Yearly Archives: 2026

Whilst I watched a lot of Motorsport, drifting’s not really something I click with. Sure, getting sideways looks cool and disciplined but I’ve never seen it as efficient. That said, in the right set of circumstances, I’ll burn rubber on virtual tarmac. JDM: Japanese Drift Master is picking an obvious […]

JDM: Japanese Drift Master – PS5 Review

February 10, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged dragon run / gaming factory / japan / jdm japanese drift master / manga / open-world racing game / sushi delivery / time trial / touge by Mike

I feel like visual novels have to go some distance to impress me. In terms of presentation, they can feel static and I need a story right in my wheelhouse before truly getting behind it. Dark Auction form Izanagi Games does try to sew some intrigue with it’s intricate plot […]

Dark Auction – PS5 Review

February 4, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged dark auction / izanagi games / memory puzzles / mystery / not quite Germany / not quite hitler / parrot man / rika suzuki / visual novel by Mike

Roguematch : The Extraplanar Invasion is a roguelike match 3 puzzler from Starstruck Games. Unlike the likes of, say, Gems Of War, Puzzle Quest or our own personal favourite Grindstone, you also get to control your character, being a cute animal. Roguematch is animal themed into the bargain, with your […]

Roguematch: The Extraplanar Invasion – PS5 Review

February 4, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cute animals / difficulty spike / dungeon crawler / match-three by Ian

I Hate This Place is a survival/horror game from ex-Bloober Team devs, Rock Square Thunder, who are based out of Poland. But when we say survival/horror, we don’t mean it in the Resident Evil kind of way. Instead, this is a mixture of straight up horror gameplay but with survival […]

I Hate This Place – PS5 Review

February 4, 2026 in PS5 tagged comic / horror / i hate this place / rock square thunder / survival by Richie

Saber Interactive’s World War Z has been around since 2019 and was a solid co-op shooter. We reviewed it when it came out, giving it a respectable 7/10, and a couple of us played through it all a couple of years ago and, yeah, it was decent. It never had the same […]

World War Z x The Walking Dead – PS5 Review

February 1, 2026 in PS5 tagged dlc / the walking dead / world war z / zombies by Richie

The Fighting Force Collection is, as the name suggests, a collection of two fighting games originally released in the late 1990s and now ported to modern consoles (well, not you, Xbox; the wait continues) thanks to retro-friendly publisher Limited Run Games. What you get here is the original, semi-legendary Fighting […]

Fighting Force Collection – PS5 Review

January 31, 2026 in PS5 by Richie

Cats Around Us: Giant Cat is the latest cat-em-up from our pals at Silesia Games. The dev is noobzilla, they of the Cats and Seek subset. The price on the PSN store is £2.49, but even for one of Silesia’s games, this is slim pickings. You first have a stage […]

Cats Around Us: Giant Cat – PS5 Review

January 27, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged giant cat / meow meow / noobzilla / silesia by Ian

I think when you put together a story about the dangers of social media, it can be tricky to walk the right line. BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW comes from Serafini Productions who think they’re on the right track with help from an actual influencer. Unfortunately, their involvement seems to undercut the prevalent […]

BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW – PS5 Review

January 24, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged akidearest / bullying / chase sequences / horror / influencer / parental abuse / puzzles / serafini productions / social media addiction by Mike

The Perplexing Orb: Bounce Mania is a platforming game indie from TreeFall games. It shares a sub-genre with other rolling ball platformers like Trailblazer, Bouncer, Spindizzy and, if you want an example that isn’t from the ’80s, Super Monkey Ball. It’s the fifth entry in a series of Perplexing Orb games with the previous […]

The Perplexing Orb: Bounce Mania

January 22, 2026 in PS5 tagged bounce mania / don't buy this / indie / platformer / the perplexing orb by Richie

I Am Future or to give it its full name, I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival comes to us from developer Mandragora and publisher Tinybuild. Mandragora being based in Armenia with a globally spread team. That’s a thing now we guess. The full title is fairly descriptive of what to […]

I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival – PS5 Review

January 18, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged are you future too / cozy apocalypse / i am future / mandragora / no zombies thankfully / tinybuild by Ian

Hextreme Void is the latest of many auto-battling, rogue-lite games all following on from the great success of Vampire Survivors a couple of years ago. This one comes to us by way of a little studio called Double Mizzlee and has been released by PSN’s most-prolific publishers Eastasiasoft. The game is a little […]

Hextreme Void – PS5 Review

January 17, 2026 in PS5 tagged arkanoid / double mizzlee / hextreme void / rogue-lite / vampire survivors by Richie

You could still argue the kart racer genre is not well-served, outside of Nintendo’s platforms. Coming from particularly barren era, Street Racer managed to find some renown on the Super Nintendo whilst also being ported to anywhere that would have it. Street Racer Collection takes four of these versions and […]

Street Racer Collection – PS5 Review

January 11, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged championship / circuit racing / DOS / gameboy / kart racing / Mega Drive / old school / power ups / SNES / soccer / street racer / turbo / violence / vivid image by Mike