I never know what to expect from indie studio 17-Bit, which debuted more than a decade ago with strategy game Skulls of the Shogun and followed it up with the great roguelike Galak-Z, before taking a detour into VR with Song in the Smoke. Well, I do expect one thing: whatever wildly different ideas they…
Yes, even the Amiga CD32 version. Rare’s Battletoads is one of the most iconic action platformers of the ’90s, and was positively bursting with ideas and set-pieces – it’s also as hard as nails, a trait which has both endeared and annoyed people in equal measures over the decades. While many people think of Battletoads…
You know what I miss? I miss being ‘wowed’ by a piece of art on the internet. In the good ol’ days (less than five years ago, but tech comes at you fast) you’d be scrolling through your feed and stumble into something beautiful, and you’d just be able to look at it. Soak it…
Terminator 2D: No Fate was originally scheduled to launch this September. Bitmap Bureau’s upcoming Terminator game Terminator 2D: No Fate has been delayed, its publisher Reef Entertainment announced yesterday. The action sidescroller, which is an adaptation of James Cameron’s legendary 1991 movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day, was originally supposed to be released on September 5th…
Preview build lacks key drivers So you just received the Surface 3 tablet you had pre-ordered a while back and are now planning to install Windows 10 on it? Not so fast. That’s not what Microsoft would like you to do — and it has strong reasons for it. The Surface 3 is, for the…
“Optic blast!”. There are few crossovers in the world of gaming as iconic as the Marvel vs. Capcom series. Technically beginning way back in 1996 with the release of the excellent X-Men vs. Street Fighter worldwide, in the arcades, the fighting game series let players live out their fantasies of pitting their favourite Capcom characters…
You don’t need to be a music fan to have a vampire weekend this week, as toothy survival game V Rising is free on Steam for the next few days. Developer Stunlock Studios has announced that the game will be freely available until Monday, with a deep discount on the full version if you find…
The wait is over — VR gaming on console is finally here! While some lucky gamers already have PlayStation VR through our Taco Bell promotion, the system formally launches in the US and Canada (and other regions across the globe) today. We’ve got a great lineup of more than 30 first and third-party games available…
Category: Games April 11, 2025 10 Indie Games Coming to Xbox, and 10 Things You Should Know About Them Danielle Partis We love a good indie here at Xbox, and ID@Xbox continues to fuel and deliver unique, incredible titles to millions of players. Now in its 13th year, ID@Xbox has distributed over five billion dollars…
I played nearly 50 hours of Graveyard Keeper in 2018 and its grim take on a Stardew Valley life sim turned me into one of the most evil characters I’ve ever played. As the caretaker of the dead, I quickly came to view human body parts as just another crafting resource to be harvested for…