Monthly Archives: October 2025

Sonic Wings Reunion is a sequel to the original Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters in Western markets), a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Tecmo that was originally released in arcades back in 1992 (with a popular conversion hitting the SNES a year later). Several sequels followed, with Aero Fighters 2 and 3 being released on the Neo […]

Sonic Wings Reunion – PS5 Review

October 11, 2025 in PS5 tagged sonic wings reunion / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Cats & Seek: Kyoto is the latest from Silesia Games, this time developed by noobzilla. Sharp eyed readers might remember this dev also did Cats & Seek: Dino Park and this is very much more of the same in that regard. As it happens that was the first hidden cat […]

Cats & Seek: Kyoto – PS5 Review

October 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged hidden cats / it comes from camberwell and looks like a carrot / noobzilla / once you gone you stay gone or you be gone / polska / silesia games by Ian

Gloomy Eyes was originally a VR movie released in 2020 featuring that fella Colin Farrell as the narrator aka the gravekeeper. This is the game of the movie if you will, using many of the assets from the pre-rendered movie for the game. It shares the same scenario broadly as […]

Gloomy Eyes – PS5 Review

October 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged gloomy eyes / ian astbury / mons / wallonia / zombies by Ian

King of Meat is a co-op focused mix of platforming, puzzling and hack and slash action from Guildford-based games developers Glowmade. But have Surrey’s squad of software specialists been able to combine those genres into a cohesive game? Let’s find out. The first thing that you’ll see when firing up […]

King of Meat – PS5 Review

October 10, 2025 in PS5 tagged co-op / king of meat / platform / puzzle / pve by Richie

Back when browser games were king, QWOP tested your ability to operate a runner by triggering the muscles of their legs. It was hell and, unfortunately, someone gave Bennet Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo and Maxi Boch more money to realise this horrifying ambition on a larger scale. Baby Steps is slightly […]

Baby Steps – PS5 Review

October 6, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged baby steps / bennett foddy / comedy / donkeys / failure / gabe cuzzillo / hiking / maxi boch / open world / physics-based / walking simulator / wilderness by Mike

It’s safe to say retro shooters aren’t quite done yet. Whilst these games are traditionally fast-paced, Extinction Rifts attempts to take it further. Coming from QuByte with a budget price tag, this short experience doesn’t quite live up to the promise. Despite a short list of levels, the pull of […]

Extinction Rifts – PS5 Review

October 3, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged combos / extinction rifts / first-person shooter / monoliths / nihilists / qubyte interactive / ranking system / superpowered gauntlet by Mike