPG, with NIS America this week announcing it’s teamed up with Happinet to publish Brigandine: Abyss – a “brand-new entry” in the storied franchise. It’s due out at some point in 2026 and features a completely unique world that both new and…
Earn the number. Although 007 First Light was delayed recently, his new mission is now back on track with a 27th May 2026 release. With the target date in his sights, IO Interactive has now treated fans of Bond to a new trailer. This video originally popped up during this week’s PlayStation ‘State of Play’…
I first played a Legacy of Kain game when Soul Reaver came out, which at the time was considered a Tomb Raider for goths, only with better controls and some annoying block-pushing puzzles. It was the atmosphere that sold it rather than the genre—so dark and portentous it could shit bats. Which is why I’m…
Pre-orders are now live. Alongside the release of Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition on the Switch eShop and multiple other digital platforms this week, Ubisoft and Atari have also confirmed a physical Switch release is on the way. Read the full article on nintendolife.com