AK-xolotl: Together is a new DLC for the original top-town shooter/rogue-like, a game that came out in 2023 and somehow evaded our attention.  It was put together by Brazilian-based coders 2Awesome Studio and came out to a reasonably positive reception.  But now, as the DLC’s title suggests, they’ve added some […]

AK-xolotl: Together – PS5 Review


From Belfast based developer Billy Goat and publisher Secret Mode comes Parcel Corps, best described as an amalgam of two classic Sega games of the Dreamcast era. The games being Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. You play as a bicycle courier in a cel shaded world with a similar […]

Parcel Corps – PS5 Review


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In this climate of almost everything getting remastered, I was not expecting the Playstation 5 release of Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition to do a whole lot for me. I’d played the first game in the series and, whilst it did well to execute on some pretty obvious inspirations, I ran […]

Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition – PS5 Review



Super XYX is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up that comes from indie dev Team Grybanser Fox and is published by eastasiasoft, as so many modern indie shoot ’em ups are.  And it feels very much in keeping with a lot of other eastasiasoft shooters, even if this is the first partnership […]

Super XYX – PS5 Review


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Say what you want about remasters, they do present opportunities for cult classics or completely forgotten games to find new life. With the big hitters of the FPS genre largely covered, Nightdive Studios has turned its attention to some of the lesser known 90’s shooters. One such example being Killing […]

Killing Time: Resurrected – PS5 Review


I do love being impressed. In this job, almost everything is new to me but I never get tired of seeing new ideas work brilliantly. Coming from a single developer, Sam Enright has managed to pull together a visually impressive and cohesive universe whilst also providing a smart role-playing experience. […]

Beyond Galaxyland – PS5 Review



Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 is a follow-up to 2020’s EDF spin-off and, as before, is developed by the EDF b-team Yuke’s who were previously better known for making lots and lots of wrestling games.   This one continues the previous game’s light-hearted approach to the entire destruction of Earth by […]

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 – PS5 Review


Melobot – A Last Song is, as the name might suggest, something of a musical odyssey across multiple planets and biomes. You play as the titular Melobot departing from a rocket that acts as your headquarters that you head out from, a little like the Trailblazer in one of our […]

Melobot : A Last Song – PS5 Review


I’ll be honest, anything on itch.io is a mystery to me. It’s one of the PC storefronts I tend to ignore when looking for new games to try. GoobnBalloons originally saw the light of day there for free. Now an updated version has arrived with more content, improved visuals and […]

GoobnBalloonsDX – PS4 Review



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Night Slashers: Remake is an update of the well-regarded 1993 beat ’em up from Data East and is brought to us by the safe pair of hands that is Forever Entertainment who are behind a lot of remakes such as 2020’s Panzer Dragoon: Remake and 2022’s House of the Dead one. The original arcade […]

Night Slashers: Remake – PS5 Review


I’m no Disney sicko but Mickey Mouse has found himself in more good games than most. The jug-eared mascot has particularly flourished in platformers and Disney Epic Mickey was received relatively kindly when it released on the Wii. 14 years later, a revitalised version has reached current consoles. Purple Lamp […]

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – PS5 Review


Cosmic Paradox: Noire is a shoot ’em up from solo dev Aldo Slavic that appears to be the first in a series of games based around a storyline of two dimensions colliding and splintering time.  Details are scant at the moment though but at least we’ve got this game to be […]

Cosmic Paradox: Noire – PS5 Review