Monthly Archives: February 2025

Shootvaders: The Beginning is, as the title suggests, a variation on the one-screen shoot ’em up style most obviously associated with games like Space Invaders and it comes to us by way of Thailand’s own 7 Raven Studios. Released in 2023, this one was a bit of a surprise when it showed […]

Shootvaders: The Beginning – PS4 Review

February 27, 2025 in PS4 tagged retro / shoot em up / shootvaders / space invaders by Richie

X-Out (pronounced ‘Cross Out’ apparently) Resurfaced is a remaster of an old horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up which originally began life on the Commodore 64 before being ported to better computers such as the ZX Spectrum and the Amiga. Indeed, it is the Amiga version that seems to be the source for […]

X-Out Resurfaced – PS5 Review

February 21, 2025 in PS5 tagged remake / retro / shoot em up / x-out by Richie

Super Jagger Bomb 2: Go East is an arcade-style action platformer from uninspiringly-named Spanish soloist studio CheapeeSoft Games and has been published by eastasiasoft. A sequel to the 2022 original this game very much continues in the same vein as the previous title. As we said in our original Super Jagger […]

Super Jagger Bomb 2: Go East – PS5 Review

February 18, 2025 in PS5 tagged bomb jack / eastasiasoft / go east / platformer / retro / super jagger bomb by Richie

From Munich-based developer Aesir Interactive, comes the next in the loosely connected simulator games by publisher Nacon , the last being Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator. In this case, it’s Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator. So ferrying people around in rather more urgent circumstances. Only rather than in a […]

Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator – PS5 Review

February 14, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged aesir / ambulance / nacon / paramedic / we're going on a bughunt by Ian

MACROSS – Shooting Insight – is a shoot ’em up based on the popular Japanese anime franchise, Macross (AKA Robotech in the West) and it’s been developed by Kaminari Games (otherwise known for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Burst Forth!! Chorogon*Breath just in case you didn’t realise they were from Japan). There’s a […]

MACROSS Shooting Insight – PS5 Review

February 10, 2025 in PS5 tagged anime / insight / macross / shoot em up / shooting by Richie

Have rhythm games left the stage or have they just transitioned into first-person shooters? I’ve seen a few now where shooting on the beat has been their gimmick but Robobeat is the first one I’ve had to a review. Coming from the mind of Simon Fredholm, this effort takes a […]

Robobeat – PS5 Review

February 8, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bounty hunting / first-person shooter / gun-fu / guns / parkour / parrying / rhythmic shooter / robobeat / roguelite / simon fredholm / technopunk by Mike

I should probably stop calling this a revival. Beat ’em ups have been back for a while and it’s just become a genre developers are happy to return to. Big Helmet Heroes is the second effort from French outfit Exalted Studios. Expanding on from their similarly titled mobile game, this […]

Big Helmet Heroes – PS5 Review

February 4, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2D brawler / Beat em up / belt scroller / big helmet heroes / co-op local multiplayer / combos / exalted studios / french / princess / sheep by Mike

Vampire Hunters is a rogue-lite first-person shooter from Brazil-based crew Gamecraft Studios which, as the name suggests, shares quite a few similarities to the king of rogue-lite games, Vampire Survivors. Indeed, a lot of elements are present. The huge number of enemies, the outrageous firepower the player gets to possess, the choice […]

Vampire Hunters – PS5 Review

February 3, 2025 in PS5 tagged gamecraft / rogue-lite / survivors / vampire hunter by Richie

Robot basketball sounds like an idea that can be really imaginative, if used in the right way. JollyPunch Games have decided to take a crack at it and blended a roguelike structure to it. RoboDunk is a futuristic take on street hoops with a toys-to-life aesthetic. The end result is […]

RoboDunk – PS5 Review

February 1, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged combat / future sports / hazards / jollypunch / local multiplayer / robodunk / robot basketball / roguelike / toys to life by Mike