Grip: Combat Racing review - unrefined tribute to cult racer Rollcage
Posted on September 28, 2022
| 8 minutes
| 1508 words
| Arica Deslauriers
The 'spiritual successor' industry reaches deep into the 90s game cupboard with this futuristic racer. Should we start asking why? It's a marvel of modern video game economics that 'spiritual successors' have gone from game-forum daydreams to a viable cottage industry. Fuelled by crowdfunding and early access schemes and by an ageing gaming population with strong nostalgic yearnings, this industry is ready to honour any dormant title that still stirs fond memories, no matter how obscure.
[Read More]Hades is currently the highest-ranked game for current-gen consoles
Posted on September 28, 2022
| 2 minutes
| 311 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Hades is currently the best-rated game for PS5 and Xbox Series X on Metacritic.
Although the indie roguelike was only released for current-gen consoles last week, it's surpassed every single competitor released on the new consoles since they debuted back in 2020, securing a top aggregated Metacritic score of 94 on Xbox Series X and 93 on PS5. Given the hundreds of titles that have been released on PS5 and Xbox Series X thus far it's an incredible achievement, not least because for the former, Hades has secured an aggregate score higher than games like Demon's Souls (92) and Borderlands 3 (91).
[Read More]Here's a new trailer for "cosmic horror" Quantum Error
Posted on September 28, 2022
| 2 minutes
| 273 words
| Trudie Dory
Sony has dropped a new teaser trailer for the upcoming "cosmic horror", Quantum Error.
Described as a first-/third-person shooter, Quantum Error - which Sony says is coming "soon" to PS5, although we also know it's coming to other platforms, too - was first unveiled back in March 2020. You can check out the trailer below:
"When the Monad Quantum Research Facility - 30 miles off the shore of CA - is attacked by an unknown entity, engulfing the complex in flames and putting it into a full containment lock-down, a distress call is sent for mutual aid to the Garboa Fire Dept in San Francisco, CA,"
[Read More]Mileena has one of the goriest Fatal Blows in Mortal Kombat 11
Posted on September 28, 2022
| 3 minutes
| 439 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Okay. Let's get this out of the way: the Mortal Kombat 11 Mileena gameplay video is not for the faint of heart. I mean, all the Mortal Kombat 11 gameplay videos are not for the faint of heart. But this one... well...
NetherRealm showcased the return of fan-favourite fighter Mileena for the first time. For the uninitiated, Mileena is the product of Shang Tsung's cloning experiments, a fusion of Tarkatan blood and Edenian physiology, making her a sort of Baraka crossed with Kitana character.
[Read More]This year's Call of Duty confirmed as Infinity Ward developed Modern Warfare sequel
Posted on September 28, 2022
| 3 minutes
| 497 words
| Patria Henriques
Following months of rumours, Activision - still reeling from shocking reports it fostered a company culture where sexual harassment, assault, and inappropriate behaviour were able to thrive - has confirmed this year's Call of Duty game will be a sequel to 2019's Modern Warfare.
Development will, according to an announcement buried at the bottom of Call of Duty's most recent community update, be handled by long-time Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward.
[Read More]Those Who Remain review - a torturous exercise in mediocrity
Posted on September 28, 2022
| 7 minutes
| 1296 words
| Mittie Cheatwood
A couple of nifty concepts can't save this uninspired genre piece from its shortage of character or fear. I almost gave up on Those Who Remain halfway through. It was the lions, you see. A first-person blunderfest for horror obsessives only, the game's setting is split between a menacing night-time reality and a weed-choked, oceanic otherworld in which objects float and the puzzles are more, well, videogamey. One such puzzle is a labyrinth dotted with lion statues.
[Read More]Xbox store leaks Destroy All Humans! standalone multiplayer DLC
Posted on September 28, 2022
| 2 minutes
| 296 words
| Mittie Cheatwood
A new listing on the Xbox store has revealed the existence of a multiplayer "standalone DLC" for the Destroy All Humans! series known as Clone Carnage.
The sales page reveals the game will have six new maps for players to frolic around in, as well as four new modes – Rampage, Armageddon, Race and Abduction (via ResetEra).
Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed's gameplay trailer. Clone Carnage will seemingly support up to four-player multiplayer, or a local two-player multiplayer option with split screen gameplay.
[Read More]Zelda 2 is great, and you should try it on the Switch
Posted on September 28, 2022
| 6 minutes
| 1101 words
| Mittie Cheatwood
This week, Nintendo is adding Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link to Nintendo Switch Online's digital NES library. But maybe you do not want to try Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. You don't even want to give it a chance. Maybe you heard it's a "controversial" and "divisive" episode in The Legend of Zelda series, or maybe you heard how Miyamoto himself considers it his "bad game". But what you probably do not know is that Zelda 2 is great.
[Read More]After tens of thousands of attempts, Mario Kart fan finally pulls off Rainbow Road "ultra shortcut"
Posted on September 27, 2022
| 2 minutes
| 401 words
| Mittie Cheatwood
Getting good at Mario Kart involves learning all the shortcuts: the ones Nintendo hides just out of view behind trees or waterfalls, and which might give you a small edge on your rivals as the finish line nears. But there's another class of shortcut altogether - ones dubbed "ultra shortcuts" by fans keen to break Mario Kart as much as possible by performing crazy stunts Nintendo had never intended. Ultra shortcuts require frame-perfect timing, or knowledge of hidden geometry which bestows weird effects.
[Read More]Dr Luigi review | Eurogamer.net
Posted on September 27, 2022
| 6 minutes
| 1098 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Nintendo has published plenty of classic puzzlers over the years, and Dr Mario - the NES and Game Boy game now remade in Luigi's image for Wii U - is widely considered to be one of them. In truth, it's probably most fondly remembered for its soundtrack, by Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka, the guy Nintendo would call upon to compose a catchy melody or two whenever Koji Kondo was busy.
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