We’re not sure if there have been hundreds, thousands or even millions of side-scrolling shoot ’em ups released into the gaming world over the years, but we’d hazard a guess that most of them would have seen us trying to save a world of some kind. Step forward Counterattack to try something diff… exactly the
We’re going to skip straight to what we like most about Hatup. It can’t wait. To complete a level, you must find and wear a hat. That’s because you’re simply not cool enough to pass through the door at the end of the level until you’ve donned one. But more than that: if you wear
There are worse games to base your 79p, no-achievement game on. The original Super Mario Bros is a classic, there’s no doubt about it, and Super Pixel Kid is a gushing love letter to it. It’s got the same love for bottom-bouncing, blocks that shatter once a head connects with them, the shrill sound of
It is easy to be blase about another KEMCO game coming to the Xbox consoles these days. See, this review marks a bit of a personal landmark, the twentieth KEMCO title that I’ve played and reviewed since 2017 – an average of four games a year. The latest is that of Silver Nornir, yet another
With the WRC license Scandinavian flicking itself to EA in 2023, WRC Generations may represent the last official effort developed by KT Racing for now – and the studio has certainly shot the works at it. The culmination of a seven-year stint on the series, WRC Generations combines gorgeous effects and great handling with the
After beating Resident Evil Village the first time, I was extremely satisfied with how the horror story played out from start to finish. When Capcom announced it was making an expansion, I knew it would be a tough act to follow. Unfortunately, the three parts of the Winters’ Expansion aren’t up to it. Its new
There’s nothing quite like the feeling you get in a puzzle game when you look at the big picture and the solution to the whole stage comes to you all at once. And the clever challenges in The Entropy Centre provided me with a regular supply of those “Eureka!” moments. Its time-bending, first-person brain teasers
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Square Enix has been pumping out RPGs on Nintendo Switch like tomorrow. Apart from the RPG farming sim Harvestella, it also launched Various Daylife on the hybrid system a few months ago via the eShop. If you’ve been holding out for a physical version, you’re in luck. Online
Image: Nintendo Life / Square Enix Crashing onto the scene back in 2017, NieR:Automata was a breakthrough moment for Yoko Taro. Though the director gained infamy for the Drakengard series — including the original NieR on PS3 and Xbox 360 — and his unusual interviews, Automata is the game that truly put him and his
If you’ve been playing video games for a while, then it stands to reason that you have probably stumbled across one or two games based on The Simpsons in your time. A whole bunch of these have been made available to Nintendo systems throughout the years (19 to be exact) and they range in quality
Image: Nintendo Update [Sat 5th Nov, 2022 20:00 GMT]: A new teaser trailer has been uploaded – revealing a release date of November 11th: Anyone who missed it, here was the first teaser trailer!https://t.co/L0gJW5VdkK— kando (@kandowontu) November 4, 2022 Original article [Fri 12th Aug, 2022 11:15 BST]: There has been no solid news of a
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was released for Nintendo DS in 2010. It was a linear detective game written and directed by Shu Takumi, the creator of the the Phoenix Wright series, and it has you solving puzzles – and avoiding murders – by possessing objects and corpses. It’s just been rated for a PC release
Last week, Final Fantasy XVI Producer Naoki Yoshida and Director Hiroshi Takai debuted the game’s newly released trailer, entitled Ambition. In that PS Blog post, they touched briefly on the game’s lore as well as sharing more information about two newly revealed characters. After that reveal, we had yet more questions. So today, they’re going
Last week, we asked you to share haunted moments from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s spooky highlights: ForgottenJasmin shares Seline leaning away from a gnarled creature with a gigantic single eye in Returnal. ke_23 shares a series of robed women floating in various positions across a red background
Ratchet & Clank turns 20 today! Did someone tamper with The Great Clock? It’s almost hard to believe, but it’s true! Insomniac Games launched the original game in 2002, sparking two decades of grand adventures through space, time, and dimensions. Since its humble beginnings on the PlayStation 2 console, the franchise introduced us to a
Experience Need for Speed Unbound at 60fps and 4k resolution on PS5, feel every bump in the road through haptic feedback, and immerse yourself in the world of Lakeshore, a street racers’ playground! Play Video Recently we debuted the reveal trailer for our latest Need for Speed. Unbound is an all-new street racing thrillride in
God of War Ragnarok is out next week and ahead of the game’s release, developer Santa Monica Studio has revealed more than 70 accessibility features in the game. PlayStation has been pushing the importance of accessibility in gaming more and more with each new release and Ragnarok is no different. The studio has been quite
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google has given up on streaming games to you from the cloud, but it’s moving forward with the expansion of Android games for Windows. The previous test of Google Play Games has expanded, giving players in the US and other