The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for treating yourself to some fancy hand sanitiser that smells like citrus. Before you press the pump, let’s read this week’s best writing about games.
What were you doing back in 2017? Well, if you had an Xbox controller as company, and an Xbox One fired up and powering your gaming sessions, there’s a chance you could have been joining Mr. Pumpkin on a bit of an adventure. And if you did, well, there’s nothing stopping you from taking in
The story of Splitgate – an arena shooter that blends the best parts of Halo and Portal – has been an interesting one. After spending two years in Early Access with sometimes fewer than 1,000 concurrent players, the game has exploded onto Steam’s Top Free To Play games list in the last few weeks and
The team at Digital Foundry have been putting Cruis’n Blast, the arcade racer revised for the Nintendo Switch system, through its paces in their latest video. The 90’s style fast-paced and chaotic racer is available right now on the Nintendo Switch both physically and digitally. Thankfully the team says that the game generally hits the
Summary The supernatural gameplay at the heart of Life is Strange: True Colors is built around tapping into the brightly colored auras surrounding other characters, and diving into the strong emotions they represent. Making this extremely visual, color-driven power accessible to players with Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) was emblematic of the Deck Nine team’s approach
An update for Deathloop has been released on PC which resolves an achievements issue and includes better descriptions for errors. According to the notes posted on Steam, there was an issue where certain achievements were not unlocked for players. This has been fixed. [embedded content] To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie
Saints Row reboot developer Volition has said that the upcoming title will feature the series’ “most in-depth character creator” that allows players to virtually create anything and anyone they want. Answering common fan questions over on Twitter, Volition also noted that The Boss will have eight voice options in total: four male and four female.
Chinese indie studio Leenzee Games has announced WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, a Souls-inspired action role-playing game for next-gen consoles and PC. Set in the Ming Dynasty, the game is being published by Billibilli – the publisher behind F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch. Specific platforms have yet to be announced. Leenzee released 18 minutes of pre-alpha footage, which you can
Reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on Xbox Series X. Also available on PlayStation. “Despite its intriguing whodunnit premise, Lost Judgment’s main story fails to sustain its suspense all the way to the finish and its detective methods remain only slightly less superficial than those of the previous game. However, its meaty undercover side stories set in
Every Story Of Seasons game starts the same way, with a young person fleeing the big city for a more relaxing and simple life. Good luck to them, sez I, but personally I find takeaway delivery services much more relaxing and simple than growing my own beets. Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town repeats
Image: Chucklefish Another busy week in the world of Nintendo has flown by. We’ve seen the return of a famed arcade racing series, a price ‘adjustment’ for Switch in Europe, the 20th anniversary of a treasured console, and a surprise Switch firmware update that included a much-requested feature: Bluetooth audio support. After all that it’s
They may still be the darlings of the internet, but does anyone really like cats? Well, Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered is here to prove that cats are good for something – mostly masses of mindless destruction. Coming from the Maekoware team, Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (yeah, we’re not overly sold on the name either), is the ultimate
Exclusive: There’s a private PS5 restock today at Sony Direct, and it’s the largest ever, according to our exclusive data of PS5 restock Twitter tracker Matt Swider, who will send you alerts when PS5 is in stock in the US – if you follow his Twitter account and turn on notifications. Matt usually receives about
To say that Nickelodeon fans are getting video games would be an understatement. SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off released on the Nintendo Switch earlier this year, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is coming soon. Well, earlier today, yet another Nickelodeon-related video game had been announced. THQ Nordic has announced SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. There is not a
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a new action RPG from Chinese independent developer Leenzee Games and F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch publisher Bilibili. The game draws heavy inspiration from FromSoftware titles like Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and tasks you with rescuing a country suffering from societal upheaval and a supernatural disease. The game takes
An enthralling narrative adventure from Armature Studio that released in July this year, Where the Heart Leads is a magical indie game. When a man travels into a sinkhole after his dog, he finds himself reliving his life, with the option to change some things. You’ll need to unravel a life’s worth of decisions to
Capcom continues to collaborate within its internal brands, bringing another skin to Monster Hunter Rise. This time Mega Man 11 is the crossover title, offering a new Palamute layered armor featuring Rush. This robotic dog might be my favorite outside addition to the game yet! Check out Rush in action in the trailer below. Monster Hunter’s
Earlier this year, THQ Nordic released SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off for the Nintendo Switch, but if you can’t stop spending money on SpongeBob games then you might be interested in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. In Cosmic Shake, SpongeBob and Patrick encounter the mysterious fortune teller who hands the pair a container of Mermaid’s Tears, which