Love or hate survival games, they always have an aura of intrigue surrounding them; unique in the fact that every playthrough can be a totally different experience. With a vast array of survival games on the market it can be difficult to distinguish which title will be super taxing of your own life, and which
Month: February 2021
Watching the livestream chat for the Nintendo Direct this week, you’d think that 2021 is on a knife’s edge, and whether it plunges into 2020-like despair is dependent on how Nintendo celebrates Link’s 35th Anniversary. Would they release a compendium of every Legend of Zelda ever made: a Zelda All Stars? Perhaps they’d opt for
gaming headsets. Made to work with Xbox consoles, gaming PCs, and smartphones. it’s a multi-platform wireless gaming headset for the streaming age. Allowing you to quickly switch from an Xbox console to a simultaneously paired Bluetooth device, it’s the most viable console-mobile cross-platform headset I’ve tested to date. Though some of its features feel superfluous,
Hitman 3. While it doesn’t stray from the killer chord combination developer IO Interactive crafted for 2016’s Hitman – and continued to use in 2018’s Hitman 2 – it’s abundantly clear here that the studio has well and truly mastered its act.With some of the most surprising and imaginative levels in the series so far,
wireless controllers are the standard, there are two reasons to get a wired controller. At this point, most manufacturers spin it as a means to ensure a stable connection that minimizes input lag and lost inputs. But there’s another, more obvious reason – it’s cheaper. PowerA’s Enhanced Wired Controller for Xbox Series X/S, the next-gen
Cyber Shadow sets out to answer a very simple question: what would an NES Ninja Gaiden game look and play like if it were made today? Admittedly, it’s a hypothetical that The Messenger sort of already answered back in 2018… but look, sometimes questions like these can have multiple good answers, and Cyber Shadow is
Progress is made through solving consistently enjoyable puzzles that almost always hit that sweet spot of not being so simple that they’re boring but being challenging enough to satisfy upon solving, without becoming so complicated that it induces groans. Special items and novel mechanics are introduced throughout which prevent the puzzles from ever becoming too
© Capcom Blood is red, spirits are blue, here come Ghosts ’n Goblins, to murder you. If you’re a gamer of the old-school persuasion or just a masochist who enjoys agony, you will be undoubtedly titillated by the torture that Ghosts ‘n Goblins: Resurrection promises to deliver later this month. The first new console game
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Once upon a time, the battle between Capcom and SNK was real. During the early ’90s, the two companies – each dedicated to the evolution of the fighting game – embarked in a tit-for-tat cold war. SNK’s Ryo, an orange gi-wearing approximation of Street Fighter’s Ryu, ended up in Capcom’s
No More Heroes made a surprise return last year, allowing Switch owners to take control of Travis Touchdown and his beam katana with their Joy-Con. If you’ve not got around to finishing this one just yet, now might be the time to return. According to Engine Software (the team that helped port the game across
Licensed soundtrack “not cleared for streaming” by Liam Doolan 2 hours ago During BlizzCon Online this weekend, Blizzard announced (and released) a three-in-one retro selection comprised of The Lost Vikings, Rock N Roll Racing and Blackthorne. Just days after the launch of the Blizzard Arcade Collection, Blizzard’s Adam Fletcher has issued a warning about streaming
A week after discovering Japanese video game developer Grezzo was hiring for a new project, Nintendo’s UK website has seemingly revealed the same company is behind the slightly enhanced Miitopia port for Switch. This does not appear to be the same “Medieval” And “Stylish” project the company was referring to in its recent callout
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword might not necessarily be everyone’s cup of tea, but that hasn’t stopped the recently announced Switch HD version from soaring to the top of the charts on Amazon. In fact, it’s done so well it’s now listed as “temporarily out of stock” on Amazon’s US and UK stores. On
We’ve seen Ryu and his buddies from the Street Fighter series in plenty of fighting games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and the SNK titles over the years, but this latest crossover is slightly different. Instead of another fighting game, this time he’ll be transported into the world of Fortnite alongside Chun-Li. To celebrate this
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, we’re running a series of features looking at a specific aspect — a theme, character, mechanic, location, memory or something else entirely — from each of the mainline Zelda games. Today, Alan looks back at the game which laid the groundwork not just for the
Update #2 [Sun 21st Feb, 2021 14:30 GMT]: SNK has now locked in a release date for Cham Cham. This fighter will be arriving in Samurai Shodown on 16th March as part of Season Pass 3. See her in action in the trailer above. In addition to this, it’s also been revealed the fourth Season
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Although it’s not about the pandemic (and it’s been in development for much longer than we’ve all been trapped inside), Haven is a game that came at exactly the right time, because its message is all about two lovers, alone together for the foreseeable future. Having escaped the Aviary –
Reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on Xbox Series X. Also available on Xbox Series S and PC. “The Medium uses a unique reality-shifting ability to bring a new dimension to some tried-and-tested genre puzzle-solving mechanics. It presents an intriguing mystery to unravel and adds a tangible sense of urgency to your investigations by placing a truly
Olija is an exceptionally striking 2D retro themed platformer with great combat and a unique visual style, but it’s let down by an all too short adventure and little reason to return to its creepy, yet fantastical world. Olija, reviewed by Mitchell Saltzman on PC. Also available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4,
Blue Fire provides and impeccable 3D platformer experience with the just right balance of abilities to master and challenges to test you, even when its pacing falters from its Zelda-like dungeons to rely on backtracking. Blue Fire reviewed by Brendan Graeber on PC. Also available on Nintendo Switch. Sometimes we include links to online retail
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC. Also available on Xbox and PlayStation.Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. For more information, go here.
Destruction AllStars can provide fun bursts of frantic car combat action, but never adds up to much more than that.Destruction AllStars is exclusive to PS5 and out now on PlayStation 5 and free on PS Plus. Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may
Reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on Xbox One. Also available on PlayStation 4, PC, and Nintendo Switch. “Little Nightmares 2 is every bit as black, bleak, and eerily beautiful as the original. It’s also just as brief, and although the reintroduction of the Six character as an AI-controlled co-op partner ultimately serves the story well, she’s
Persona 5 Strikers reviewed by Tom Marks on PlayStation 5, also available on PlayStation 4, PC, and Nintendo Switch. This action spin-off from Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force replaces Persona 5’s turn-based battles with a simple but consistently engaging real-time combat system, and its summer vacation story (while slimmed down) is a sequel nearly worthy
Reviewed by Cam Shea on Nintendo Switch. “Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury packs a tonne of engaging gameplay, but neither component comes together as elegantly as it might have done. This is a solid option if you’re craving more Super Mario for your Switch, but it’s not the moustachioed must-play I was hoping
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox reviewed by Nadia Oxford on PlayStation 4. Narration by Casey DeFreitas. Also available on PC and Nintendo Switch.Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. For more information, go here.
Valheim’s early access launch reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC. Valheim is already a paragon of the survival crafting genre, with excellent art and music highlighting a world that generates endless exciting stories from only a few, simple ingredients. Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a
In this episode of Did You Know Gaming we take a look at some facts, secrets, and history of Wolfenstein 3D. Wolfenstein 3D was developed by id Software and was inspired by the 1981 video game Castle Wolfenstein. In Wolfenstein 3D, the player assumes the role of William “B.J.” Blazkowicz during World War II as
Hey Everyone! Kyle! Blizzcon 2021 is here which means more gaming news on the games we love. At Blizzcon 2021, Blizzard put together a nice little presentation about the upcoming features in Diablo as well as teased us on some new Diablo 4 stuff!! Donate: https://www.patreon.com/kylestencell Social: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kylestencell_ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KyleStencell Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylestencell/ Diablo Playlist:
Have you suffered from PlayStation 5 DualSense controller drift? A new teardown may have revealed why it keeps happening. A new video from iFixit – a veteran channel that’s been taking tech apart and examining how it works for years – shows a PlayStation 5 DualSense teardown that unearths why the new pad may be doomed to