
Video Game Review: Cyber Citizen Shockman (Nintendo Switch)
The current batch of consoles play host to not just new, blockbuster titles that take advantage of decades of technological and game design advancements, but also huge swathes of retro […]
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The current batch of consoles play host to not just new, blockbuster titles that take advantage of decades of technological and game design advancements, but also huge swathes of retro […]
It’s arguably never been a better time to be a retro gamer – as publishers left, right and centre are releasing both classic games and hidden gems from yesteryear in […]
The dust has long settled, given that EA’s Star Wars title, Jedi – Fallen Order is now not far off four years old. Not to mention the fact that it’s […]
Despite its enduring popularity, The Settlers of Catan – first published in Germany in 1995 as Die Siedler von Catan and more commonly known as simply ‘Catan’ these days – […]
In my mid-20s, I suddenly discovered board games again. Thanks to the surge in popularity of euro-style games – which emerged from Germany, for the most part – I discovered […]
Few video game characters have a history as confusing and convoluted as Wonder Boy; from games where he’s named in the title, to some in the series where he’s not […]
An initially charming, retro-styled platformer with light puzzle elements, Panda Punch starts off well but, ultimately, doesn’t quite hit the mark. Red Panda Zeep has an upgradeable bionic arm to […]
An arcade style, beautifully animated beat ’em up, Jitsu Squad throws itself at you in a riot of colour and glorious sound. Starring a diverse cast of anthropomorphic, playable characters, […]
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 […]
They say never judge a book by its cover – and that’s especially true of Last Days of Lazarus, an indie game by Darkania Works, a small Romanian development studio […]
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 […]
Atari’s classic arcade games are still iconic and instantly recognisable today, especially for old gamers like me. Though Atari haven’t done a huge amount of exciting things with their back […]
The world of Slavic Mythology is fairly untapped when it comes to video games, not to mention the world at large for the most part. So Catmaze has a fairly […]
A chilled out puzzle game about rolling restless cats into bed in order to get them to sleep, Roll the Cat is a delightful experience which can get pretty tricky […]
The slapstick-and-action B-movies starring duo Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill will be pretty familiar to lots of people who grew up in the 70s and 80s. From Westerns to contemporary […]
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 […]