Games

“They always get gun shy working with 3rd party developers”. Nightdive Studios has shot to fame in recent years – remastering classics like Turok, Shadow Man and most recently the Sega Saturn and PlayStation classic, Powerslave Exhumed. As much as it loves reviving these sorts of games, there’s still one company, in particular, it would […]

Compile killer. It’s just as well one can never have too many shoot-’em-ups, because, no bones about it, Raging Blasters is absolutely fantastic. A Japan-only release on Switch (though available on Steam) that’s magically entirely in English from top to bottom, this is the kind of indie-gaming labour of love that deserves a great lungful […]

Yacht Club Games discusses the creative process for Mina the Hollower. Yacht Club Games is a company that needs little introduction, particular thanks to the huge success and acclaim for Shovel Knight, a title that had multiple major expansions and campaigns over a number of years. The company has been busy beyond that too; last […]

“Your next mission awaits”. Earlier this week, it was discovered Retro Studios had a new Twitter banner, and now there’s been another minor development. A Nintendo advertisement over on ArtStation has been spotted promoting the team behind Metroid Prime 4 – informing users of the website that their “next mission awaits” and that “Retro is […]

From hero to zero. As much as we’re enjoying Nintendo Switch Sports this weekend, it’s got us wondering what’s going on with Nintendo’s Mii. For a while now, it seems like they’ve been on the way out. So, what’s up? Nintendo is still incorporating them into games, but instead of placing them in the spotlight, […]

Return to the track. Absolute Drift – a game about sending a car sideways – got a late release on the Nintendo Switch back in 2020. Since then, developer Funselektor Labs has successfully launched Art of Rally – the hit top-down 3D rally game. Now, with the help of the publisher Serenity Forge, Funselektor’s “debut […]

Like Dungeons and Dragons, but underwater and in space. In Other Waters is a surprising little gem of a game that came to the Switch back in 2020, telling the story of an alien ocean through little more than a three-colour dashboard, full of knobs and switches. You experience the story, and the world, through […]

The Legend of Talia: The Wind Wannabee. When someone talks about spiritual successors in the video game industry, a few names immediately come to mind. Stardew Valley, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and Yooka-Laylee all aimed to bring back genres synonymous with long dormant franchises. If a spiritual successor exists to bring back something players […]

Animal Crossing, Pokémon and more… Ahead of the 3DS and Wii U eShop closure, Nintendo’s website has rounded up the top 15 best-selling games on the 3DS eShop in Japan from 2011 through to 2020. Monster Hunter, Pokémon and Animal Crossing have frequently charted to the top over the years, and some other popular series […]

Valve’s new handheld system arrives next week. Valve’s handheld gaming computer the Steam Deck launches next week on 25th February. Ahead of the release, Dolphin Emulator’s Twitter account has shared a photo showing the software running on the new system’s OS. As highlighted in the Reddit post below, it seems the Dolphin team may have […]