Irem Collection Volume 3 is a collection of three arcade shoot ’em ups from Irem, the classic coin-op company.  And this one offers up three arcade-perfect ports, as well as a Turbografix/PC Engine one, and they’re all shoot ’em ups, which is a running theme for these collections so far. As […]

Irem Collection Volume 3 – PS5 Review

Exo-Calibre is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from London-based one-man studio, Vampixel Games.  It’s also published by eastasiasoft, one of many shoot ’em ups they’ve put out.  And this one is pretty typical of the genre and gives you pretty much exactly what you’d expect at this price point. Set across […]

Exo-Calibre – PS5 Review

Crime Boss: Rockay City originally came out in 2023 and was a co-op heist-based stealthy shooter and it was put together by a group of Czech coders known as Ingame Studios.  And when it came out we basically ignored it because of a few reasons.  It had a middling reception (it […]

Crime Boss: Rockay City (Update 16 and DLCs) – PS5 ...

It’s always dangerous for developers to take direct inspiration from something so distinctive. Star Overdrive is an open-world adventure from Caracal games. With a bright an airy location, it looks to evoke The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild quite directly but it falls short with on-foot traversal and […]

Star Overdrive – PS5 Review

ANTRO comes to us from Barcelona-based developer Gatera Studio, the studio itself being founded in 2022 specifically to develop and release ANTRO. Depending on context, antro can mean cave, den or dive. In this case it’s a mix of the first two. Self-described by Gatera as a rhythmic video game […]

ANTRO – PS5 Review

I’ve been on a couple of aircraft carriers in my time. They’re surprisingly intricate spaces with lots of metal corridors, ladders and lifts to bring you up from the lower decks. I’ve never concerned myself with how one is run, though. Every Single Soldier have been prolific with their military […]

Carrier Deck – PS5 Review

Keeper’s Toll is this week’s stab at the old Vampire Survivors-esque roguelike style game and it comes to us by Stingbot Games who, like most of your favourite 1980s thrash metal bands, hail from the Bay Area in California.  And as we always seem to say, when this genre is done […]

Keeper’s Toll – PS5 Review

I suspect there will be a point where Microsoft games coming to us will no longer feel novel. They’ve had a busy few months with a slew of exclusive games now making their way to the blue brand. Later this summer sees Gears of War: Reloaded finally landing on a […]

Gears of War: Reloaded PS5 Multiplayer Preview

I’m sure we all remember stories of fairy tales from our childhood. Or local folklore. Whilst some of them become referential in games, I don’t think it’s that common for them to become a focus of an entire interactive experience. Vasilisa and Baba Yaga comes Russian developer Baba Yaga Games. […]

Vasilisa and Baba Yaga – PS5 Review

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Soulstone Survivors is, as you can probably guess, an auto-shooter, rogue-lite game in the same vein as Vampire Survivors and Brotato and it comes to us by way of Brighton-based studio Game Smithing, an oddly drab and functional studio name that might make you think this is just another cheap attempt to cash-in on […]

Soulstone Survivors – PS5 Review

The original Submersed left a sour taste in my mouth. As one of those ultra-cheap survival horror efforts, it felt basic and rigid in its execution. Main Loop have returned with Submersed 2: The Hive as a more comprehensive attempt that does improve on the first game’s offerings. It is […]

Submersed 2: The Hive – Playstation 5 Review

From yer man Keita Takahashi’s studio uvula and publisher Annapurna, we have to a T. The uvula being the fleshy bit at the back of the throat. You play as a thirteen-year-old boy, who’s shaped like a T, across eight episodes of steadily increasing whimsy. Bearing in mind Takahashi’s previous […]

to a T – PS5 Review