Ravenswatch is a top-down roguelike action game from French crew Passtech Games and while we’re probably all a bit over the roguelike wave now, this is one that, to Passtech’s credit, does offer up some pretty interesting ideas. For a game that doesn’t really offer much of a story (there’s an […]

Ravenswatch – PS5 Review

Rage of the Dragons NEO is a tag-team fighting game port of an original 2002 SNK coin-op originally coded by Japanese devs Noise Factory who also put out other SNK hits such as Sengoku 3, King of Fighters: Maximum Impact and a couple of the later Metal Slug games.  Originally intended as a sequel to Double […]

Rage of the Dragons NEO – PS5 Review

When I looked at a trailer for VED, I wondered if it would be for me. I saw dice rolls in an RPG setting and slightly baulked at the idea of reviewing it. Thankfully, VED is an interesting mix of turn-based action with a heavy narrative focused around the discovery […]

VED – PS5 Review

Spellagis is an auto-shooter/survivors game from Shokin-dev/Nipobox and it’s published by eastasiasoft.  If you’re not familiar with the genre, this is a homage of the now very popular Vampire Survivors or, if you’re a real connoisseur, Brotato (arguably this reviewer’s favourite game). As with other examples of the genre, you basically have to defend yourself […]

Spellagis – PS5 Review

I’ll always root for a little guy, especially if there’s a good idea on display. Shieldwall is a tactical battle simulator that uses a comedic set of characters to lighten the mood. Nezon Productions are a very tiny team and it’s unfortunate that this size has produced a game with […]

Shieldwall – PS5 Review

From Kraków-based developer 7Levels comes an official Monsterverse tie-in, in this case Kong: Survivor Instinct. Were it not for the fact that Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire had released in March this year, we’d suspect that it was attempting to hype up a forthcoming film. It does feature several […]

Kong: Survivor Instinct – PS5 Review

Tetris Forever is a digital documentary, a compilation of various Tetris and Tetris-inspired games that tells the history of one of the most important titles in gaming history.  It comes to us by way of Digital Eclipse who have been carving a niche in this sort of gaming history area with what they […]

Tetris Forever – PS5 Review

Irem Collection Volume 2 is a compilation of arcade games from legendary coin-op company Irem who have a history dating back to the ’70s.  This, of course, follows up from Volume 1 which featured three shoot ’em ups (two vertical, one horizontal) but this volume now has a bit of a run-and-gun […]

Irem Collection Volume 2 – PS5 Review

Empire of the Ants is a real-time strategy game from French studio Tower Five and it’s very different to the usual RTS games we get generally.  As the game suggests, you’ll be controlling an army of ants but there’s a lot more going on here. You play as a lone […]

Empire of the Ants – PS5 Review

SlavicPunk: Oldtimer is an action-shooter adventure game from Polish developers Red Square Games and it’s based on a series of books by Michał Gołkowski.  It released on PC back in the Summer of 2023 but now its time for us PSN folk to see what we’ve been missing out on. […]

SlavicPunk: Oldtimer – PS5 Review

Squirrel with a Gun by Deedee Creations and published by Maximum Entertainment is pretty much what you might expect from the title. Quite literally a squirrel with a gun. In effect, it’s an Unreal Engine 5 physics sandbox with you running around making a nuisance of yourself. Think Untitled Goose […]

Squirrel with a Gun – PS5 Review

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Skautfold‘s been a weird series with something of an identity crisis. Each of Pugware’s games so far have settled in a different genre whilst trying to push forward a narrative about the occult, eldritch horror and colonial conflict. Whilst it does propel an air of mystery about the series, the […]

Skautfold: Into the Fray – PS5 Review