16th Jul2024

First look at ‘The Karate Kid: Street Rumble’

by Phil Wheat

Get ready to get your ‘Wax On!’ Experience the original The Karate Kid trilogy in pixel-art, retro glory in The Karate Kid: Street Rumble, an action-packed beat ’em up featuring solo play and local co-op for up to four players! Set in the iconic locations of the first three classic The Karate Kid movies, The […]

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15th Jul2024

First look at ‘Double Dragon Revive’

by Phil Wheat

Arc System Works Co., Ltd. have announced the forthcoming release of Double Dragon Revive, coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam in 2025 The Double Dragon series has defined the belt-scroll action genre ever since it hit the arcades in 1987. Now it returns as Double Dragon Revive, thanks to the […]

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13th Jun2024

‘Willy’s Wonderland: The Game’ out today!

by Phil Wheat

Willy’s Wonderland, the 2021 movie starring Nicolas Cage, has been transformed into a classic fighting game where an unsuspecting guy ends up in an abandoned theme park and has to fight his way out alive. Willy’s Wonderland: The Game is a 2.5D beat ‘em up game where players take control of either The Janitor or […]

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13th Sep2023

Voxler and PLAION announce ‘Let’s Sing 2024’ for all consoles!

by Phil Wheat

The acclaimed karaoke franchise Let’s Sing is back with Let’s Sing 2024. Whether you’re a newcomer to karaoke – or a Let’s Sing aficionado like us here at Nerdly (editor Phil in particular) – you’ll find the 2024 edition has everything you need: current smash hits, all-time classics and modern chart toppers you can sing […]

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13th Apr2023

‘Green Hell’ Review (Xbox Series S)

by Phil Wheat

Green Hell is a first-person survival game developed and published by Creepy Jar in which players take on the role of a man named Jake, who finds himself stranded deep in the Amazon rainforest. The game focuses on survival, exploration, and crafting as players must navigate the dense jungle and face the many dangers it […]

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19th Jul2022

Digital Shorts: ‘Remote Life’ Review (Xbox Series S)

by Phil Wheat

In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition, we take a look at Remote Life, a one-man produced shmup now available across all formats. Remote Life is billed as a display of the expertise […]

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17th May2022

‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Review (Xbox Series X/S)

by Paul Metcalf

When Evil Dead: The Game was first revealed, the marketing was perfect. Put Bruce Campbell in the trailers, show characters from not only the movies but the TV show and you have fan’s attention from the start. The question is does the game live up to the hype created around it? The answer to this […]

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26th Apr2022

‘Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires’ Review (Xbox Series S)

by Phil Wheat

Yes, the musou classic is back with another entry in the long-running series that has also had numerous spin-offs and titles that use the same “warriors” format for their own gameplay needs (Hyrule Warriors for example). And in terms of the musou action nothing much has changed, however… Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires lets gamers live […]

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23rd Mar2022

Digital Shorts: ‘Music Racer Ultimate’ Review (Xbox Series S)

by Phil Wheat

In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition, we take a look at the music-based racing game Music Racer, which has just been released in a new “Ultimate” version. Music Racer: Ultimate is a […]

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20th Jan2022

Digital Shorts: ‘Within the Blade’ Review (Xbox Series S)

by Phil Wheat

In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition, we take a look at the ninja platformer Within the Blade, which is available now on multiple platforms. In 1560 A.D – Japan’s last Shogunate lost […]

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18th Jan2022

‘Let’s Sing 2022’ Review (Xbox Series X/S)

by Phil Wheat

Now in it’s 2022 iteration, the RavensCourt/Voxler Let’s Sing franchise is now seemingly the only karaoke game left in a market that used to be completely saturated… I still struggle to understand why these types of games fell out of favour, especially in the TikTok era! You’d think that TikTok’ers would love to sing along […]

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11th Jan2022

‘BPM: Bullets Per Minute’ Review (Xbox Series X/S)

by Paul Metcalf

When Doom was given a facelift, there was a speed and style to it that was new and refreshing. There was a certain rhythm you created in the chaos, and when you found that perfect speed you were flying around the battles bashing in skulls and blowing up the monsters you encounter. This was one […]

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07th Dec2021

‘Xuan Yuan Sword 7’ Review (Xbox Series X/S)

by Phil Wheat

There are a lot of metrics by which to measure the quality of video games – graphics, sound, controls, game play… But there’s one, at least for me, that trumps all those. Namely how long I’ll plonk myself in front of the TV and play a game in one sitting… And after downloading Xuan Yuan […]

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03rd Dec2021

‘Lawn Mowing Simulator & Ancient Britain DLC’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

If there is one type of game that seems to be growing in popularity at the moment it has to be simulators. We’ve got House Flipper, we’ve got the latest Farming Simulator, Cooking Simulator, and so many more. One of the ones you would probably not feel would be the most fun is Lawn Mowing […]

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02nd Nov2021

‘Hot Wheels Unleashed’ Review (Xbox Series X/S)

by Phil Wheat

Anyone out there remember Micro Machines? Those tiny little diecast cars that kids, at least of my generation, went crazy for… Well if you’re old enough to remember the toys, then you’re surely old enough to remember the video games! Spanning multiple consoles, including the Sega Megadrive, Commodore Amiga and the Nintendo NES – the […]

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12th Oct2021

‘WRC 10’ Review (Xbox Series X/S)

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate 50 years of the competition in 2022, WRC 10 offers a unique anniversary edition, bursting with new features and driving thrills. A retrospective mode offers players the chance to relive 19 events that have shaped the history of the Championship – including six historic rallies, such as the legendary Acropolis Rally (Greece) and […]

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05th Oct2021

‘World War Z: Aftermath’ Review (Xbox Series X/S)

by Phil Wheat

Since the PS4/Xbox One era arrived I’ve almost exclusively avoided AAA titles, spending most of my time playing indie games or Western releases of weird Japanese games. Though most, if not all of my time, is spent playing shmups and fighting games, with the odd racer thrown in for good measure… And I’ve been happy […]

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03rd Jun2021

‘Maid of Sker: Enhanced Edition’ Review (Xbox Series S)

by Phil Wheat

Developed and published by Wales Interactive who have previously worked on games we’ve reviewed here on Nerdly such as The Complex, Late Shift, The Infectious Madness of Doctor Decker, and The Shapeshifting Detective; Maid of Sker is not unlike those games in the sense that there’s a strong story at the core of it, and […]

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02nd Jun2021

‘MotoGP 21’ Review (Xbox Series S)

by Phil Wheat

I’ve been on something of a driving game kick recently – I’ve been back and played Burnout Paradise Remastered on both Switch and Xbox Series S; cruised the streets in Forza Horizon 4 on the Xbox Series S; had a blast replaying Horizon Chase Turbo – even on my iPad(!); and had a surprising amount […]

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20th Apr2021

Let’s Race! ‘Monster Truck Championship’ (Xbox Series S) vs ‘Monster Jam Steel Titans 2’ (Switch) Review

by Phil Wheat

It’s hard to pin point where it came from but I have a strange obsession with monster trucks… I often put it down to watching weird late-night monster truck racing shows on Yorkshire TV as a kid; or maybe its because I grew up in the era of Bigfoot – the king of the monster […]

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