From developer Gameloft’s Australian studio, publisher Netflix Games and Houghton Mifflin comes a revival of a series only peripherally familiar to us over here in the UK, that being Carmen Sandiego. The first game in the long running series was originally released on formats of the time in 1985 as […]

Carmen Sandiego – PS5 Review

Techno Banter almost put us off at the first juncture because of the name alone. Banter. It’s such an insipid word. Used to excuse all kinds of boorish behaviour by awful knuckle dragging idiots. Bullying if you ask us. Thankfully it’s just a name as it turns out that Techno […]

Techno Banter – PS5 Review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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From Liverpool-based work-for-hire developer Wushu Studios and publisher Rebellion comes the latest installment in the Sniper Elite series, subtitled Resistance. It is set in early June 1944, alongside the events of 2022’s Sniper Elite 5. While long-time fans might be expecting Sniper Elite 6 this is the next best thing. […]

Sniper Elite: Resistance – PS5 Review