‘The most depressing Steam Next Fest I’ve ever seen’. Steam Next Fest began in earnest this week, with a global community of indie developers offering up demos of their current work-in-progress titles, hoping to share a little of their effort, earn more than a few wishlists or pre-orders, and generally shine a spotlight on their…
Every game we scored 9/10 or higher, plus a personal pick. Nintendo is welcoming the spooky season the only way it knows how: with a big old eShop sale, of course! The ‘Screaming Deals‘ sale is now live on the North American eShop, bringing welcome discounts to a whole host of Switch 1 and 2…
Holds for thunderous applause. Seibu Kaihatsu’s shoot em up Raiden Project is getting a new release on consoles (Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5), courtesy of Hamster’s Console Archives series. Released in 1995, Raiden Project (or The Raiden Project, depending on your preference) is a port of the arcade Raiden (1990) and Raiden II (1993) to…
Beast your eyes. Strange Scaffold — the developer behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown, El Paso, Elsewhere, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and more — announced last month that it was bringing its super slick FPS I Am Your Beast to Switch 1 and 2. Well, what do you know, it’s available right now!…
Embark on a new adventure with PlayStation Store’s latest promotion, Planet of the Deals, which is live now. Players can browse hundreds of PS5 and PS4 games featured in the deals and which are discounted for a limited time.* You can preview a selection of titles right now with the below list. Then, head to…
Direct message. That’s right, the humble news delivery machine that is the Nintendo Direct celebrates its 15th birthday on 21st October and to celebrate, we’re chronicling the 15 top moments from their illustrious history. To do so, yours truly has scrubbed through dozens upon dozens of nearly hour-long videos packed full of games, announcements, skits,…
An RTS is only as good as its campaign. Sure, it’s the competitive multiplayer side of things that gives these games their long tail—StarCraft 2 has been the dominant RTS for 16 years for this very reason—but the bulk of initial players will first be seduced by the promise of a killer singleplayer romp. In…
Just what the doctor ordered! It’s been five years since support for the last entry in the Dr. Mario series, the mobile title Dr. Mario World, was shut down. As a result, people have mostly had to revisit older entries for their daily dose of medicine-themed puzzle-solving. Out of the shadows, however, it appears that…
Eye spy. Creepy space horror Mouthwashing became something of an indie sensation when it launched back in 2024. After racking up over 500,000 Steam sales, publisher Critical Reflex announced that a Switch version was in the works and now (a year on from that announcement), we finally have a release date. As revealed in yesterday’s…
I’m clinging to the hope that the memory supply crisis resolves sooner rather than later as much as the next PC gamer. Unfortunately, judging by how much of next year’s memory supply has been locked down by long term agreements, it looks like things are about to get much worse before they get better. 80%…