Otherwar is a tower defence game and it comes to use from Polish devs Kantal Collective.  Originally released in 2023 on Steam, the game is now available on PSN and we were pretty excited to try out a tower defence game, a once dominant genre that has fallen out of […]

Otherwar – PS5 Review

Hell is Us feels like a deceptive game. The trailers big up the lack of hand holding and the soulsian combat but neither truly reach their apex. Rogue Factor do make up most of the distance with an approach that makes exploration worthwhile. The central backdrop offers a potentially interesting […]

Hell is Us – PS5 Review

In the same way that Mad Catz had the third-party controller market sewn up for in previous generations, when we think of audio headsets for gaming, we generally think of Turtle Beach.  This US-based has been pushing out gaming hardware since 2005 but really came to prominence when the Xbox […]

Turtle Beach Atlas 200 Headset – Hardware Review

Arcade rallying seems to be making a comeback. Whilst titles like Old School Rally specifically aim for that 90’s vibe, Rally Arcade Classics aims for something slightly more modern. Netk2 Games are at the helm and what they’ve delivered is an addictive, compelling racer. It does initially seem light on […]

Rally Arcade Classics – PS5 Review

9 Lives to Defend is the latest auto-shooting rogue-lite to hit PSN following its release on Steam over a year ago and it comes to us by way of solo developer Goldarait Games (Felipe Cecato). By now you’ll know the formula.  You’re put in an arena, of sorts, and tasked with […]

9 Lives to Defend – PS5 Review

Overpowered 1 – Mars Infestation might be marketed as a ‘survival shooter’ and looks as though it’s the latest entry into PSN’s growing list of Vampire Survivors clones but this is actually a twin-stick shooter.  You know, those things we used to get tons of before the auto-shooting rogue-likes took over the […]

Overpowered 1 – Mars Infestation

core.sys, rather than an critical Windows system file, is a nifty little puzzle game from dev nipobox and publisher eastasiasoft. Ostensibly you’re hacking a security system across sixty-four levels. The first few levels are more of an orientation than anything else, just to get you used to the basic movement. […]

core.sys – PS5 Review

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While classic retro gaming often focuses on shooting things or jumping on platforms, the act of avoiding rocks in tunnels was pretty popular in the 1980s.  Namco’s classic Dig Dug is the obvious example, while us real ones might prefer Mr. Do but every single format back then had some sort of […]

BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary – PS5 Review

Arcade racers feel like an endangered species at times. Any that do release seem to come from indie developers. Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights is one such game. Coming from Gunpowder games, the neon-soaked, custom car racer tries to look the part but it lacks on-track excitement and variety. The […]

Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights – PS5 Review

From Polish developer Kautki Cave and publisher Untold Tales comes a game originally released on Switch in 2023, in this case Flame Keeper. There’s a rogue-lite element to the game too. You play as the titular flame keeper, in effect an ambulatory ember. In the game lore, they’re known as […]

Flame Keeper – PS5 Review

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Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol 1 is, as the name very much suggests, a compilation of games originally published by legendary developer Toaplan and it includes eight of their most beloved shoot ’em ups, ported over by Swedish studio Bitwave AB. Before we get into the eight shoot ’em ups offered here, […]

Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol 1 – PS5 Review

There’s still a sense of novelty are massive online player counts. Even with battle royal taking those numbers until triple figures, I wonder how any game of that size can play out. Holdfast: Nations At War takes the concept and lets the community run wild with it. On the face […]

Holdfast: Nations At War – PS5 Review