Nintendo’s new game creation tool is considerably more versatile than Super Mario Maker but are the end results worth the effort? There’s never been a time when it’s been easier to cross the line from gamer to game creator. A decade or two ago that would have meant taking up coding, but these days there […]

The most graphically impressive PS5 game so far is a stunning technical achievement but does the gameplay reach the same high standards? Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has some of the most incredible visuals ever seen in a console game. Sony wanted to show off the power of the PlayStation 5 and they have done […]

The creators of Dragon Ball FighterZ return to their own classic fighting game series with the best anime style visuals gaming has ever seen. This week sees the release of one of the most graphically impressive video games ever made and one of the best ever examples of its genre. We’re not talking about Ratchet […]

The original creators of Mega Drive classic Monster World 4 return with a remake that aims to keep the Wonder Boy name alive. There’s a genuine danger that soon there might end up being more Wonder Boy remakes than there ever were original games. We’ve had Wonder Boy Returns, Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap (a […]

A brand new franchise offers an unusually positive of view of post-apocalyptic life, with one of the prettiest open world environments ever. If there’s one thing the video games industry needs to encourage more of it, it’s new IP (intellectual properties) – games that aren’t just sequels, spin-offs or licensed tie-ins. So it’s very upsetting […]

Nintendo remakes two old school NES games that have never been released outside of Japan before, so how do they work as Switch titles? Like every Japanese company, there are plenty of Nintendo games that have never been released in the West. In most cases that’s because they’re considered too quirky, too reliant on a […]

After almost two decades a brand new R-Type game is finally a reality but does the old school shooter gameplay still retain its appeal? Whatever madness overtakes publishers when they choose release dates it’s not something that has been at all mitigated by the pandemic. In the last five months there’s been hardly any big […]