The Cub by Serbian developer Demagog Studio and published by Untold Tales is described by them as challenging platform parkour inspired by those nails hard 90s era Sega platformers like The Jungle Book and Aladdin. In the wake of the ‘Great Ecological Catastrophe’ AKA the world going to shit, you […]

The Cub – PS5 Review

Cookie Cutter is a Metroidvania style platformer/brawler from Brighton-based studio, Subcult Joint LTD.  Promising to fuse Manga stylings with a punk rock aesthetic, this futuristic title mixes a bit of dystopian sci-fi with some good old ultra-violence. You play as Cherry, a robot who receives a much needed refurb job after […]

Cookie Cutter – PS5 Review

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Are time loops still in vogue? Woodhill Interactive seems to think so. Orten Was the Case is an adventure game with free movement that looks to capitalise on a repeatable time-frame and a small but interesting location. Whilst repetition isn’t always the best for games, the balance seems to be […]

Orten Was the Case – PS5 Review

Shinorubi is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Parisian studio Last Boss 88 and it’s in the modern ‘Danmaku’ style which means it’s a bullet-hell affair so expect barrages of bullets to weave through and just a lot of stuff going on on-screen when you fire this one up. Now we […]

Shinorubi – PS5 Review

The titular trinity in Trinity Fusion from Angry Mob Games refers to both the three worlds and the three protagonists that you control throughout. The worlds being the underworld that’s full of life, the overworld where industry prevails and the hyperworld where science and art are king. These make up […]

Trinity Fusion – PS5 Review

Hammerwatch II is a top-down RPG hack and slasher from Swedish studio, CrackShell.  It follows on directly from the 2013 original Hammerwatch, pretty much ignoring their 2018 rogue-like Heroes of Hammerwatch, a game that had its flaws but one that we liked enough to put in hundreds of hours with.  Even now […]

Hammerwatch II – PS5 Review

Robin Hood’s had plenty of adaptations over the years but I’ve never found the fiction to be especially broad or interesting. It’s prime for a game plot with such simple things as a tyrant needing to be overthrown. Gangs of Sherwood is the latest take on Howard Pyle’s prince of […]

Gangs of Sherwood – PS5 Review

Stickman’s Arena is a top-down auto-shooter from eastasiasoft.  It’s the latest entry into a genre popularised by Vampire Survivors that has, so far, had a series of fairly mediocre games show up on PSN.  So, can Stickman’s Arena improve on such recent games as Remedium Sentinels and Hero Survival? The game itself gives you a […]

Stickman’s Arena – PS5 Review

It’s not very often I take on a review without knowing what I’m in for. Train Valley 2: Community Edition is a repackaged PC release for the Playstation 4. Coming from Lithuanian studio Flazm, it includes all DLC expansions plus a large selection of workshopped community levels. Building on the […]

Train Valley 2: Community Edition – PS4 Review

Custom Mech Wars is a mech-based designer/shooter from D3 Publisher that came out of nowhere but immediately intrigued thanks to it being from some of the people that made some of the EDF games while also showing off a frankly ridiculous trailer that looked like it might just capture some of that EDF magic.  […]

Custom Mech Wars – PS5 Review

Truckzilla – Monster Truck Mega Ramp Mania from Moldovan dev Midnight.Works arrived with nary any fanfare and this reviewer decided to take a punt on what looked like a lightweight racing game. Unusually for current releases, it’s a PS4 only joint with no PS5 version in the equation at all. […]

Truckzilla: Monster Truck Mega Ramp Mania – PS4 Review

Pinball M is a horror-themed pinball simulator from genre leaders Zen Studios, best known for their Pinball FX series.  As with the FX series, M (which we’re told stands for ‘mature’) is a hub that allows you to purchase new tables as DLC as and when they’re released and with Zen’s reputation taking something of […]

Pinball M – PS5 Review