Review by Nick H. Zen Studios is once again working its pinball magic, this time with yet more classic real pinball in Pinball FX3: Williams Pinball: Volume 3. This mix of nostalgic pinball action and the modern appeal of video game magic comes together beautifully for pinball fanatics such as…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. This will surprise a fair few people, but I’m actually quite a big fan of dual stick shooters. From right back with Robotron 2084, right through to the likes of Geometry Wars, dual stick shooters have been my go-to for extreme twitch action. I’m terrible at…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Meow Motors isn’t terrible. I really can’t get over that. I went into this cheap little B-tier kart racer expecting something that reminded me just how bad kart racers can get, but I was quite surprised to find that it’s the other way. It’s no Mario…
Read MoreReview by Lee F. Hyperide VR is, for starters, a complete misnomer of a title. The “VR” really stands for “Vector Raid,” but was originally intended to double-mean “virtual reality.” The game was a VR title released on Steam over a year ago, controlled with a VR headset, now ported…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Out Run is an arcade classic that many of us have fond memories of drowning coin after coin into, playing as kids, so it’s not surprising that an indie developer would be inspired by the game when creating their own arcade speedfest. Sadly, the nature of…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS comes from Radial Games, an indie team responsible for Monster Loves You and sharing some developers with the studio that made Fantastic Contraption. The game is a couch-competitive duelling game about weaponised rockets dogfighting it out to be the last one standing. As far as…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When you boil a tennis video game down to its most basic components, you get Pong. One of the very first video games ever made was, effectively, a simulation of bouncing a ball back and forth across a court, with the goal being to get that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It has been a big year for retro collections on Nintendo Switch. Capcom’s weighed in with two excellent ones (Street Fighter collection and the Beat ’em Up Bundle), SEGA’s got a pack of a huge pile of its classics on the horizon, and Nintendo’s paid online…
Read MoreReview by Tyler T. The latest futuristic racing game to release is GRIP: Combat Racing, a Rollcage-inspired title that features gravity defying open-wheeled vehicles that can drive on any surface. From walls to ceilings, if it looks like the player can drive on it then it’s a possible path through…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Blacktop, arcade NBA action returns for more power-up, gravity-defying hijinks in NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. There is a plenty of charm and a surprising level of depth in here that should appeal to newcomers and veterans alike. There is a massive roster of characters and some…
Read More