Arcade Shooters we just love ’em! From Galaga to 1942, to Xenon and even Swiv. But there’s one Shoot ’em up that caught our eye this month, and that’s the latest release of ‘ Galastrad ‘ for the Amstrad CPC and GX4000. As in the words of the website “GAME RELEASE AVAILABLE. GALAGA-Like SHMUP Game…
We’ve all been there: running around with outstretched palms, firing imaginary repulsor blasts at unseen adversaries as we soar across make-believe skies. Why settle for imaginary when PlayStation VR lets you live it? Today, we’re excited to announce that the PlayStation VR Marvel’s Iron Man VR Bundle is launching alongside the PS VR exclusive game…
Developed by Infinity Ward and scheduled for global release on PlayStation 4 on Friday, October 25, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a powerful, reimagined experience and all-new title, built from the ground up. Take on the role of highly-skilled Tier One operators in an exceptionally raw and gritty narrative affecting the global balance of…
The launch of Skylake has been a bit of a change from Intel; previously, Intel typically has talked about the underlying architecture prior to the chips actually ending up in the reviewers’ hands. This time, all we got was a chip with some performance expectations, with no real knowledge of what has changed. This is…
“Expectation is so insane you can’t live up to it”. Given that the original Perfect Dark stands as Rare’s highest-rated game of all time, a follow-up was inevitable. The project began life on the GameCube (there was even a render of Joanna Dark in the tech demo reel at SpaceWorld 2000) before it was migrated…
Tomb Raider Remastered carries a warning – should it be the norm? Crystal Dynamics, the current custodian of the Tomb Raider franchise, has just released the first three games in a rather excellent remastered collection for modern systems. As well as cleaning up the visuals, Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered carries a warning screen when you…
Not too long ago, during Gamescom, we announced that we’re currently working on a total remake of our puzzle platformer Metrico (PS Vita) for PlayStation 4 (Metrico+). We’ve had tons of questions of what exactly Metrico+ is, so we’re here on PlayStation.Blog to give you an in-depth look. Metrico+ features a lot of new content,…
Almost cracked it. Many companies have tried to capitalise on the problem of drifting Joy-Con sticks, and the usual tactic is to rely on Hall Effect technology, which uses magnets to get around the issue of wearing components. CRKD is the latest to tout a drift-free experience using this technology by way of the Nitro…
There are so many options out there to upscale your retro game consoles in order to make them look better on modern TVs. You can use something like a Framemeister, RetroTink or OSSC, for instance, and the results can be stunning. The thing that all of these upscalers have in common, however, is that they’re…
Hook(shot), line and sinker. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim celebrates six months of Tears of the Kingdom by flying back into Link’s latest… The launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was such…