I feel like I missed all those 3D platformers back in the 90’s. At that time, I had a PC and most of them lived in Nintendo town. Approaching them as an adult makes me wonder if I’ve missed the boat. Ruffy and the Riverside, from Zockrates Laboratories is a […]

Ruffy and the Riverside – PS5 Review

Perhaps the biggest no-brainer in gaming was when Activision commissioned the remaster of the first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games back in 2020 (WAIT!  It was FIVE YEARS AGO?!).  Two of the most-loved games of all-time lovingly recreated for modern audiences.  It was a big success and while it wasn’t perfect, […]

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 – PS5 Review

I’m going to assume in the bowels of the Steam store there are simulators for everything. Not all of them find their way to console and I was surprised to see Drug Dealer Simulator make its way to Playstation 5 years after its initial release. Despite the age and the […]

Drug Dealer Simulator – PS5 Review

Stunt Flyer is, as you might expect, a flying game and it comes to us from Australian studio Torus Games who, when they’re not pumping out licensed kids’ games like PAW Patrol and Ben 10, were responsible for the reasonably decent World War Z.  But this game sees them not only going back to their […]

Stunt Flyer – PS5 Review

It’s not often an indie series undergoes a change of a developer. The original Wizard of Legend gained a passionate following, partly due to the immense variety that was on offer. For the sequel, Dead Mage have taken the reins. The variety has taken a hit with the new visual […]

Wizard of Legend 2 – PS5 Review

Irem Collection Volume 3 is a collection of three arcade shoot ’em ups from Irem, the classic coin-op company.  And this one offers up three arcade-perfect ports, as well as a Turbografix/PC Engine one, and they’re all shoot ’em ups, which is a running theme for these collections so far. As […]

Irem Collection Volume 3 – PS5 Review

Exo-Calibre is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from London-based one-man studio, Vampixel Games.  It’s also published by eastasiasoft, one of many shoot ’em ups they’ve put out.  And this one is pretty typical of the genre and gives you pretty much exactly what you’d expect at this price point. Set across […]

Exo-Calibre – PS5 Review

Crime Boss: Rockay City originally came out in 2023 and was a co-op heist-based stealthy shooter and it was put together by a group of Czech coders known as Ingame Studios.  And when it came out we basically ignored it because of a few reasons.  It had a middling reception (it […]

Crime Boss: Rockay City (Update 16 and DLCs) – PS5 ...

It’s always dangerous for developers to take direct inspiration from something so distinctive. Star Overdrive is an open-world adventure from Caracal games. With a bright an airy location, it looks to evoke The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild quite directly but it falls short with on-foot traversal and […]

Star Overdrive – PS5 Review

ANTRO comes to us from Barcelona-based developer Gatera Studio, the studio itself being founded in 2022 specifically to develop and release ANTRO. Depending on context, antro can mean cave, den or dive. In this case it’s a mix of the first two. Self-described by Gatera as a rhythmic video game […]

ANTRO – PS5 Review

I’ve been on a couple of aircraft carriers in my time. They’re surprisingly intricate spaces with lots of metal corridors, ladders and lifts to bring you up from the lower decks. I’ve never concerned myself with how one is run, though. Every Single Soldier have been prolific with their military […]

Carrier Deck – PS5 Review

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Keeper’s Toll is this week’s stab at the old Vampire Survivors-esque roguelike style game and it comes to us by Stingbot Games who, like most of your favourite 1980s thrash metal bands, hail from the Bay Area in California.  And as we always seem to say, when this genre is done […]

Keeper’s Toll – PS5 Review