Games

Make friends with an onion! If you love relaxing music, painterly aesthetics, and gardening, then you’ll likely enjoy upcoming Switch game The Garden Path, and also, retirement. Developed, illustrated, and composed by British jack-of-all-trades Louis Durrant, AKA carrotcake, The Garden Path was successfully funded on Kickstarter last year and recently announced that it would be […]

Is a gun peripheral also coming? The House of the Dead: Remake is just around the corner, launching on the Switch eShop on April 7th (you can also pre-order one of three sweet physical editions from Forever Limited). We’re excited to see how the 1996 classic has been revamped for the Switch, but one of […]

A classy take on the genre. Retro Forge revealed at The MIX showcase that its Soulslike Metroidvania, Souldiers, will be releasing on 19th May. To celebrate – and to match its stunning pixel art – a new trailer premiered during the show with some lovely anime-esque visuals from Sunshine Animation, the Spanish animation studio behind […]

Cap! Pins! Shirts! The Game Gear didn’t dethrone the Game Boy back in the ’90s, but it still did respectable business for Sega and is fondly remembered today – so much so that the Sega Shop Europe has just released a range of merchandise based on the classic portable. The new range includes two shirts, […]

What’s the verdict? Kirby and the Forgotten Land is right around the corner and it’s looking like our favourite pink hero’s venture into 3D is a resounding success. Ahead of its release, we’ve put together a round up of some of the reviews released so far. Before we do so, however, make sure you check […]

“We want to broaden our reach, without going too far”. Playtonic Games, the studio behind the Yooka-Laylee series, has opened a second office in the UK town of Leamington Spa. Playtonic – which was founded in 2015 by former Rare staffers – recently gained investment from the Chinese giant Tencent. It has released two games […]

Coming to Switch later this year. Publisher Merge Games has announced Slaycation Paradise, a twin-stick shooter with tower defence mechanics from solo developer Affordable Acquisition (ha!). The game revolves around the ‘Slaycation Agency’, a state-of-the-art multiverse travel agency built to help disillusioned citizens carry out their monster-slaying fantasies. You’ll be transported to various locales, each […]

Cheeky… At yesterday’s MIX showcase, visual effects studio Tuatara Games revealed a brand new, delightfully silly brawler that’s coming to Switch – and you won’t need pants for this one. Bare Butt Boxing tells you exactly what the basic premise is from the name alone. A group of aliens, fascinated by boxing, travel to Earth […]

Create the “World’s Strongest Dish”. Given how many games are released on the Nintendo Switch on a weekly basis, we hope you can forgive us for not bringing Bandai Namco’s Japan-exclusive “cooking action battle game” Tabe-O-Ja to your attention. Released at the close of 2020, the game sees you in the role of titular chef, […]

Once more, with mouthfeeling. Well. It’s finally here. In celebration of 30 whole years (!) of 2D and 2.5D adventures — with a little 3D sprinkled in for good measure — Kirby’s first proper fully three dimensional mainline escapade has now arrived and, as long as you know exactly what to expect from the little […]