02nd Jul2019

‘Red Faction Guerrilla: Re-Mars-stered’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Rupert Harvey

It was hardly a vintage year, but 2009 did bring us a few classics: Minecraft, Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2, Red Faction Guerrilla… Wait, what? That’s right, THQ Nordic have just updated the third and best of the bonkers third-person shooter/smasher series and, following the 2018 release of the remaster on the PS4 and Xbox One, […]

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24th Apr2019

‘Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Edition’ coming to the Switch

by Phil Wheat

Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Red Faction: Guerrilla still defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a […]

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11th Dec2018

‘Jagged Alliance: Rage!’ Review (PC)

by Britt Roberts

A spin-off of the Jagged Alliance series, Jagged Alliance: Rage! is definitely not Jagged Alliance 3, but does it stand on its own? Well, having only a had a brief dalliance with the series’ previous iterations, I came away from this newest installment with the feeling that it really shows its lower budget in some […]

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27th Nov2018

‘Darksiders III’ Review (PC)

by Rupert Harvey

Finally, the long-overdue latest instalment in the revered action RPG series is here. This one has been developed by Gunfire Games, a team born from the ashes of Vigil Games. Gunfire worked on the “Deathinitive Edition” of Darksiders II – a game which, I’m sorry to report, retains its title as the best in the […]

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24th Aug2018

‘de Blob 2’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Emma Rees

There’s something therapeutic about bringing colour to an otherwise colourless world and bringing joy back to an area of grey, colourless oppression. de Blob was one such game, originally released in 2008, where you controlled a blob in his quest to stop Comrade Black and the INKT Corporation from removing all of the colour from […]

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08th Jun2018

THQ Nordic announce ‘Titan Quest’ for Switch

by Phil Wheat

Action-RPG Titan Quest was a great success on PC, consoles and mobile devices and now THQ Nordic have announced that the game will finally arrive on Nintendo Switch on July 31st 2018. About Titan Quest Switch Edition: From Age of Empires co-creator Brian Sullivan and Braveheart writer Randall Wallace comes an action role playing game […]

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16th Apr2018

New gameplay trailer for ‘This is the Police 2’

by Phil Wheat

THQ Nordic have just released a brand-new gameplay trailer for This is the Police 2, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed original, which we reviewed last November on the Nintendo Switch. Just like the first game, This Is the Police 2 is a mixture of adventure and management genres, and this time it enjoys further […]

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11th Apr2018

‘Legend of Kay Anniversary’ gets an official Switch release date

by Phil Wheat

Since its initial release on the PS2, Legend of Kay has been well received by both critics and consumers alike and was subsequently ported to the Nintendo DS. 10 years later, the game has been remastered and ported to PC/Mac/Linux, PS3, Xbox 360 and PS4 and Wii U under the name Legend of Kay Anniversary… […]

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09th Mar2018

‘de Blob 2’ Review (PS4)

by Emma Rees

There’s something therapeutic about bringing colour to an otherwise colourless world and bringing joy back to an area of grey, colourless oppression. de Blob was one such game, originally released in 2008, where you controlled a blob in his quest to stop Comrade Black and the INKT Corporation from removing all of the colour from […]

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23rd Feb2018

‘Rad Rodgers’ Review (PS4)

by Emma Rees

Rad Rodgers is a 3D platformer inspired by games from the early nineties, such as: Conker the Squirrel on the Nintendo 64, Commander Keen on MS DOS and Ruff ‘n’ Tumble back on the Commodore Amiga. Those who played Conker the Squirrel will remember it for resembling a cute, kid friendly platformer that was actually […]

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15th Feb2018

‘de Blob’ coming to Nintendo Switch

by Phil Wheat

THQ Nordic have announced that the remastered version of de Blob – originally released on the Nintendo Wii – will be coming to Nintendo Switch in 2018, again, in collaboration with BlitWorks. The evil I.N.K.T. Corporation has declared ‘Color is a Crime!’ and leeched Chroma City of all its beauty and interest. The race to […]

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12th Feb2018

‘Legend of Kay Anniversary’ announced for Nintendo Switch

by Phil Wheat

Since its initial release on the PS2, Legend of Kay has been well received by both critics and consumers alike and was subsequently ported to the Nintendo DS. 10 years later, the game was remastered and ported to PC/Mac/Linux, PS3, Xbox 360 and PS4 and Wii U under the name Legend of Kay Anniversary. And […]

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31st Jan2018

THQ Nordic announce ‘This Is the Police 2’

by Phil Wheat

THQ Nordic have announced a sequel to the acclaimed This Is the Police, due to hit PC and consoles later this year. Just like the first game, This Is the Police 2 is a mixture of adventure and management genres, and this time it enjoys further unexpected mechanics that will strengthen both the strategic and […]

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12th Jan2018

90s-themed platformer ‘Rad Rodgers’ gets a console release date!

by Phil Wheat

The Kickstarter financed game Rad Rodgers brings back the 90’s-era PC platformer with a game inspired by classics like Commander Keen, Conker, Ruff’n’Tumble and Jazz Jackrabbit. Already available on PC, developer Slipgate Studios and publisher THQ Nordic will release Rad Rodgers on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 21st. Meanwhile, all owners of the […]

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12th Dec2017

‘Black Mirror’ Review (Xbox One)

by Matthew Smail

Neither a remake nor a direct continuation of the 2003 game of the same name, Black Mirror is a point and click horror/thriller that takes place in the late 19th Century and features a story of supernatural and the occult, as seen through the eyes of one David Gordon, youngest member and heir of the […]

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22nd Nov2017

New trailer for THQ Nordic’s reboot of ‘Black Mirror’

by Phil Wheat

THQ Nordic have released a new gameplay trailer for their series reboot Black Mirror, the Gothic horror adventure due for release on 28th November 2017. Developed by the Bremen studio KING Art Games, known for The Book of Unwritten Tales, The Dwarves and The Raven, Black Mirror will be available on PC/Mac/Linux, PS4 and Xbox One. […]

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21st Nov2017

Review: Let’s Sing 2018 vs. We Sing Pop (PS4)

by Phil Wheat

Seemingly revitalised by the likes of Now That’s What I Call Sing and the current-gen debut(s) of Rockband and Guitar Hero, the karoke game genre has, sadly, not found the success it once had. However things picked up at the beginning of this year when not one, but THREE new karaoke games were available in […]

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02nd Nov2017

‘This is the Police’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Matthew Smail

The low-fi graphics and simple, intuitive game play make This is the Police an excellent choice for adaptation to Nintendo Switch. The game is good too, with a gripping, mature story about a Police Chief on the verge of retirement and his dealings with the various factions that hold power in the city, all of […]

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25th Oct2017

‘de Blob’ coming to current-gen consoles

by Phil Wheat

THQ Nordic have today announced that de Blob – originally released on the Nintendo Wii – will be coming to current-gen consoles on November 14th 2017, in collaboration with the folks over at BlitWorks. The evil I.N.K.T. Corporation has declared ‘Color is a Crime!’ and leeched Chroma City of all its beauty and interest. The […]

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24th Oct2017

‘We Sing Pop’ out now on PS4 and Xbox One

by Phil Wheat

THQ Nordic have today announced that We Sing Pop is available globally, right now, in both digital and physical formats. We Sing Pop releases today on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and features the most star-spangled song list ever to grace a singing-game… A virtual hall of fame, We Sing Pop promises the most […]

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11th Oct2017

‘Sine Mora EX’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Matthew Smail

First released in 2012 on the previous generation of consoles, Sine Mora EX is a beautiful, cinematic and modern bullet hell shoot-em-up that channels classic genre staples from 1942 to Ikaruga. I tend to find this kind of recent-release-remake fairly contrived due to a lack of new features but, obviously, this iteration of Sine Mora […]

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11th Oct2017

‘This Is the Police’ coming to Nintendo Switch

by Phil Wheat

Owning a Nintendo Switch console is paying off… Unleash your inner police chief with This Is the Police! Grab your Joy-Con and help Jack Boyd, Chief of Police, Freeburg PD, to fight crime, annoy the Mayor, the Mafia, the Labor Union and everyone else… but, more importantly, make a f****** fortune! This Is the Police […]

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