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SUNSOFT is Back! is a retro compilation featuring three games from the kind-of-legendary-ish Japanese arcade and console developer. Okay, we’re not heaping a ton of praise on them but, they were never up there with Capcom, Namco and others but they did have some moments. Now, while their work might not […]

SUNSOFT is Back! – PS5 Review

September 7, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / compilation / retro / sunsoft by Richie

Antstream Arcade is a retro game streaming service that launched in 2019 as a PC application but has finally landed on PSN. The idea is simple. It takes well over a thousand retro games, from multiple formats, and lets you play them via streaming. But given the failures of services like […]

Antstream Arcade – PS5 Review

September 7, 2024 in PS5 tagged antstream / arcade / community / emulation / streaming / the speccy is king by Richie

Mining Mechs is an exploration/mining game from developer Delayed Victory and it comes to us from eastasiasoft. The game sees you digging down into the Earth searching for valuable minerals much like the Steamworld games or even Terraria. Presented in the same 2D style as those games, Mining Mech offers a simplified experience. You […]

Mining Mechs – PS5 Review

September 4, 2024 in PS5 tagged 2d / digging / exploring / mining / mining mechs by Richie

Tennis games feel few and far between and it seems like an age since they were truly great. Top Spin might be back on the menu these days but, aside from that, Big Ant Studios appear to be the only studio available to bring a licensed version of the racquet […]

Tiebreak: Official Game of the ATP and WTA – PS5 ...

August 31, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged big ant studios / career mode / creation tools / novak djokovic / online multiplayer / sports / tennis / tiebreak official game of the atp and wta by Mike

Valfaris: Mecha Therion is the latest effort from Texan studio Steel Mantis and it follows on from their work with the heavy metal inspired Slain and Valfaris, the former being a hack and slasher while the latter was a run and gunners. Both of which had an emphasis on chunky pixels, blood, […]

Valfaris: Mecha Therion – PS5 Review

August 26, 2024 in PS5 tagged mecha / ps1 / retro / shoot em up / steel mantis / therion / Valfaris by Richie

From Warsaw-based developer Gruby Entertainment and publisher Crunching Koalas comes cyberpunk themed FPS Deadlink. As has become vogue, or de rigeur if you will, it has roguelite elements. The schtick is that you’re the blunt instrument sent by the Corporate Security Agency to keep the megacorps by cracking open a […]

Deadlink – PS5 Review

August 20, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arena shooter / deadlink / fps / rng / roguelite by Ian

I do enjoy racing games that focus heavily on self improvement. Give me a marker to beat and I’ll happily bang my head against it for enough time to be annoyed. Coming from Ghosts, Phantom Spark looks to tap into this compulsion and, whilst it really nails the controls and […]

Phantom Spark – PS5 Review

August 16, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged chill vibes / ghosts / local multiplayer / Momentum / online leaderboards / phantom spar / racing / time trials / trackmania / wipeout / zen by Mike

From developer Coal Supper (aka James Carbutt and Will Todd) and publisher Panic, comes game of the moment, Thank Goodness You’re Here! deliberately released on 1st August 2024, to coincide with Yorkshire Day. Superficially similar to Panic’s 2019 hit Untitled Goose Game in terms of the being a miscreant to […]

Thank Goodness You’re Here! – PS5 Review

August 15, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged barnsworth / coal supper / everything's ten bob / matt berry / on ilkla moor baht 'at / panic / the marrow song / this is yorkshire people are sensible by Ian

Arranger is an adventuring puzzle game from Californian/Argentinian studio Furniture and Mattress, a coding super group with credits on games like Guacamelee, Celeste and Braid. And, unlike a lot of games that we review, this one genuinely has a fairly original core mechanic. You play as Jemma who, after being abandoned as a […]

Arranger – PS5 Review

August 13, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arranger / denki blocks / indie / puzzle by Richie

Tiny Pixels Vol 1 – Ninpo Blast is a ninja-themed vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from the ever-prolific budget publisher eastasiasoft. As with the vast majority of their shoot ’em ups, this utilises a 16-bit style of presentation to offer up a retro-styled experience. That’s well within eastasiasoft’s wheelhouse. We’ve reviewed […]

Tiny Pixels Vol 1 – Ninpo Blast

August 13, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / Ninpo Blast / Tiny Pixels Vol 1 / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

There’s always a question of commerce versus preservation when remastered are involved. There will always be technical reasons why a game sees a re-release but how long does it to take before the classics are all dealt with? Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is not a classic. LucasArts’ original 2002 release […]

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter – PS5 Review

August 11, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged aspyr / droids / jango fett / jetpack / Lucasarts / platforming / space opera / star wars bounty hunter / third-person shooter by Mike

CYGNI is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up that comes to us by way of Scottish studio KeelWorks and famed publisher Konami who have surprised us somewhat by putting out an original IP. The game has had quite the media push over the last few months with it landing on the […]

CYGNI: All Guns Blazing – PS5 Review

August 6, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged action / arcade / cygni / keelworks / twin stick / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie