We have a confession. Until we started playing Aero The Acro-Bat 2, we’d not twigged the pun in the title. You see he’s a bat and an acrobat. Never mind the first game came out more than thirty years ago. The gag entirely passed us by. In the case of […]

Aero The Acro-Bat 2 – PS5 Review

Go Mecha Ball is a twin-stick shooter from Swedish studio Whale Peak Games.  But, unlike the glut of twin-stick shooters on PSN, that description only tells part of the story as this game combines some pinball style mechanics to really craft something unique in a genre that doesn’t usually offer […]

Go Mecha Ball – PS5 Review

For over a decade, the Test Drive series had laid dormant. Now in the corporate hands of Nacon, the open-world car lifestyle simulator has returned. KT Racing have shown an aptitude for solid handling and replicating large environments, but Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, lacks the soul of the originals. […]

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown – PS5 Review

From Swedish dev Angry Demon Studio and publisher Wired Productions comes action hack and slash platformer Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Gori being a cute orange cat that brought to mind original Xbox game Blinx: The Time Sweeper. Only Gori isn’t the one doing the wisecracks, it’s your talking hoverboard F.R.A.N.K. That’d […]

Gori: Cuddly Carnage – PS5 Review

Road Defense: Outsiders is a hybrid twin-stick shooter/tower defense game from Brazilian-based studio Minicactus Games.  It’s set in a futuristic wild west where you’ve got to safely escort vehicles across ten waves of action while an absolute horde of enemy cowboys try to destroy the cars and you. You’ve got five […]

Road Defense: Outsiders – PS4 Review

There’s a lot I take for granted with NBA 2K25. The series has always looked authentic and kept the presentation to a high level. It’s no different here with the commentary remaining insightful, if bordering on repetitive. Arenas and players look accurate with the court-side activity remaining lively and active. […]

NBA 2K25 – PS5 Review

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn is a scrolling beat ’em up from Tengo Project, best known for recently revamping old games like Wild Guns, The Ninja Warriors and Pocky & Rocky.  We also fondly remember their work on the Xbox 360 shoot ’em up Omega Five, which is one of the greatest games ever made (and […]

Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn – PS5 Review

I think I like the mood Atari is in. Their output from a preservationist standpoint has been cool and they have attempted to revive or reimagining some of their old classics. They don’t always hit but their willingness to try has been really admirable. Their latest attempt is Yars Rising, […]

Yars Rising – PS5 Review

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Star Wars Outlaws then. It comes to us from Swedish Ubisoft subsidiary Massive Entertainment, they of the Division games and more recently, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora; representing the first Star Wars game from Ubi since 2006’s Star Wars: Lethal Alliance for PSP and DS. For nerds like us for who […]

Star Wars Outlaws – PS5 Review

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

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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

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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