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It's official: tough guy actor Idris Elba is a gamer, according to a new New York Times article. According to the piece, he was keen on joining Sonic The Hedgehog 2 as the antagonist Knuckles. He mentioned that he owned every console since the Sega Genesis and is into "FIFA and driving games" these days. I’m a grown man now, but I still play ...
Good video game sequels are hard to come by, at least in the past few generations. In films, you have a Godfather 2 to balance out the numerous Friday The 13th sequel churns that span more than a trilogy. In games, it's arguably rare to find a sequel that completely trumps over its predecessor. Back in the late 80s and 90s of 8-bit and 16-bit ga...
Platform(s): PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4 Genre: 2D beat-em-up featuring isekai-like elements In Young Souls, a new entry in the 2D beat-em-up genre, you play a pair of rambunctious foul-mouthed twins who have to play the isekai protagonists role of delving in an underground fantasy goblin-filled world and save your previous town ...
Missed the 2D top-down shooter action days of Pocky & Rocky/Kiki Kaikai featuring the shrine maiden/tanuki duo? Well, Natsume Atari and developer Tengo Project has you covered. The Pocky & Rocky Reshrined remake, which features new graphics and game modes, will be out for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on 21 April in Japan and 24 June...
The surprise hit roguelike game Vampire Survivors, which knocked our socks off, just received new content. The Early Access title received a new 0.4.2 patch, which includes seven new achievements to unlock, a new weapon, a new weapon evolution, and a new stage. Here's a quick list: 1 new stage, including new enemies and events. 1 new cha...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), iOS, Android Genre: Pixel remaster of beloved 90s JRPG It's no secret that Final Fantasy VI is the most beloved Final Fantasy entry out there. But to receive a respectful remaster while preserving its 16-bit SNES aesthetics? That's new, considering Square Enix loves to whore out its old games in not-so-pleasa...
We're getting a sequel to the 2016 hit action adventure title Hyper Light Drifter. The new title from developer Heart Machine (of Solar Ash fame as well) will be called Hyper Light Breaker. It'll be out on Steam Early Access for PC in 2023 and will be published by Gearbox Publishing. Yep, it's going to take a while. Hyper Light Breaker will b...
Players who want to buy the 2021 hit 2D simulation Loop Hero but are stuck in areas affected by economic sanctions are up the creek without a paddle. At least through legal means. Four Quarters, the studio behind Loop Hero, says it's okay to pirate its game if you're affected by said sanctions due to the Russia invasion against Ukraine on 24 Feb...
Scott Bennie, the writer/producer/designer for Interplay's Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, and Fallout back in the day, has died due to pneumonia complications. He was 61, according to a recent Facebook page update. If you are not familiar with his name, you are most likely familiar with his writing and game design works. Back in the 90s he worked...
2022 and beyond may seem like the year of Sonic The Hedgehog. With the second Sonic The Hedgehog movie coming out this April, it's only a matter of time until Paramount producers start revealing plans for a Sonic Cinematic Universe. Lo and behold, we were right! Producer Toby Ascher who worked on Sonic The Hedgehog and Sonic The Hedgehog 2 said ...
We love us some Windjammers 2, the 2022 2D sports game where Pong and Tennis meets extreme futuristic competitive sports. We gave it a glowing review for its unique fun gameplay and competitive potential. Which is why we wanted to talk to DotEmu, the developers behind the sequel to the 90s underrated arcade classic from Data East. We chat with H...
WayForward just announced a pretty rad-looking 2D run-and-gun shoot-em-up featuring spiders and rock stars. It's called Spidersaurs and you play either officer-in-training Adrian or punk rocker Victoria as they run, jump, climb, and shoot their way out of many 2D levels filled with spiders, creatures spliced with spiders, and other monstrosities...
Apart from the sixth Street Fighter, Capcom also announced a jam-packed collection of its 90s fighting games. It's dubbed the Capcom Fighting Collection and it's slated for a 24th June release date. The collection features the following games: Darkstalkers Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalker's Revenge ...
Publisher Daewon Media Game Lab and developer CRT Games will be bringing the 90s arcade duo Snow Bros. back to life. The two game makers have announced Snow Bros. Special, a revival of the Toaplan-made arcade platformer back in 1990. The game will be out on Nintendo Switch in 2022. Snow Bros. put you in the shoes of either Nick or Tom as they...
The next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beat-em-up will add in another fan-requested character. We've already seen reporter April O'Neil in action, and now we can add the turtle's sensei Master Splinter duking it out in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. Splinter hasn't been playable in a TMNT game since, well, that middling TMNT Sm...
The creators of Shovel Knight are making a new game, and it's as 8-bit as it can get. Yacht Club Games has announced Mina The Hollower, a new 2D top-down action-adventure game slated for PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series. There's no release date for the game, but a Kickstarter page for it is in effect. So far, the ...
Platform(s): Xbox Series (version reviewed), Xbox One, PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch Genre: Action RPG with flexible Job System that isn't called Final Fantasy Ever want to see a pale naked guy transform into a horse that can shoot arrows and summon circling disembodied fists? In Nobody Saves The World, you can! In this quirky action RPG fro...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: 1v1 2D sports game that's secretly a fighting game The 90s era of arcade gaming was really packed with underrated gems, especially on the Neo Geo arcade hardware. If there's one game that really, REALLY needs to make a comeback from the SNK and Neo Geo 90s arcade 1v1 d...
It's the new year, meaning a fresh crop of games to look forward to. Here are our top upcoming picks of 2022; hopefully they end up well-made. Horizon Forbidden West Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 Release Date: 18th February 2022 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn remains one of the most popular PS4 exclusives and for good reason. It sho...
Missed classic ninja titles like Ninja Jaja Maru, Legend of Kage, and the Sega Shinobi series? Well, this new title from Studio PICO and Esquadra might pique your interest. Publisher Flyhigh Works and the aforementioned developers has announced a new PC side-scrolling title called Shinobi non Grata. It'll be out on Steam in Summer 2022 and featu...
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