Final Call: The Wii U eShop Closes Today!
In just a few hours, the Wii U eShop is closing – which means that access will be lost to a reasonable number of games that have yet to appear […]
News: Another Evercade Cartridge Announced – Piko Interactive Collection 3!
The first Piko Interactive Collection for Evercade – which I reviewed here – is still one of my favourite Evercade cartridges overall. The second was a little disappointing – oddly, […]
News: Evercade Announce Team17 Amiga Collection
For British gamers of a certain age (cough – mid-forties or so – cough) the Amiga still holds a certain fascination and has an unbelievably strong nostalgic pull. Yet even […]
Feature: PSA – Don’t Leave Your Wii U Gathering Dust…Or Else!
Mere weeks before its eShop is shut off for good and long after much of its online functionality has been cut off, the Wii U remains in the news for […]
Feature: Goodbye Wii U eShop, We Hardly Knew U
The Wii U was definitely not a success in terms of its sales figures; though hardly Nintendo’s biggest failure, after the astronomical audience its predecessor – the Wii – attracted, […]
Video Game Review: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection (Switch)
Despite a few problematic moments in both films that make me wince these days, for the most part I have a huge amount of affection for the first two Bill […]
News: New Evercade Releases for 2023; ‘Legacy’ Cartridges Now Out of Print
It’s mid-February 2023 and, thanks to some organised thievery, I still don’t have my limited edition, black Evercade EXP console. I’m not bitter though. Well, maybe just a little. In […]
News: Indie Publisher RedDeer.Games to Bring The Smurfs to Switch in 2023
Having released numerous, well received games for consoles in recent years – including Cyber Protocol, Clumsy Rush, Art Sqool, Little Mouse’s Encyclopedia and much more – indie publisher RedDeer.Games have […]
News: Toaplan Arcade 2 and The C64 Collection 2 Announced for Evercade!
No sooner has Indie Heroes 2 arrived on the scene – and it’s fantastic; you should definitely check it out for some retro-style, albeit new-ish, gaming goodness – than two […]
Book Review: Next Level Games Review 2023
Billing itself on the cover as The Ultimate Guide to Gaming, the Next Level Games Review 2023 is a beautifully produced book covering the last twelve months of video games. […]
News: Strictly Limited to Open Pre-Orders for PS4/Switch Retro Platformer ‘Infinite – Beyond the Mind’
Beautiful, 16-bit style platformer Infinite – Beyond the Mind is being released in limited edition, physical form by Strictly Limited Games in Spring 2023. This retro platformer released digitally in […]
News: Colourful Cartoon Brawler Jitsu Squad Releasing for Switch, PS4 and PS5 on 9th December 2022
Arriving in 2022, retro-inspired 2D beat ’em up Jitsu Squad is looking incredibly promising. Up to four players can simultaneously take on hordes of bad guys using massive combos and […]
News: Evercade Game of the Month for November 2022: Yeah Yeah Beebiss II
I’m incredibly late to the party with November’s Evercade Game of the Month, as there’s only a few days left to check out the current freebie. That said, once you’ve […]
News: New Trailer and Collector’s Edition Details for Colourful Cartoon Brawler Jitsu Squad
Beautifully animated, four player brawler Jitsu Squad – heading to Switch, PS4 and PS5 this winter, with Xbox versions to follow – has wowed the crowds at Gamescom – and […]
News: D&D 5e Show Wins Irish Podcast Award!
It’s not often that us geeky indie creator types get to show off about something really, truly special. Yet podcast team D8Dungeon have found themselves in this exact position – […]
Video Game Preview: Smoothcade
Anyone who knows me well knows that cutesy single screen arcade platformers are one of my favourite types of game. Bubble Bobble, Snow Bros, Rod Land – all of those […]
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